L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio L’Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio (APV 001, 2004) Western Europe is becoming a land of immigrants. Italy is no exception. The outstanding…
Worldbeat Sounds by Rome\’s Immigrants
Category: Album reviews
Healing Water
Marta Gómez Cantos De Agua Dulce: Songs of the Sweet Water (Chesky Records JD281, 2004) I heard one of this disc’s songs on a global…
Some Strings Attached
Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the Strings of the English Chamber Orchestra No Boundaries (Heads Up International HUCD 3092, 2005) There are those who have come…
The New Beats of Armenia
Arto Tunçboyaciyan Love Is Not in Your Mind (Heaven and Earth CD HE 19, 2005) The album is a duo project with the dazzling pianist…
Where There’s Fire
Rebeca Mauleón Latin Fire (Rumbeca Music RM 7777, 2004) This disc’s unimaginative title does no favors apart from aptly describing the music and possibly providing…
The Experiments of a Percussion Master
Arto Tunçboyaciyan Artostan (Heaven and Earth CD HE 19, 2005) The CD describes Arto Tunçboyaciyan‘s music as avant-garde folk and the description is pretty accurate.…
Sweet!
Various Artists Music from the Chocolate Lands (Putumayo PUT 230-2, 2004) Following the success of their collections Music from the Coffee Lands (2 volumes) and…
Seriously Syrian
Zein Al-Jundi Traditional Songs From Syria (ARC Music EUCD 1898, 2004) A former child singing star in her native Syria, Zein Al-Jundi took a lengthy…
Gamelan from Central Java
Various Artists Gamelan from Central Java (ARC Music EUCD1902, 2004) The music on this album comes from the Indonesian island of Java. Gamelan music is…
The Rhythms of Young Namibia
Various Artists A Hand-full of Namibians (Nocturne/On the Corner OTCD 970, 2004) A Hand-full of Namibians is the first compilation of artists from the current…