The Ultimate Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Early Years Vol. I (Narada 70876-19221-2-7, 2005) The Ultimate Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Early Years Vol. II…
Mining the Depths of the Spirit
Category: Album reviews
Choral Sensation from Croatia
Lado Preveliku Radost Navišćujem Vama (Aquarius Records CD-1803, 2003) Lado Electro (Aquarius Records CD27-03, 2003) Lado is the phenomenal Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia. The…
Stukas at 12 O\’clock
Gaby Lita Bembo & Orchestre Stukas Kita Mata ABC (RetroAfric Retro18CD, 2005) Just as the first wave of Congolese pop music was relaxing into complacency,…
Bhangra 2K – in good shape
Aman Hayer Groundshaker (Genie Records GRCD010 , 2005) Producer/DJ and all-round bhangra superstar Aman Hayer displays exactly why his name is so prominent on the…
Every Tongue Shall Tell
Free Joseph Speaking in Tongues (Far Island Vision FIVD003, 2005) Free Joseph has been a working reggae musician for many years, proficient on various instruments…
AUTOMATON² by Murat Ses
Murat Ses Automaton² [Automaton Square, San Francisco Miami Impressions] (Clou Records Clou-005, Peacework Music, 2005) With Automaton², his newest album, Murat goes on telling musical…
Folk Music from the Andalusian Oral Tradition
Trébede De chanza y fiesta (CLCD 199, 2003) This vocal group is based in the province of Sevilla in Andalusia (southern Spain). While Andalusia is…
A Party in Two Worlds
Various Artists Afro-Latin Party (Putumayo PUT 235-2, 2005) Lest anyone forget that Latin music has African rhythms at its core, there are plenty of recorded…
It Takes a Village
Warsaw Village Band Uprooting (World Village 468036, 2004) These three guys and three gals from Poland caused quite a stir with their previous album People’s…
Sweet and Seck
Dieneba Seck – The Truth [Tigne] (Stern’s Music STCD1099, 2005) In this year of 2005 Diénéba Seck releases her fourth solo album – nothing too strange…