Category: Album reviews

Matahambre Son, Short Stories About Cuba (Danza y Movimento, 2002) I want to tell you a story about a small village, a village in the…

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Murat Ses Automaton (Clou Records, Clou-001, KALAN Music, Peacework Music) Automaton is the first part of Turkish-Austrian synthetist/electronic musician Murat Ses’ trilogy that began in…

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Mariza Fado Curvo (Time Square Records, 2003). Release May 6, 2003. Dressed in haute couture gowns and flaunting distinguishable coiffered hair, Portugal’s newest fadista, Mariza…

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Abdelli Among Brothers (Real World Records, 2003) Algerian musician Abderrahmane Abdelli (known simply as Abdelli), presents songs of an artist in exile. Every note he…

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Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble Por Mi Camino (Piram) The sounds of nuevo flamenco in Europe and Latin America have created roots in the American Latin…

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Bill Frisell The Intercontinentals (Nonesuch 79661, 2003) Bill Frisell certainly took the road less traveled with his latest offering, The Intercontinentals on Nonesuch Records. He…

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Marie Boine Eight Seasons (Northside Records, 2003) Similar to Wimme, Norwegian born Sami vocalist Mari Boine also joiks over a backdrop of modern technology. She,…

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Various Artists A Rough Guide to the Music of France(World music Network RGNET 1111, 2003) Back in the mid-70s I heard a lot of the…

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Celso Fonseca Natural (Six Degrees Records, 2003) Since its creation by Antonio Jobim in 1957, bossa nova has conjured up images of waves caressing the…

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