Mad Sheer Khan Samarkand Hotel, Live at Le Triton 2002 (Le Triton TRI 03507, 2003) It is hard to classify this recording. It is world…
Mad Sheer Takes Hendrix to Samarkand
Category: Album reviews
Radical roots from Galicia
Xose Manuel Budiño – Zume de Terra (Boa, 2004) Xosé Manuel Budiño is yet another young modernizing traditionalist emerging from the corners of Europe’s culturally…
Nascente’s The Very Best of Brazil
Various Artists – The Very Best of Brazil – 2 CDs (Nascente NSCDD 2011) The problem with definitive collections is what they do not include.…
Sweet, sweet perfume
Culture Musical Club – Waridi, Scents of Zanzibar/Waridi: Parfums de Zanzibar (US: EMI import/Europe: Jahazi Media, 2004) The soul of Stone Town is captured in…
Greek to Me
Various Artists Putumayo Presents Greece, a Musical Odyssey (PUTU 225-2 CD, 2004) Probably timed to coincide with the current Olympic games, this disc isn’t likely…
Sufi Songs by Shafqat Ali Khan
Shafqat Ali Khan Sufi Songs (ARC Music EUCD1849, 2003) Shafqat Ali Khan has an impressive voice. He is an accomplished singer who is just as…
Count ’em
Various Artists Many Blessings (Silver Wave Records SD 940, 2004) Native American fusion music can be a dicey thing. Some of it winds up so…
Various Artists -Paris City Coffee
Paris City Coffee perfectly encapsulates France’s cultural diversity. It gives you access to the creme de la creme of French music over the past 35…
Turkish Delights
Mercan Dede – Sufi Traveler (Doublemoon/Mi5/Caroline Dist., 2004) Burhan Ocal and the Trakya All Stars Featuring Smadj – Kirklareli Il Siniri (Doublemoon DM20, 2003) Born…
Carrying the Fado Torch
Various Artists Fado: Exquisite Passion (Narada World, 2003) Narada World presents this 13-track compilation of four female Fado singers: Amália Rodrigues and three of her…