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Category: Album reviews

Album reviews

Latin Love Songs

Angel Romero October 3, 2003

Yolanda Aranda & Enrique Coria Intimo – Latin American Canciones for Voice & Guitar (Acoustic Disc) When many music lovers seek romantic music they often…

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New Highs in U.S./Jamaican Relations

Tom Orr October 2, 2003

The Slackers – Close My Eyes (Hellcat Records 80455-2, 2003) Zema – Black Sheep (Melchizedek Music MEL2040, 2003) It’s odd what you find in the…

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Doin’ the Hip-Hop Horah

Tom Orr September 25, 2003

Solomon and Socalled Hiphopkhasene (Piranha CDPIR1789, 2003) If it had been made strictly to milk laughs, this disc could have been a disaster rather than…

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Songs of Freedom

Patricia Herlevi September 24, 2003 Afghan musicKabul Workshop

Kabul Workshop – Trigana (Tinder Records, 2002) Imperialism in all its guises and current world politicking have created a new diaspora with many of the…

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More Fun in the Desert

Patricia Herlevi September 23, 2003 African musicJustin Adams

Justin Adams – Desert Road (World Village, 2002) During the Victorian era many French and English adventure seekers headed to Imperialist Africa to escape Victorian…

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Face the Music

Tom Orr September 21, 2003 John Wubbenhorst and Facing Eastworld fusionworld music

John Wubbenhorst and Facing East – Facing Beloved (Facing East Productions 03050541, 2003) A lot of fusion music has been based on and around the…

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Digital Bled

Patricia Herlevi September 21, 2003 Digital Bledworld fusion

Digital Bled – Caravana (Tinder Records) Digital Bled, led by Portugal’s DJ Joao Pedro Velosos mixes dub, funk, and hip hop tempos with musical styles…

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3 from 6 Degrees Records

Patricia Herlevi September 20, 2003 Cheb i SabbahKarsh KaleMIDIval PunditZworld fusion

Karsh Kale – Redesign (Six Degrees, 2002) MIDIval PunditZ – MIDIval PunditZ (Six Degrees, 2002) dj Cheb i Sabbah – Krishna Lila (Six Degrees, 2002)…

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Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War

TJ Nelson September 19, 2003 Spanish music

Various Artists – Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (Appleseed Recordings, 2003) Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War,…

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Capping a Decade of Excellence

Tom Orr September 15, 2003 African musicAfricandosalsaworld music

Africando – Martina (Stern’s STCD 1096, 2003) It’s been 10 years since Africando began the full-force re-Africanization of salsa. Of course, the musical give and take…

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