Kabul Workshop – Trigana (Tinder Records, 2002) Imperialism in all its guises and current world politicking have created a new diaspora with many of the…
Songs of Freedom
Category: Album reviews
More Fun in the Desert
Justin Adams – Desert Road (World Village, 2002) During the Victorian era many French and English adventure seekers headed to Imperialist Africa to escape Victorian…
Face the 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…
Digital Bled
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…
3 from 6 Degrees Records
Karsh Kale – Redesign (Six Degrees, 2002) MIDIval PunditZ – MIDIval PunditZ (Six Degrees, 2002) dj Cheb i Sabbah – Krishna Lila (Six Degrees, 2002)…
Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War
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,…
Capping a Decade of Excellence
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…
Celtic Music of Spain
Tejedor – Llunáticos (Aris Música/Resistencia, 2003) Although half of my family can claim Spanish ancestry, I have only known about Spain’s Celtic tradition for the…
What Could’ve Been
Polo Montanez Guitarra Mía (Evolver EVL2017-2, 2003) Originally put out by the French label Lusafrica in 2002, this is a sparkling, joyous disc that nonetheless…
Rocky Mountain high
R. Carlos Nakai – Sanctuary (Canyon Records, 2003) There are many among us who can say that Navajo-Ute flautist R. Carlos Nakai is the first Native…