Afro Celt Sound System Pod (Real World 7243 597526 0 0, 2004) Afro Celt Sound System were and are trailblazers in the ethno-techno movement that…
Pods and Ends
Category: Album reviews
Paragons of Plena
Plena Libre Estamos Gozando! (Times Square Records TSQCD 9039, 2004) Ten years and as many albums down the line, Puerto Rico’s Plena Libre continue to…
Louisiana’s Finest
Various Artists The Rough Guide to Cajun Dance (World Music Network RGNET 1139 CD, 2004) Though not much of a dancer myself, I always enjoy…
Lullabies from the Axis of Evil
Various Artists Lullabies from the Axis of Evil (Kirkelig Kulturverksted FXCD 269, 2004) In his 2002 ‘Axis of Evil’ speech, George W. Bush singled out…
Festival In The Desert
Various Artists Festival In The Desert (Wrasse Records Wrass 129D) It’s never going to be easy capturing in 52 minutes the full range of music…
A Live Tradition
Kate Rusby Kate Rusby – Live from Leeds (Pure Records PRDVD 15, 2004) If you haven’t been lucky enough to see Kate Rusby in concert,…
The Many Faces of Roots
Various Artists – Reggae Pulse, Vol. 3: Love Songs (Sanctuary Records Group 06076-80446-2, 2004) Sly and Robbie – The Dub Revolutionaries (RAS Sanctuary 06076-89917-2, 2004)…
X-Tango, indeed!
Fernando Otero, X-Tango – Plan (Twinz 602, 2003) This is not your grandmother’s tango! This isn’t even your mother’s tango. X-Tango, indeed! Fernando Otero uses…
Kenya Feel the Spirit?
Various Artists – The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya (World Music Network RGNET 1137 CD, 2004) The tightly syncopated, guitar-percolating style known as benga…
Shacking Up
Aphrodesia – Shackrobeat Vol. 1 (Flatbed Lamborgini Records FLR808, 2003) Though they’ve been pegged as part of the current Afrobeat revival, San Francisco’s Aphrodesia go beyond that.…