Various Artists Salsa Around the World (Putumayo PUT 213-2, 2003) Salsa (the music, not the condiment) has become one of the most recognizable and popular…
Saucy In Any Language
Category: Album reviews
Festival in the Desert
Various Artists Festival in the Desert (World Village, 2003) I am not much of an adventurer so I have to tip my hat to the…
Contagious Drumming in Toronto
Toronto Tabla Ensemble (Canada) Weaving (Naxos World, 2001) Toronto might not be the center of the world, but people from all over the world have…
Stripping for peace
Ishtar Emet [Truly] (Atoll Music – France, 2003) Ishtar, lead vocalist for the French group, Alabina manifested her dream of creating an album based on…
020-The End Of Illusions
020 End of Illusions (Constitution Music Records, 2003) The music of this CD could make Astor Piazolla proud. It has mixed the best elements of…
Vintermåne
Vintermåne Vintermåne (Lindberg Lyd NOMPPO201001, 2002) Norway seems to produce quite a few excellent groups that combine melancholic Scandinavian folk music with jazz and atmospheric…
Diane Jarvi: whimsy and gritty
A CD review by Susan Budig Diane Jarvi – Flying Into Blue (Lupine Records, 1999) Diane Jarvi told me this CD was made to appeal…
Ancient and Modern
Various Artists – The Rough Guide To The Music Of Pakistan (World Music Network RGNET 1116CD, 2003) This comparatively young country has musical roots and traditions…
Second Generation, First-Rate Reggae
Morgan Heritage – Three In One (VP Records VPCD 1656, 2003) After bringing reggae to the punk rock massive with their participation in the Warped…
Pedaling tabla beats
Autorickshaw (Tala-Wallah Records, 2003) The word autorickshaw sums up this Toronto quintet’s musical repertoire. When I used the search wordautorickshaw, I found a handful of…