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Category: Album reviews

Erwan Keravec - 8 Sonneurs Pour Philip Glass cover artwork. A blasck background with the artist name and album title in white and blue.
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Erwan Keravec Recreates Philip Glass Classics with Bagpipes

Douglas Sanders July 29, 2024 No Comments Breton musicErwan KeravecPhilip Glassworld fusionworld music

Erwan Keravec – 8 Sonneurs Pour Philip Glass (Buda Musique, 2024) Erwan Keravec, a distinguished Highland bagpiper, composer, and improviser from France, has devoted his…

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Ahmed Moneka - Kanzafula: Afro-Iraqi Sufi Soul cover artwork. A headshot of the arist with a blue background.
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Scintillating Afro-Iraqi Music by Ahmed Moneka

Angel Romero July 28, 2024 No Comments Ahmed MonekaIraqi musicworld music

Ahmed Moneka – Kanzafula: Afro-Iraqi Sufi Soul (LulaWorld, 2024) Ahmed Moneka’s engaging Kanzafula is a vibrant fusion of Afro-Sufi music, seamlessly intertwining influences from Iraq,…

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Niloy Ahsan - Breathing Raga cover artwork. The artist singing in a forest.
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Niloy Ahsan, Singing Ragas as a Powerful Method of Maintaining Health

Douglas Sanders July 27, 2024 No Comments Indian classical musicNiloy Ahsanworld music

Niloy Ahsan – Breathing Raga (Worlds Within Worlds, 2024) Breathing Raga is a mesmerizing and deeply satisfying album by Indian classical Dhrupad vocalist Niloy Ahsan.…

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Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats - Creciendo cover artwork. An illustration a purple field with a playful cat jumping trying to catch a light.
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Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats Release Spanish Children’s Album, “Creciendo”

Angel Romero July 26, 2024 No Comments children's musicLatin American musicLucy Kalantariworld music

Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats – Creciendo (2024) Lucy Kalantari & the Jazz Cats have released their first full-length Spanish children’s album, Creciendo. The…

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Emil Kárlsen - Binnát cover artwork. Looks like an apartment building with four windows.
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Feel Good Modern Joik by Emil Kárlsen

JGurski July 23, 2024 No Comments Emil KárlsenNordic musicSami musicworld fusionworld music

Emil Kárlsen – Binnát (By Norse Music, 2024) Emil Ráste Karlsen, known as Emil Kárlsen, is a young Northern Sami multi-instrumentalist and artist from Omasvuotna/Omasvuonon/Storfjord…

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Tarwa N-Tiniri - Akal cover artwork. Shos a man on top of a desert dune and a finger ring near the bottom left, on top of the sand.
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Tarwa N-Tiniri Celebrate Amazigh Music and Desert Culture

Angel Romero July 22, 2024 No Comments desert bluesMoroccan musicTarwa N-Tiniriworld music

Tarwa N-Tiniri – Akal (Tarwa N-Tiniri, 2024) Tarwa N-Tiniri’s Akal is the second album by the Amazigh band, meaning “Land” in the Tamazight language. The…

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Donal Donohoe - As Night Falls on Dublin Town cover artwork. A photyo of the artist holding a rose.
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Lovely Songs and Guitar Work by Donal Donohoe

Ryan Emmert July 21, 2024 No Comments Celtic musicDonal Donohoeworld music

Donal Donohoe – As Night Falls on Dublin Town (self-release, 2024) As Night Falls on Dublin Town presents the enthralling songs and music of Irish…

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Alxaraf: Bridging Sephardic and Flamenco Music | Debut Album Exodus (2024)

Iliana Cabrera July 20, 2024 No Comments AlxarafFlamencoSephardic musicworld fusionworld music

Alxaraf – Exodus (digital dos, 2024) The members of the Alxaraf group were immersed in flamenco from a young age, traveling the world with their…

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Olcay Bayir - Tu Guli cover artwork. A partial headshot of the artist.
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The Exquisite Kurdish Alevi Songs of Olcay Bayir

Angel Romero July 19, 2024 No Comments world music

Olcay Bayir – Tu Guli (Arc Music, 2024) Olcay Bayır’s latest album, Tu Guli, presents moving songs deeply grounded in Anatolian culture and her Kurdish…

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Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz - Simple Motion cover artwork. An image of two people pushing a railroad handcar.
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Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz Launch First Album as Duo

Ryan Emmert July 18, 2024 No Comments American folk musicEric BraceThomm Jutz

Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz – Simple Motion (Red Beet Records, 2024) Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz recently released their debut album, Simple Motion, under…

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