North Africa meets Europe: Coastal Sounds
San Francisco, California, USA – The Rough Guide to Mediterranean Café Music explores an intricate web of musical links that has formed across the Mediterranean,…
Gentle Sound Of Argentina
Horacio Straijer Marimba y Bombo Legüero (Slam Productions CD 508, 2004) Percussionist Straijer calls this cd ‘music to sit and listen to’ which seems like…
José Menese and the Golden Age
Madrid, Spain – Boa Music has just recorded the grand show of the great flamenco singer José Menese to be called A mis soledades voy,…
Vinyl Go the Distance
Vinyl All the Way Live (In the Pocket Records VI450992, 2004) If their name suggests they’re something of a throwback to an earlier time of…
Cross-cultural Sounds from Reunion Island
René Lacaille is the musical embodiment of the unique Creole culture of the Indian Ocean island of Reunion Island (La Réunion), incorporating African, Indian, Madagascan…
Danish Musicians descend on Toronto for Superdanish
Toronto, Canada – The best of Danish World Music, Folk, Jazz and Electronica will be presented in Toronto as part of Superdanish: Newfangled Danish Culture…
Koralation
Mory Kante – Sabou (Riverboat/World Music Network TUGCD 1034, 2004) N’faly Kouyate and Dunyakan – Kora Grooves from West Africa (ARC Music EUCD 1892, 2004)…
Gitane Cajun – BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Beausoleil Gitane Cajun (Vanguard Records, 2004). CD Review by Susan Budig. Gitane Cajun pulls the listener to her feet, twirling like a true hummer, swinging…
Pipeline – Dermot Hyde & Tom Hake
Dermot Hyde & Tom Hake – Pipeline (REL/R2, 2003) It may sound redundant to call a CD “musical,” but I’ll try to explain. I’m a…
Flamenco Woman, Legends and Innovators
Madrid, Spain – Boa Music will be releasing Flamenco Woman at the end of September, an intimate and authentic image of women in the flamenco…