Troubling Times Recalled
Reggae, rock and a civil rights history lesson converge to make “Good Trouble” by American band BOP(harvey) exactly the kind of trouble you’ll want to…
Highlife in Motion: Santrofi’s “Making Moves” Charts a Bold New Journey
Santrofi – Making Moves (Outhere Records, 2025) Some albums arrive like old friends returning home, carrying new stories yet familiar scents of the past. Making…
Watchhouse Taps Into the Sacred: Rituals Finds Grace in the Act of Letting Go
Watchhouse – Rituals (Tiptoe Tiger Music/Thirty Tigers, 2025) Watchhouse (Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz) offer a quiet invocation on their exquisite new album Rituals. This…
Wind Songs and Sea Strings: Anemara Debuts with “Atlantic Schottis”
Anemara is a newly formed transatlantic quartet uniting traditional music influences from Scandinavia, the Celtic world, and North America. The ensemble features Kristina Leesik (fiddle,…
An Earthly Divine Tribute
Combining Northeast Brazilian roots with the finesse of classical music and an acknowledgement of the mother of the Yoruba pantheon, “Canto de Yemanjá” by Quarteto…
Nordic Lights in Persian Sky Bridges Traditions with Dazzling Dialog
Constantinople & Benedicte Maurseth – Nordic Lights in Persian Sky (Glossa, 2025) In Nordic Lights in Persian Sky, Montreal-based ensemble Constantinople joins forces with Norwegian…
Mystic Rebels With a Cause: A Sacred Sound Journey
Enten Hitti – Mistiche Ribelli (Lizard Records, 2025) Mistiche Ribelli (mystic rebels) is the latest musical project from Pierangelo Pandiscia and Gino Ape, performed by…
Blues on a Saint’s Wavelength: Fabrizio Piepoli Channels St. Nicholas in a Mediterranean Hymn
Italian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fabrizio Piepoli has released a new single, “Sanda Necole Blues”, produced by Zero Nove Nove with digital distribution via Believe. The…
Still a Clear and Present Danger
The good news about “Sida” by France’s Angelo Rascool is that the track is a chant-heavy Africanized reggae grand jam. Sad to say, it’s on…
Island Suite Symphony: Tanya Ekanayaka’s “Piano Isles” Maps New Terrain
Tanya Ekanayaka – Piano Isles (Naxos Records, 2025) Outstanding Sri Lankan composer and pianist Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka explores uncharted musical ground with Piano Isles, a…