A total of 12 items for this CD section covers various genres and combines extended news items and longer-form reviews, including mastering comments and…a surprise RYLAND ANGEL & DAVE MERRILL Title: Chant…
Covering 12 items over a host of musical genres – 11 CD sets and one surprise package… Be warned, this is a long video that covers news and reviews and somewhere…
Title: Qeubra Cabeça Label: Glitterbeat Their fourth album their second on the Glitterbeat label, the 10-piece outfit Bixiga 70 have been in action since 2010 and pushes out an Afro-Brazilian vibe…
Title: Daega Rek Label: Glitterbeat Well, this is an intriguing one and no mistake. We’ve got dub here, jazz-beats, electronica and world-based rhythms and vocals. The band is based in London…
Title: Darandi Label: Real World Garifuna is a language spoken in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua and its a drum-heavy genre but Aurelio Martinez has introduced one important element to tweak…
Title: Moon Egg Label: Stolen Body Bristol-based Japanese artist Yoshino Shigihara has a fanciful way with her words and music. For example, apparently (I say that because not all of the…
Title: Arbina Label: Glitterbeat I can’t seem to get the notion of Souxise Sioux-esque ‘new wave’ out of my head with the first track of this album, the title track in…
Title: Vamos A Guarachar! Label: Glitterbeat Imagine those typical Mexican trumpets. You know, those celebratory bursts that scream mambo, cambia and mariachi. You can just see the traditional clothing and dance…
Title: The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cape Verde Finally Revealed Label: Analog Africa Yes, that’s right, this is a compilation of grooves from Cape Verde and its oddly intriguing…
Title: Legend of Funana: The Forbidden Music of Cape Verde Islands Label: Analog Africa This album was originally released in 1997 as Bitori Nha Bibinha featuring the music of Funana including…
Title: Lunar Love Label: Agogo Mop Mop’s fifth studio album includes collaborations with the British poet Anthony Joseph, the Parisian rising star Wayne Snow and the Ninja Tune artist Annabel. Featuring…
Title: 1973-1980 Label: Analog Africa The Frankfurt-based label reveals the songs and style of legendary Guinean singer and percussionist Amara Touré. Touré had been around for quite a while before this period,…
Title: Abbas el Hamada Label: Glitterbeat She has had quite a past. Raised in a Saharawi refugee camp in the Algerian desert and then in exile for over 20 years in…
Title: Tambolero Label: Real World Well, and here was me thinking that it was just a name but, it appears that’s not so. Totó La Momposina is more than a name.…
Title: Hwal Label: Parentheses I knew nothing about the instrument called the a man and his Geomungo (a traditional Korean stringed musical instrument of the zither family) until I heard this record but, bloody…
Title: Songs of Thessaloniki Label: ECM Thessaloniki has been home to Greeks, Jews, Turks, Bulgarians, Serbs, Armenians, Macedonians and Pontiac Greeks. This album celebrates them all in this multilingual program. There’s…