Cape Verdean musicians tend to go down one of two paths: one of interpretation, set on preserving musical forms from...
Reviewed in issue March/2014
Aziza Brahim was born in the refugee camps of Algeria, an exile from her homeland in what the Saharawis call...
Reviewed in issue March/2014
From the first notes this sounds like Nobel Prize material, if the committee ever decided that making people dance deserved...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
For his latest release, South African flautist Wouter Kellerman offers up a blend of music from around the world –...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Orchestre National de Maurianie
For a national orchestra, this combo had previously had a remarkably small discography: one 7” single to show for an...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
Mark Ernestus presents Jeri-Jeri
These two releases have come out with little fanfare, which belies what is a unique musical pairing. Berlin’s Mark Ernestus...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
K Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
Ever since K Frimpong’s music first started reappearing on compilations a decade or so ago, original copies of his LPs...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
There’s a sharp comment in the liner notes of this debut album to the effect that the band Kel Asouf...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
This hypnotic set comes from a village on the outskirts of Juba, the river port on the banks of the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2014
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