Bombay Dub Orchestra was formed over ten years ago, after the duo of Andrew T. Mackey and Garry Hughes visited Bombay, and found themselves inspired and deeply influenced by their experiences working with Indian orchestras. […]
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Rene Lopez’s last album, E.L.S. (short for Electric Latin Soul, a term he coined to describe the sound he had been working on), landed at number 12 on this site’s Best of 2011 list. Influenced by salsa, […]
Sinkane and Femi Kuti at Rumsey Playfield, Summerstage 6/23/13
Sinkane and Femi Kuti Rumsey Playfield, Summerstage June 23, 2013 Last Sunday afternoon was a gorgeous summer afternoon – incredibly, bright sunlight, with cerulean blue skies and puffy clouds but uncomfortably hot. I think that […]
Turkish producer and recording artist Alpman’s latest single “Resist!” is inspired by the people and the events of Occupy Gezi in Istanbul, Turkey. I won’t pretend to say that I’m knowledgeable enough to know all […]
Alex Zhang Hungtai, writes, records and performs as Dirty Beaches. Originally, the project started as a solo project when he was based out of Montreal back in 2005. Throughout his catalog, Hungtai has developed a […]
After releasing three successful and well-recieved albums and concerts all over the world, Carmen Souza has become an important figure in modern Cape Verdean music. In fact, Souza and her music have developed a reputation […]
The Stockholm, Sweden-based trio, Kriget (means “The War” in Swedish) play a highly challenging, experimental music that defies all known genre conventions. Starting off with the sound of a static, a buzzing fly, followed by […]
Multiple-time Latin Grammy winning act, Bajofondo recently released their latest effort, Presente on March 5th through Sony Masterworks, and the album is a 21 track high-energy album which melds several traditional genres of South America in […]
Live Footage, EMEFE, and Superhuman Happiness at Le Poisson Rouge 3/29/13
Live Footage, EMEFE, and Superhuman Happiness Le Poisson Rouge March 29, 2013 Last Friday, I was at Superhuman Happiness’ album release show for their long-awaited full-length debut, Hands and Live Footage and EMEFE were the openers. […]
After writing an album full of mostly original must inspired by more exotic forms of cumbia on last year’s Canibalisimo, Chica Librefollows that release with Cuatro Tigres, an album that brings a psychedelic Latin bent to […]
Although he’s best known for his involvement in the Playing for Change project as a drummer, Mohammed Alidu has been developing a reputation as a singer/songwriter and performer. He’s released two solo albums and is […]
Latin Grammy-winning band Bajofondo’s sound is heavily informed and influenced by the sound of the Rio de la Plata, the river that forms the border between Uruguay and Argentina – in other words you’ll hear […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1966899556/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ In their three previous albums Mop Mop have a reputation for their unique sound which borrows and mixes elements of jazz, funk, Latin music and Italian post-modern music. And because of that sound, the […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1909398624/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Back in 2009, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and cellist Vincent Segal collaborated on Chamber Music an award-winning album hailed for its intimacy and simplicity. When both Sissoko and Segal went into the studio to […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3545495764/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Last year, San Francisco, CA-based label Stronghold Sound released Sembah Ma Fe Fe, a compilation of Guinean hip hop and reggae. As a compilation the album, the album managed to reveal the soul of a […]