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. […]
Tag: world music
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 […]
San Francisco-based signer/songwriters Meklit Hadero and Quinn Deveaux have individually developed reputations for music that manages to go across multiple genres simultaneously. Performing as Meklit and Quinn, the duo released their debut album last fall […]
French producer Jerome Ettinger has devoted himself and his career to exploring, preserving and spreading the sounds of the traditional music of Egypt. Assembling several world-class Egyptian musicians, Ettinger’s Egyptian Project fuses electronics with the […]
Very Be Careful have developed a reputation for being the undisputed kings of modern valiento music – it’s respectful of Afro-Columbian traditions while adding a healthy bit of punk unpredictability and attitude to the mix. […]
According to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012 was supposed to mark the end of the world as we know it. And astrologers have suggested that due to an astrological event that […]
Album Review: Pazy and the Black Hippies Wa Ho Ha
Pazy and the Black Hippies Wa Ho Ha Secret Stash Records/Comb and Razor Records Release Date: September 4, 2012 Track Listing Side A 1. Comfort Me JahoJa 2. My Home 3. Come Back Home 4. […]
Purveyors of eclectic funk, independent of genre, Brooklyn-based label Electric Cowbell Records will be releasing a re-issue of Karthala 72’s debut album. Although little can be found out about the band – such as where […]
El Sonido Magico is the much anticipated sophomore effort from New York’s Empresarios, and the folks at Fort Knox Recordings will be releasing it in a few short weeks. As you’ll hear on the first single […]