Tag Archives: world music

Peter Gabriel’s Secret World Live

Posted on 8th November 2003 by Cat Eldridge

Peter Gabriel’s so much an intrinsic aspect of the Green Man motif and of the interstitial arts movement in general that Terri Windling in The Essential Bordertown anthology uses his WOMAD festival as ‘Womad on the Border’. (Don’t ask me … Continue reading →

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Debashish Bhattacharya and Bob Brozman’s Mahima

Posted on 25th September 2003 by Gary Whitehouse

Calcutta native Debashish Bhattacharya and American Bob Brozman, both slide guitar virtuosi in their own traditons, have joined forces to create a masterpiece. Mahima is a joyous marriage of two major world music forms into something new and beautiful. The … Continue reading →

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Dromedary’s Live From the Make Believe

Posted on 3rd September 2003 by Gary Whitehouse

Dromedary is an acoustic duo from Athens, Georgia, that mixes music from all over the world to create its own unique blend. Rob McMaken plays dulcimer, mandolin and guitar, and Andrew Reissiger plays charango (the Andean mandolin-like instrument) and guitar. … Continue reading →

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Conjunto Jardín’s Floreando

Posted on 14th May 2003 by Gary Whitehouse

Conjunto Jardin is a U.S.-based group that plays music in the “son jarocho” style of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Floreando means “flowering,” and refers to the efforts to preserve and revitalize this intriguing folk music. Floreando is a delightful … Continue reading →

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Various artists’ The Rough Guide to the Music of Mexico

Posted on 8th March 2003 by Gary Whitehouse

Mexico is a huge country. It has an immensely varied geography and a multitude of facets to its culture, born of the interraction between numerous native and European societies. Small wonder, then, that its music is so varied. The Rough … Continue reading →

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Sweet Honey in the Rock’s The Women Gather

Posted on 27th February 2003 by Gary Whitehouse

Sweet Honey in the Rock celebrates its 30th anniversary with this disc, a dozen-and-a-half songs in their trademark style. Sweet Honey is a women’s vocal ensemble that draws from the full range of African-American music — rhythmic chants, field chants … Continue reading →

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Various artists’ Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas, Rough Guide to the Music of the Alps, and Rough Guide to the Music of the Appalachians

Posted on 7th August 2002 by Gary Whitehouse

“High lonesome” is a term coined to describe the bluegrass sound popularized by Bill Monroe, but it aptly describes the outlook of anyone who lives in the mountains. At first glance, the music of the Himalayas, Alps and Appalachians might … Continue reading →

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Jaak Johanson & Mart Johanson’s Põhja Vahemäng/Nordic Interlude and Johanson & Vennad’s Päevakera/Globus Diei

Posted on 29th June 2002 by Gary Whitehouse

The Johanson family of Talinn, Estonia, have been making music for more than two decades. In the tradition of singer-songwriters the world over, they combine traditional material with their own songs and tunes, often using poems from their own and … Continue reading →

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Eliseo Parra’s Viva Quien Sabe Querer

Posted on 27th June 2002 by Gary Whitehouse

Eliseo Parra is dedicated to preserving and bringing forward the various strains that make up Iberian music, and he does it admirably in this intriguing and compelling CD. Spain hasn’t yet made much of a splash on the World Music … Continue reading →

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Boris Grebenshikov’s Russian Songwriter: A Collection From Boris Grebenshikov

Posted on 19th June 2002 by Scott Gianelli

A long time ago in a mythical, long-forgotten land known as the Soviet Union, a young man named Boris decided to write and sing songs. A native of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Boris Grebenshikov became arguably the most renowned figure … Continue reading →

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