Selections of profound substance. Music from Cuba, USA, Puerto Rico, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Israel, Yemen, Mali, and beyond.
Month: June 2017
The cool aesthetic of Bandakadabra is immediately evident by their matching black suits with white shirts and skinny black ties. Dubbed an “Urban Brass Band,” this ensemble from Torino, Italy sets their sights on all sorts of brass music, from ragtime and jazz to Balkan, rocksteady, and Latin on their rousing live recording, Entomology.
Seydou Diabaté, aka Kanazoé, unleashes his technique on the balafon with a talented ensemble on Kanazoé Orkestra’s debut full-length release, Miriya. This well-produced set reveals a young group that is brimming with confidence and joy.
Les Amazones d’Afrique is an impressive collective of female musicians from West Africa who are working towards ending gender inequality. The songs are sung in English, French, Bambara, and Fon over a psychedelic dub funk that often embodies a modern, industrial edge.