List: World Music Reviews | Curated by Allen Michie

Jan 2, 2025
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World Music Reviews
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Review of the App RadioooooLast week’s update to version 3.0 is as good excuse as any to recommend the app Radiooooo, available for free on the web or in the Android…
Jan 2
Jan 2
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Review of Alan Wade, “Sultan”Alune Wade, Sultan (Enja and Yellowbird)
Jul 24, 2023
Jul 24, 2023
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Review of Two Albums by AlbareAlbare, Freedom (Alfi), Albare Plays Jobim Vol. 2 (Alfi)
Jul 24, 2023
Jul 24, 2023
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Review of Youn Sun Nah’s “Waking World”Thankfully, not all popular music coming out of South Korea is from boy bands. Youn Sun Nah began as a young prodigy when her first album…
Jul 24, 2023
Jul 24, 2023
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Review of Corina Bartra’s “Amber Light”Ready to update the cult canon?
Jul 22, 2023
Jul 22, 2023
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Review of Jake Shimabukuro’s “Jake & Friends”I’ll confess to a guilty pleasure: cheesy all-star duet albums. Usually, the deserved reaction at the end of the record is “Why?” But, on…
Jul 22, 2023
Jul 22, 2023
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Review of Mauricio J. Rodriguez’s “Luz”Mauricio J. Rodriguez is a virtuoso Latin jazz bassist, currently the Composer-in-Residence for the Miami Symphony Orchestra. The music on…
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023
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Review of Ojoyo: “Ojoyo Plays Safrojazz”I queued up this disk on a grey Monday morning, and from the first exuberant blast on the opening track, my whole week just got better…
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
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World Music Album Review: Michael Wimberly’s “Afrofuturism” — Journeying Forward Through DiversityMichael Wimberly, Afrofuturism (Temple Mountain Records)
May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
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World Music CD Reviews: Percussionist Julian Gerstin and Guitarist Todd Mosby Go Their Own WayJulian Gerstin — Littoral Zone (self-produced)
May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023
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Review of Youn Sun Nah’s “Waking World”Youn Sun Nah’s style is difficult to summarize. Part jazz chanteuse, part indie rocker, part arthouse iconoclast, and part cabaret stage…
Jan 16, 2023
Jan 16, 2023
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Jazz Album Reviews: Two From Guitarist Albare — One Sedately Traditional, the Other More…https://artsfuse.org/259399/jazz-album-reviews-two-from-guitarist-albare-one-sedately-traditional-the-other-more-satisfyingly-adventurous/
Jan 16, 2023
Jan 16, 2023
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World Music Album Review: Bassist Alune Wade’s Brilliant “Sultan” — A Global Patchwork Quilthttps://artsfuse.org/259994/jazz-album-review-bassist-alune-wades-brilliant-sultan-a-global-patchwork-quilt/
Jan 16, 2023
Jan 16, 2023