Tuesday, January 4 2011
Inna Zhelannaya: Cocoon
Cocoon, with its thread-artwork and the title that signifies concentration and enclosure, seems to be casting its references back a few years to Bjork's Vespertine.
Wednesday, December 8 2010
Huun Huur Tu: Ancestors Call
These Tuvans don't have the hungry energy that might characterise a younger ensemble, but there's a compensating denseness.
Thursday, December 17 2009
Arrington de Dionyso: Malaikat Dan Singa
Dionyso, in taking us on his own journey into the mystic, has provided one of the most fascinating and bewildering North American releases of the year. This is not so much Future World Music as Parallel World Music.
Tuesday, September 29 2009
Mongolia With a Side of Iraq: Chicago World Music Festival 2009
Chicago World Music Festival performers Hanggai stunned audiences with traditional Mongolian folk music crossed with western rock
