We first heard from The Touchables with their 2019 offering The Noise Is Rest, a very affecting set of pared-down
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The New Atlantis
From Trondheim in Norway, we have a solo set performed by cellist and vocalist Marianne Baudouin Lie, courtesy of the
Continue readingPutoo Katare Yire: lively lessons and moral guidance with dance rhythms and beats
Ayuune Sule, Putoo Katare Yire, The Netherlands, Makkum Records, MR30 CD / vinyl LP (2021) Its name translating from the
Continue readingSompas-Naga: a mesmeric black metal / Thai folk music fusion
Lotus of Darkness, Sompas-Naga, Colombia, Namtaru Records, NR008 CD (2021) Here comes very melodic black metal folk music with distinctly
Continue readingBinga: a minimalist Songhay folk / blues album on politics and social justice issues in Mali
Samba Touré, Binga, Germany, Glitterbeat Records, GB110 CD / LP (2021) I must admit not knowing Malian guitarist Samba Touré
Continue readingCity of Blood: Iranian folk / black metal message against war
Akvan, City of Blood, Iran, self-released, cassette (2021) Dedicated to the Iranian soldiers who fought and died in the Iran-Iraq
Continue readingUnusta kõik: inventive dissonant black metal with a dark jazzy edge
Kõdu, Unusta kõik, Sweden, Nigredo Records, NP015 limited edition CD (2021) Kõdu is a recent black metal band formed in
Continue readingA light and lively Amazonian popular folk compilation in “El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974)”
Andrés Vargas Pinedo, El fabuloso sonido de Andrés Vargas Pinedo: una colección de música popular amazónica (1966-1974), Peru, BUH Records,
Continue readingSound Storing Machines – The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903 – 1912: early recorded Japanese music still sounding fresh after over 100 years
Various Artists, Sound Storing Machines – The First 78rpm Records from Japan, 1903 – 1912, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF115
Continue readingManbarani: modern Arabic folk in a quest to find physical and spiritual place and purpose
Natik Awayez, Manbarani, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF116 vinyl LP (2021) It seems astonishing that a composer / lyricist /
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