World Music CD Reviews

Vinicius Cantuaria Psychedelic Rio

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene March 23, 2024

Vinicius Cantuaria Psychedelic Rio Sunnyside Psychedelic Rio offers a refreshing departure from the cool strains of Brazilian music, most identified by cool and breezy bossa nova or the steamier, danceable samba. Brazilian composer, guitarist, and vocalist virtuoso Vinicius Cantuaria decided to radicalize these forms by going electric and turning up the amps in the vein […]

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Susan Alcorn CANTO

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 12, 2023

Susan Alcorn CANTO Relative Pitch We are revisiting the creative pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn, who presents an altogether different set of sonics than she did on her 2020 quintet rendered Pedernal which we covered on these pages. This time Alcorn leads a septet, labeled here as Septeto del Sur, a group of Chilean improvisers […]

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Gerry Casey Interviews Sujata

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, Rock, roots, roots rock September 11, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Sujata Sujata is a British-Indian singer and songwriter based in London. Raised in Calcutta by her musical family and steeped in the Bengali Folk Music tradition, her focus moved to Pop and Rock soon after she settled in England. Inspired by Janis Joplin, Dolly Parton, […]

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The Winter Codes Set the Darkness Reeling

Martina Doerner August 21, 2022

The Winter Codes Set the Darkness Reeling Irish folk rock duo The Winter Codes present their brand new album “Set the Darkness Reeling” and with it Barney Murray and David Walshe have created a homage to their native Ireland and a tribute to the one who sadly passed away ten years ago Paul Walshe, who […]

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Raymundo Sodré Dengo

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots September 29, 2021

Raymundo Sodré Dengo Ropeadope Listening to the uplifting music of Raymundo Sodré for the first time evoked two references. His Brazilian music hails from the Nordeste (Northeast) and resembles the juju music from Nigeria. Casual listeners may in fact think that it is African music. Also, Charlie Musselwhite once explained to me in an interview […]

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The Delerium Trees Tales From The Western Isles

Martina Doerner cd review, electronic music, making a Scene, roots, world music September 17, 2021

The Delerium Trees “Tales From The Western Isles” Today I would like to invite you to discover the new album by The Delerium Trees. I’ve already written a few reviews of this band and I’m always thrilled, but I have to say that “Tales From The Western Isles” is something very special. After the debut […]

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Tim Motzer Many Ways Around the Sun

Jim Hynes ambient music, cd review, guitar, jazz, making a Scene, visual art August 6, 2021

Tim Motzer Many Ways Around the Sun Ropeadope Tim Motzer’s Many Ways Around the Sun is a true solo album with the multi-instrumentalist who has made nine solo soundscape albums now adding vocals to his compositions for the first time. Playing mellotron, guitars, bass, prophet synth, optigan, wood flute, cymbals, drums, reed organ, electronics, drum […]

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Kane Mathis Geminus

Jim Hynes Geminus, jazz, Kane Mathis, making a Scene April 10, 2021

Kane Mathis Geminus Nyaato As we’ve commented before, the kora is one of the most beautiful sounding instruments of any, string or otherwise. It’s not often that we find an accomplished player of the instrument that didn’t grow up in Africa where the instrument is passed on through generations and it’s a testament to the […]

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Various Artists Cumbia 1 and 2

Jim Hynes making a Scene, world circuit records, world music March 25, 2021

Various Artists Cumbia 1 & 2 World Circuit World Circuit Records is re-issuing from their celebrated catalog the music and dance associated with Colombia, that’s been with us since the 17th century – Cumbia 1 & 2 performed by a variety of artists and compiled by the label’s world music expert Nick Gold. They will […]

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W. Ed Harris The Foggy Dew

Martina Doerner americana, indie, making a Scene, roots, world music March 12, 2021

W. Ed Harris The Foggy Dew Independent Ed Harris has just released album number nine and again he managed to add another masterpiece to his vita. Based in North Carolina, Ed started making music at the tender age of 5 and then discovered his love for Celtic music, which has been his focus for over […]

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Michael Wimberley Afrofuturism

Jim Hynes afro, jazz, making a Scene, roots February 17, 2021

Michael Wimberley Afrofuturism Temple Mountain Afrofuturism is an ambitious project from percussionist, keyboardist, and composer Michael Wimberly. With the full album due this week, followers will have already heard the first five tracks which were released in December and four tracks released a month ago. Those and the final three make up the full album […]

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Karen Matheson Still Time

Jim Hynes americana, irish, karen matheson, making a Scene, singer songwriters, world music February 10, 2021

Karen Matheson Still Time Vertical/Compass Widely recognized as the compelling voice of Celtic super-group Capercaillie, vocalist Karen Matheson began performing as a child in her local village hall in Argyll on the west coast of Scotland, where she was brought up immersed in the deep well of traditional songs that have been her inspiration for […]

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Greg Murphy Cool Water

Jim Hynes cd review, Cool water, Greg Murphy, jazz February 9, 2021

Greg Murphy Cool Water Whaling City Sound Master keyboardist and composer Greg Murphy delivers a very inspirational project, Cool Water, based on his trip to Africa. “The inspiration for the concept of the album and title track, ‘Enkare Nairobi,’ (which means ‘cool water’ in Maasai and refers to the Nairobi River which flows through the […]

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Mehmet Ali Sanlikol The Rise Up: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration

Jim Hynes jazz, making a Scene, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, world music August 19, 2020

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol The Rise Up: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration Dunya Prolific composer and multi-instrumentalist Mehmet Ali Sanlikol delivers his ambitious project: THE RISE UP: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration with his dynamic jazz orchestra Whatsnext, written for and featuring NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman as soloist, The Rise Up is an epic three-part artistic masterpiece that combines traditional Middle […]

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Orpheus Visions

Robert Levoy electronic, making a Scene, orpheus, visions May 11, 2020

Orpheus Visions Visions is an album by Orpheus which is a beautiful, bewitching, viby brew of acoustic & electronic elements, featuring lush, soulful vocal textures and elegant melodies featuring the talents of Jarrod Lawson on all instruments and programming along with some guest artists on a few tracks. This twelve track album on orange colored vinyl features such […]

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Pacific Mambo Orchestra The III Side

Jim Hynes jazz, latin jazz, making a Scene, pacific mambo orchestra February 11, 2020

Pacific Mambo Orchestra The III Side Self-released The Grammy-winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra (PMO) was founded in 2010 by Mexican-born pianist Christian Tumalan and German-born trumpeter Steffen Kuehn. The 20-piece ensemble is the only active Latin Big band on the US West Coast, comprised of some of the Bay Area’s top talent. In addition, this aggregation […]

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Yasser Tejeda & Palotré Kijombo

Jim Hynes dominican republic, jazz, latin, making a Scene, Yasser Tejeda December 3, 2019

Yasser Tejeda & Palotré Kijombo Self- released Surely, you’ve already identified this as Latin music and possibly Latin jazz. Yet, that’s only partially right. it’s broader than either one. Yasser Tejeda’s music on Kijombo is, at least in the U.S. and many countries, the seldom heard roots music of the Dominican Republic, here re-imagined by […]