Massiel Yanira - Una Voz (Self-published)
'Una Voz' is the album debut of Massiel Yanira, a classically trained singer with Latin American roots from Montreal whose work can best be described as prime Hispanic singer-songwriter music.
Zion Train - Dub Revolutionaries: The Very Best Of (Nascente/Universal Egg)
If there is one band that perfectly illustrates the ductility of the colors red, yellow and green, it's Zion Train.
Kalio Gayo - Parti Y Prije (Self-published)
Although yours truly had never heard of Kalio Gayo (another Shakin' Weld discovery), the discography of this band from Utrecht in The Netherlands shows they've already been going at it for some time.
Suga Roy & Conrad Crystal - Universal Tribute To Gregory Isaacs (Fire Ball Records)
Gregory Isaacs has no less than two tribute albums in the making with Suga Roy & Conrad Crystal being the first to release their 'Universal Tribute To Gregory Isaacs', an album for which the duo revitalized eighteen of Gregory's classics.
Tom Fire - Brainwash EP (Chapter Two Records/Wagram)
Nicolas Maslowski and Romain Germa, the backbone of the defunct Makasound label, didn't let things get to them and just a few months after the bankruptcy, they are at it again with the brand new Chapter Two Records and we can already introduce their first release, being Tom Fire's debut EP 'Brainwash'.
Andreia Dacal - Paradoxos EP (Fresh Poulp Records)
With the opening ceremony of Europalia Brazil rapidly approaching, it's no more than natural that we pay some attention to the musical diversity of that country and just by chance Niterói based Andreia Dacal's 'Paradoxos EP' just landed in our mailbox.
Alborosie - 2 Times Revolution (Greensleeves)
According to Alborosie we need a double revolution: "We need a good revolution, so the World shall listen.
Tabizla - The Coming (Self-published)
Yours truly had honestly never heard of Tabizla; which is a bit odd as it turns out this twelve-piece band from the Antwerp municipality of Puurs has already been going at it since 2008.
Ziggi Recado - Ziggi Recado (Greensleeves)
Ziggi is no more, long live Ziggi Recado! And to make sure we all remember that, Recado has chosen to name his new album that way as well.
Yacine & The Oriental Groove - Parabòlic (Kasba Music)
Belahcene Yacine is the regular oud-player for Cheb Balowski and Nour.
Ibrahima Sarr & Danaya Percussion - Ceremonial Drumming In Modern Bamako (Kanaga System Krush)
After the albums by Lobi Traore, Dutch company Xango Music Distribution is now also distributing some older work released by the Kanaga System Krush label.
Various Artists - Swing Diskoteka (Eastblok Music)
Is the whole Balkans craze already on its return or is it just time for something new? In any case, with 'Swing Diskoteka' the Eastblok Music label focuses on a new subgenre that is a mixture of Balkan music, klezmer and swing jazz from the nineteen twenties to forties.
Besh O Drom - Kertünk Alatt/Down The Garden (Narrator Records)
The observant reader will already have seen Besh O Drom mentioned on these pages before, but it took until now for an album (their first in more than five years by the way) of this Hungarian band, trying to lift the Balkan genre to the twenty-first century, to land on our desk.
Various Artists - BLNRB, Welcome To The Madhouse (Out Here Records)
Boudewijn Büch, a Dutch author and notorious mythomaniac who passed away prematurely, often claimed Goethe, one of his great fascinations, was all-encompassing and omnipresent.
Roland Tchakounte - Blues Menessen (World Connection)
The exception confirms the rule and Cameroonian guitarist and songwriter Roland Tchakounte is perhaps one of those exceptions.
Frankie Paul - Most Wanted (Greensleeves)
Slump in CD sales or not, the Greensleeves label continues to deliver new editions in their Most Wanted compilation series.
Joggo - Modern Rockers Vol. 1 (Dredda Records)
After Maikal X and Ziggi, Joggo's 'Modern Rockers Vol.
Various Artists - Mista Savona presents Warn The Nation (Soulbeats Records)
For their latest release the Soulbeats Records label travelled to faraway Australia with a stopover in Jamaica.
Earlyworm - Natty Droid (Renegade Recordings)
The work of Earlyworm (who prefers his name spelled Earlyw~rm), the latest dub revelation from Toronto, is described by that other Canadian dub master, Dubmatix, as: "This isn't any ordinary dub, this is dub that has traveled across the Galaxy and landed on Earlyworm's Terra Firma laptop!", a description we can only agree with.
Zulu 9.30 - Tiempo Al Tiempo + La Kinky Beat - Massive Underground (Kasba Music)
Just a few weeks after the release of the new La Pegatina album, the Kasba Music label is already serving up new releases by their mestizo-brothers of Zulu 9.