Album 音 Album of the Month June 4, 2019 by Diego Olivas Gabriel Yacoub: Elementary Level Of Faith (1987) If one can remember anything of French-Lebanese musician Gabriel Yacoub, it’s of the time he fronted progressive folk group Malicorne. Under Malicorne,… June 4, 2019
Album Album of the Month May 31, 2019 by Diego Olivas Koichi Inamoto (稲本耕一): Message From Min-Yō クラリネットでちょっと気どって日本民謡 (1986) Coming in clear, not just a message from Min’yō but one of other beautiful Japanese folk traditions from the Muromachi period and… May 31, 2019
Album 音 Album May 21, 2019 by Diego Olivas Rubaja and Hernandez: High Plateaux (1987) Here’s another leftfield one from the Windham Hill label. A high mixture of Latin American rhythms, warm digital synthesis, and exploratory brass… May 21, 2019
Interview 音 Interview May 10, 2019 by Diego Olivas Interview: Hiltzik & Greenwald Normally, here’s the space where I begin to wax poetically about an album I wish others would take the time to discover.… May 10, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month April 5, 2019 by Diego Olivas Everything Play: Everything Play (1992) As winter gives way to springtime, I thought it would be nice to revisit our Japanese post-New Age friends at Everything Play.… April 5, 2019
Album 音 Album April 2, 2019 by Diego Olivas Naná Vasconcelos & The Bushdancers: Rain Dance (1989) Far be it from me to write anything definitive on the work/life of the late, great Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos, but let… April 2, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month March 29, 2019 by Diego Olivas Takio Ito & Takio Band: TAKIO-ソーラン節 (1988) One hasn’t lived until they’ve experienced the force of nature that is Takio Ito’s voice. If you’ve encountered the soul stirring vocal… March 29, 2019
Album 音 Album March 26, 2019 by Diego Olivas Vízöntő: Villanypásztor (1987) Népzene, or Hungarian folk music, has always been a quietly influential, if not leftfield, version of music. A mix of Old Central… March 26, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month March 12, 2019 by Diego Olivas Uman: Chaleur Humaine (1992) Uman, pronounced (YOO-mahn), was a unique group. Vacillating from many visions — world music, ambient, jazz, and many uncategorizable things — this… March 12, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month March 8, 2019 by Diego Olivas Hideki Mitsumori (光森英毅): 彩 Colours (1990) I’m at a loss what to classify the late, great Hideki Mitsumori’s 彩 Colours as. It’s obviously heavily indebted to world music… March 8, 2019
Album 音 Album March 5, 2019 by Diego Olivas Do’ah: World Dance (1988) A call to worship, that’s what do’a, the original Arabic-Persian name for New Age group Do’ah means. World Dance by Do’ah slots… March 5, 2019
Album Album December 18, 2018 by Diego Olivas Various Artists: We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1983), Yen Records Compilation Celebrating Christmas a bit early? Well, it seems I am (or for those stumble into this post in the future), you might… December 18, 2018