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This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

With a hazy and powerful sound, Cleveland duo Mr. Gnome issues a pair of B-sides to its well-received sophomore LP.

A group of Wodaabe and Tuareg people from Niger, Etran Finatawa, explores tribal music as channeled through electric guitar and a blues sensibility, and an acoustic guitarist with a rich, diverse catalog (Ralph Towner) drops a disc of duets with an Italian/Sardinian trumpeter (Paolo Fresu). (more…)

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This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

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Indian slide-guitar master Debashish Bhattacharya mixes Hindustani and Karnatic styles in this take on the mythological Hindu figure Shakuntala.

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Emcee Sleep of hip-hop collective Oldominion has made a name for himself with high-energy, quick-tongued rhymes and diverse samples.

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The vocally driven neoclassical project Amber Asylum is rooted in a brooding, eerie minimalism. (more…)

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