Articles by Jonathan Rothman
Amadou & Mariam
Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, ON June 4
PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2009
Thirty years after meeting at Bamako, Mali's Institute for the Blind, guitarist Amadou Bagayoko and singer Mariam Doumbia appear at complet...
Wet Cookies
Soul Protection
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2009
Vienna-based soul jazz cats Wet Cookies return with Soul Protection, a platform for the heavy-hitting vocalists and session players assembl...
Delhi 2 Dublin
Delhi 2 Dublin
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2009
Combine the Indian drums (tabla, dhol) and sitars of the subcontinent with driving Irish fiddles and toe-tapping Celtic progressions, keep...
Beats on Canvas
Beats on Canvas
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009
Montreal composers Martin and Dominique Bernard, and Catherine Latendresse derive their album's world, classical and downtempo electronic f...
Lal Meri
Lal Meri
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009
California trio Lal Meri have recorded an ensemble debut album seemingly poised for worldwide lounge domination. Named after a famous Sufi...
Beto Villares
Beto Villares
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2009
On his debut solo album, in-demand Brazilian producer Beto Villares — fans of Grammy-nominated CéU, who appears on two tracks...
Amadou and Mariam
Welcome to Mali
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009
The funkiest blind, married, French-speaking Afro-pop couple around, Amadou and Mariam return after 2005's Manu Chao-produced Dimanche &agr...
Soul Jazz Orchestra
Manifesto
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009
Ottawa's Afro-beat stalwarts return with a full-length collection of mostly medium tempo, simmering grooves that might not induce casual li...