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Los Amigos Invisibles – Not So Commercial
Los Amigos Invisibles, Venezuela’s most popular acid jazz / funk group, has been on the scene for more than a decade at this point. Their Grammy-nominated sound, which for the most part has functioned...
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A Modest Proposal – Withhold Food From Vampire Weekend Until They Sound Less Emo
Vampire Weekend simultaneously represents so much of what I hate and love about the American music scene. I’ll be the first to admit that their last album, Contra, caught my attention from about twenty...
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Salif Keita – Coming to America
Despite being a direct descendant of Sundiata Keita, the founder of the Malian Empire, Salif Keita was cast out of his community and ostracized by his family because of his albinism, which is...
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Red Hot + Rio 2: Beirut goes Brazil
Beirut – “O Leaozinho” (Caetano Veloso cover) by znaki.fm Beirut, the music project headed by Zach Condon, is going on tour. Good news. He’s going on tour with Arcade Fire, the National, and Twin...
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Catches of the Week (7/3/11)
Beyonce’s recent fusion of classic American music with rhythms and guitar styles from Africa inspired us to create a brief selection of similar songs, from both sides of the pond. Of course, most music...
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Fool’s Gold – Wild Window
I’m an avowed fan of fusing the various flavors of African style guitars with just about anything, unless the singer in question is named “Ezra Koenig.” So when I first heard the riff on Fool’s Gold’s...
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Slavic Soul Party (In Concert, 7/12/11)
If one were to criminally oversimplify Slavic Soul Party’s stylistic influences, one might describe them as a Balkan-Funk ensemble playing in a New Orleans marching band during Mardi Gras. With...
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Creole Choir Of Cuba
I consider myself fortunate that I just heard of the Creole Choir of Cuba, as they are embarking on their first US tour. I’m most excited about this Sunday’s performance at Symphony Space in New York...
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Mali, Then and Now
Mali has been in the news lately. (A coup, secession movement, and constitutional crisis will do that.) So while its status remains unresolved and its name is still in the headlines, we at AudioCred...
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The Seshen –“Turn”
I didn’t expect to be transported to another place and time today – but I had no choice after deciding to listen to a new tune by San Francisco septet The Seshen. The group has created some very...
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