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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/oysteinsevag
Windham
Hill Records
We'll begin with an extended set
in honor of St. Patrick's Day, coming-up next Wednesday, March 17th.
Fil
Campbell
Songbirds - the first
ladies of Irish song
Farewell My Own Dear Native Land
Glenshee Records
Artist website: filcampbell.com
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/filcampbell
Irish songstress Fil Campbell, of Co.
Fermanagh has had a lifelong love affair with music since her first
performance at age 5 in her hometown Belleek. Songbirds is a history
of the music that Fil Campbell grew-up listening to and was made into
a TV documentary of some of the most intriguing women singers of Ireland
from the last century.
Na'Bodach
Knickers down bottoms up
Rambling Irishman
Celtboy
Records
Artist website: AndyRedmond.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/AndyRedmond
Andy Redmond is a Celtic musician based in the Philadelphia area and
who has had a lifetime facination with military "field music."
He is the co-founder of the Mifflin Guard Field Music and 28th PA
Regimental Brass Band.
Todd
Menton
The Dolmen Field
Paddy On the Railway
New
Folk Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/toddmenton
Celtic music from Minneapolis, from a 2008
cd by Todd Menton and New Folk Records.
Bridget
McMahon
Celtic Woman
The Water is Wide
Paradise
Music
MySpace: www.myspace.com/361900332
Bridget McMahon lives in County Mayo, on
the west coast of Ireland. She is part of a duo performing trad folk,
rock, and Americana.
Connemara
Stone Company
Birds & Beasts
Kesh Jig
Artist website: www.ConnemaraStoneCompany.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/connemarastonecompany
A Celtic band based in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Music
from Asphalt-Tango.de
ErsatzMusika
Songs Unrecantible
Antediluvian
Asphalt-Tango.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/ersatzmusika
These six Berlin-based musicians, of ErsatzMusika spent their formative
years in the USSR and emigrated to Berlin in the early 90's. They
are lead by singer/songwriter, Irina Doubrovskja who describes her
music, on MySpace, as "post-soviet urban folk from Berlin."
Lyrics
to: Songs Unrecantible (8.3 MB)
ErsatzMusika
Voice Letter
The Gold Prospector
Asphalt-Tango.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/ersatzmusika
These six Berlin-based musicians, of ErsatzMusika spent their formative
years in the USSR and emigrated to Berlin in the early 90's. They
are lead by singer/songwriter, Irina Doubrovskja who describes her
music, on MySpace, as "post-soviet urban folk from Berlin."
Kottarashky
Opa Hey!
Teoe
Asphalt-Tango.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/kottarashky
Kottarashky is a 21 Century Digital master musician with his feet
deeply rooted in vintage Balkan music. His mesmerizing mashups are
full of Balkan soul.
Mahala
Raï Banda
Ghetto Blasters
Na Janes
Asphalt-Tango.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/mahalaraibanda
Some great new gypsy brass-band music from Romania and epicenter of
Balkan soul.
Las
Rubias del Norte
Ziguala
Cruzando El Mar
Barbès
Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/lasrubiasdelnorte
Las Rubias del Norte translates as the "Blondes of the North."
They play boleros, cha cha, cumbias, Huaynos and cowboy songs. Their
new album , Ziguala will be out on March 9th.
Josh
Rouse
El Turista
I Will Live on Islands
Valencia
Yep Roc
Artist: www.joshrouse.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/joshrouse
Josh Rouse is based in Valencia Spain, El Turista is a globe-trotting
musical journey with Spain the point of origin, and that touches down
in Africa, Cuba, Brazil and Nashville where the bulk of the tracks
were recorded.
Douglas
Blue Feather & Danny Voris
Rollin' Like Thunder
Desert Moon
Artist:
www.douglasbluefeather.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/douglasbluefeather
New Native American flute music from
Douglas Blue Feather, of Cherokee heritage. He his a winner of the
Native American Music Awards "Flutist of the Year." He is
accompanied by Danny Voris on electric and acoustic guitars, bass
guitar and keys.
Mana
Kaleilane Caceres
Who I Am
Couldn't Take the Mana
From da Heart Productions
MySpace: www.myspace.com/ibehawaiian
Mana Kaleilane Caeres goes simply by the name, Mana and has his own
take on Reggae, R&B, and Hawaiian music. We will be hearing my
favorite, "Couldn't Take the Mana."
Esthema
the hereness and nowness of things
Forward Motion
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/esthemamusic
Esthema is a Boston-based world fusion ensemble.
We will be hearing the Greek flavored track, "Forward Motion."
The
Spy From Cairo
Secretly Famous
Sufi Disco
Wonderwheel Recordings
MySpace: www.myspace.com/zebthespyfromcairo
The Spy from Cairo is also known as Zeb. He's a producer/musician
who has helped shape the New York underground dance scene. A multi-instrumentalist
who plays guitar, bass, Oud, Turkish Saz, Albanian Cifteli, and sitar.
David
Starfire
Bollyhood Bass
Flying Carpet
Six
Degrees Records
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/davidstarfire
A new cd from Los Angeles-based world musician,
David Starfire titled, Bollyhood.
Fool's
Gold
Fool's Gold
title track
IAM
SoundRecords
MySpace: www.myspace.com/foolsgold
Fool's Gold is a collective of a dozen musicians
out of LA, performing African-influenced music, enthusiastically mixing
the sounds of from Highlife to the Toureg trance music, with a spicy
blend of other influences from around the world.
Gaudi
No Prisoners
Brainwashed Again
Six
Degrees Records
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/gaudimusic
Next-up music from a brand new cd from Six Degrees Records that just
arrived in today's mail. Gaudi is a London-based producer famous for
rocking dance-floors the world over. His music synthesizes elements
of dub, electronica, and world music into extended down-tempo mixes.
Angelique
Kidjo
Õÿö
Zelie
Kelele
Artist website: www.kidjo.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/angeliquekidjo
A new release from Angelique Kidjo.
We will hear "Zelie" a song comemorating the music of Bella
Bellows of Togo. Then we will hear "Kekele," a tribute to
the influential genre of High Life music
Taj
Weekes & Adowa
Deidem
Orphans Cry (dedicated to the children of
Darfur)
For Today
SIPPI
Artist Charity Foundation website:
They Often
Cry Outreach
Artist website:
www.tajandadowa.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/tajweekesadowa
Music from the Carribean Island of
St. Lucia by roots reggae musicians, Taj Weekes and Adowa.
Singer/songwriter Taj Weekes speaks to the life, love, poverty, faith
and the people's spirit of his island country.
Lionel
Loueke
Mwaliko
Ami O (with Angelique
Kidjo)
Blue Note
Artist:
www.lionelloueke.com
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/lionelloueke
Lionel Loueke on African
jazz guitar and vocals is acompanied Angelique
Kidjo on a couple of tracks as well as a couple
of tracks with Cameroonean musician, Richard Bona
on bass and vocals.
Ali Farka
Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Ali and Toumani
Doudou
World
Circuit/ Nonesuch
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/toumanidiabate
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/alifarkatoureofficial
A posthumous
recording of Ali Farka Touré on guitar
and vocals. His collaborator is Toumani Diabaté
on Kora but he is also accompanied by his son,
Vieux Farka Touré, on congas; and Cuban
great, Orlando Cachaito Lopez on bass.
Razia
Zebu Nation
Omama
Y0y0y0
Cumbancha
Discovery
Artist website: RaziaSaid.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/raziasaid
Singer and songwriter Razia Said is a native of
Madagascar where she returns after years of living
a nomadic life from Africa to Europe and the US.
On Zebu Nation she reaches back to her roots in
Madagascar to find her artistic voice.
Sierra
Leone's Refugee All Stars
Rise & Shine
Muloma
Cumbancha
Artist website: SierraLeonesRefugeeAllStars.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/therefugeeallstars
The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars formed their
group in a West African refugee camp. Their first
album was titled "Living Like a Refugee."
As their motto they write: "We always to
intend to write songs about peace and love because
we always remember our past. We came from a war-torn
country. That's why we never cease to remind people
in our music to always remain in peace.
Bassekou
Kouyate & Ngoni ba
I Speak Fula
title track
SubPop
Records
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate
Basse Kouyate plays
the ngoni, a string instrument originating in
West Africa; it's body is made of wood or calabash
covered with goatskin over it like a drum. This
instrument is an ancestor of the banjo. Basse
Kouyate and Ngoni ba are on US tour and will play
a concert on April 10th, in Minneapolis, at The
Cedar.
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