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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/oysteinsevag
Windham
Hill Records
Bridget
McMahon
Celtic Woman
Hold Me Now
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.
Seneca
Sweeter than Burbon
Marks
Artist: www.seneca.ie
Artist: www.seneca-band.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/bandseneca
Seneca is a youthful new band out of Limerick
City, Ireland. They have already toured the US, with over 90 shows
in 25 states. Although I have to admit that this is the first I've
heard of them. I found myself mesmerized by the tone and lyrics of
their song titled "Marks." All songs written by Seneca vocalist,
Rob Hope.
Saga
Face a Face
Indien
Tinder
Records
A
song from the 1994 recording of French singer/songwriter known as
Saga.
Sara Thomsen
By Breath
Freedom Song
Sara
Thomsen
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/sarathomsen
We will be hearing a couple of tracks from
Sara Thomsen. A singer/song writer from the Duluth Area. I first heard
her, back in 2002, on a rainy evening in Duluth, when I ducked into
a coffee house/bakery on Canal Park. Sara's songs made a lasting impression.
I stayed till the music ended. It was just recently that I heard her
song "Is It For Freedom" on a Democracy Now video that I
contacted her to play her music on The World Beat.
Márta
Sebestyén
I Can See The Gates of Heaven
(Hungarian
religious and secular songs)
Heritage
World Village
MySpace: www.myspace.com/sebestyenmarta
Music from Hungarian folk singer, Marta Sebstyen sings songs that
preserve archaic European traditions.
Music
from Asphalt-Tango.de
ErsatzMusika
Songs Unrecantible
Berceuse
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
Cranes
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."
Balkan
Beat Box
Blue Eyed Black Boy
Dancing With the Moon
Kabulectro
www.NatGeoMusic.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/balkanbeatbox
Music from a new recording of globalized urban mashups, from Balkan
Beat Box, recorded in Belgrade and Tel Aviv. This time BBB are on
the NatGeo Label.
Esthema
the hereness and nowness of
things
Eastern Dance
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/esthemamusic
Esthema is a Boston-based
world fusion ensemble. We will be hearing the Greek
flavored track, "A Place to Rest."
Ilhan
Ersahin
Istanbul Sessions with Erik Truffaz
Freedom
Nublu
MySpace: www.myspace.com/istanbulsessions
NYC East Village-based saxophonist and composer, Ilhan Ersahin has
travelled to Istanbul many times for jam-sessions and to absorb the
blossoming music scene. This is the result of those sessions.
Josh
Rouse
El Turista
Duerme, Mobila
Yep Roc
MySpace: www.myspace.com/joshrouse
Artist: www.joshrouse.com
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.
Marachi
Los Comperos de Nati Cano
Amor, Dolor Y Lágrimas
Música
Ranchera
Gloomy Nights
Smithsonian Folkways
The Grammy-Award- winning group, Marachi Los Comperos de Nati Cano
breath new life into to Musica Ranchera, Mexico's "county music"
that blossomed from the 30's to the 50's.
¡Ayombe!
The Heart of Columbia's Música Vallenata
Sin Ti (Without You)
Smithsonian Folkways
Since the late 1920's the music of the vallenatos-people of a small
valley region on the Carribean coast of Columbia has best exemplified
the heart and feeling of the Columbian people.
Very
Be Careful
Escape Room
El Viajero Del Tiempo
Barbès
Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/verybecareful
VBC is a Caribbean sould band based in LA. They specialize in a Colombian
coastal beat style called the vallanato.
Phileas
SPOKENWOR(L)D
Ursprache
PhileasWorld.com
Artist
website : www.phileasworld.com
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/phileasworld
Paris-based musician, Phileas, composes
"electronic music celebrating human speech and language."
Michel
Banabila
Traces - music for films & documentaries
Speech
Tapu Records
Artist
website: www.banabila.com
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/banabila
Dutch musician Michel Banabila creates
eerily atmospheric music for films and documentaires. We will be hearing
"Speech," featuring lyrics taken directly from Genesis 11.
Kamal
Zen Mama
Mahakala Chant
New Earth Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/musickamal
Geoffrey
"Gurrumul" Yunupingu
Gurrumul
Djàrimirri
Skinnyfish Music
MySpace: www.myspace.com/gurrumul
Next up (my World Beat Pick of the Month) Gurrumul, an Australian
Aboriginal man who was born blind and learned to play a right-handed
guitar upside-down with his left hand. He still plays all his songs
in that fashion. We will be hearing Gurrumul singing a song addressed
to the Aboriginal creator, Baywara.
Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind):
I was born blind, and I don't know why
God knows why, because he love me so
as I grew up, my spirit knew
then I learnt to read the world of destruction
united we stand, divided we fall
together we'll stand, in solidarity
World
Beat Pick of the Month
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.
Taj
Weekes & Adowa
Deidem
Hollow Display
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Taj Weekes
& Adowa
Doubt
Lonesome in Babylon
Artist Charity Foundation website:
They
Often Cry Outreach
Artist website:
tajandadowa.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/tajweekesadowa
Media: www.sjmmedia.com/tajweekesepk
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.
Andy Palacio & the Garifuna
Collective
Wátina
Amuyengü (In Times to Come)
Cumbancha
Stonetree Records
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/stonetreerecords
The Garifuna people are a people
and a language without a country. They originally settled on St Vincents,
but were scattered along the mainland coast after being driven out
by the Spanish. Today they live in Belize, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras,
and various places in South America yet always in the minority.
David
Kirton
Stranger
Thanks and Praise
Birds Eye Music
Artist website: www.davidkirton.com
MySpace: David
Kirton music
David Kirton, from Barbados sings in a unique blend of roots-rock-reggae,
with soul and pop. We will be hearing "Stand Up."
Razia
Zebu Nation
Ny Alantsika
Cumbancha
Discovery
MySpace: www.myspace.com/raziasaid
Artist website: RaziaSaid.com
Singer and songwriter Razia Said is a native of Madagascar where she
returns after years of living s nomadic life from Africa to Europe
and the US. On Zebu Natio she reaches back to her roots in Madagascar
to find her artistic voice.
Angelique
Kidjo
Õÿö
Kekele
Artist website:
kidjo.com
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/angeliquekidjo
A new release from
Angelique Kidjo. We will hear a song called "Move
On Up" featuring Bono & John Legend.
Victor
Démé
Victor
Démé
Djôn'maya
MySpace:
Victor
Deme
Makasound.com
Blues roots music of Victor Démé,
recorded at Jungle Studio in Burkina Faso and
mastered in Paris.
Ali Farka
Touré & Toumani Diabaté
Ali and Toumani
Fantasy
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 mani 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.
Sierra
Leone's Refugee All Stars
Rise & Shine
Jah Mercy
Cumbancha
MySpace: www.myspace.com/therefugeeallstars
Artist website: SierraLeonesRefugeeAllStars.com
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. We will
be hearing "Living Stone."
Bassekou
Kouyate & Ngoni ba
I Speak Fula
Saro (feat: Vieux Farka
Toure)
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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