playlist for May 5, 2007
host/producer Mark R. Thomas
Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham
Hill Records
Deirdre
Ní Chinnéide
Celtic Passage
Forgotten
Celtic Passage
Sounds
True
Vocal compositions by Deirdre Ni Chinneide,
dedicated to the ancient Celt's belief in the existence of other worlds,
known as the Land of Sí (spirit). Druids and Shamans were said
to have travelled there and returned to share new insight into the
challenges of everyday life."
World
Beat Pick of the Month
Cady
Finlayson
Irish Coffee
Dunmore Lassies/Kathleen's Fiddle
Cady
Finlayson
Cady Finlayson is based in Brooklyn New
York and plays what she calls, a "spirited Irish fiddle with
a global twist."
MacDara
The Love Token
An Dún Aengus
MacDara
Music
Artist
website: MacDara
Ó Conaola
MacDara Ó Conaola is a native of
the Aran Island of Inisheer who is steeped in the local
sean-nos style although accompanied by a fine band he
takes a contemporary approach to what
is traditionally a solo song form. MacDara sings in
both Gaelic and English. The album was co-produced by Máire
Breatnach and recorded in Conamara. "The Love Token" is
available www.mulligan.ie
Rough Guide
The Rough Guide to Irish Music
Lasairfhiona Ni Chonaola: Bean
Haaidin/Paidin's Wife (Lah-seh-reena Nee-Hun-kneel-ah)
World Music.net
subtitle: Dublin to Donegal: essential sessions
& evolving traditions
Lasairfhiona Ni Chonaola is a singer whose roots are in the sean-nós
singing tradition of her native Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran
Islands.
Adrian
Sherwood
Becoming
a Cliché
J'ai Change
Artist
link: Adrian
Sherwood
Adrian Sherwood sings of war and strife across the world and
throughout history.
IndiaLucia
IndiaLucia
Raag & Olé (Rumba)
RaSa
Music
Artist website: IndiaLucia
A new musical fusion merging Flamenco with Indian classical music.
Its a fusion with foundation in the legends of both the Gitano (gypsy)
and Rajput (India) peoples. Produced by guitarist, Miguel Czachowski.
Juan
Carmona
Sinfonia Flamenca
Chisera (version corta)
Le
Chant du Monde
Artist website: Juan Carmona
Juan Carmona written and produced a daring new Flamenco composition
that features the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.
Ojos
de Brujo
Techari
Sultanas de Merkaillo
Six
Degrees Records
"Recipients
of 2004 BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music"
Ojo de Brujo reflect both Spanish and Gypsy roots while fusing the
driving rhythms of flamenco with hip-hip, ragga and funk.
Slavic
Soul Party
Teknochek Collision
Djlem, Djlem
Barbès
Records
Artist website: Slavic
Soul Party
New music from the New York City - Balkan Club Music-scene. SSP mixes
blazing brass, Gypsy accordion, dance grooves to create a hybrid World
music fusion. We'll be hearning,
Djlem, Djlem a traditional song
featuring the powerful vocals of Eva Salina Primack.
Balkan
Beat Box
Nu-Med
Pachima
JDUB
Artist
website: Balkan
Beat Box
Balkan Beat Box is based in Brooklyn NY but steeped in non-Western
roots and cultures. BBB' s six musicians are from Bulgaria, Morocco,
Spain, Israel, and Turkey.
Jef
Stott
SoukSonik
Saracen (Kemanche Mix)
Six
Degrees Records Emerging Artist Series
Ibrahim
Ferrer
Mi Sueño
Si te contara
Nonesuch
/ World Circuit
A
brand new recording from members of the Bueno Vista Social Club. Music
for a night-out at Cuban jazz club with a quartet featuring piano,
guitar, double bass, and the smooth vocals of Ibrahim
Ferrer.
Arvel
Bird, Will Clipman, Mary Redhouse & William Eaton
Ananeah
Path Made of Rainbow
Singing
Wolf Records
Artist
website: Arvel Bird
Virtuoso
Native American fiddler, Arvel Bird, percussionist extrordinaire ,
Will Clipman, Native American
Vocalist, Mary Redhouse
& Grammy-nominated luthier
wizard,
William Eaton
take Native American music to a new level.
David
Arkenstone
Myths and Legends
Legend of Bell rock
Gemini
Sun Records
This recording is part of Gemini
Sun's Audio Visual Connect Series™ the two cds of music are companion
to a DVD in snyc. As of this show I haven't had time to explore this
nique musical and multimedia experience but look forward to testing
it out in the near future.
Darlene
Koldenhoven
Infinite Voice
Saint Agnes and the Burning Train (by, sting)
TimeArt
Recordings
Artist website:
DarleneKoldenhoven.com
Darlene Koldenhoven is a classically
trained singer with a five-octave range. She is most widely recognized
as the memorable vocal soloist, seen by a 1.5 billion worldwide audience
on the PBS special, Yanni, Live at the Acropolis. Darlene Koldenhoven
vocally improvises in classical and non-classical styles. She also
as composes, writes lyrics and plays keyboards.
Paulo
Martelli
Roots
Guitar
Radamés Gnatalli - Dança Brasileira n.1
Chaos
Theory Music
Brasilian
classical guitarist,
Paulo Martelli plays an exquisite selection of South American repertoire.
Most of the pieces are in three parts; arrangements by Astor Piazzola,
Augustin Barrios, and Geraldo Vespar. I've selected a stand-alone
piece by Radamés
Gnatalli
called Dança
Brasileira n.1.
Céu
Céu
Malemolência
Six
Degrees Records
CéU was nominated for a Latin Grammy
for "best new artist" of 2006. Her self-titled cd was simultaneously
published by Starbucks Hear Music and Six Degrees Records.
Cram
129 - Various Artists
20 Ways to Float Through Walls
Apollo
Nove : Traz Um Alivio
Crammed
Discs
"20 Ways to Float Through Walls" is an all-star genre-blending
recording filled with 20 tracks made by musicians from 15 different
countries singing in 10 different languages. From Balkan Gypsy to
Belgium and Brazilian remixes, and from London and Paris to Mali and
the Congo. Compiled by Crammed Disc founder Marc
Hollander.
Wax
Poetic
Brasil
Dolar a Dolar
Nublu Records
Artist
website: Wax
Poetic
Brazilian
styling from Ilhan Ersahin and friends, This is the third record from
NYC-based Wax Poetic. The others were called "Istanbul",
and "Copenhagen."
Various
Artists
Backspin
A Six Degrees 10 Year Aniversary Project
Niyaz:
Love
Song
Six
Degrees Records
Music featuring the voice of Azam
Ali, that the trio, Niyaz calls "world music for the 21st century
Nawang
Khechog
Tibetan
Meditation Music for quiet mind and peaceful heart
Walking into the Himalaya to Meditate
Sounds
True
Tibetan flute virtuoso and Grammy
nominee Nawang Khechog has been making music for 20 years. The spacious
sound of his meditative flute evokes peace and tranquility.
Kavi
Unconditional Love
Rain Song
New
Earth Records
Artist
website: Kavi
New
Earth Records - some soft journeys music to enhance your well-being...
so sit back close your eyes an' chill-out...
Andy Palacio & the Garifuna
Collective
Wátina
Aguyuha Nidúheñu (My People
Have Move On)
Cumbancha
Stonetree Records
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. Wátina
is the first Garifuna record that I've played on the World Beat. We
hope to hear more from Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
in the future.
Eric
Smith
Rocky Road
Tour the World
Culture
Talent Agency
Eric Smith, grew up in St Andrews and Kingston
Jamaica. He is steeped with the inspiration of the Almighty Jah Rastafari
and emulates the Reggae greats, Marley, Tosh, Black Uhuru, Dennis
Brown et. al. His new cd contains 15 roots/rock/reggae tracks.
Amani
Songs of Peace for the Children of Kilimanjaro
Anameremeta - Te Tusker Cres
Kilio cha Watoto - the Ombeni Choir
Amani
Amani is a small non-government, not for
profit organization that runs residential home for orphans and street
children on the base of Mt Kilimanjaro Tanzania, East Africa. Amani
is the Swahili word for peace.
The Mothers
Township Sessions
Learning (Sizohamba)
raSa
Artist
website: www.philanimothers.com
Philani
Nutrition Project is a community-based healthcare and nutrition organization
operating in the townships and squatter communities of Cape Town,
where poverty, unemployment and violence are endemic. The Philani
mothers (all Health Workers) formed a musical choir and have recorded
this record with London-based producer, Peter Raeburn. This recording
hears that Mothers choir together with urban production creating a
fresh angle on their rich vocal tradition.
Tinariwen
Aman Iman - Water is Life
Matadjem Yinmixan
World
Village Music
In the Tamashek language of the Toureg, Saharan
nomads from Mali, Tinariwen
means "empty spaces." The group Tinariwen was formed in
a rebel camp run by Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi,
over two decades
ago, and has been making music in the desert ever since. Their use
of electric guitars was a first in a vast Saharran region where power
is only sporadically available. Their hypnotic desert-blues features
call-and-response vocals among the extended group. Underground cassettes
of their spellbinding music has counseled anti-violence and ethnic
pride among the youth of their war-torn region for over twenty years.
Listen now to music from the deserts beyond Timbuktu...
Amanar
type fonts of the Toureg by Pierre
di Sciullo
Vieux
Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré
Sangaré
Harmonia
Mundi
World
Village Music
Artist
website: Vieux
Farka Touré
Malian
griot and kora player and son of Ali Farka Toure
Ten
Percent of the profits will go to Bée Sago, an award winning
UNICEF-affiliated organization, for the manufacture and distribution
of insecticide-treated, anti-Malaria nets to protect children and
pregnant women in the Tourés'
home village of Niafunké
in Northern Mali.
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