Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham
Hill Records
Smithfield
Fair
20 for 20
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration
Moon Over Caledonia
Swept Away
www.smithfieldfair.com
MySpace:
Smithfieldfair
Smithfield Fair are traditional Scottish/Celtic
band, based in Baton Rouge, LA who are celebrating their 20th Anniversary
with the release of their recording titled, "20 for 20."
Talitha
Mackenzie
Indian Summer
Eilean Fada
www.talithamackenzie.com
MySpace:
Talitha
Mackenzie
Available
via Sonas Multimedia
Talitha Mackenzie, of Edinburgh Scotland,
sings an energetic song inspired by fathers reminicense of the great
Wheeling Island, West Virginia flood of 1936.
Lisa
Lynne & George Tortorelli
Love & Peace
Serenity Road
New
Earth Records
MySpace:
Lisa Lynne
A lovely interlude called "Serenity
Road," by Lisa Lynne on Celtic harp and George Tortorelli, on
bamboo flute.
The
Real Tuesday Weld
London Book of the Dead
I Loved London
I Lucifer
The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid
Six
Degrees Records
MySpace:
The
Real Tuesday Weld
Some quirky music and ambient sound loops
from London musician, Stephen Coates, who fronts The
Real Tuesday Weld, and is also known as the Clerkenwell Kid, in
the mythic London of his creation. Visit Radio
Clerkenwell to hear the Clerkenwell Kid podcasts.
Transkapela
Carpathian Music
Livezile
ARC
Music
Artist
website: www.transkapela.com
Transkapela,
a four-piece Klezmer band play music as it was played in the 19th
and 20th centuries by itenerant musicians in the villages of the Carpathian
mountains.
Taraf
de Haidouks
Maskarada
Ostinato & Romanian Dance -
Béla
Bartók
Crammed.be
MySpace:
Taraf
de Haidouks
Taraf de Haidouks, based in Clejani,
Romania, have ventured into classical that was previously borrowed
from Hngarian and Romanian folk and gypsy traditional music. Maskarada
brings back these tunes to their Roma roots. We will hear "Romanian
Folk Dances" from Béla Bartók.
Putumayo
- various artists
Israel
Rona
Kenan & Gidi Gov: Ha'rikud
Ha'muzar Shel Ha'lev
David
Broza : Srochim
(Dah-veed Broh-zah)
Putumayo
World Music
A
new collection from Putyumayo of music from Israel. Including a song
from (Dah-veed
Broh-zah),
one of Israel's most beloved singer-songwriters - from
(ROH-nah KEH-nahn & GEE-dee gov) this
is: "Strange Dance of the Heart."
Maria
Rita
Samba
Meu
O homem falou
Warner
Music Latina
Maria Rita is an energetic rising Samba
singer . Each of the fourteen songs on "Samba Meu" resonate
with samba soul.
Putumayo
- various artists
World Hits
Luiz
de Aquino: Morena
Putumayo
Kids
Lively
music for kids from the rainforests of the Amazon to the beaches of
Rio de Janeiro. Its
a nother World Music Adventure from Putumayo Kids, with liner notes
in English, Português, Español and Français.
Johannes
Linstead & Nicholas Gunn
Encanto
Costa De La Luz
Gemini
Sun
Next-up the fiery Spanish guitar of Johannes
Linstead combined with the passionate South American flute stylings
of Nicholas Gunn.
Artist
website: JohannesLinstead.com
Artist
website: NicholasGunn.com
Funky-C
Joya
CITYFUNKTASMA
Sonic360.com
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/funkyc
Artist
website: Funky
C
Santiago
Chile musician, Funky-C was a pioneer of the 90s Latin funk revival
in South America. He dedicates his new album, "Joya" to
his "inspirational master," none other than the recently
deceased, Master of Funk, James Brown.
Gloria
Estefan
90 Millas
Me Odio
BurgundyRecords.com
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/gloriaestefan
Artist
website: www.GloriaEstefan.com
Gloria
Estefan's new recording, "90
Millas," celebrates
Cuban and Hispanic music and culture with 14 new songs that include
guest performances by Cachao, Paquito D'Rivera, Jose Feliciano, Andy
Garcia, Johnny Pacheco, Arturo Sandovol.
Jeff
Oster
True
Tibet
Retso Records
Artist
website: jeffoster.com
MySpace:
Jeff Oster
Trumpet and Flugelhorn player, Jeff Oster
has created some exhilarating compositions on his new recording, "TRUE,"
produced by William Ackerman.
Jai
Uttal
Dial M for Mantra
Maha Dev
Retso Records
Artist
website: www.jaiuttal.com
MySpace:
Jai Uttal
Jai Uttal is a pioneer in blending the
sacred music of India and Asia with modern elements from the West..
Anoushka
Shankar & Karsh Kale
Breathing Under Water
Easy (featuring Nora Jones)
Reprise
MySpace:
Anouska Shankar
MySpace:
Karsh Kale
MySpace:
Sting
Manhattan Records
anouskashankar.com
karshkale.com
On "Breathing Under Water," Anoushka Shankar's traditional
Indian sitar playing merges with Karsh Kale's electronica and collaboration
of others including Ravi Shankar and Sting. We will
be hearing the song "Easy," featuring the soothing vocals
of Nora Jones.
Karunesh
Global Spirit
Call of the Tribes (remix)
Oreade
Music
MySpace:
Karunesh
Karunesh is a World Fusion music stlyist
who mixes language, sounds, and textures from around the globe and
lets them flow and dance together.
Alan
Shavarsh Bardezbanian & his Middle Eastern Ensemble
Oud Masterpieces from Armenia, Turkey &
the Middle East
Hyegagan Bar
ARC
Music
Music of the Oud, a short-necked fretless plucked lute of th Arab
world, also played in Turkey, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Somalia.
Gülizar
Turkish Music Ensemble
Music of the Whirling Dervishes - 800 Years
of Mevlana Rumi
Peshrev in Maqam Ajem
ARC
Music
Music from the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey to honor the 800th anniversary
of the birth of the great sufi, Mevlana Rumi.
Priyo
Gypsy
Moon
Munderavera
Sounds
True
Artist
website: www.priyoandgypsymoon.com
MySpace:
Priyo &
Gypsymoon
Priyo was born and raised in Sicily,
Italy but has been travelling the world for over twenty-five years
sharing his unique blend of Afro-Mediterranean Gypsy trance music.
Its a spicy blend of Spanish/Gypsy rumba, Gypsy Flamenco guitar, Italian
melody and romantica, African tribal trance and Middle Eastern scales
and rhythms
Te
Vaka
Olatia
Lelei Ilo Tenei
Lua Afe
Warm
Earth Records
Artist
website: www.tevaka.com
MySpace:
Tevaka
Music from the South Pacific by Te Vaka
(the canoe) the leading Tokelauan band. The New Zealand-based group
Te Vaka is lead by vocalist Opetaia Foa'i. We will also hear an extrordinary
log-drum tune by Te Vaka.
Johnny Whitehorse
Totemic Flute Chants
Thunderbird
Silver Wave Records
MySpace:
Johnny Whitehorse
Johnny Whitehorse is a character
creation of Native American musician, Robert Mirabal.
Katchafire
Say What You're Thinking
This World
Hold On
Quango
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/katchafireofficial
Reggae and world music fusion from New Zealand
World
Beat Pick of the Month
David
Kirton
Time for Change
Green Camoflage
Birds Eye Music
MySpace:
David Kirton music
David Kirton, from Barbados sings in a unique
blend of roots-rock-reggae, with soul and pop. "Time for Change"
is his third album.
Leni
Stern
Africa
1000 Stars (for michael brecker)
LeniStern.com
MySpace:
Habib Koite
Coming-up...music from a couple of Africa's
greatest muscial ambassadors, Oliver Mtukudzi, from Zimbabwe and Malian
guitarist, Habib Koité.
Habib
Koite & Bamada
Afriki
N'ba (nee-ba)
Cumbancha
MySpace:
Habib Koite
Coming-up...music from a couple of Africa's
greatest muscial ambassadors, Oliver Mtukudzi, from Zimbabwe and Malian
guitarist, Habib Koité.
Oliver Mtukudzi
Tsimba itsoka
Ungade' we?
HEADS
UP
Artist
website: www.tukumusic.co.zw
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/olivermtukudzi
New "Tuku music" from Oliver Mtukudzi,
recorded in Zimbabwe.
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