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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham
Hill Records
Dremmwel
Lañs
Tondoub
Tanhadour
Glazik
A Hed Ar Ster
Artist website: www.dremmwel.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/dremwellbzh
Dremmwel means horizon, in the Breton language. For the past twenty
years Dremmwel have been playing local events that call for traditional
dancing at festivals and venues in every corner of their native Britanny.
World
Beat Pick of the Month
Les
Filles - various chantuse
Le Pop (5) - le chansons de la nouvelle scène
français
Maud Lübeck:
Le Parapluie
Poney Express:
Paris De Loin
Artist website: www.lepop.de
Music from Les Filles - Le Pop... each
song on this album deserve air-play... wonderful music from a group
of lovely chantuses.
Anaïs
The Love Album
Je Voudrais Partir En Week-end
www.anaisinyourface.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/anaisinyourface
Music from French chantuse, Anaïs
Croze.
Françoiz
Breut
Á L'aveugiette
title track
www.lepop.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/francoizbreut
New music from singer/songwriter
and pioneer of the Nouvelle Scène Française, Françoiz
Breut.
Nadia
Birkenstock
Strange New Land
Wind, Sun and Stars
Laika-records
Artist website : www.nadiabirkenstock.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/nadiabirkenstock
Some beautiful new music from singer/songwriter and Celtic harper,
Nadia Birkenstock.
Neil
Jacobs
American Gypsy
Sukar Rom
Artist website : www.NeilJacobs.com
American Gypsy features Neil Jacobs on
12 string guitar, Arkadiy Gips on violin and John Douglas on bass.
Warsaw
Village Band
Infinity
Skip Funk
Is Anybody In There
Barbes
Records
Artist website : www.warsawvillageband.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/warsawvillageband
The music of the Warsaw Village Band is deeply rooted in music
of Polish villages but the tune we are about to hear exudes funky
soul. In explanation ... their Carpathian singers claim James Brown
as a major musical influence.
Lisa
Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter
Two Worlds One
Morning Star
New
Earth Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/lisalynne
Harper Lisa Lynne and Nyckelharpa player Aryeh Frankfurter.
Federico
Aubele
Amatoria
Te quero a ti
Del Ayer (featuring Natalia Clavier)
ESL
Music
MySpace: www.myspace.com/anaisinyourface
next-up, romantic music from Buenos
Aires, inspired by bolero and tango and vocals imbued
a nostalgia for gentler times...
Miguel
Afonso
De Vuelta Al Baile
El Candil
Camino
Viejo Producciones
www.folkcanarias.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/miguelafonso
Artist website : www.miguelafonso.net
Miguel Afonso is a master accordianist playing with his group in Gran
Canaria, Espana... more familiarly known as The Canary Islands.
Koskilleo
Fusión Flamenca - la isla
La Creída (tanguillos)
Artist website : www.koskilleo.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/koskilleoflamencofusionjazzband
Next-up flamenco fusion music from
the Barcelona band Koskilleo, featuring music by Joaquín Murillo
and songstress Leo Cantante
Cecilia
Noël
A Gozár! (to enjoy)
El Cumbanchero
Everybody's Mambo
Compass Records
Artist Website : www.cecilianoel.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/wildclam
Cecilia Noël sings with a group called the Wild Clams.
She combines elements of salsa, soul, jazz, funk, and afro-cuban music.
She's know by her fans an the Latin Tina Turner.
Oreka
Tx
nömadak tx
Harpeslat
World
Village / Harmonia Mundi
Artist: www.nomadaktx.com
The txalaparta is a percussion instrument
closely tied to the Basque culture. It consists of planks of wood
suspended by two stands covered with insulating material., It takes
two players, each one holding a thick wooden sticks in a vertical
position. But the track we are about to hear was recorded
in an igloo with 40 below temps outside using a txalparta carved from
ice by Sami musician (iceman) Terje Isunset.
Rocker-T
featuring Joan Baez
LUV is the foundation
The Way Life Should Be (radio edit)
Epiphyte
Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/rockertee
Dejavu, strike a chord as Joan Baez
once again puts her voice in the service of love and peace.
Alice
Gomez
The Healing Flute
Title Track
Talking
Taco Music
MySpace: www.myspace.com/talkingtacomusic
Native American flutist, Alice Gomez performs healing ceremonies
based-upon music of the wooden flute. We will be hearing a healing
song caled "Renweal."
Inbar
Bakal
Song of Song
Song of Songs
Meditation
Electrophone
Records
Artist website: www.inbarbakal.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/inbarbakal
Inbar Bakal was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel and
grew-up in a home with distinct Yemenite and Iraqi roots. The Jewish
Yemenite culture is known for its musical traditions and devotion
to the Torah. Inbar sings in Hebrew accompanied by traditional instrumentation
fused with electronica.
The
Idan Raichel Project
Within My Walls
Mai Nahar (River Waters - vocals-Anat Ben Hamo)
Cumbancha
MySpace: www.myspace.com/theidanraichelproject
Israeli musician, Idan Raichel joins forces with musicians
from Cape Verde, Columbia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Morrocco to create
an entrancing fusion celebrating peace through music.
Lawrence
Blatt
The Color of Sunshine
Infrared: The Abyss
www.LawrenceBlatt.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/lawrenceblatt
San Francisco based guitarist, Lawrence
Blat released his third album. It's a gem produced by William Ackerman.
Thunderbeat
Ancient Sky
The Lion Kingdom
www.ThunderVisionRecords.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/thunderbeat
Sedona-based musician Thunderbeat looks
to Egypt for new inspiration.
Amadou
& Mariam
Welcome to Mali
Sabali
Nonesuch
Music from the new
cd by Malian musicians Amadou and Mariam.
Staff
Benda Bilili
Trés Trés
Fort
Moto Moindo
Crammed
Benda Bilili means
"look beyond appearances" is a group
of parapalegic street musicians who live in and
around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, Congo.
Four singer/guitarists on makeshift tricycle-weelchairs
are supported by a young all-acoustic rhythm section
and a 17 year old performing infectious guitar-like
solos on one-string electric lute that he built
himself, out of a tin-can.
Mark's
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