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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham
Hill Records
Dremmwel
Lañs
a la belle étoile
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.
Aulaga
Folk
no es mala leña
El Aire
A Menos Cuarto
La Morenita
Armando
Records
artist website: Aulaga
Folk
MySpace: www.myspace.com/aulagafolk
Aulaga Folk is a 10 member Folk group based in Caceres, Spain. They
are celebrating their 10th anniversary with an active concert tour.
Roberta
Carrieri
dico a tutti cosi
Mia Madre
Angolino
Artist website : www.robertacarrieri.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/robertacarrieri
Italian songstress, Roberta Carrieri
is a member of the group, Fiamma Fumana. "Dico a tutti cosi"
is her first solo album.
World
Beat Pick of the Month
Tea
Dreams
Desirable
Tea
Productions
MySpace: www.myspace.com/teaproductions
The second album from Tea, a Los Angeles
based multicultural band dishing-up a unique blend of Afro-beat and
French pop.
Vayo
Gaucho
El Último Gaucho
Pantaleón
Records
MySpace: www.vayoraimondo.com
New Tango music recorded by Vayo Raimondo in the original neighborhood
of the Tango in Montevideo, Uraguay.
Andre
Feriante
Bohemian Boulevard
Trancendental Lane
www.cdbaby.com/cd/feriante
Artist website: Andre
Feriante
Seattle-based, Italian born Feriante is a Segovia-trained Guitar master.
His improvisational style blends Flamenco, Classical and Brazilian
styles.
Céu
Vagarosa
Sonâmbulo
Six
Degrees Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/sixdegreesrecords
A brand-new cd from Six Degrees Records artist, Céu
with the assistance of many top-notch Brazilian musicians.
Paul
Lawler and Paul Speer
& featuring Satine Orient
Wonders
Chaco Vox
Rainstorm
Records
Artist: www.paullawler.org
MySpace: www.myspace.com/paullawlerworldnewage
Artist: www.paulspeer.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/paulspeermusic
Artist: www.satinorient.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/satineorient
Wonders is a musical journey to some of the awe inspiring places on
planet earth. Composed and performed by Paul Speer and Paul Lawler
with the collaboration of French singer/songwriter, Satine Orient.
Marta
Gómez
Musiquita
Tierra, tan solo
Artist website : www.martagomez.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/martagomez
MySpace: www.myspace.com/alunarecords
Musiquita is the fifth recording from Columbian singer-songwriter,
Marta Gomez. Marta's unique voice and unpretentious
simplicity sketches the bittersweet life of her homeland.
Zel
True
Libertas
MySpace: www.myspace.com/zelguitar
Born and raised in Croatia, Zel began playing guitar as a child. Studying
guitar from folk melodies to Jimi Hendrix.
Clear
Water Reflections
Native American and World Music Flute
Two Rivers Meet - Randy Granger
International
Native American Flute Assn.
Website: www.worldflutes.org
A new cd celebrating flute music
fom around the world. Produced by the International Native American
Flute Association based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The title of Randy
Granger's song "Two Rivers Meet" aptly describes the geographical
location of Mankato, where the Blue Earth River meets the Minnesota
River at Sibley Park. This is the place where the annual pow wow takes
place. It is officially known as the "Mahkato
Wacipi - Honoring the 38 Dakota - All Nations Welcome (Sept. 18,
19, 20 2009. (Wa-CHEE-pee means dance in the Dakota language)
Dependro
Dependro
Como el Viento
NatGEOmusic.net
Artist website: www.natgeomusic.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/myspacedependro
MySpace: www.myspace.com/natgeomusicus
The front man for Dependro, singer/guitarist, Jairo Zavala grew-up
in Madrid Spain but also has his fathers Peruvian roots. Music brought
to you by National Geographic.
Phileas
SPOKENWOR(L)D
Welcome
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."
Sky
The Twins (Mesa Times)
harpy
Music
of Florence
Artist website: www.newagemusicbysky
Music by a guy who goes by the name Sky. The track we will
be hearing was recorded on a high desert Mesa near Santa Fe NM. The
companion cd was recorded live in the south of India at Auroville,
near Pondecherry.
David
Wahler
Antiquus
Apollo's Lyre
Darius Productions
Artist website : www.davidwahler.com
Each track of Antiquus refers to a theme
from ancient mythology.
Huun
Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo
eternal
Mother Taiga
Green
Wave Music.ru
Electrophonemusic.com
Artist website : www.hhtmusic.com
Artist website : www.carmenrizzo.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/huunhuur2
Huun Huur Tu come from Tuva a republic of
the Russian Federation. It is a sparsely settled Siberian land of
grasslands, boreal forests and mountains. Huun Huur Tu's music features
rare instruments and preserves and develops some of the world's oldest
forms of music making.
Gogol
Bordello
Gypsy Punks - Underdog
World Strike
Illumination
SideOneDummy
Artist website: www.gogolbordello.com
Gogol Bordello
mixes punk, ska, jazz, and the traditional Roma music of Ukraine,
where band leader Eugene Hutz grew up.
Hutz also acts and can be seen staring, as the Ukranian translator,
alongside Elijah Woods, in the movie "Everything
is Illuminated."
After watching the DVD last weekend I've been haunted by the movie
and humming gypsy-punk tunes.
A fantastic interview with Eugene Hutz on NPR
- All Things Considered - Weekend Ed.
Lawrence
Blatt
The Color of Sunshine
White Light
www.LawrenceBlatt.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/lawrenceblatt
San Francisco based guitarist, Lawrence
Blatt released his third album. It's a gem produced by William Ackerman.
The
Latin Project
Musica De La Noche
Musica De La Noche (title
track)
Artist Website :
www.thelatinproject.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/thelatinproject
The head-nodding, foot-stomping
party-vibe of Musica De La Noche ranges from Reggae
to Afro-beat and Bossa Nova.
Ricardo
Lemvo & Makina Loca
Retrospectiva
Mambo Yo Yo
Makina
Loca
MySpace: www.myspace.com/ricardolemvoandmakinaloca
Ricardo Lemvo is a Congo-born artist of Angolan
roots. He is an innovator who embodies the Afro-Latin
diaspora, singing in English, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Lingala, and Kikongo.
10ft
Ganga Plant
Bush Rock
Got to be a Soldier
ROIR
MySpace: www.myspace.com/10footganjaplant
10ft Ganga Plant is
back with a fifth album, this time with vocals
from Kyle McDonald of the group, Slightly Stoopid
Kimi
Djabaté
Karam (education)
Kodé (love)
Cumbancha
MySpace: www.myspace.com/kimidjabate
Artist website: Kimi
Djabate.com
Kimi Djabate was raised in Tabato, Guinea-Bissau,
a village known for its griots.These hereditary
singer-poets sing songs of praise, tales of history,
and legend that play an essential role in Africa's
musical life.
Tarika
Son Egal
Tsy Kivy
GreenLinnet.com
"Son egal"
means "equal sound" in French. In Malagasy
"Sonegaly"means Senegalese. Tarika has
created an album for the purpose of reconciliation
between the peoples of Madagascar and those of
Senegal; fifty years after Senegalese soldiers
were used by French colonists to quell independence
uprisings across Madagascar.
Oumou
Sangare
Seya (Joy)
Kounadya
Nonesuch
MySpace: www.myspace.com/oumousangare
Seya is the first album
in six years from "Mali's Star of Stars"
Oumou Sangare is one of Africa's greatest female
vocalists.
Michael
Olatuju
Speak
Ma Foya
www.ObliqSound.com/backdrop
The debut album of
British/Nigerian bassist and sideman, Michael
Olantuju featuring songs that Speak of his life
and times.
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