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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/oysteinsevag
Windham
Hill Records
Bridget
McMahon
Celtic Woman
Walk With Me
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
title track
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. All songs written by Seneca vocalist, Rob Hope. We
will be hearing their song titled "Marks."
Roberta
Carrieri
dico a tutti cosi
Mia Madre
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.
Miguel
Afonso
De Vuelta Al Baile
Danzas del Hierro
Camino
Viejo Producciones
www.folkcanarias.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/miguelafonso
Artist website : www.miguelafonso.net
Some beautiful music from Gran Canaria, Espana. The Canary Islands.
Miguel Afonso is a master accordianist accompanied by his group.
Oreka
Tx
nömadak tx
Lauhazka
World
Village / Harmonia Mundi
MySpace: www.myspace.com/orekatx
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. This track was recorded
in Mongolia and includes throat singing.
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.
Two
Siberians
Out of Nowhere
On the Tundra
HEADS
UP
MySpace: www.myspace.com/twosiberians
Artist: Two
Siberians
New
music from the tundras of Siberia by Yuru Matveyev on electric guitar
and Artyom Yakushenko on electric violin.
Music
from Asphalt-Tango.de
ErsatzMusika
Voice Letter
The Gold Prospector
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."
Various
Artists
Electric Gypsyland 2
Yuriy Gurzhy/Russendisko
& Friends:Immigrant Radio
Crammed
MySpace: www.myspace.com/yuriygurzhy
Yuriy Gurzhy was born in Ukraine and now
lives in Berlin. He's a DJ, radio producer, broadcaster and musician.
His musical projects include ROTFRONT,
Russendisko
and Shetl
Superstars.
Balkan
Beat Box
Blue Eyed Black Boy
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.
Kottarashky
Opa Hey!
I Want You to Sleep
Asphalt-Tango.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/kottarashky
Kottarashky is a 21 Century Digital master musician
with his feet deeply rooted in vintage Balkan music.
His mesmerizing mashups are full of Balkan soul.
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.
The
Stimulators
Loaded
Everybody's Broke
www.stimulators.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/stimulatorsband
"The Stimulators" are
a Munich Germany based band featuring former Ike Turner sideman, Peter
Schneider on lead guitar, and German ska pioneer, Oliver Stephan on
lead vocals/ rhythm guitar, have been thrilled audiences all over
Europe, with their infectious mix of Caribbean and African styles,
grafted onto a solid Jazz and Blues-based foundation. Their brand-new
cd, "Loaded" keeps up their tradition with a collection
contemporary themed songs percolating with lively insight into today's
social environment.
Very
Be Careful
Escape Room
La Gata Perdida
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.
Gaudi
No Prisoners
Caledonia Hotel
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.
Davol
Good Sign
Goodnight
MySpace: www.myspace.com/davol
Artist: www.davolmusic.com
Some electro-acoustic chill-out music from Davol.
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.
Geoffrey
"Gurrumul" Yunupingu
Gurrumul
Djarimirri
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.
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
Paul
Adams
Heavens
"Further Explorations for the Dreaming Flute"
Dreamtime
Artist: www.Paul
Adams.org
Native American Flute songs focused on
"the need to be gentle on ourselves." "Follow
your music for the sounds that come from nature are your guide. The
sound from your heart is also your guide... This album is a follow-up
to Paul Adams' first cd "Flute Meditations for Dreaming Clouds."
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.
Taj
Weekes & Adowa
Deidem
Since Cain
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Taj Weekes
& Adowa
Hope & 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.
David
Kirton
Stranger
Green Camoflage
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."
Timbila
Remembering the Future
Urombo (poverty)
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/timbila
Music from a African music project by Afropop.org
staff members, Banning Eyre, Sean Barlow, and friends.
Razia
Zebu Nation
Tsy Tara
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.
Lokua
Kanza
Nkolo
Elanga Ya Muinda
Nakazonga
World
Village
MySpace: www.myspace.com/kanzalokua
Artist website: www.lokua-kanza.com
Exquisite African vocals, kalimba, and guitar
from World Village. Lokua Kanza was born in Bukavu,
in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is related,
on his father's side to the Mongo people, known
for their polyphonic singing. His mother is from
Rwanda, a country known for its sophisticated
court music. He grew up in Kinshasha where he
was steeped in music from morning till night.
He made his decision to become a singer after
attending a Miriam Makeba concert. His songs are
sung in Lingala, Portuguese and French.
Will be available: May 11,2010.
Burkina
Electric
Paspanga
Sankar Yaaré
Cantaloupe
Music
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/burkinaelectric
Burkina Electric is
the first electronica band from Burkina Faso,
located in the deep interior of West Africa.
Tony
Allen
Secret Agent
title track
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/tonyallenafrobeat
World
Circuit/ Nonesuch
Tony Allen is a self-taught drummer from Lagos
Nigeria, where he began performing in highlife
bands in the 1960's. He's now living in Paris
and acknowledged as Africa's finest kit drummer.
Sierra
Leone's Refugee All Stars
Rise & Shine
Living Stone
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."
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