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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
MySpace: www.myspace.com/oysteinsevag
Windham
Hill Records
Connemara
Stone Company
Pre-release
Caledonia
Ready for the Storm
Artist website: www.ConnemaraStoneCompany.de
MySpace: www.myspace.com/connemarastonecompany
A Celtic band based in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. They are working on a new album featuring their new singer, Dino. We will be hearing Caledonia, and "Ready for the Storm," a couple of great compositions by Scottish musician, Dougy Mclean.
Mumford and Sons
Sigh No More
Winter Winds
Artist website: www.mumfordandsons.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
A rising star on-stage and GrammyAward winning band who recently accompanied Bob Dylan, singing "I Ain't Gonna Work on Maggies Farm No More." This touring band will hit the road again tomorrow in the Scottish Highlands and Ireland. You've gotta love the audience reaction to this band, Mumford and Sons... it is truly extraordinary.
Peppe
Voltarelli
Ultima Notte A Malá Strana
Coup De Coeur À Montréal
Quanto ni vivo
Marinai
Le Chant Du Monde
Artist: www.peppevoltarelli.it
MySpace: www.myspace.com/peppevoltarelli
Singer, writer and composer, Peppe Voltarelli is an Italian superstar with a colorful
background. He was born in Cosenza, in the south of Italy. Peppe started his first band, "Il Parto delle Nuvole Pesanti" in 1990 in Bologna, the band mixed rock and calabrian folk music. He and the band produced seven cds and staged hundreds of concerts in Italy and other countries. Peppe began his solo creer in 2006. We will be hearing tracks from his new album, titled "Ultima Notte A Malá Strana."
World
Beat Pick of the Month
Miguel
Afonso
De Vuelta Al Baile
El Zapatero
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 playing with his group in Gran
Canaria.
Priyo
Gypsy
Moon
Mira
Sounds
True
MySpace: www.myspace.com/priyoandgipsymoon
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.
Balval
la ciel tout nu"The Naked Sky"
Gelà Phuro
whaling city sound
MySpace: www.myspace.com/balval
A new album of engaging Gypsy music from Paris, Ile-de-France.
Shantel
Planet Paprika
Wandering Stars
Crammed
MySpace: www.myspace.com/shantelbucovinacluborkestar
www.Bucovina.de
Shantel
and Bucovina Club Orkestar a classic act on the European nightclub circuit.
Sami Barghshoon
Layla Majnoon
Baby La La
Artist: Sami.Barghshoon@gmail.com
A self-produced cd by a Lebanese-born Canadian who grew-up surrounded by Mediteranean folk music. Sami Barghshoon fuses Middle-Eastern culture within a Western context. I'm sending it out the next song this evening, with warm grand-fatherly feeings, for my newborn grandson. We'll be hearing a song called,
"Baby La La. "
Zein Al-Jundi
Sharrafouni
Ya Habibi
Artist: www.ZeinAl-Jundi.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/zeinaljundi
Zein Al-Jundi was born and raised in Damascus, Syria. She began singing professionally at the early age of five and, over the next 12 years, became a household name on Syria's radio, TV, and concert halls.
Luísa Maita
Lero Lero Remixed
Lero-Lero (DJ /Rupture Remix)
Cumbancha
Discovery
Artist: www.Cumbancha.com/luisamaita
MySpace: www.myspace.com/luisamaita
Luísa Maita is from the Brazilian
mega-city Sao Paulo. Luísa grew-up surrounded by musicians.
Her father Amado Maita, a singer whose one solo album from the 70s
is a coveted vinyl collectors named all three daughters after songs
by the bossa nova legend Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Bajofondo
Mardulce
El Mareo
Decca
Records
Originally appearing under the name Bajofondo Tango Club, This project was concieved
by Gustavo Santaolalla, along with Juan Campodónico, with the
idea of bringing together a collective of Argentine and Uruguayan
artists dedicated to creating “contemporary music of the Rio de la
Plata."
MySpace: www.myspace.com/bajofondomardulce
Aurelio
Laru Beya
Yange
Nuwaruguma
Stonetree Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/aureliomartinez
A new album of Garifuna music from Belize by Aurelio Martinez, produced by Ivan Duran of Stonetree Records.
Rita Ribeiro
Perolas Aos Povos
Ha Mulheres
Putumayo Artists
Rita Ribiero is an up-and-coming recording artist from the Northeastern
Brazilian state of Maranhäo who performs in a number of styles
including reggae, samba, funk and the styles of her native region.
Amazonas
A New Day
Amaneaer Andino
Artist: www.amazonasgoods.com
Dennys Burga of Equador, plays Quenas, Panflute, and Zamponas. I listened to him jamming on his Andean flutes, in the Student Union at MSU, Mankato, accompanied by the beats of a percussion track. He makes a great one man Andean band.
Axel Krygier
Pesebre
Cucaracha
Crammed
Artist: www.axelk.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/axelkrygier
Axel Krygier, from Buenos Aires, describes the music on his new cd, "Pesebre" as tropical psychobilly.
Peña
Peña Vol. II
Jamas Impedirás
Danza de la Llama
Secret Stash Records
YouTube: Secret Stash Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/secretstashrecords
A new recording of Afro Peruvian Music from Minneapolis-based, Secret Stash Records. The cd is a result of a field recording adventure by producer, Eric D. Foss and guitarist, Cory J. Wong who jams with local musicians on the streets, balconies, and bars of Lima Peru. The wooden collector cd jewel box containing Peña also includes a DVD recording the Afro Peruvian field recording adventure.
Putumayo
World Music
Music from the Chocolate
Lands
Julian Avalos : Guajira Bonita - Peru
Putumayo Records
A couple of classic tracks from Peru, off the 1997 Putumayo World Music release, "Music from the Chocolate Lands."
Taj
Weekes & Adowa
A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen
B4 the War
Peace and Love
Artist Charity Foundation website: They Often
Cry Outreach
Artist website: www.tajandadowa.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/tajweekesadowa
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.
They Often Cry Outreach (TOCO)
St. Lucia Disaster Relief Fund
Charity Foundation website: They Often
Cry Outreach
They Often Cry Outreach (TOCO) is a 501(c)(3) U.S.-based not-for-profit organization founded by St. Lucian reggae artist Taj Weekes and is dedicated to improving the lives of underprivileged, at-risk and orphaned children in the Caribbean through sports, health and enrichment programs.
Bliss
{quiet Letters}
If Heaven Closes
Quango
Artist website: Bliss
MySpace: www.myspace.com/theblissworld
Bliss is an international chill-out pop
music collective from Denmark, Sweden and Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
and release their material on the Danish label, "music for dreams."
Sit back, chill-out and experience bliss.
Vusi Mahlasela
Say Africa
Say Africa (title track)
ATO Records
Artist: www.VusiMahlasela.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/vusimahlasela
Vusi Mahlasela is known simply as "The Voice" in his home country of South Africa. His new cd, "Say Africa" was recorded at the Dave Matthews Band studio in Charlottesville, VA. and produced by Taj Majal. Vusi is currently on tour with a gig in San Diego this evening.
Putumayo
World Music
World Hits
Johnny Cleg and Savuka : Scatterlings of Africa - South Africa
Putumayo Records
A song played in rememberance of our former World Beat host Ned Williams who past away in February. Ned was a Biology professor at MSU, Mankato and an African music afficianado. He played music from across the African continent, from east to west and north to south. Ned introduced me to the music of Johnny Clegg back in the early 1990's. We will be hearing Johnny Clegg and Savuka singing their classic, "Scatterlings of Africa."
Lokua
Kanza
Nkolo
Nakozonga
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.
Samba
Mapangala & Virunga
Maisha Ni Matamu (Life is Sweet)
Maisha Ni Matamu (Life is Sweet)
www.sheergroup.com
Virunga Music
East Africa's Samba Mapangala & Virunga
have thrilled fans for over 20 years with blockbuster dance-floor
hits. Here is the title track from his soon-to-be-released- cd "Life is Sweet."
Artist
website: www.myspace.com/sambamapangala
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