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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
MySpace: www.myspace.com/oysteinsevag
Windham
Hill Records
Mumford and Sons
Sigh No More
Sigh No More
Timshel
Artist website: www.mumfordandsons.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
Mumford and Sons are a touring band from the UK. Their thoughtful lyrics and heartfelt performances deliver a a rich experience. You've gotta see the audience reaction to this band to appreciate their profound impact on audiences around the world. I recommend checking-out some of their YouTube videos for the experience.
Miguel
Afonso
De Vuelta Al Baile
Aires de Luna
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.
Les Chauds Lapins
Amourettes
Presque Oui
Barbes Records
Artist: www.leschaudslapins.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/chaudslapins
Les Chauds Lapins, the hot rabbits bill themselves as surreal art-pop of Jazz-age Paris. They specialize in a repertoire of French swing from the 1920's to the 1940's. THey note that the development of American jazz in the 1920's launched a worldwide culural revolution not unlike that of psychedelia close to 50 years later.
Putumayo
Euro
Groove
Toufic Farroukh feat. Jeanne Added:Destins
et Désirs
Putumayo
Grooves
MySpace: www.myspace.com/jeanneadded
French singer, Jeanne
Added, accompanies Lebonese sax man/jazz composer,
Toufic Farroukh.
Ana
Moura
Coliseu
Sou Do Fado, Sou Fadista
Fado das Horas Incertas
Harmonia
Mundi/World Village
Coast to Coast
Artist: www.anamoura.com.pt
MySpace: www.myspace.com/anamourafado
New from Harmonia Mundi, the soulful
fadista, Ana Mourna, live in-concert, at two of Portugal's legendary venues: the Coliseu do Porto and Lisbon's Coliseu dos Recreios.
World
Beat Pick of the Month
Peppe
Voltarelli
Ultima Notte A Malá Strana
Gli Anarchich
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."
La Cherga
Revolve
Votka Dot Kom
Vi
Asphalt Tango Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/lacherga
The sounds of La Cherga are rooted in their home counties of Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, and Jamaica. Adisa Zvekic, the frontwoman and lead singer is from Bosnia.
Zein Al-Jundi
Sharrafouni
Leih
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.
Azam Ali
From Night to the Edge of Day
Nami Nami
Six
Degrees Records
Vocalist Azam Ali sings in the Persian language,
Farsi and also in Urdu, a language of Pakistan. These songs recount
mystical lyrics of the Sufi Poets set in a fusion of Ancient instruments,
rhythms and tonalities with modern electronic sounds. The music of Azam Ali
ushers in new artistic possibilities for Iranian music.
Federico
Aubele
Berlin 13
Berlin (Sueño Buenos Aires, Sueño Berlin)
ESL
Music
Artist: www.federicoaubele.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/aubele
next-up, music and vocals of Federico Aubele, inspired by the tango and bolero, imbued
with a nostalgia for gentler times... from Buenos
Aires, and Berlin
Bones & Tones
Bones & Tones
In the Valley of Dreams
Freedom Art Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/jellylloyd
Bones & Tones is a NYC band consisting of marimba, vibraphone, bells, percussion, bass and kora.
Aurelio
Laru Beya
Bisien Nu
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.
Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell
Lágrimas Mexicanas
Lágrimas Mexicanas
Eone Music
Artist: www.myspace.com/viniciuscantuariaofficial
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/billfrisellofficial
Vinicius Cantaria and Bill Frisell team-up on a new cd titled, Lágrimas Mexicanas. We will be hearing the title track.
Peña
Peña Vol. II
Guaracha del Peru
Jose Antonio
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
Susanna Baca: Maria Lando - Peru
Putumayo Records
A classic track from Susanna Baca, of Peru, off the 1997 Putumayo World Music release, "Music from the Chocolate Lands."
Taj
Weekes & Adowa
A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen
B4 the War
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.
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.
Aster Aweke
Checheho
Ameseginalehu
Kabu Records
Artist: www.AsterAweke.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/asteraweke
Ethiopian singer/songwriter Aster Aweke has been has been entertaining audiences around the world for over thrity years. Checheho is her 23rd album. It is named after Checheho a small city in Gonder, Ethiopia. Her record label, Kabu Records is based in Addis Ababa.
Bombino
Agadez
Tar Hani
Cumbancha
Artist: www.bombinoafrica.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/bombinoafrica
Bombino was raised in Niger in the midst of exile from civil wars in North Africa. His blazing desert rock an' roll guitar transports Tuareg tradition into the future.
Oumou
Sangare
Seya (Joy)
Kounadya
World
Circuit
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. We will be hearing "Kounadya" a song about recognizing one's lucky star and using one's good fortune to help others.
Femi Kuti
Africa for Africa
Africa for Africa
Knitting Factory Records
Artist: www.fela.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/felakuti
We will be hearing the title track of the new cd by Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti, titled "Africa for Africa." Recorded in Lagos Nigeria.
Mamadou Diabate
Courage
Yaka Yaka
World Village
Artist: www.fela.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/mamadoudiabate
We will be hearing music of the 21-stringed, harp-like West African kora by Mamadou Diabate, who is decended from a long line of Malian kora-playing Manding griots. Mamadou Diabate's cd, "Courage" was recorded in Bamako, the capitol of Mali. His last album, "Douga Mansa" was winner of the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album.
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