January 2011
Peña
Peña
Barranco Lando
Baile De Los Caballos
Huaquero Viejo
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.
December 2010
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.
November 2010
Moussu T et les Jovents
Putan de Cançon
title track
L'Horloge
Le Chant du Monde
Artist: www.ohaime.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/moussuteleijovents
A new album of engaging Gypsy music from Paris, Ile-de-France.
October 2010
Alex Cuba
Alex Cuba
Ella
Gira
Caracol
Records
Artist: www.alexcuba.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/alexcuba
Singer-songwriter and guitarist, Alex Cuba hails from Artemisa, Cuba
but currently resides in British Columbia. We will be hearing couple
of tunes from his new self-titled cd, on the Cuban record label Caracol
Records.
September 2010
Joan Soriano
El Duque De La Bachata
(The Duke of Bachata)
Mi Ultimo Llanto
Su Lado De Cama
IASO
Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/joansorianobachata
World
Beat Pick of the Month
New music from the Dominican Republic. This double-disc set from IASO
Records includes a 52 minute documentary film about Dominican musician
Joan Soriano, on DVD, titled "The Duke of Bachata." www.bachatamovie.com
August 2010
Luísa Maita
Lero Lero
Lero Lero
Desencabulada
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.
Bibi
Tanga & The Selenites
Dunya
Title track
NatGeo Music
MySpace: www.myspace.com/bibitanga
New music from Paris-based, Bibi Tanga & the Selenites plays a mix of
Electronica, jazz and funk.
Lokua
Kanza
Nkolo
Elanga Ya Muinda
Mapendo
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.
Geoffrey
"Gurrumul" Yunupingu
Gurrumul
Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind)
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. We will
be hearing Gurrumul singing a song addressed to the Aboriginal creator, Baywara.
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
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."
Kottarashky
Opa Hey!
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.
Te
Vaka
Haoloto
Te Mavaega
Tui Moana
Na ko koe
Warm Earth Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/tevaka
Some beautiful music by the group, Te Vaka, which
means "canoe" in the Tokelau language. Opetatia Foa'i is the founder
and songwriter for the group. Their original album is titled, Te Vaka. Back
in November of 1997 I first played music by Te Vaka, on the World Beat. Their
brand-new release of South Pacific Fusion music is titled, "Haoloto."
Artists: Te Vaka.
Baka
Beyond
Martin Cradick and the Baka at Gbiné
Beyond the Forest
An T-Oighr'Og
Nahwia's Dream
Beyond the Forest (title track)
White
Swan Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/bakabbeyond
Artist: www.1heart.org
Artist: www.baka.co.uk
Martin Cradick and his wife, Su Hart have been working with the Baka people
for over 20 years. Their new cd, "Beyond the Forest" was recorded
in the Cameroonian rainforest in the Baka Music House that was built with
funds from Baka Beyond's earlier recordings. The chant music of the Baka people
is an ancient tradition.
The
Stimulators
Loaded
One of those Days
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.
Peppe Voltarelli
Distratto Ma Pero
Italiani Superstar
l'anima é vulata
KomArt Music
Artist: www.peppevoltarelli.it
MySpace: www.myspace.com/peppevoltarelli
Italian singer Peppe Voltarelli, now living in Berlin, has a colorful background
in song and theatre. He's an Italian superstar...
Trio
Vid Lampan
On
vågorna slår in
vals till mor
Artist website: www.triovidlampan.nu
MySpace: www.myspace.com/triovidlampan
Trio Vid Lampan is a group from Uppsala Sweden featuring the sound of the
Nyckelharpa in a contemporary soundspace with groovy bass and creative percussion.
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.
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, out
of a tin-can.
Marta
Gómez
Musiquita
Tu voz
Contigo
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.
Dremmwel
Lañs
Le prunier de pommes
Ar sac'hler - Ibil buez
Glazik
Mestr an Dans
www.dremmwel.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/dremmwelbzh
In the Breton language Dremmwel means horizon. 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.
Les Filles
- various chantuse
Le Pop - le chansons de la nouvelle scène français
Barbara Carlotti:
Mademoiselle Opossum
Coralie Clement: So
Long Babylone
www.lepop.de
Melanie Pain is called a Nouvelle vague singer...
interesting... even more vague when one has little understanding of Francais,
but these are all wonderful songs from a lovely group of chantuses.
Miguel
Afonso
De Vuelta Al Baile
Aires de Lima
Canario
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.
Kalio
Gayo
mei ti sera foun
Zsiga
Hanoi
Artist website : www.kaliogayo.nl
MySpace: www.myspace.com/kaliogayo
Kalio gayo: a different kind of folk music.
The Utrecht, Netherlands-based group,
Kalio Gayo, is mainly influenced by eastern Europe. Their beautiful harmonies,
and adventurous banjo rhythms accompanied by accordion are played with a Balkan
touch.
Cecile
Corbel
Song Book vol. 2
Le vent m'emporte (c.corbel)
Stor mo chroi (trad)
Keltia
Musique
Artist website: Cecile Corbel
MySpace: Cecile Corbel
Cécile Corbel is from Bretagne, the Celtic region in the north-west
of France. As a child, she traveled all over Brittany with her parents, who
were puppeteers. She plays the guitar but discovered and fell in love with
the Celtic harp in her teens. We will be hearing music from "songbook
1," her self-produced album now on the label, Keltia Musique.
Phileas
SPOKENWOR(L)D
Red Drowning Sun
PhileasWorld.com
Artist website : www.phileasworld.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/phileasworld
Paris-based musician, Phileas, composes "electronic
music celebrating human speech and language."
Natacha
Atlas and the Mazeeka Ensemble
Ana
Hina
Ana
Hina
World
Village / Harmonia Mundi
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/natachaatlasofficial
Anglo-Egyptian
singer Natacha Atlas has spent more than a decade fusing electronic beats
with Arabic and North African music. We will hear music from her newest cd,
"Ana Hina."
Taj Majal
Maestro
Black man, brown, man
Heads Up
Artist
website: www.tajblues.com
Taj
Majal's new cd is titled, Maestro for a good reason. Taj is the man. For the
past fourty years Taj Majal has honed an awesome collection of musical styles
into sparkling gems.
Michel
Banabila
Traces - music for films & documentaries
the flower company
Tapu Records
Artist
website: www.banabila.com
Dutch musician Michel Banabila creates eerily atmospheric
music for films and documentaires. We will be hearing "Speech,"
featuring lyrics taken directly from Genesis 11.
Various
Artists
Princes Among Men - Journeys with Gypsy Musicians
Godzila
Revisko Oro
I Bar Val Pudela
Asphalt
Tango / Harmonia Mundi
Artist
website:
Princes
Among Men
Gypsy music from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Macedonia
Victor
Démé
Victor
Démé
Djôn'maya
Makasound.com
MySpace:
Victor
Deme
Blues roots music of Victor Démé,
recorded at Jungle Studio in Burkina Faso and mastered in Paris.
Toumani
Diabaté
The Mande Variations
Ismael Drame
www.nonesuch.com
Malian musician, Toumani Diabaté, recorded
the first ever solo kora album in 1988 and is recognized as the world's leading
Kora player. The Mande Variations is his long-awaited second solo kora recording.
Artist
website: www.myspace.com/toumanidiabate
Cecilia
Villar Eljuri
En Paz
Tierras
Mannovill Publishing
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/eljuri
Singer/songwriter,
Cecilia Villar Eljuri (Vocals,
Guitars, Songwriter) was
born in Guayaquil, Ecuador and raised in the cultural melting-pot of New York
City, NY.
The Garifuna Women's Project
Umalali
Nibari
Mérua
Cumbancha
MySpace:
Stonetree
Records
Artist Website: www.cumbancha.com/albums/umalali
Umalali is an album of indescribable emotion, strength
and beauty. It is an entrancing journey into the heart and soul of a unique
and inspiring Garifuna culture.
Uxía
eterno navegar
as nosas cores
eterno navegar
World
Village / Harmonia Mundi
MySpace: www.myspace.com/uxiasenlle
New music from Pontevedra in the Galician region
of Spain., although this particular tune has a Cape Verdean feel.
Xúa!
Xúa!
Adiviña
Non Mirai
Sons Galiza
Xúa! are based in Santiago de Compostela
and Coruña, located in autonomous region of Galicia in the northwest
of the Iberian Peninsula.
MySpace: myspace.com/xuamusica
Artist website: XuaMusica.com
Puerto
Plata
Mujer de Cabaret
Dolorita (a classic Dominican merengue)
Mujer de Cabaret (the title track and a song said to express the sentiment
at the heart of a whole generation of boleros)
IASOrecords.com
Artist website: www.douglasbluefeather.com
Music from the Dominican Republic, an historic collection of acoustic from
the Caberet Era.
Ana
Moura
Para Além Da Saudade
Rosa Cor De Rosa
Primeira Vez
World
Village
Artist website: www.anamoura.com
New music from Portugese Fado diva, Ana Moura.
The Real
Tuesday Weld
I Lucifer
Still Terminally Ambivalent Over You
London Book of the Dead
I Believe
Ruth, Roses and Revolvers
Six
Degrees Records
MySpace: The
Real Tuesday Weld
Some quirky music and ambient sound loops from
London musician, Stephen Coates, who fronts The
Real Tuesday Weld, and is also known as the Clerkenwell Kid, in the mythic
London of his creation. Visit Radio
Clerkenwell to hear the Clerkenwell Kid podcasts.
Katchafire
Say What You're Thinking
This World
Hold On
Quango
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/katchafireofficial
Reggae and world music fusion from New Zealand
Anoushka
Shankar & Karsh KaleBreathing Under Water
Breathing Under Water
Sea Dreamer (featuring Sting)
MySpace:
Anouska Shankar
MySpace:
Karsh Kale
MySpace: Sting
Manhattan Records
anouskashankar.com
karshkale.com
The sound of Anoushka Shankar's traditional Indian sitar meets the digital
world of Karsh Kale's electronica.
Zap Mama
Supermoon
Gati
Where Are You?
HeadsUp
MySpace: Zap
Mama
Brand new music from Marie Daulne, the founder
and fronting member of Zap Mama since the early 1990s
Son De
La Frontera
Cal
Tanguillos de la frontera
Harmonia
Mundi/ World Village
Son De La Frontera is a Flamenco band based in
Morón de la Frontera, Spain. Their style has a strong clear touch with
resonant bass. Their sound is grounded in the stones, the earth, and walls
of their town and called El Toque de Morón, the touch of Morón
Cecile
Corbel
songbook 1.
Le vent m'emporte (c.corbel)
Stor mo chroi (trad)
Keltia
Musique
Artist website: Cecile Corbel
MySpace: Cecile Corbel
Cécile Corbel is from Bretagne, the Celtic region in the north-west
of France. As a child, she traveled all over Brittany with her parents,
who were puppeteers. She plays the guitar but discovered and fell in love
with the Celtic harp in her teens. We will be hearing music from "songbook
1," her self-produced album now on the label, Keltia Musique.
and
also:
The Idan Raichel Project
Idan Raichel Project
Mi'Ma'amakim (Out of the Depths)
Cumbancha
mySpace: www.myspace.com/theidanraichelproject
Idan Raichel joins forces with musicians from Israel's - Ethiopian,
Arab, Yemenite, and Caribbean communities to create an entrancing fusion.
Deirdre
Ní Chinnéide
Celtic Passage
Forgotten
Celtic Passage
Sounds True
Vocal compositions by Deirdre Ni Chinneide, dedicated to the ancient Celt's
belief in the existence of other worlds, known as the Land of Sí (spirit).
Druids and Shamans were said to have travelled there and returned to share
new insight into the challenges of everyday life."
Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
Wátina
Wátina (I Called Out)
Weyu Lárigi Weyu (Day by Day)
Cumbancha
Stonetree Records
The
Garifuna people are a people and a language without a country. They originally
settled on St Vincents, but were scattered along the mainland coast after
being driven out by the Spanish. Today they live in Belize, Nicaragua, Guatemala,
Honduras, and various places in South America yet always in the minority.
Wátina is the first Garifuna record that I've played on the World Beat.
We hope to hear more from Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective in the
future.
Tinariwen
Aman Iman
Matadjem Yinmixan
World
Village Music
In the Tamashek language of the Toureg, Saharan nomads from Mali, Tinariwen
means "empty spaces." The group Tinariwen was formed in a rebel
camp run by Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, over two decades ago, and has
been making music in the desert ever since. Their use of electric guitars
was a first in a vast Saharran region where power is only sporadically available.
Their hypnotic desert-blues features call-and-response vocals among the extended
group. Underground cassettes of their spellbinding music has counseled anti-violence
and ethnic pride among the youth of their war-torn region for over twenty
years. Listen now to music from the deserts beyond Timbuktu...
Amanar
type fonts of the Toureg by Pierre
di Sciullo
Chambao
Pokito a Poko
Mi Primo Jaun
Te La Creio Tu
www.chambao.es
The third release by Chambao is an incredible fusion of flamenco and hip hop
sensibilities. The included DVD takes the viewer to all-night revelry on a
remote stretch of sand dunes, presumably some where in the south of Spain.
Coyote
Poets of the Universe
Unmistakable Evidence
Sitting in the Dark
Unmistakable Evidence
BMI
Artist website: www.CoyotePoetsOf
The Universe.com
& www.myspace.com/CoyotePoetsOfTheUniverse
The new recording by The Coyote Poets of the Universe
journeys into freeform spoken word, floating in zero gravity electronica spaces.
(headphones recommended)
Ana Moura
Aconteceu
Creio
Como a Tempo Corre
Harmonia
Mundi
World Village Music
Trip Around the World
Artist website: Ana
Moura
Twenty new songs from Ana Moura, one
of Portugal's most famous divas.
Bodhi
Trans Ukraine
Odessa II
ShamanicFlute.com
Bodhi K. Setchko takes us on a shamanic
flute journey across his native land, Ukraine.
Sierra
Leones - Refugee All Stars
Living Like a Refugee
Living Like a Refugee (title track)
Bull to the Weak
ninemillion.org
Nine million children are refugees - Right Now -
Help them play, let them learn...
ninemillion.org
An album dedicated to all the innocent people living as refugees throughout
the world and to those organizations and individuals who work tirelessly on
their behalf. Group leader, Reuben M. Koroma writes most of the lyrics.
Dhira
Dhira
Una familia
Vida tras vida
Universal
Music Spain
An album recorded in Spain, full of diverse influences including rock &
reggae, salsa, hip-hop, and electric sitar — crank-up the volume...
its music for today's global village...
Artist website: Dhira
Banco
de Gaia
Farewell Ferengistan
White Man's Burden
BancoDeGaia.net
notes from BancoDeGaia.net: Toby Marks, under the pseudonym Banco de Gaia,
has spent most of his career focusing on issues that he finds bewildering
by expressing his thoughts and observations through music. He wrote his critically
acclaimed 1995 album Last Train To Lhasa to highlight the plight of the Tibetan
people and successfully mixed electronica with a braver vision. Farewell Ferengistan
captures the spirit and mood of Last Train To Lhasa but this time Banco de
Gaia's concerns are much closer to home: what are we doing to ourselves? Where
is our materialism taking us, would it not be wise to consider our position?
Niña
Pastori
Joyas Prestadas
Vivir sin aire
Club de fans: Niña
Pastori
Nina Pastori is a new voice form Spain with
flamenco training and a pop sensibility...
Lura
di korpu ku alma
Tó Martins
Lusafrica
Artist review: Rock-Paper-Scissors
Lura may be taking over the reins of Cape Verde Islands most famous singer,
Cesaria Evora. Lura's songs are based in the musical styles of Cape Verde
such as batuku and funana. I've listened this recoding in entirety five or
six times and get my highest World Music rating: ****
Marta Gómez
Entre Cada Palabra
De
Amarillo se viste la tarde
Casi
Chesky
Records
Artist website: www.martagomez.com
Entre Cada Palabra (Between Each Word)
is the new album from acclaimed Columbian vocalist and songwriter, Marta Gomez.
Her previous album, "Cantos de Agua Dulce" (Songs of Sweet Water)
earned Billboard's nomination for Best Latin JazzVocalist 2005.
Johannes
Linstead
Café Tropical
Café Tropical
Para La Habana
Gemini
Sun Records
Artist website: Johannes
Linstead.com
The sixth album by award winning guitarist, Johannes Lindstead, features musicians
from Cuba, Venezuela, and Greece. Kick your feet up and mellow out for an
exceptional musical journey to the tropics.
Flook
Haven
Souter Creek
World
Village / Harmonia Mundi
Artist website: Flook
Winners of Best Group at BBC Folk Awards 2006
Rough
Guides
The Rough Guide to Bhangra
Dance
Soni Pabla:
Dil Tera
Aman Hayer: Dil Nai Lagda
World Music.net
subtitle: tumbi, dhol, synthesizers and pounding
dance rhythms
Bebe
Pafuera Telarñas
Men Señara
Siempre Me Quedara
Artist website: www.labebebellota.com
EMI Latin
Nominated for five Latin Grammys.
Les
Chansons de la nouvelle scene francais
le pop 3
Stefie Shock: Un
Homme a la Mer (Quebec, from "Le Décor)
Frederique Dastrevigne: Les
Copin D'abord (France)
Le Pop Musik
Amadou
& Mariam
Dimanche À Bamako
Produced by & with Manu Chao
M'bifé
M'bifé Balaphon
Camions Sauvages
Artist website: www.amadou-mariam.com
Nonesuch
Amadou and Mariam, the blind couple from Mali have
fused their talents with the trance-like stream-of-consciousness style of
Manu Chao to produce a truly intoxicating soundscape.
Emmanuel
Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim
CeaseFire
Aiwa (Kenya)
Elengwen
World Music.net
Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier from war-torn
Sudan, is one of the hottest rappers to explode out of the African music scene.
The title of his new cd is "Ceasefire."
Bliss
{quiet Letters}
If Heaven Closes
Quango
Artist website: Bliss
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. I listened to Bliss many times during the
month and recommend it as the World Beat
Moussu
T e lei jovents
Madmemoiselle Marseille
Va, navega!
Malurós qu'a un trabalh
As-ti pescat la sirena
Le Chant Du
Monde/Harmonia Mundi
An
album of French music that will keep drawing you back for another listen.
Te Vaka
Nukukehe
Nukukehe
Pukepuke Te Pate
Alamagoto
Warm
Earth Records
Artist
website: www.TeVaka.com
This album and this group are the real thing. They transport the listener
half way around the world and allow them to partake of another rhythm and
cultural spirit.
Oscar
Reynolds
Rio De Luz - River of Light
Mar y Nubes - "sea & clouds"
Caminos - "paths"
Karumanta Music
Artist website:Oscar Reynolds
The 6th release of Bolivian composer, Oscar
Reynolds. An all instrumental recording full of evocative South American rhythms
and melodies.
Charanga Cakewalk
Loteria DeLa Cumbia Lounge
Charanga Cakewalk
Tu Y Yo
Artemis Records/Triloka
Artist website: Charanga
Cakewalk
Chilled-out world fusion with Tex-Mex
dance music, driven by the Nuevo Latino Accordian of Michael Ramos.
Paris Combo
Motifs
Baron de Chaise
Discordance
DRG Records
Marcus
James
Timbuktoubab
Hey Gabriel
Koriome
Firenze
Records
New
music from Marcus James, recorded in Timbuktu, Mali.
&
Rough
Guide
The Rough Guide to the Music
of Central Asia
Ulytau: Adai (Kazakhstan)
Nobovar & Shams Group: Az
Ghami Tu (Tajikistan)
Edil Husainov: Bul
Bul Zaman (Kazakhstan)
World Music.net
subtitle: Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan: sounds of the Silk Road
Deep
Sky Divers
The New Fast Lane
Lake of Mentieth
Any Robinhood
Artist website: Deep
Sky Divers.com
New
music, contemporary instrumental music, from London, that celebrates those
brief (and all too infrequent) moments of intense light sit back an' chill-out
to the sound of the Deep Sky Divers.
Putumayo
World Music
South Pacific Islands
Te Vaka: Se Ma Le
Losa- Tokelau/Samoa/New Zealand
Te Vaka: Olohega
- Tokelau/Samoa/New Zealand
Putumayo Records
Some beautiful music by the group, Te Vaka, which
means "canoe" in the Tokelau language. Opetatia Foa'i is the founder
and songwriter for the group. Their original album is titled, Te Vaka. Back
in November of 1997 I first played music by Te Vaka, on the World Beat. Afterwards
I met a lovely Tokelauan woman, named Ava, who helped care for my mother-in
law in Sun City AZ. "Thanks Ava!, Alice is still doing fine."
Jenifer
Cutting's Ocean Orchestra
Ocean - Songs
for the Night Sea Journey
Out on the Ocean / Rolling Waves
The Sands of Time
Sun
Sign Records
Artist website: Jennifer
Cutting
Seven years ago, Jennifer Cutting embarked on journey best described, in the
works of Joseph Cambell, as the Night Sea Journey. She returned to her home
port with the music of Ocean, Songs of the Night Journey
Darko
Rundek & Gargo Orkestar
Ruke - La
Comédie Des Sens
Ista Slika (the same image)
Sjaj Sto Izdaje - "Shine that
betrays" (IZDA-UU)
PIRANHA
Musik
Darko Rundek & Gargo
Orkestar is my first encounter with Croatian
music. Listening to Darko Rundek's enunciation of Croatian lyrics bathes the
listener in a new gene-pool of vocables and musically evokes feelings and
emotions and bridge the listener to a people, far beyond the abstraction of
the evening news. Listening to Darko Rundek
& Gargo Orkestar is a wake-up experience.
Rosa
Passos
Amorosa
Pra Que Discutir Com Madame
Sony
Classical
Artist website: Rosa
Passos
Rosa Passos is a singer/songwriter and guitarist, she is a native of Brazil,
with a sweet, warm voice, who is known as "a feminine João Gilberto.".
Putumayo
World Music
Greece - A Musical Voyage
Kostas Mantzios: Eleni
Elly Paspala: An Iparhis Kapou Esi
Sofia Papazoglou & Gerasimos Andreatos:
Ah Feggaraki Mou
Putumayo Records
Music from the legends and rising stars of the
Greek popular song revival
Bebel Gilberto
Bebel
Baby
All Around
Céu Distante
Six
Degrees Records
Ojos
de Brujo (eyes of the sorcerer)
Bari
Intro
Tiempo de Soleá
Ventilaor R-80
Harmonia
Mundi/World Village
"Recipients of 2004 BBC Radio 3 Award for World
Music"
Ojo de Brujo fuses the driving rhythms of flamenco with hip-hip, funk, punk
and other stray sounds from the streets of Barcelona.
Angélique Kidjo
Oyaya!
Seyin Djro
Congoleo
Columbia Records
artists website: Angélique
Kidjo
West African singer Angélique Kidjo has roused
the desire of many African women to become singers. Her mix of Afro-pop, American
R&B and Caribbean rhythm is full of exuberance and vigor. This album is
the third part in a trilogy that previously explored African Roots music in
the United States, called "Oremi" and in Brazil, "Black Ivory
Soul."
Susan
McKeown
Sweet Liberty
The Wee Birds Have Come and Gone/Fisherman's
Caledonia
artist website: Susan
McKeown
Harmonia
Mundi/World Village
Hibernian Music
On "Sweet Liberty" the pure and lilting voice Susan McKeown revives
long lost tunes and recounts tales of a bygone era
Warsaw
Village Band
Peoples Spring
To You Kasiunia
Who is Getting Married
Clear Water
World Village/
Harmonia Mundi
The
Warsaw Village Band is composed of six young musicians who have discovered
the magic of ancient singing styles and instruments, including the Polish
fiddle from the 16th century called the Suka. They have branded their passionate
music as "hardcore folk."
Gianmaria Testa
Altre Latitudini
Tuareg
Como Di Pioggia
Le Chant De
Monde/ Harmonia Mundi
artist website: Gianmaria
Testa
Gianmaria Testa is an Italian vocalist, sometimes compared to Leonard Cohen
Various Artists - Putumayo
Sahara Lounge
Yasser Habeeb:
Elama (United Arab Emirates)
Ilhan Ersahin: Fly
(Turkey)
Putumayo Records
Middle Eastern melodies and rhythms with
electronica and remixes
Mahwash
Radio Kaboul
Écoute le naï
Harmonia
Mundi
Accords Croisé
Music of the Sufis dating back to the middle
19th century when the Afghan king, Amir Sher-Ali Khan invited musicians from
India to his court. The result was a fusion of Persian, Hindustani and Afghani
music. This tradition lives on the the music of Mahwash - Radio Kaboul.
Various Artists - Putumayo
10th Anniversary Collection
Kali: Me Ki Sa Oule"
Rita Ribeiro: Ha Muheres
Putumayo Records
a fantastic new collection looking back on
Putumayo's ten year history
Various Artists
Festival in the Desert
Tinariwen: Aldachan Manin (Mali)
Tinde: Wana (Mali)
Django (Mali)
World Village
Music
Music from one of the remote spots on the planet,.
Visualize trekking hundreds of kilometers out into the Sahara desert away
from Timbuktu Mali, the last outpost of civilization. This is the land of
the Toureg Nomad tribes. It is a vast wilderness where camels are still the
preferred mode of transportation. This recording is from the third annual
Festival in the Desert, held January 2003.
La Mosca Tse-Tse
Tango Latino
Muchachos, esta noche me emborracho
Los amores se van
New Media- Atreio
www.lamosca.com.ar
artist website: LaMosca.com.ar
new music from Argentina, a lively mix of pop & jazz at the crossroads
with tango & reggae featuring the smoky vocals of Guillermo Pelado Novellis
Arnaldo Antunes, Carlinhos Brown and Marisa Monte
Tribalistas
Velha Infancia
Phonomotor
Artist websites:
Arnaldo Antunes
Carlinhos Brown
Marisa Monte
new music from Brazil music, by a collaboration of three solo artists - ****
my highest World Music Rating
Various Artists - Putumayo
Salsa Around the World
Salsa Celtica, El Sol de la Noche (Scotland)
Apurimac: Forest Flower (Greece)
Mousta Largo Ana Maria (Morocco)
Putumayo World Music
an incredible collection of Salsa sounds from around
the world, including Scotland, Italy, Greece, Morocco, Senegal, India, Japan,
Cameroon, Finland and Haiti
Various Artists - Putumayo
Dreamland, World Lullabies Soothing Songs
Angelique Kidjo with Carlos Santana, Naima (Benin)
Erick Manana - Ny Fitiavako Ani Mama (Madagascar)
Putumayo World Music
a collection of gentle and calming songs, from around
the world
Agatsuma
Beams
Beams (title track)
Solitude
Accustom
In the Rain
Domo
My world beat pick of the month is Japanese musician
Agatsuma, for his cd Beams. Agatsuma is chief exponent of the banjo-like instrument
known as the Tsugaru-Shamisen.
Boubacar Traore
Je Chanterai Pour Toi (I'll
sing for you)
Improvisation I
Je Chanterai Pour Toi
Marabi Productions
The original soundtrack of the Jacques Sarasin's
film, "je chanterai pour toi" a journey through Mali in the company
of Boubacar Traore.
Je Chanterai Pour Toi.com
An indescribable, mother-of-the-blues ambience leaves me eager to see the
film.
****Highest World Beat Rating !
Los Ninos de Sara
Gipsyole
El Nino Del Viento
Una Muchacha
Intencity Records
Four flamenco gypsy guitarists, who were former
members of Albina, step-out on the world stage in a new gipsy-soul incarnation.
Gipsyole blends the sensual rhythms of romantic gypsy vocals, flaming flamenco
guitar, throbbing salsa beats, and cuban horns into a intoxicating brew.
Various Artists
Desert Blues 2
Boubacar Traore – Mouso Teke Soma Ye
Aziza Brahiim & Traba Bibo – Dios Mio!
Network Records
The finest African ballads from Algeria, Morocco,
Egypt, Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Ethiopia and the Western Sahara.
Valery Siver & Kiryll Trepakov
Midway
Dreams
Electro Shock
World Beat Pick of the Month
Bukkene Bruse
The Lovliest Rose
A Child is Born in Bethlehem
Lullaby for Julie
Northside Records
Various Artists - Triloka
Trance Planet volume six
Agricantus - Hawa
Max Lasser - Kumnand'i
Triloka
I enjoyed listening to this cd many times during
the past month. Its a cool mix of unusual trance tunes that all seem to come
together as a whole.
Rebbe Soul
Change the World with a Sound
Rock of Ages
Shalom
Reincarnation of a Melody
33rd Street Record
La Musica Della Mafia
Il Canto Di Malavita
Parlato
'Ndrangheta camurra e mafia
Parlato
I Cunfirenti
This is the first recording ever to offer insight into the music of the mafia.
Music that has always been performed only within the society. The only person
to perform this music publicly was shot dead for falling in love with a girlfriend
of one of the malaviti. You may have hear the review of this album by Silvia
Pourjoli NPR "All Things Considered."
www.pais.com
www.malavita.com
Mana Kaleilani Caceres
Who I Am
O Wau 'O Mana
mAinland mEntality
"O Kaleilani
From Da Heart Productions
Kanaka Boogie Productions
Putumayo Presents
Congo to Cuba
Tshala Muana - Lekela Muadi - Congo
Balla Tounkara - Le Monde Est Fou - Mali
Mama Keita - Tougnafo - Guinea
Putumayo World Music
This Afro-Cuban music will keep your rhythm groovin'
all month long!
Danny Heines
What Worlds They Bring
Two Body Play
Finding Senotrova
I Thought it was Raining (featuring vocals by Irena Mikhailova)
Vada Disc
artist sites: www.dannyheines.com
DannyGuitar.com
a couple of songs featuring throat singing by Danny
Heines, his flute-like overtones are quite an amzing accomplishment for a
Westerner.
Various Artists
The Future Sound of Gaeldom "essential selections of
contemporary Celtic music"
Capercaillie - In Exile (re-mix) - from the album
"Dusk Till Dawn" Capercaillie
Michael McGoldrick - James Brown's March / Noon Lassies - from the album "Fused"
Vertical Records
Shooglenifty - Schuman's Leap - from the album "Solar Shears"
Vertical Records
Karen Matheson - Calbharaigh - from the album "The Dreaming Sea"
Survival
Records
So Kalmery
Bendera
D.M.Crazy
Imane
Tinder Records
New music from Congo sung in a variety of languages
including Kiswahili, English, French, Swahili and Medinaterre, an ancient
language dating back over 10,000 years. Kalmery's vibrantly emotive, appealing
voice resounds with life. His preferred instrument is the acoustic guitar
and his playing has been compared to Taj Mahal's blues-folk music.
**** Highest World Music ratings
Missa Johnouchi
Road to OASIS
The Last Caravan
Shangri-La
Prayer
Pacific Moon
Incendio
Illumination
Prajapati
Illumination
La Corrida
Paras Recordings
January 2002
Keola Beamer
Soliloquy
Pailolo
Wai Ulu
Ka Makani 'Ula 'ula
Dancing Cat Records
Keola Beamer has helped to breathe new life into
one of the world's great acoustic guitar traditions, the Hawaiian slack key
guitar (ki hö'alu). The roots of slack key guitar can be traced to the1830's
when the guitar was first brought to the Islands by Spanish and Mexican cowboys.
Soliloquy is Keola Beamers fifth Dancing Cat release and contains nine original
compositions. (release date Jan. 8, 2002)
The Hudson Chamber Ensemble
Joan of Arc - Musica Mystica
Veri Floris - Anonymous
In Evangelium - Hildegard von Bingen
Pavane - Anonymous
Chacra Alternative
Music
Music from Saint-Laurent Quebec, Canada
For Catalog: (US/CAN 1-877-335-0245) email: info@chacramusic.com
**** My highest recommendations: a beautifull production with inspired liner
notes on the history of St Joan of Arc.
Canyon Records Artists
Enter Tribal
R. Carlos Nakai & Cliff Sarde - Enter Tribal
R. Carlos Nakai, Robert Tree Cody & Delphinne Tsinajinne - Changing Vision
William Horncloud, Frank Afraid of Horses, Ben Sitting Up & Cliff Sarde
- Lakota Love Song
Canyon Records
William Horncloud was born in 1905 the namesake
of his grandfather who had been killed in the Wounded Knee massacre. He learned
to sing as a boy from the Lakota elders of his community. He was noted for
his strong voice and the clarity of his words his singing reflects the strength
of the Lakota people. William Horncloud recorded the lead vocals for Lakota
Love Song in 1954. This recording revives a timeless love song for today's
Puentes Brothers
Morumba Cubana
Desatino (Des-a-tea-no)
La Rumba Primero (La-Room-baa-Pre-mare-o)
Alma Records
Two Cuban Brothers now living and working in
Canada
Puentes Brothers Website
Ismaila Oussou Njie Señor (ex Super
Eagles)
Best of Faateleku - Music from The Gambia
Noou-Yoou Oussou Njie (Salaam Alekum)
Sum Rew - Gambia
Mandaly
aNOnym reCOrds
One of the founding members of the Super Eagles,
famed in the Senegambian region as one of the first popular afrobeat bands.
Yellowgate Studios
Cheb Mami
Dellali
Ma Vie 2 Foi
Haoulou
Mondo Melodia
Cheb Mami has spent years expanding the boundaries
of Algerian Räi and making it into a true international music.
"Cheb Mami is one of the greatest voices in world music today - Sting"
I Muvrini
I Muvrini
Noi - "Us"
Terre D'Oru - "Fields of Gold"
Rispondimi Ie - "Say Yes"
Higher Octave
World
Muvrini.com
Karunesh
Global Spirit
Call of the Tribes
Kubula Ma
Etherean Music
A worldbeat fusion of ancient and contemporary sounds
from India, Austrailia, Africa, Native American and the Mid East. This music
reminds us that globalization entails vast cultural and musical implications
as well as an economic impact
Nyckelharpa Orchestra
Byss-Calles
RidMarsch - "Riding March"
Byggnan - "The Building"
Northside
The Nyckelharpa Orchestra presents the music of
legendary nychelharpa master Byss-Calle.
The Nyckelharpa dates back to the 1300's and is also known as the keyed fiddle.
Seba
Éwa !
Bladna
Tinder Records
Lively and music from six Algerian brothers born
and raised in Paris
March 2001
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Shao Rong Shoa Rong plays the Chinese Lute
known as the Pipa, an instrument dating back to the Qin Dynasty in 221
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February 2001
Eros Ramazzoti |
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Dove c'è Musica is a 1996 release recorded in Bologna Italy. I'm discovering Italian Pop for the first time, and have thoroughly enjoyed this album. On Feb. 2, 2001 I found that Eros Ramazzotti's latest release, "Stile Libero" holds the number 9 place in the Digital Top 10 Albums I look forward to bringing you Eros Ramazzotti's latest release Stile Libero next month in the Borders Books section of the World Beat | |
January 2001
Saga
Face á Face
Louisette
Devil Blues
Dans ter Yeux
Tinder Records
Gravel-voiced French singer Saga
December 2000
Kornog
Korong
Air Pour Faire Plurere Mariée Gavottes
Gwriziad Diffenet
Gouel Hollvedel
Green Linnet Records
Celtic Music from France by Brittany's best-loved
ensemble
Most enjoyable, my highest World Beat recommendation!!!
November 2000
Gipsyland
Viva La Música
La Bodega
Me Siente Triste
Me Va Me Va
Hollywood
Records
Recorded in Paris. Excellent Gipsy music, in the
tradition of the Gipsy Kings
Most enjoyable, my highest World Beat recommendation!!!
Gipsyland Fan
October 2000
Rita Ribeiro
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.
September 2000
Chico César
Chico César
Papo Cabeça
Paraiba Meu Amor
Pedra de Responsa
Putumayo Artists
Chico Cesar creates brilliant contemporay music
based on the contagious melodies and rhythms of Brazil
August 2000
Carlos Vives
El Amor de mi Tierra
El Amor de mi Tierra (title track)
Fruta Fresca
Tu Amor Eterno
EMI Latin
Rykodisc
A pop star from Columbia *** lively and engaging
music... one to listen to over and over again...
July 2000
Tjalkuri
Tjalkuri
Petrol is Poison
Drinking
Gadfly Records
Australian music
June 2000
Les Go
Dan Gna
Siba
Dan Gna
Yankadi
Juna Music
Les Go are a young, internationally-acclaimed female dance and vocal trio
from the Ivory Coast who sing in Manding, French and English.
May 2000
Touré-Touré
Touré-Touré
Laddé
Bané
N'Gummoden
Tinder Records
Laddé is the debut album of Touré-Touré , lead by the
cousins, Omar & Daby Touré. The combination of their Afro-pop savvy
with rhythms from their home in the Casamance region of Senegal make this
a shimmering afropop gem.
April 2000
Sally Nyolo
Multiculti
Ndong
Djini Djome A former member of Zap Mama, Sally Nyolo sings in unique style
rooted in the Cameroon yet reflecting the cosmopolitan tempo of her Parisian
lifestyle.
( Cameroon-Paris )
March 2000
Taj Majal & Toumani Diabate
Kulanjan
Queen Bee
Kulanjan
Hannibal
Kulanjan explores the common ground between the
blues and the great musical traditions of Western Mali. Kulanjan brings these
two great traditions full-circle in the fusion music two well-known proponents
on opposite sides of the Atlantic, Taj Majal and Malian Kora master Toumani
Diabate.
Taj Majal's Website
February 2000
Annbjørg Lien
Baba Yaga
Loki
Iriandia
January
Northside
Norwegian Hardanger fiddle virtuoso weaves
a modern tapestry from ancient sounds and Nordic myth in an expansive sound
architecture. Annbjørg Lien says that "Behind every traditional
hardanger fiddle tune there is always a story, always a fairy tale, and you
actually tell the stories when you play the fiddle."
Annbjørg Lien's Website
January 2000
Kepa Junkera
Bilbao 00:00h
Del Hierro a Madagascar
Fasio & Lurra-terra
Santimamineko Fandangoa
Alula Records
Basque accordianist Kepa Junkera collaborates with
an all-star cast of international musicians to create a contemporary vision
of Basque music. This is the first Basque music that I've ever heard and indeed
I expect that the title "Bilbao 00:00h" reflects the zero hour,
the coming-out, as it were, of Basque music into the world music community.
Kepa Junkera and Bilbao are a propitious combination.