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Umalali is not a group name, but the Garifuna word for voice. The Garifuna are descendents of African slaves who escaped from a massive shipwreck in 1635. They intermarried with Carib and Arawak Indians and evolved their own culture over the centuries. The were never conquered by the slave masters, but have been a marginalized minority for years, with a population centered in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Belize. The United Nations UNESCO arm recognizes their music and culture as a threatened one, part of humanity's intangible treasures. The Garifuna Women's Project is a collection of traditional and composed songs by various well-regarded Garifuna female elders and youngsters. Garifuna music has elements of African, Caribbean, and Native American music, in particular the soca of Trinidad, the reggae of Jamaica, and the rhythms of Cuba. To North American ears the sounds are both strangely familiar and slightly alien, blending many common elements in a unique way. The album was produced by Ivan Duran, the white Belizian who started Stonetree Records to document the music of the Garifuna.
The songs are traditional, even those that are newly composed, because the Garifuna see music as an ongoing process of creation. Since it's a way to convey cultural knowledge and communicate with the ancestors, songs are not owned, although everyone knows who composed the most popular tunes. Duran and the backing musicians made no attempt to keep the music traditional, since the Garifuna, like seemingly everyone else in the world, are tech-savvy and own computers and cell phones. The album is best listened to as a single piece of music - a ceremony, if you will - but individual performers and arrangements do stand out.
"Barübana Yagien" sounds like a combination of calypso and Congolese rhumba, while Silvia Blanco's singing calls to mind the sound of Mali's Oumou Sangare. The driving bass drums and sinuous electric guitar keep the tune moving at a rapid pace. "Hatie," by Sarita Martinez, is the tale of the hurricane that devastated Central America in 1961. It lays spaghetti Western guitar twang on top of a rolling punta rock backbeat complemented by strong call-and-response vocals. Marcela Torres has a forceful alto that stands up to the bass drums that sound like the throbbing heart of West Africa on "Anaha Ya." Sofia Blanco, one of the album's strongest vocalists, and Silvia's mom, sings lead on "Nibari" and "Yündüya Weyu." The first is a greeting to a new grandson and again sounds like the women's vocal music of Mali. Blanco's keening vocals are given minimal accompaniment by drums and guitar to preserve their primal power. "Yündüya Weyu" is more uptempo, with hints of Cuba, West Africa, and Brazil in its paranda rhythm. "Lirun Biganute" is Julia Lewis' lament for her murdered son accompanied only by a treble-heavy electric guitar that sounds oddly like an autoharp.
Garifuna women have been given the task of bearing their culture on to future generations.
By combining traditional vocals with modern arrangements, Duran and the Garifuna Women's Project singers hope to attract young people and world music lovers to this vital, irreplaceable culture.
j. poet, All Music Guide
01. Nibari (My Grandchild) - Sofia Blanco
02. Mérua - Chale Torres, Desere Diego
03. Yündüya Weyu (The Sun Has Set) - Sofia Blanco
04. Barübana Yagian (Take Me Away) - Silvia Blanco
05. Hattie - Sarita Martinez, Desere Diego
06. Luwübüri Sigala (Hills of Tegucigalpa) - Marcelina Fernandez "Masagu" Guity
07. Anaha Ya (Here I Am) - Chale Torres
08. Tuguchili Elia (Elia's Father) - Elodia Nolberto
09. Fuleisei (Favours) - Silvia Blanco
10. Uruwei (The Government) - Bernadine Flores, Damiana Gutierez
11. Áfayahádina (I Have Traveled) - Chale Torres
12. Lirun Biganute (Sad News) - Julia Nunez
Dale Davis (Sax (Tenor)), Gil Abarbanel (Engineer), Jacob Edgar (Liner Notes), Andy Palacio (Translation), Andy Palacio (Transcription), Sofia Blanco (Vocals), Ivan Duran (Arranger), Ivan Duran (Guitar (Bass)), Ivan Duran (Guitar (Electric)), Ivan Duran (Keyboards), Ivan Duran (Guitarron), Ivan Duran (Producer), Ivan Duran (Engineer), Ivan Duran (Slide Guitar), Ivan Duran (Liner Notes), Ivan Duran (Art Direction), Ivan Duran (Lap Steel Guitar), Ivan Duran (Sound Treatment), Silvia Blanco (Vocals), Sarita Martinez (Vocals), Desere Diego (Vocals), Desere Diego (Vocals (Background)), Bernadine Flores (Vocals), Marcelina Fernandez "Masagu" Guity (Vocals), Damiana Gutierez (Vocals), Elodia Nolberto (Vocals), Julia Nunez (Vocals)
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Rembetika was the Music of the Urban Greek Underground of the 1930's. It is Often Known as 'the Greek Blues' and Its Singers Inhabited the World of the Tekedhes Or Cafes around Piraeus, Athens and Thessaloniki. Café Rembetika features Four of the Greatest Stars of the Piraeus Scene who Later Fromed the First Rembetika Supergroup, Markos Vamvakaris, Stratos, Batis and Artemis. Also Featured Are Leading Singers from the Café Aman Tradition, Rosa Eskenazi, Rita Abatsi and Marika Papagika. Here Then, is a Collection of Some of the Greatest Songs from the Golden Age of Rembetika.
01. Anestos Delias (Artemis) - The Harem in the Turkish Baths
02. Yiorgos Batis - The Record Producers
03. Kostas Dousas - The Trawler
04. Rosa Eskenazi - In The Taverna With The Laterna
05. Stratos Payoumtzis - Warm-Hearted Dina
06. Yeoryia Mattaki - Mother, I Want A Man Who...
07. Antonis Diamantidis (Dalgas) - Criminal Mother-In-Law
08. A. Kostis - I Wasted Away
09. Marika Papagika - Dervish
10. Yiorgos Batis - Gypsy Girl
11. Anestos Delias (Artemis) - The Jacket
12. Rosa Eskenazi - That'll Teach You
13. Marika Kanaropoulou - The Widow of Kokkinia
14. A. Kostis - Toumbeleki
15. Marika Frantzeskopoulou (Politissa) - You Won't Win Me Over, Chat Me Up
16. Markos Vamvakaris - Markos The Minister
17. Rita Abatsi - Yiannis' Cup
18. Rosa Eskenazi - Don't Swear To Me, You Liar
19. Stratos Payoumtzis & Stelios Kiromitis - Baglamades
20. Ioannis Halkias (Jack Gregory) - Minore Tou Tekke
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01. Snimbe - Tama (Mali - Guinee Bussau)
02. Sinama Denw - Habib Koite & Bamada (Mali)
03. Awa Y’Okeyi - Papa Wemba (Republique Democratique du Congo
04. N’Dolo - Henri Dikongue (Cameroun)
05. Ancient Voices - Chiwoniso (Zimbabwe)
06. Kounka - Lulendo (Angola)
07. Mariama - Pape et Cheikh (Senegal)
08. Olhos Molhados - Bonga (Angola)
09. Malaso - Regis Gizavo (Madagascar)
10. Dimama - Sally Nyolo (Cameroun)
11. Wanita - Rokia Traore (Mali)
12. Mamy Kha - Rajery (Madagascar)
13. Mame - Senegal Acoustic (Senegal - France)
14. Kothbiro - Ayub Ogada (Kenya)
15. Tapera - Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe)
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"Fill your head with some culture, get this CD, see the film, and go visit some gypsy land. Hey, you only live once, right!
This CD is the antithesis of "oh, baby", "let's do it all nite", and the commercialized, controlled anger of the so-called "alternative" music(s). This is true rebellious music, as in uncompromizingly authentic. It's one human being conveying his/her inner feelings to other fellow beings via the medium of music. No middlemen required or allowed.
But this CD is also a celebration of life. There's the full-glass joy and enjoyment of life's little pleasures and twists of fate. But, since life as humans experience it, is hazardously strewn with half-empty situations, the CD has its share of wailing and regret about life's imperfections and the "local", i.e. personal, toll it exacts on our inner balances.
But even this sorrow is celebrated and showered away in a series of songs that can't be reviewed, only listened to. This is music that can't be studied and filed away. This is music as a means of human communication, the direct lineage of the one once enjoyed by cavemen and women as they recounted daily and seasonal encounters with success and failures."
01. Monika Juhasz Miczura & Gipsy Star - Nora Luca
02. Adrian Simionescu & Orchestre Marin Ioan - Tutti Frutti
03. Adrian Simionescu & Orchestre Marin Ioan - Copza Luca
04. Rona Hartner & Valentin Rotary & Petre Badea - Disparaitra
05. Adrian Simionescu & Orchestre Marin Ioan - Mama Me
06. Gipsy Star - L'amour En Liberte
07. Orchestre Marin Ioan - Cabaret
08. Rona Hartner & Valentin Rotary & Petre Badea - Dandaro
09. Ioan - Camera
10. Gipsy Star - Frissons
11. Vasile Serban & Isidor Serban & Ionescu Serban & Orchestre Marin Ioan - Mariage
12. Adrian Simionescu & Orchestre Marin Ioan - Adrian Simionescu + Orchestre M. Ioan - Camera
13. Monika Juhasz Miczura & Gipsy Star - Nora Luca (Reprise)
Accordion: Constantin Fugirica (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 13)
Nicolae Paun (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Cimbalom: Leonard Iordache (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 13)
Mihai Iordache (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Clarinet: George Udila (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 13)
Toni Lache (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Double Bass: Florinel Dobrica (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Ghita Coada (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 13)
Trumpet: Costel Vasilescu (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 13)
Violin: Marian Vasilescu (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 13)
Marius Banica (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)
Vocals: Adrian Simionescu (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 11, 12)
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This release represents the diverse roster of artists on the Hungarian label Periferic Records. Folk, World, Ethno-World, whatever you want to call it, it is all great music and a great introduction to what is happening both in the folk and more contemporary field of music in Hungary today. Some familiar names and some new ones, all however exploring the rich heritage of Hungarian Folk Music.
"While editing this CD I thought a label needs to have a compilation CD like this, because this is a simple and good way to represent the activity of Periferic Records. Compiling one song after the other it became more and more clear for me that this CD will not provide only promotional purposes. Simply it is good to listen to the compositions. I hope many music lovers feel as I feel: these songs are all fantastic pieces of the last one or two years. I hope you are going to listen to the music with such appriciations as I have felt pleasure for compiling and releasing this CD."
01. Lux – Túl a vizen egy kosár
02. Karikás – Hová mész?
03. Kormorán – Magyar rapszódia
04. Hungarian World Music Orchestra – Come Danube
05. Attacca – Addig babám
06. Ágoston Trió – Iafia
07. Bokros – Pista bácsi
08. Dűvő - Tánczene
09. Vasmalom – Gergelytánc
10. Khanci Dos – Na Dara Chajorrije
11. Vujicsics – Nile Sala
12. Binder Károly – Pünkösdi rózsa
13. Om Art Formation – Bulgaristan
14. Dobos Gyula – New Pangea
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01. Eszterlánc - Elvész A Nyom
02. Csik Zenekar - Csillag Vagy Fecske
03. Vágtázó Csodaszarvas - Hunok Csatája
04. Cimbaliband - De Szépen Szól A Cimbalom
05. Dutar - Idegen Vendég A Kinai Menyegzőn
06. Fabatka - Nyáron Piros Télen Kék
07. Istvánfi Balázs - Duda Blues
08. Mydros - Pote Vudas Pote Kudas Anapse To Tsigaro
09. Khamoro - E Mery-Mari
10. Topán György - Két Csárdás Dallam
11. Fondor- Szerelmes A Muzsikás
12. Vágtázó Csodaszarvas - A Zene Lakodalma
13. Etnorom - Kotyka Tele Bassaven
14. Borbély Dresch Quartet - Erdély Blues
15. David Murray & Balogh Kálmán Gipsy Cimbalom Band - Ballada
16. Udrub - Parfume De Gitane
17. Morotva - Cifra Palota
18. Agocs Gergely - Három Árva
19. Herczku Ágnes - Arany És Kék-Kalotaszeg
20. Kallós Zoltán - Bonchidai Gyűjtés Ritka Csárdás
21. KMB - Volt Egyszer Egy Rózsa
22. Relax - Earthrise
23. Chagall Klezmer Band- - Shabechi Yerushalayim
24. The Transform Quintet - Sushi
25. Csik Zenekar - De Szeretnék
26. Hirős Zenekar - Menyasszonykisérő
27. Unger Balázs És Barátai - Bulgáros-Arges
28. Szerelmem Nagysajó - Tizet Ütött Az Óra
29. Fodor Sándor Neti - Legényes
30. Dresch Quartet - Tedd Rá
31. Szilvási Gipsy Folk Band - Phurdel Balval Duj Duj Deshuduj
32. Cimbaliband - Oppadirida
33. Fonó Zenekar - Három Éjjel Három Nap
34. Csillagok Palotája - Egy Lengyel Ének
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"Since the first volume of this Network Medien series came out in 1995, the whole notion of "Desert Blues" has become more familiar, even to the point where not every song on a double CD like this has to necessarily fit the description (a description that, since first coined, has been open to varied interpretation anyway). All that's really needed are great songs from the Saharan regions, and there are loads of them here. Not a lot of the featured artists were on the first two volumes, so there's a healthy amount of freshness here.
You can start just about anywhere with blow-by-blow descriptions: rootsy rai from Khaled, elegant kora work by Toumani Diabate, rockish excursions courtesy of Tinariwen, etc. If you want a quick summation, the back cover offers one: "Recently discovered finest ballads from Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea, Niger, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ethiopia." I suppose "finest ballads" does at least as well as "desert blues" in describing the music here, which represents everything from griot tradition to jazz and classical fusion. Actually, as more Saharan artists and countries increase their presence on the global music scene, collections like this will continue to be necessary in keeping up with the work of established stars (Gigi, Oumou Sangare, Habib Koite), newer or lesser-known names (Bako Dagnon, Idrissa Soumaoro) and even non-Africans who successfully get in on the action (Markus James, Kronos Quartet). There's over two hours of superb sounds on this set, the illustrated liner notes are informative and thoughtful, and it's essential listening even if you missed the first two installments."
Disc 1.
01. Djelimandy Tounkara - Fanta
02. Idrissa Soumaoro - M´ba Den
03. Souad Massi - Raoui
04. Khaled - Wahrane, Wahrane
05. Tiris - El Nabi
06. Booubacar Traore & Regis Gizavo - Kanou
07. Markus James - Dream After
08. Bako Dagnon - Lassidan
09. Fula Flute - Keme Bourema
10. Gigi - Bati Bati
11. Cherif M´baw - Baayo
12. Abdouolaye Alhassane Toure
13. Rokia Traore & Kronos Quartett - Bownboï
14. Toumani Diabate & Ali Farka Touri - Ai Ga Bani
Disc 2.
01. Dhafer Youssef - A Kind Of Love
02. Seckou Keita Quartet - Tounga
03. Ali Farka Toure - Penda Yoro
04. Boubacar Traore - Kar Kar
05. Malouma - Yarab
06. Bassekou Kouyate & Lobi - Traore Banani
07. Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou - Imidiwan
08. N´gou Bagayoko - Kulu
09. Tinariwen - Izarharh Tenere
10. Oumou Sangare - Djorolen
11. Habib Koite - Mali Ba
12. Amadou & Mariam - Ce N´est Pas Bon
13. Getatchew Mekurya - Eywat Sstenfegagn
14. Gigi - Ethiopia
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CD 2.
"After years of research, a dream has at last come true: the world’s first major anthology of Rembetiko – the "Greek Blues". Presenting 31 ensembles from 13 countries, the album showcases the leading representatives of Rembetiko in its many forms throughout the world and traces its development over the years. Rembetiko emerged in the early 1920s in the port cities of Piraeus and Thessaloniki where hundreds of thousands of Greek refugees arrived from Asia Minor. They brought with them their own lifestyle and their oriental music. In the taverns, or tekes, they smoked hash, made music, and dressed in a distinctive way. It was a subculture that went against the grain. Banned under various dictatorships and later ideologically rejected, Rembetiko still survived in various forms, eventually becoming an integral part of Greek identity. From Greece, Rembetiko spread among the immigrant communities of North America, Australia and Western Europe. This musical journey through the world of Rembetiko presents the best groups, including Apodimi Compania from Australia, Prosechos, Salto Orientale and Zotos Kompania from Germany, Kudsi Ergüner and Melihat Gülses from Turkey, Diamanda Galas and the Projekt Café Aman Amerika from the USA, Taximi from Sweden, Palio-Paréa from Holland, The Rembetika Hipsters from Canada and such icons of recent Greek musical history as Mikis Theodorakis, Dionyssis Savopoulos, Nikos Xydakis, Niki Tramba and Ross Daly at the Café Aman and Stavros Xarchakos with music from the legendary film „Rembetiko".
CD 1.
01. Stavros Xarchakos - Prologos-Mana Mou Ellas
02. Cafe Aman America Orchestra - O Pinoklis
03. Taximi - Rosenbuskens Blad
04. Kudsi Erguner Ensemble - Yedikule
05. Kegome - Salto Orientale
06. Bayat - Irinaki(Traditional Arr.)- Bratsch
07. Talking To Charos - San Pethano Sto Karavi
08. Christos Pantelis - Bouzouki Mou Diplochordo
09. Miquel Gil - I Giren
10. Ross Daly & Labyrinth - Afou Chis Allon Stin Kardia
11. Ankala - Cafe Izmir
12. The Rembetika Hipsters - Mes Tis Polis To Hammam-
13. Evening Take-Abaji - For Rita
14. Pavlos Sidiropoulos - To Blues Tou Paliokaravou
15. Grigoris Bithikotsis - Mikis Theodorakis Sta Pervolia
CD 2.
01. Apodimi Compania - Doctor
02. Martha Frintzila - Thalassa Lipisou
03. Zotos Kompania - Ego Mangas Phenomouna
04. Diamanda Galas - Anoixe
05. Christos Pantelis - Pali Kiapopse Skeftikos
06. Salto Orientale - Diki Mou Ine I Ellas
07. Michalis Jenitsaris - I Ladades
08. Fotia - Psila Ta Parathyria Sou
09. Palio-Parea - Tou Votanikou O Mangas
10. Prosechos - Plimyra
11. Stelios Vamvakaris & Louisiana Red - I Fantasia Stin Exousia
12. Solon Lekkas - San Pothano Paragelno
13. Vosporos - Zeybekiko
14. Niki Tramba, Ross Daly & Labyrinth - Emai Orfanos Apo Paidhi
15. Melihat Gulses - Barba Yannakakis(Kurban)
16. Roberto Zanisi - Stin Ipoga
17. Nikos Xydakis, Manolis Rasoulis & Nikos Papazoglou - I Manges Den Iparchoun Pia
18. Dionyssis Savopoulos - Zeybekiko
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"Fado (translated as destiny or fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. In popular belief, Fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor. However, in reality Fado is simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain structure.
The music is usually linked to the Portuguese word saudade (that has no match in English but it could be understood as nostalgia felt while missing someone), a word describing a sentiment. The word "pine", sharing the same root as the portuguese word "pena" (which has evolved to express the feeling of being sorry for someone) seems to describe the meaning of the word saudade only in very crude terms as a feeling of nostalgia, or longing, which is agreed by translators to not be an accurate description.Furthermore, because the word pine is actually a verb in English whilst saudade is simply a noun, any translation using these two words would be inaccurate.
Some enthusiasts claim that Fado's origins are a mixture of African slave rhythms with the traditional music of Portuguese sailors and Arabic influence.
There are two main varieties of Fado, namely those of the cities of Lisbon and Coimbra. The Lisbon style is the most popular, while Coimbra's is the more refined style. Modern fado is popular in Portugal, and has produced many renowned musicians. According to tradition, to applaud fado in Lisbon you clap your hands, while in Coimbra one coughs like if clearing one's throat.
Mainstream fado performances during the 20th century included only a singer, a Portuguese guitar player and a classical guitar player but more recent settings range from singer and string quartet to full orchestra."
01. Alfredo Marceneiro - A Casa Da Mariquinhas
02. Carlos Ramos - Nao Venhas Tarde
03. Berta Cardosa - Tia Macheta
04. Hermina Silva - A Tendinha
05. Max - A Rosinha Dos Limoes
06. Maria Teresa De Noronha - Rosa Enjeitada
07. Antonio Dos Santos - Partir E Morrer Um Pouco
08. Lucilic Do Carmo - Foi Na Travessa Da Palha
09. Amalia Rodrigues - Foi Deus
10. Tony De Matos - Lisboa A Noite
11. Tristao Da Silva - Aquela Janela Virada Pro Mar
12. Vicente Da Camara - Fado Das Caldas
13. Fernando Farinha - Belos Tempos
14. Hermano Da Camara - Colchetes De Oiro
15. Antonio Mourao - Fadista Louco
16. Te-Embora - Fernanda Maria - Saudade Vai
17. Joao Ferreira Rosa - Embucado
18. Teresa Silva Carvalho - Amar
19. Carlos Do Carmo - Saudade Mal Do Fado
20. Joao Braga - Arraial
21. Maria Da Fe - Ate Que A Voz Me Doa
22. Nuno Da Camara Pereira - Carvalo Ruco
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Bareh Droma is a classy little compilation of Russian gypsy music, the acceptance of gypsy culture in mainland Europe has undoubtedly improved over the last few years and the music is often promoted but in Russia, like a few genres there, it's still not that easy to get although it is available from certain websites. This compilation of classic tracks from over the years, is I find more rustic than the majority of Balkan or Iberian gypsy music and it has a unique sound of a bygone past.
The track Opai Dad sounds almost like an Eastern Siberian Inuit chant and it's obvious that where as the Balkan music has more oriental and the Iberian - North African ones, the Russian gypsy music has remained relatively untouched with maybe a few influences coming from traditional slavic songs as well as other smaller ethnicities in the region.
The guitar work on "The Little Hut" is devine whilst there is also a collection of excellent vocalists who show a lot of emotion whether it be pain or excitement as does "Wings of the Peacock" in fact I find this to be a more acoustic guitar heavy album than wind-instrument which after having listened to a lot of windy Macedonian music in particular, makes a pleasant change.
01. Poshunenti (Listen) - A. Saveliev
02. The River Neva - B. Ivanesku
03. Opai, Dad - P.Mihay, T. Mihailova
04. Britiyano - P.Mihay
05. Vanka - M. Buzyleva, M. Buzylev
06. The Lady Of The House - A. Saveliev, D. Savelyeva, L. Shishkova
07. Polka - V.Romano-Orlov, M. Buzylev
08. Wings Of The Peacock - L. Shishkova
09. Don't Judge Me - A. Kolpakov
10. Natasha - D. Savelyeva
11. The Roma Propineh (Crossroads) - B. Ivanesku
12. Potpourri - A. Buzylev
13. Kheroro (Small House) - D. Savelyeva, L. Ivanesku
14. The Little Hut - A. Buzylev
15. Dadyves (Nowadays) - A. Buzylev
16. Sosnitsa (The Little Pine Tree) - A. Saveliev
17. Pernytsa (The Down Quilt) - D. Savelyeva, A. Saveliev
18. Shel Meh Versty (A Hundred Miles) - B. Ivanesku
19. Kako Sanka (Uncle Sanka) - M. Bueypeva,N. Buzyleva
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This 19-song compilation features a wide variety of artists from this small but influential island off the Senegalese coast. Opening with Cesaria Evora and an early tune, "Papa Joachim Paris," the album visits luminaries like Simentera, Paulino Vieira, and Tito Paris and introduces you to many less famous but deserving names. Real roots come from the Mindel Band with a raw violin and a perpetual groove. Luis Morais's band is jazzy and fun. Voz de Cabo Verde are sweet and homey. The album closes with a live, lush, yet ragged "Lundum" by Vieira and Celina Pereira, a perfect island tune of slight melody and lots of feeling.
01. Papa Joachin Paris - Cesaria Evora
02. Miss Perfumado - Humbertona & Piuna
03. Falso Testemunho - Maria Alice
04. Partida - Djosinha
05. Boas Festas - Luis Morais
06. Otilia/Otilio - Tito Paris
07. O Bernard' - Ana Firmino & Travadinha
08. Pais Di Mel - Teofilo Chantre
09. Situacoes Triangulares - Bau
10. Fidjo Maguado - Chico Serra
11. Sina De Cabo Verde - Bana
12. Galo Bedjo - Titina
13. Cercode - Mindel Band
14. Dia C'Tchuva Bem - Simentera
15. Carinha Di Bo Mae - Voz De Cabo Verde
16. Serpentina - Bana
17. Cutch Cutch - Amandio Cabral
18. Saude - Celina Pereira
19. Lundum - Celina Pereira & Paulino Vieira
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Suburban Bucharest unites magnificent voices and virtuous fiddlers. It is telling us about musical occasions and their places, the constant changing of prevailing taste, and about the imminent end of the old Lautari-Music in Romania.
Suburban Bucharest is dealing with musical influences from Serbia, Turkey and the Middle East, which the political dignitaries like to apostrophy as the pollution of Romanian music. In the past few years the improvised bars of corrugated iron in the suburbs of Bucharest, for the most part concrete buildings, have been torn down. Along with them the venues of the most Gipsy Bands vanished for ever - and only a handful of them had been lucky to be discovered.
“An eye opener!”
“One of the best discs I‘ve heard in 2004 - in any genre.”
“Another superb compilation from Trikont, this time showcasing the effervescent gypsy music of Romanian capital Bucharest, a city composed of "hundreds of sprawling villages that have grown together." Charismatic singers abound: Romica Puceanu (died in 1996) has the skills of an Ella Fitzgerald, while Maria Tanase (from the 1930s) was more of a Judy Garland figure, bringing night-club flair to folkloric material. The muted trumpet of Costel Vasilescu is a high point, spinning dizzily over a wildly swung Hora wedding dance, clanked out by cimbalom, fiddle and fluttering accordion. The tension between traditional sounds and modern pop is endlessly renegotiated - godfather of gypsy pop Dan Armeanca sings both with his coolly modern group and the pumping brass of Fanfare Ciocârlia. Finally there's the exuberant filigree of Taraf De Haidouks, a group ignored in Romania until international acclaim propelled them into surreal situations such as modelling for designer Yoji Yamamoto.”
01. Dan Armeanca & Fanfare Ciocarlia: Iag Bari
02. Romica Puceanu: Ileana, Ileana
03. Taraf de Haidouks & Kocani Orkestar: Carolina
04. Maria Tanase & Taraf Mitica Mata: Jandarmul
05. Dona Dumitru Siminica: Draboro
06. Aurel & Victor Gore & Costel Vasilescu: Hora Lautarilor
07. Gabi Lunca: Cu-o Damigeana Si-un Pahar
08. Faramita Lambru: La Crama Din Dragasani
09. Raducano & Orchester Gypsy Star: Maneaua Lui Kemal
10. Romica Puceanu: Doi Tovarasi Am La Drum
11. Dan Armeanca & Band: Can Marraulan
12. Taraf de Haidouks & Viorica Rudareasa: Dumbala Dumba
13. Raducano & Orchester Gypsy Star: So Del Duma Al Romsea
14. Vasile Armeanca: Alilili Monica
15. Maria Tanase: La Uite-o, Zau
16. Mahala Rai Banda: Esti Sexy
17. Rom Bengale: Baro Biao
18. Zavaidoc: Cantecului Zavaidoc
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"One of the earlier entries on the market of African blues-inflected music offerings, this album from the folks at Rough Guide is most certainly African, but not particularly fusion in the sense of incorporating the American blues idiom. What one does have here, though, is a relatively early collection of the people that would in large be the most notable figures on the field of African music on the greater world market. Ismaël Lo opens up the album, followed by Rokia Traoré. After a couple of East African entries, the first true blues piece comes courtesy of Ali Farka Toure's hit "Heygana." The great mbira player Stella Chiweshe makes an appearance, as does Hamza el Din, with some bluesy riffs on the oud from the North. Boubacar Traoré puts in the second entirely valid piece of American-esque blues, and the team of Kante Manfila and Balla et Ses Balladins present an excerpt of the Kankan Blues phenomenon. Finishing the album are two more notables: Cape Verde's Césaria Évora, and Mali's up and coming Oumou Sangare, both worth hearing in their own right. Throughout, the album strays a bit from its most apparent mission, but the music remains worthwhile regardless. A fine choice for a quick sampler of the bigger names in African music."
01. Ismael Lo (Senegal) - Talibe
02. Rokia Traore (Mali) - Mounaissa
03. Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique - A Va Safy Va Lomo
04. Super Rail Band (Mali) - Mansa
05. Balla et ses Balladins (Guinea) - Paulette
06. Alick Nkhata (Zambia) - Maggie
07. Henry Makobi (Kenya) - Omulanga Wamuka
08. Ali Farka Roure (Mali) - Heygana
09. Stella Rambisai Chiweshe (Zimbabwe) - Ndinderere
10. Hamza El Din (Egypt) - Shams Esh'shamusa
11. Antoine Moundanda Likembe Geant (Congo) - N'Sangou
12. Boubacar Traore (Mali) - Mouso Teke Soma Ye
13. Kante Manfila and Ball Kalla (Guinea) - Kankan Blues (extract)
14. Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde) - Miss Perfumado (live)
15. Oumou Sangare (Mali) - Saa Magni
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This CD can be warmly recommended to all lovers of Tuvinian music. The music presented is a well performed collection of authentic vocal and instrumental pieces. Since all pieces are strictly traditional this CD cannot be compared to the performance by e.g., Sainkho. Track number 9, performed by the unusually young artist Schaktar Schulban, reveals the enormous talent of this promising singer. The CD is very interesting because next to the overview of singing styles the listener is also introduced to a representative spectrum of instrumental music.
The songs are performed by Schaktar Schulban, a 10 year old boy who has been a singer since the age of 5, the 18 years old Ondar Mongun-Ool and Bujan Dondak, the Tuva Ensemble founded in 1988 by Gennadi Tumat, German Kuular, Stas Danmaa and Alexander Saltschak.
Most of the songs are accompanied by the traditional instruments toschpulur (a lute with two strings - tracks no. 1, 2, 4, 8, 12), chomus ("jew's harp", tracks no. 3, 13 - the latter being a chomus solo performance), igil (a two-stringed instrument - tracks no. 5, 8, 14, 16), limbi (a metal flute- track no. 8), amyrga (a hunting horn, used to lure deer - track no. 8), tschansy (a lute with three strings - track no. 10) and even a shaman drum is used once (track no. 15).
Track no. 15 reminds of Shaman songs that are also sung among the Caatan living in the Mongolian region neighbouring Tuva.
01. Sygyt - Chöömej - Kargyraa - Gennadi Tumat
02. Ugbashkylar Ooldary - Tuva-Ensemble
03. Chomushgu Ayalgalar - German Kuular
04. Ogbeler - Tuva-Ensemble
05. Sygyt - Borbangnadyr - Oleg Kuular
06. Collection of Chöömej styles - Oleg Kuular
07. Chomus and Chöömej - Oleg Kuular
08. Ching S"oortukchulerining Yry - Tuva-Ensemble
09. Sygyt - Kargyraa - Schaktar Schulban
10. Sygyt - Ondar Mongun-Ool
11. Kargyraa - Bujan Dondak
12. Adym - Tuva-Ensemble
13. Chomushgu Ayalgalar - Idamchap Chomushgu
14. Tschasky-Chem Yry - Opej Andrej & Tschetschek
15. Cham Algyshy - Alexander Saltschak
16. Sygyt - Kargyraa - Opej Andrej
PERFORMERS: Gennadi Tumat, German Kuular, Oleg Kuular, Schaktar Schulban (10 years old), Ondar Mongun-Ool, Bujan Dondak, Idamchap Chomushgu, Opej Andrej, Alexander Saltschak.
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VA: Hungry for Hungary? - Folk, World Music
The "Hungry for Hungary?" series promo publication.
He did not enter commerce.
01 - Muzsikás - Dunántúli friss csárdások
02 - Sebő Ferenc - Harmatocska
03 - Zurgó - Szeretőm e táncba
04 - Kerekes Band - Csángó Boogie (edit)
05 - Napra - Pici ház
06 - Pál István Szalonna és bandája - Mulatság Orkon
07 - Romano Drom - Mulatinas
08 - Karavan Familia - Shej baxtali
09 - Nomada - Pe bari luma
10 - Kiss Ferenc - Citruserdő
11 - Band of Igriczek - Kozári
12 - Palya Bea - Eggy lovász fihoz
13 - Szalóki Ági - Mici
14 - Lovász Irén - Fellegajtó
15 - Egy Kiss Erzsi Zene - No ked
16 - Ferenczi György - Ki vagyok én
17 - Herczku Ágnes & Nikola Parov - Tavasz után
18 - Söndörgő - Salino Oro
19 - Besh o droM - Ayelet Chen
20 - Mitsoura - Devat ku (edit)
21 - Gáyan Uttejak Orchestra & László Hortobágyi - Tablacid
22 - Ektar - II. Canzone Araba
23 - Ezter - Szól a kakas
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VA: Hungry for Hungary? - Ethno Jazz
01 - Pop Ivan - Himnusz eladó - Anthem salesman
02 - Viktor Tóth & Hamid Drake & Mátyás Szandai - Március - March
03 - Akosh S. - Mivel mível 3
04 - Grencsó Bio Kollektív - Régi nóta - Old song
05 - Szilárd Mezei Quintet - Az a tánc - That Dance ((live, edit)
06 - Budapest Saxophone Quartet - Tűz - Fire
07 - Magony Strings - Legényes - Manly
08 - Mihály Dresch Quartet - Hajnal- Dawn
09 - Dél-Alföldi Saxophone Ensemble - Dr. B.B
10 - Csaba Tűzkő Septet - Ördögűzés - Exorcism
11 - Beli Buba - Szerelmes dal II. Változások I. - Love Song II. Changes I.
12 - Miklós Lukács & Béla Szakcsi Lakatos - Chase Away The Devil
13 - Szabó-Major Duo - Shamata
14 - Free Style Chamber Orchestra - Kanásztánc - Swineherd-dance
15 - Zoltán Lantos' Mirrorworld - Coffee Break (edit)
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Seriously lubricated gypsy punk from the last bastion of true exiled Balkan spirit: New York City's Bulgarian Bar MEHANATA, somewhere near Canal Street and Broadway NYC. Famous for its cheap wood panelling upstairs.
Compilation based around a restaurant, bar, club in New York. Featuring these finest New York bands:
Balkan Beat Box, Dolomites, Gogol Bordello, Guignol, Hungry March Band, J.U.F., Luminescent Orchestrii, Romashka, Shaat’nez, Slavic Soul Party!, Yuri Yunakov, Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar.
"If your heart and your libido are still connected, these artists will electrify that wire. Some of this music was written personally by Orpheus, the Thracian song god who made the people dance and the mountains purr (and howl). The intelligence of soul and the moan of beasts are made one here, with orgasmic consequences."
"Answer arguments with tapan. Balkanize Manhattan's grid. Cocek against architecture. Decriminalize sacrilege. Empty your ears from the structures of everyday life. Fly in the face of orthodoxy (musical or political). GitanoAmerica. Headbang phenomenology of phobias. Is tomato soup really thicker than blood? "Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?" Knock on wood (9/8). Liquefy rhythm, lubricate hierarchy, listen to noise. Mythologize your mama's stories with a brass section. Never follow (follow Tcherniya Ram to the smooth space above the colored ribbons and clouds of the Chrysler building). Opre Roma, Sastipe Gadje. Proto-Babylon, Canal-&-Broadway style. Qu'est-ce que c'est qu'un pizdetz? Revolutions are not broadcast by speakers. Speak in tongues (Albanian, Aramaic, English, Hebrew, Romani, Russian, Ukranian), stick a feather in you ass. Translate, recycle, mix-and-match. Underground could mean the second floor? Viva la vida. Water with wine. Xenomorphosis in a dj set. Yatta gaidjin. Zingari Mesh Mundial."
CD 1:
01. Gogol Bordello - When The Trickster Starts A-Poking
02. Hungry March Band – Bubamara
03. Romashka - La Curcuma De La Drum
04. Balkan Beat Box & Eugene Hutz - Tromba De Zingari/Yek, Dui, Trei/New Yorkskiri
05. Slavic Soul Party - Cacak Nirvana
06. J.U.F. - Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat: Last Wish of The Bride
07. Guignol - All or Nothing Machine
08. The Dolomites - Medecine Show
09. Luminiscent Orchestrii - Taraf Hijacked
10. Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar - Doli Goca
11. Yuri Yunakov Ensemble – Balkanalia
CD 2:
01. Yuri Yunakod - Arabski Kjuchek
02. Romashka - Shimdiggy
03. Slavic Soul Party - Missy Sa-sa
04. Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar - Ani More Nuse
05. Guignol - Agada
06. Balkan Beat Box - Adir Adirim
07. J.U.F. Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat - Gypsy Part of town
08. Hungry March Band - Choli Ke Peechhe
09. Shaatnez - Samiao's Day
10. Luminescent Orchestrii - She's a Brick
11. Dolomites - Lizzie Borden
12. Gogol Bordello - Baro Foro
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Cd 2. part 1.
Cd 2. part 2.
"This", says Hal Willner, "was the original punk music." The maverick American producer, best known for his tribute to Kurt Weill and his reworking of Disney film music, had been set an unusual task: to provide a contemporary reinterpretation of seafaring songs. The idea came from Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski (credited here as executive producers) while they were filming Pirates of the Caribbean, and the result is a 43-track epic that actually works. The cast list is extraordinary: Nick Cave, Bono, Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry and Sting appearing alongside British and American folk stars (Richard and Teddy Thompson, Martin and Eliza Carthy, Loudon and Rufus Wainwright).
But what's more impressive is how Willner matches a sense of danger, even mania, against laments, with distorted, experimental passages balanced with the delicate guitar work of Bill Frisell or sturdy traditional themes. The mood changes from bawdy and obscene work songs to ballads. Highlights include David Thomas's crazed version of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor, a moody, pounding guitar ballad from Jarvis Cocker and Richard Thompson's exquisite Mingulay Boat Song."
Disc 1
01. Cape Cod Girls – Baby Gramps
02. Mingulay Boat Song – Richard Thompson
03. My Son John – John C. Reilly
04. Fire Down Below – Nick Cave
05. Turkish Revelry – Loudon Wainwright III
06. Bully In The Alley – The Old Prunes
07. The Cruel Ship's Captain – Bryan Ferry
08. Dead Horse – Robin Holcomb
09. Spansih Ladies – Bill Frisell
10. High Barbary – Joseph Arthur
11. Haul Away Joe – Mark Anthony Thompson
12. Dan Dan – David Thomas
13. Blood Red Roses – Sting
14. Sally Brown – Teddy Thompson
15. Lowlands Away – Rufus Wainwright & Kate McGarrigle
16. Baltimore Whores – Gavin Friday
17. Rolling Sea – Eliza McCarthy
18. Haul On The Bowline – Bob Neuwirth
19. Dying Sailor to His Shipmates – Bono
20. Bonnie Portmore – Lucinda Williams
21. The Mermaid – Martin Carthy & the UK Group
22. Shenandoah – Richard Greene & Jack Shit
23. The Cry Of Man – Mary Margaret O'Hara
Disc 2
01. Boney – Jack Shit
02. Good Ship Venus – Loudon Wainwright III
03. Long Time Ago –White Magic
04. Pinery Boy – Nick Cave
05. Lowlands Low – Bryan Ferry & Antony
06. One Spring Morning – Akron/Family
07. Hog Eye Man – Martin Carthy & Family
08. The Fiddler/A Drop Of Nelson's Blood – Ricky Jay & Richard Greene
09. Caroline and Her Young Sailor Bold – Andrea Corr
10. Fathom The Bowl – John C. Reilly
11. Drunken Sailor – Dave Thomas
12. Farewell Nancy – Ed Harcourt
13. Hanging Johnny – Stan Ridgway
14. Old Man of The Sea – Baby Gramps
15. Greenland Whale Fisheries – Van Dyke Parks
16. Shallow Brown – Sting
17. The Grey Funnel Line – Jolie Holland
18. A Drop of Nelson's Blood – Jarvis Cocker
19. Leave Her Johnny – Lou Reed
20. Little Boy Billy – Ralph Steadman
Disc I,
Disc II.
Croatian Music Association made this compilation to promote Croatian ethno music on World Music Expo (WOMEX) 2004. Croatia has always been at the crossroads of East and West, Christianity and Islam, Balkan and Mediterranean.... Part of the Croatian ethno experience has been collected on this compilation, which is not trying to be an anthology, but only an indentity card of a world music direction that has found fertile ground in Croatia as well.
01. Dunja Knebl - Lepe tvoje crne oci
02. Darko Rundek - Ista slika
03. Mojmir Novakovic i Kries - Iz oblaka rosa pada
04. Miroslav Evacic - Cardas Blues
05. Teta Liza - Protuletje se otpira
06. Tamara Obrovac - Ne placi Lucija
07. Cinkusi - Raca
08. Lado electro - 1 pura 2 pandura
09. Stjepan Veckovic - Praskozorje
10. Lidija Bajuk - V Kotoribi cug masina fucnula
11. Livio Morosin Band - Bura
12. Black Coffee - Kod lepanta
13. Dario Marusic - Za Zermane
14. Lado - Ladarke
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In 2003, Szomjas György the film introducing the Hungarian Táncház movement was making a film. The Budapest Táncház world's most popular bands are playing in the film, than Tatros, Vujicsics, the Kalamajka Band, Halmos Béla, and world-famous Muzsikás. The most distinguished singers of the genre appear, than Sebestyén Márta and Berecz András, and original peasant like that and gypsy musicians, than Pál István, Zerkula János, and Szászcsávási Zenekar. This album chooses from the musics being over in the film.
01. Széki magyar és sűrű tempó - Kalamajka együttes
02. "Engem anyám megátkozott..." (mezőségi dal) - táncházi közönség
03. Öves és serény magyaros (moldvai tánc) - Tatros Együttes, Somos együttes
04. Próba: "Te vagy a kutya..."
05. Jabipabi (szatmári cigány dallamok) - Dromara együttes
06. Juhajgatás kaválon (gyimesi dallam) - Kerényi Róbert
07. Macedon Ratevka tánc - Söndörgő együttes
08. Énektanítás: "Szerettelek..." (kutasfői dal ) Berecz András és a táncházi közönség
09. Keserves és jabipabi - Kerényi Róbert, Benke Gráci, Simon Péter
10. Gyimesi magyaros és csárdás - Zerkula János, Fikó Regina (Gyimesközéplok, Románia), Ábrahám Judit, Kerényi Róbert
11. Kalotaszegi hajnali - Szalonna és barátai
12. Csárdás, a "Bábáé" - "Juhait kereső...", Medvés - Dresch Mihály, Ábrahám Judit, Kerényi Róbert, Benke Gráci
13. Sűrű verbunk és szökő (szászcsávási muzsika) - Jámbor István és zenekara (Szászcsávás, Románia)
14. A Betyárok című táncjáték próbája - Zsuráfszki Zoltán és a Budapest Táncegyüttes
15. Jabipabi - Fláre Beás együttes
16. Magyarpalatkai táncdallamok - Berkó együttes
17. "Szépen veri az eső..."
18. Mezőségi táncok - Sebestyén Márta és a Muzsikás együttes
19. Vagabond Band - Horváti Kata, Szalonna és barátai, Söndörgő együttes, Szigony együttes
20. Jabipabi (főcímzene) - Kiss Ferenc, Ábrahám Judit, Kerényi Róbert
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01. Flótás: Libabőr
02. Söndörgő: Kocovo Oro
03. Szélkiáltó: Virág (Mártinak)
04. Berkesi Alex: 42. zsoltár
05. Kerekes Band: Pimasz
06. Ivánovics Tünde, Fábri Géza: Szőr szökött a szemembe
07. Kormorán: Pokolra mentek a dudások
08. Transylmania: Ha folyóvíz volnék / Jöttem is, mentem is
09. Szerényi Béla, Kóta Judit: Mely igen jó az Úr Istent dicsérni
10. Misztrál együttes: Adj már csendességet
11. Dongó együttes: A tél halála
12. Református kórusok: 138. zsoltár - Dicsér téged teljes szívem
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