Nabowa - 4 (2014) [Instrumental Jazz World]

http://www.nabowa.com

Sur Sudha - Melodies Of Nepal (1996) [World Music]

http://www.sursudha.com

Origine du Groupe : India , Nepal
Style : World Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracklist :
1 Ghansi        
2 Tamangselo    
3 Sim Sime Panima        
4 Mustang        
5 Ratna        
6 Bhairavi

Dorothy Ashby - The rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby (1969) [World Music]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Ashby

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Jazz World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracklist :
A1 Myself When Young 5:16     
A2 For Some We Loved 4:02     
A3 Wax And Wine 4:25     
A4 Drink 2:30     
A5 Wine 3:56     
B1 Dust 2:51     
B2 Joyful Grass And Grape 3:38     
B3 Shadow Shapes 3:32     
B4 Heaven And Hell 3:10     
B5 The Moving Finger 5:39

Staff Brenda Bilili - Bouger le Monde

http://www.staffbendabilili.com
https://www.myspace.com/staffbendabilili


Origine du Groupe : Republic of the Congo
Style : World Music
Sortie : 2012

 

 

From http://www.crammed.be

One of the most inspiring success stories in the global music scene, fearless Congolese band STAFF BENDA BILILI is back with its long-awaited follow-up album "Bouger le monde", which bears witness to the spectacular musical evolution of the group, and to its intent to keep making... the world shake! (as stated in the album's title).

Everyone must know their story by now: formed by paraplegic street musicians who, at the time, slept on the streets of Kinshasa and rehearsed in the half-abandoned city zoo, STAFF BENDA BILILI conquered worldwide audiences and media thanks to their enchanting music, their relentless energy and their uplifting optimism. Upon the 2009 release of their first album, "Très Très Fort" (Crammed Discs), the band  instantaneously became one of the most emblematic African bands around, as well as a symbol of resilience and triumph over adversity.

Released in movie theatres and on TV, "Benda Bilili!", the feature film dedicated to the story of the group was a sensation at the Cannes film festival, and achieved a high level of success. As for the "Très Très Fort" album, it won several awards and sold upwards of 150 000 units. STAFF BENDA BILILI  have toured nonstop for the last 3 years, and they keep performing in front of a constantly growing number of devoted, fervent fans. The band have appeared in the largest festivals & concert halls across Europe, Australia and Japan.

This new album, recorded once again in Kinshasa, DRC, contains a collection of 11 superb songs, and benefits from the musical transformations which gradually took place during Staff Benda Bilili's 350+ shows: the band are louder and rockier, their level of musicianship has further risen, and the adjunction of three new members brings richer textures and added excitement to the arrangements: drummer Montana had joined the band right after the recording of the 1st album, lead guitarist Amalphi is a new recruit, and young percussionist Randy (who played with the Staff when he was a kid, and later vanished for a couple of years) is back in force.

Another significant innovation is that the lead vocal duties are now shared between no less than seven singers: in addition to Coco, Ricky and Theo (who sang most of the songs until now), bass player Cavalier, drummer Montana, "hype-man" Kabose, and Roger (he of the amazing tin-can-and-string solos) are all featured as lead vocalists on the album, which contains lyrics in no less than four different Congolese languages, plus the customary sections in French.

"Bouger le monde" wonderfully translates the band's new sound: it's more powerful and sophisticated, yet retains and showcases all the idiosyncratic qualities of their makeshift instruments, and is as lyrical and moving as it ever was.

The album was produced once again by Crammed's Vincent Kenis (of Congotronics fame) who, this time, didn't set up his mobile studio in the zoo, but in the old Renapec studio, where legendary rumba/soukouss stars such as Franco, Tabu Ley, Papa Wemba and Pepe Kalle recorded some of their best work.

According to STAFF BENDA BILILI, "Bouger le monde" — "move the world" or "make the world shake"— refers to several things at once: 1. their wish to modestly contribute to changing the world (through the message conveyed by their music and their attitude); 2. their will to help change their own, local world (as explained below); and 3. their firm intention to get their audiences to get up on their feet and dance!

Let's mention finally that STAFF BENDA BILILI are still living in Kinshasa. Although success has changed ther life conditions (each of the band members now has a house, or is building one; they've bought new motorbikes, and they can now afford to send their children to school), they aren't considering moving to anywhere else on the planet.They say that they would be cut off from their roots if they did. And they've set themselves a goal: they're eager to help disabled people and homeless children around them to get homes and jobs, and are founding a school which will give them professional tuition (in mechanics, carpentry, music and computer science). They've just created an NGO for that purpose.









L'une des success stories les plus glorieuses et rocambolesques qu'ait connu la scène musicale mondiale de ces dernières années est sans conteste celle de l'intrépide orchestre congolais STAFF BENDA BILILI. Les voici de retour avec "BOUGER LE MONDE", un nouvel album très attendu qui témoigne de la spectaculaire évolution musicale du groupe, ainsi bien sûr de sa détermination à faire, plus que jamais... bouger le monde.
 
L'histoire est désormais connue de tous: fondé par des musiciens de rue paraplégiques qui, à l'époque, dormaient dans les rues de Kinshasa et répétaient dans un jardin zoologique à moitié abandonné, STAFF BENDA BILILI a conquis le public du monde entier grâce à sa musique enchanteresse, son énergie implacable et son optimisme euphorisant. Suite à la sortie de leur premier album "Très Très Fort" (Crammed Discs, 2009), le groupe est devenu l'un des plus emblématiques d'Afrique, ainsi qu'un symbole de résilience et de triomphe sur l'adversité.

Sorti en salle et à la télévision, "Benda Bilili!", le long-métrage consacré à l'histoire du groupe, a fait sensation à Cannes et a récolté un large succès. L'album "Très Très Fort" (disque d'or en France) a remporté plusieurs prix, et s'est écoulé à plus de 150.000 exemplaires dans le monde. Les trois années qui viennent de s'écouler ont vu STAFF BENDA BILILI triompher sur les scènes des plus grands festivals et salles de concert à travers l'Europe, l'Australie et le Japon, face à un public toujours plus nombreux et plus fervent.

Les onze superbes chansons de ce nouvel album - enregistré à nouveau à Kinshasa, RDC - témoignent de la métamorphose de Staff Benda Bilili après plus de 350 concerts: le groupe joue plus fort, plus rock, plus assuré, plus virtuose, l'adjonction de trois nouveaux membres élargit la palette sonore, dynamise les arrangements: il y a le guitariste soliste Amalphi, nouvelle recrue éminente; le batteur Montana, qui a rejoint le groupe juste après l'enregistrement du premier album; et le jeune percussionniste Randy, recruté par le Staff quand il était enfant, puis porté disparu pendant quelques années, et désormais revenu en force...

Autre innovation importante, le rôle de vocaliste principal se partage désormais entre sept chanteurs: à Coco, Ricky et Théo (qui avaient chanté la plupart des chansons jusqu'ici), viennent s'ajouter Cavalier (le bassiste), Montana (le batteur), Kabose (“l'animateur”), et Roger (rendu célèbre par ses solos de satonge, cet instrument qu'il a construit à partir d'une boîte à conserve électrifiée). Tous chantent en solo sur l'album, et cela dans pas moins de quatre langues congolaises différentes, en plus de quelques parties en français.

"Bouger le monde" traduit parfaitement le nouveau son de STAFF BENDA BILILI, plus puissant, plus sophistiqué, les particularités sonores des instruments de fortune non seulement préservées mais mises en valeur, le lyrisme et l'émotion plus présents que jamais.

L'album a été produit à nouveau par Vincent Kenis (le réalisateur attitré de Crammed, qui s'est notamment illustré par son travail avec Konono N°1 et la série Congotronics). Cette fois, Kenis n'a pas installé son studio mobile dans le zoo mais dans l'ancien studio Renapec, où des légendes de la rumba congolaise telles que Franco, Tabu Ley, Papa Wemba et Pepe Kalle ont enregistré quelques-uns de leurs meilleurs disques. Selon les membres de STAFF BENDA BILILI, "Bouger Le Monde" fait référence à plusieurs idées à la fois: 1. leur souhait de contribuer modestement à changer le monde (à travers le message véhiculé par leur musique et leur attitude); 2. leur volonté de contribuer à changer les choses au niveau local (au moyen de leur ONG, voir ci-dessous), et 3. leur ferme intention d'inciter leur public à sauter sauter (sur ses pieds) et danser danser.

Signalons pour finir que les membres de STAFF BENDA BILILI vivent toujours à Kinshasa. Le succès a modifié leurs conditions de vie : chacun des membres est désormais propriétaire de sa maison, ou est en train d'en construire une; ils ont acheté de nouvelles bécanes, et peuvent à présent se permettre d'envoyer leurs enfants à l'école. Mais ils n'envisagent pas de vivre ailleurs: ils disent que, loin de Kinshasa, ils seraient coupés de leurs racines. Et ils se sont fixé une tâche qui leur tient à c?ur: aider d'autres personnes handicapées et des gamins des rues à trouver un logement et un travail. Ils travaillent notamment à la création d'une école qui dispensera des formations professionnelles (menuiserie, carrosserie, musique, informatique), et ont créé une ONG dans ce but.



Credits :

Ricky Likabu: leader, vocals
Coco Yakala Ngambali: vocals, guitar
Theo Nzonza Nsituvuidi: vocals guitar
Djunana Tanga-Suele: vocals
Kabamba Kabose Kasungo: vocals
Roger Landu: satonge, vocals
Amalphy Ketikila Masamba: guitar
Randy Makana Kalambayi: percussion
Paulin 'Cavalier' Kiara-Maigi: bass guitar
Montana Kinunu Ntunu: drums, vocals


Tracklist :
1. Osali Mabe
2. Sopeka
3. Bilanga
4. Tangu I Fueni
5. Kuluna / Gangs
6. Djambula
7. Libala Ya Mungwa
8. Souci
9. Apandjokwetu
10. Ne me quitte pas
11. Mutu Esalaka (The Brains Are OK)

Mounira Mitchala - Chili Houritki

https://www.myspace.com/mouniramitchala





Origine du Groupe : Tchad

Style : World Music

Sortie : 2012

 

 

By Matthew Forss from http://insideworldmusic.blogspot.fr

As a follow-up to Talou Lena (Marabi, 2008), Chili Houritki, which means, "independence," is an album that builds upon the traditional roots and rhythms of Chad's great musical resources. "Choukrane" is a Sai tune, while the title track is composed in the Bilala ethnic style that celebrates African female independence. A host of other tracks highlight various beats and styles, including n'gandja, guissesse, kidi kotoko, meund, kidi gourane, klaguu, nielim, gourna toupouri, mbong, toumtoum, and gourna. The overall sound is upbeat, contemporary Afro-pop that is rarely heard beyond Chadian borders. The music incorporates guitars, bass, shakers, calabash, kora, udu drum, and assorted percussion throughout the twelve tracks. Pleasant melodies, backup vocals, and sparkling instrumentation driven by historical traditions even contain some ululations and hand-clapping. At any rate, Chili Houritki is a long-awaited sophomore release from Chad's Mounira Mitchala.


Tracklist :
01. Haguina
02. Hourra
03. Tourabi
04. Choukrane
05. Independance [Chili Houritki]
06. Saboura
07. Al Salam Alena
08. Imane
09. Anina Nina
10. Antina
11. Hirate
12. Nadira

 

Akalé Wubé - Mata

http://www.akalewube.com

https://www.myspace.com/akaleband





Origine du Groupe : France

Style : World Music , Ethiopic Music

Sortie : 2012

 

 

From Official Site :

It is an improbable story: one that reunites, a group of young Parisians with the Swingin' Addis sounds of the seventies. In October 2008, five musicians got together on a wild project: to delve into the repertoire of the ethiopian golden age, discovered through “Ethiopiques”, the famous series of reissues. “The idea was to transcribe songs from this period and rearrange them to the sound of our times. First off, it eliminated the need to write songs that risked falling into ethio-jazz clichés. The aim was not to bring about some artistic revolution through our work but simply to give and take pleasure by performing this music!” Through this retro-futuristic alchemy, the Akalé Wubé quintet was born: a curious name borrowed from a song by the saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya, a bit of an old-fashioned expression which can by translated as “my beautiful” in amharic.

“Since our very first concert in December 2008 we were surprised by the audience’s enthusiasm.” Since then, Akalé Wubé have played a series of concerts, refining a retro sound which resounds perfectly with the contemporary aesthetic of a generation of musicians that juggle genres around. Funk, reggae, jazz, tango... “All of this is found in the vocabulary and aesthetic of the ethiopian productions of the sixties and seventies. It is a cross-bred style of music - so much so, that even by sticking to the repertoire, it can be taken in different directions...” A mix of stripped-down funk soul and smart pop, of garage rock and vintage jazz, this spatiotemporal collision ultimately invites us to a fresh journey in sound, guided by the good sense of groove.


C’est l’histoire d’une rencontre improbable : celle qui réunit, à quarante ans de distance, de jeunes Parisiens et le son du Swingin’ Addis des années 70. En octobre 2008, cinq musiciens se réunissent autour d'un projet fou : s’attaquer au répertoire de l’âge d’or éthiopien, découvert sur la fameuse série de rééditions « Ethiopiques ». « L’intérêt était de relever des titres de cette période et de les réarranger à l’aune de notre époque. Dans un premier temps, ça nous évitait d’écrire des morceaux qui risquaient de sombrer dans les clichés éthio-jazz. Il n’y avait pas de prétention de révolution artistique dans notre démarche. Juste prendre et donner du plaisir à jouer cette musique ! » C’est ainsi, sur la foi de cette alchimie rétro-futuriste, que naît le quintet Akalé Wubé, un drôle de nom emprunté à un thème du saxophoniste Getatchew Mekurya, une expression un tantinet désuète que l’on peut traduire par « ma jolie » en amharique.


« Dès notre première scène, en décembre 2008, on a été surpris par l’emballement du public. » Depuis, Akalé Wubé a enchaîné les concerts sans relâche, affinant un son à l’ancienne qui résonne dans l’esthétique contemporaine d'une génération de musiciens qui fait valser les étiquettes. Funk, reggae, jazz, tango…  « Tout cela se retrouve dans le vocabulaire et l’esthétique des productions éthiopiennes des années 60/70. C'est déjà une musique métissée, si bien qu'en s'attaquant à ce répertoire, on peut l’emmener dans toutes les directions.... ». Mélange de de soul funk désossée et de pop délurée, de rock garage et de jazz vintage, ce télescopage spatio-temporel nous invite au final à un voyage sonore inédit, guidé par le bon sens du groove.



Band Members :
PAUL BOUCLIER : trumpet, mélodica, percussions
ETIENNE DE LA SAYETTE : tenor sax, flutes
LOIC RECHARD : guitar
OLIVER DEGABRIELE : electric bass
DAVID GEORGELET : drums


Tracklist :
01. Marye [04:47]
02. Dodo [04:28]
03. Mata [03:50]
04. Jour de Pluie [02:22]
05. Kasalefkut Hulu [05:24]
06. Almaz Yeharerwa [04:14]
07. Asmarina [03:54]
08. Bazay [05:42]
09. Besetchet [02:39]
10. Sabye [04:37]
11. Tinchel [03:45]

 

Dead Can Dance - Anastasis

http://www.deadcandance.com

https://www.myspace.com/deadcandance





Origine du Groupe : Australia

Style : World Music , Alternative , Dark Wave , Trip Hop

Sortie : 2012

 

From Wikipedia :

Dead Can Dance (sometimes referred to as DCD) are a music band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in August 1981, by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. The band relocated to London in May 1982 and disbanded in 1998. Their 1996 album Spiritchaser reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums Chart. Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described Dead Can Dance as having an ambient style of world music that "constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty; African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chants, Middle Eastern mantras, and art-rock."


Tracklist :
01 - Children Of The Sun
02 - Anabasis
03 - Agape
04 - Amnesia
05 - Kiko
06 - Opium
07 - Return Of The She-King
08 - All In Good Time

¡Cimarrón! Joropo Music From the Plains of Colombia

http://www.cimarroncolombia.com





Origine du Groupe : Colombia

Style : World Music

Sortie : 2011

 

From http://www.worldmusicstore.com Percussive strings and maracas, dynamic vocal expression, and full-throttle pace earned the joropo of the Orinoco plains of Colombia and Venezuela its place among the most exciting regional musics of Latin America. On this, its second Smithsonian Folkways album, the GRAMMY-nominated and internationally acclaimed Colombian ensemble Cimarrón distills this excitement into a tightly arranged, even more explosive rendition of their tropical tradition. Through their powerful, moody, and unbridled sound, they live up to the meaning of their name Cimarrón—“wild bull.” This album is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones/Traditions series of Latino music albums, produced with support by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Tracklist :1     Joropo quitapesares (Joropo Quitapesares) - 5:31 2     Vine a defender lo mío (I Came to Defend My Own) - 3:24     3     El cimarrón (The Wild Bull) - 3:16     4     Zumbaquezumba tramao (Planned Zumbaquezumba) - 4:19     5     Llanero siente y lamenta (Plainsman Feels and Laments) - 3:00     6     El gavilán (The Sparrow Hawk) - 5:08     7     Llanero soy ( I Am a Plainsman) - 2:18     8     La tonada (The [Milking] Song) - 3:08     9     Mi sombrero (My Hat) - 3:38     10     El guate (The Outsider) - 3:20     11     Tierra negra (Black Land) - 3:16 12     Mi llano ya no es el mismo (My Plains Are No Longer the Same) - 3:25 13     Cimarroneando (“Cimarrón-ing”) - 4:27

 

Sidi Touré - Koïma

https://www.myspace.com/siditoure





Origine du Groupe : Mali

Style : World Music , Blues

Sortie : 2012

 

 

Par Squaaly pour http://www.mondomix.com

En janvier 2011, Thrill Jockey Records, un label new-yorkais au cheptel principalement composé de moutons à cinq pattes (Tortoise, Fiery Furnaces, Nobukazu Takemura…), publiait Sahel Blues du
songwriter et guitariste malien Sidi Touré. 15 ans après Hoga, ce deuxième album géolocalisait le groove entêtant de ces blues emmaillotés dans un nuage de poussière ocre. Enregistrées a minima,
et en duo, dans la cour de la maison de sa sœur à Gao, ces neuf plages avaient été produites par le Nantais Covalesky (Molécules 5). Marquées du sceau de la sincérité, elles avaient ouvert au
monde ce chanteur dont la carrière avait démarré sur les bancs de l’école. En 1976, Sidi Touré intégrait, comme benjamin, les Songhaï Stars, un des orchestres maliens réputés dont il finira par
prendre la direction. En 2003, il collaborait avec le rappeur suisse Jonas puis participait cinq ans plus tard, accompagné d’un violoncelliste, au Concert à emporter, une série réputée sur la
toile.



Pour ce nouvel enregistrement, Sidi Touré s’est rendu dans un studio de Bamako. Et c’est en quintet qu’il a enregistré cette dizaine de plages inspirées des traditions songhaï. On y entend le son
rond de la calebasse ou celui frotté du sokou (vièle monocorde). On y retrouve évidemment celui des guitares évoquant comme sur Maïmouna les notes cristallines, égrenées une à une en chapelet,
des koras. Et l’on se régale de ces voix du désert au grain remarquable. Bien sûr, l’on pense à Ali Farka Touré, chantre auquel le musicien né en 59 est souvent comparé, et l’on se dit que Sidi a
réussi son tour : cet album dont le nom signifie «va écouter » évoque aussi une des dunes de Gao. Une dune au sommet de laquelle se retrouvent les plus grands marabouts du monde et au pied de
laquelle coule le fleuve Niger, une dune qu’il a été autorisé à fouler et au pied de laquelle il s’est baigné. Koïma, un ravissement qui frise le divin !





Tracklist :

01. Ni See Ay Ga Done (It Is To You That I Sing) (3:44)

02. Maïmouna (4:44)

03. Aïy Faadji (I Am Nostalgic) (5:50)

04. Woy Tiladio (Beautiful Woman, Godess Of Water) (5:44)

05. Koïma (The Pink Dune Of Koïma) (5:07)

06. Ishi Tanmaha (They No Longer Hope) (7:53)

07. À Chacun Sa Chance (To Each His Own Luck) (4:33)

08. Kalaa Ay Makoïy (I Must Go) (5:21)

09. Tondi Karaa (The White Stone) (4:22)

10. Euzo (5:00)

 

Los Miticos Del Ritmo - Los Miticos Del Ritmo

http://www.soundwayrecords.com





Origine du Groupe : Colombia

Style : World Music , Alternative

Sortie : 2012

 

From http://www.soundwayrecords.com



From the sweltering tropical depths of Cali, Colombia Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s studio band Los Miticos Del Ritmo (The Mythics of Rhythm) return with an album of hip shaking, dancefloor quaking
instrumental cumbias. Released on CD, LP and download on the 30th April. The LP is 100% analogue and comes with an original screen-printed front cover designed by the London based artist Lewis
Heriz.



Assembled using vallenato and cumbia musicians living in Cali, Los Miticos del Ritmo are a 7 piece studio band put together by British musician, producer and now Colombian resident Will ‘Quantic’
Holland.



Covers of Queen’s ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, Michael Jackson’s ‘Don’t Stop’, The Abyssinians reggae classic ‘Satta Massagana’ and Gildardo Montoya’s ‘Fabiola’ (as featured on Soundway’s ‘The
Original Sound of Cumbia’ sit along side original cumbias on this feel good, house party cumbia LP.



Recorded in Will’s home studio in Cali, his approach was to produce an album with the aesthetics of 1960s tropical recordings made in Colombia and the Caribbean. Careful attention made to
preserve the analogue quality of the recording at every stage.



‘The idea of the record was to record something that sounded like a lost cumbia classic,’ said Will in a recent interview with Soundway ‘Like something dug out of a Barranquilla basement after
decades of humidity and dust. In a modern climate of mashups and sampling, it seemed refreshing to record something with musicians doing covers and approaching new ideas for cumbia, rather than
rehashing old tricks.’



The record was recorded entirely on 4 track tape, using a process of overdubs and tape transfers to record multiple sessions at different times with different musicians. As Holland began to play
the dub plates of the project in his DJ sets around the world, tracks like ‘Cumbia de Mochilla’ and ‘Another one Bites the Dust’ slowly became sure-fire dancefloor winners.



Los Mitcios Del Ritmo first saw the light of day on Quantic’s vinyl only EP ‘Hip Hop En Cumbia’, released last year through Tru Thoughts. The group includes Ancer Rada (percussion) grandson of
the great Colombian accordionist Franscisco Pacho Rada, one of very first Colombian troubadours to tour unaccompanied with just his voice and accordion. The band is also compromised of Combo
Barbaro regulars Fernando Silva (bass) and Freddy Colorado (percussion).



Since moving to Colombia in 2007 Will has slowly immersed himself in the musical history of the country. The much acclaimed ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia’, a 55 track compilation of Colombian
cumbia and porro released on Soundway in 2011, was the result of five years of field research from Will. Simply finding and compiling old records is not however in Will’s DNA. The research is
more an education for Quantic the musician who has been learning accordion for close to five years now, even taking lessons from Colombian and Panamanian accordion masters such as Anibal
Velasquez and Papi Brandao.



Los Miticos Del Ritmo sees Will as an accordionist for an entire long player for the first time and must be the first traditional cumbia record recorded on tape in Colombia for many years.





Tracklist :

1. Introduction

2. Cumbia Comejen

3. Otro Muerde El Polvo (Another One Bites The Dust)

4. La Libanesa

5. Samaria

6. Willy’s Merengue

7. Cumbia de Mochilla

8. Satta Massa Cumbia

9. No Pares Hasta Tener Lo Suficiente (Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough)

10. Noche de Tamborito

11. Fabiola

Remember Shakti - Saturday Night in Bombay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_Shakti





Origine du Groupe : India , U.K

Style : Jazz World , World Music

Sortie : 2001

 

From https://en.wikipedia.org



Remember Shakti is a quintet which combines elements of traditional Indian music with elements of jazz. The band consists of English guitarist John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain (tabla), U. Srinivas
(mandolin), Shankar Mahadevan (vocals), and V. Selvaganesh (kanjira, ghatam, mridangam), who are all of Indian descent. The band's name is derived from John Mclaughlin's acoustic Indian fusion
band Shakti which was active in the 1970s. This band consisted of John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, L. Shankar, T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram, and R. Raghavan. The word Shakti translates in Sanskrit to
"female creative power" or "goddess."





Tracklist :

1. Luki

2. Shringar

3. Giriraj Sudha

4. Bell'Alla

 

Remember Shakti - Saturday Night In Bombay (1) par djelssadz

A Mediterranean Odyssey - Athens To Andalucia

http://www.putumayo.com


Origine du Groupe : V.A
Style : World Music
Sortie : 2001

 

 

 

 

 

By Aurileo   from http://www.amazon.com

A Mediterranean Odyssey" was the second Putumayo CD I bought - the first was "Africa" - and this one's another great compilation. Generally the grooves here are not the harder drum grooves featured on "Africa" - they are lighter, folkier grooves, but they're just as inviting, conjuring up visions and sounds of the Mediterranean - guitar, accordion and high-pitched ethnic percussion are prominently featured instruments throughout. Again, there is not a single bad track here - each song has its own unique charms. Tracks 5, 6, and 7, by Barrio Chino, Lo' Jo and Novalia respectively, are my favorites and form the groove centerpiece of the CD - these three are all really beautiful and imaginative musical outings. They are sandwiched in between two lovely quieter songs sung by Spain's Maria Salgado and Italy's Lucilla Galeazzi, both of whom possess stunning voices, particularly Galeazzi. Miguel Gil's opening track is irresistibly danceable, and the songs by Spain's Luis Delgado and Sardinia's Calic show an intriguing Arabic influence. The last three tracks, all by Greek artists, are also superb. You can't go wrong with this CD - it will transport you!


Tracklist :
01 - Miguel Gil - Desesperao (Spain)
02 - Tekameli - Que Son (France)
03 - Luis Delgado - Bebiendo Al Alba (Spain)
04 - Maria Salgado - Solo Por Miedo (Spain)
05 - Barrio Chino - Suadade (France)
06 - Lo' Jo - Duende (France)
07 - Novalia - Ebla (Italy)
08 - Il Trillo With Lucilla Galeazzi - Sogna Fiore Mio (Italy)
09 - Calic - Un Poeta (Italy)
10 - Anemos - Miazis Me Fotia (Greece)
11 - Glykeria - Pare Me Apopse Para Me (Greece)
12 - George Dalaras - Pame Gi Allou (Greece)

Mory Kante - La Guineenne

http://www.morykante.com
https://www.myspace.com/morykanteofficial


Origine du Groupe : Guinea
Style : World Music
Sortie : 2012

 

 

From http://www.womex.com

Mory Kanté is a legend-a traditional West African musician who rose to regional stardom in the '70s, rocked the world pop charts from his adopted home in Paris in the '80s, rode the wave of globalized African music in the '90s, and returned home to his native Guinea in the 2000s to become a force for economic development and an inspirational voice for a new generation of Africans. Optimism and inspiration are themes that pervade the songs on Kanté's new album, La Guinéenne, his eleventh. This is both a love song to Africa, and Guinea, and a treasure chest of hard-nosed advice about trust, hard work, gratitude, and the importance of maintaining traditions in the face of modernity.


Tracklist :
01 Yarabini
02 La Guinéenne
03 Tedekou
04 Oh Oh Oh
05 Saratan
06 Mbalia
07 Bedoke
08 Sikaa
09 Malibala
10 Nodiche

 

Teofilo Chantre - meStissage

http://teofilo-chantre.com

https://www.myspace.com/teofilochantre





Origine du Groupe : Cape Verde

Style : Folk , Jazz  World , World Music

Sortie : 2011

 

From http://www.amazon.com



meStissage is the sixth studio album by Cape Verdean Teofilo Chantre. As Cesaria Evora s appointed composer, Chantre has penned many beautiful songs such as Ligereza, Um Pincelada and Crepuscular
Solidão. His work is characterized by a strong melodic sense and harmonic sophistication that blends in a kind of swinging Creole jazz. meStissage features Marc Estève as well as a guest
appearance by Bernard Lavilliers who, after covering a Teofilo Chantre song on his latest release, joins him here for a duet.





Tracklist :

 1 Tu verrais

 2 Tout en ce monde

 3 Alem disso

 4 Gongon

 5 Oli'me ma bô (avec Bernard Lavilliers)

 6 Entre-temps

 7 Un monde honorable

 8 Lua desencantada

 9 Galans de noche

10 Alma Morna

11 Pai pa fidje

12 Firmamento de nos sodade

13 Au restau de l'exil