World Music We Recommend
		We wish we had space to review everyone of these records in technical detail. In a way, we have. We selected the finest companies to recommend their best CDs in world music. We have gone to painstaking detail learning what makes some world music good, and others bad. Producers like Peter Gabriel did the very same thing before he signed bands to Real World. So, either way, you are in safe hands. Hence, if this piece does indeed serve as an introduction to the "soundtrack" of our ever-increasing global village, detailed reviews of world music CDs will follow. Here are some ideas on sure-bets for exciting, passionate world music. REAL WORLD LAMENT: Various Artists from the Irish tradition THE WILD FIELD: The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble (Russia) ISLAND OF GHOSTS: Rossy (Madagascar) TEREM: The Terem Quartet (Russia) THE DRUMMERS OF BURUNDI:(Burundi) Percussion ensemble PLUS FROM US: Various World Artists (sources for the Peter Gabriel CD, US. Band members share some of their solo work. EYUPHURO: Mama Mosamkiki (Mozambique) EMOTION: Papa Wemba (Zaire) WEAVING MY ANCESTOR'S VOICES: Sheila Chandra (India & England). Weaving the voice of many traditions on this incredible CD NY MARINA: The Justin Vali Trio (Madagascar) NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN & MICHAEL BROOK: Night Song (Canada & Pakistan) U. SRINIVAS: Rama Sreerama (India) Takes the mandolin (an instrument unknown in India) to great heights at Real World studios. JAM NATION: Way Down Below Buffalo Hell (Various Artists) PETER GABRIEL PASSION:Music For The Last Temptation of Christ PASSION SOURCES Compilation of PASSION'S inspirational sources ARC MUSIC 20 Popular Folksongs from ISRAEL Where Africa Meets The Orient : NOOR SHIMAAL Egyptian Rai : HOSSAM RAMZY Hossam Ramzy could simply be known as "The Man". He plays percussion like Eddie Van Halen plays the guitar, and has moved beyond his home to play with Peter Gabriel and tour in the Page/Plant reunion concerts. This album blends the best of dance music, combining the sounds of Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. It unifies the Arab world musically, a wonder that we all can only hope will happen politically as well. BEST OF CARNIVAL IN RIO  (2 Cds) Gipsy Flamenco Guitarras: : RAFA EL TACHUELA Hear this album and most people will unfortunately say, "Gypsy Kings". It is unfortunate because, nothing against the Gypsy Kings, but this style of gipsy famenco guitar has been associated ONLY with the Gypsy Kings (usually by Yuppies who think that by owning the Frampton Comes Alive of world music they need to explore no more). Obtain Rafa el Tachuela and you will discover that, while the Gypsy Kings are wonderful, they are only part of a rich heritage that has many more CDs that can bring tempo and color into our lives. The Art of the Chinese Dulcimer : PROFESSOR XU PINGXIN CAROLINE Nubian Magic : ALI HASSAN KUBAN LATCHO DROM: Music for the film PAPA BEAR World Diary : TONY LEVIN MANGO, AN ISLAND RECORDS INC. COMPANY Soro : SALIF KEITA Celebrating the African musician who found international acclaim by recording in Paris and touring the world. Ko-Yan :  SALIF KEITA Amen : SALIF KEITA 1991 Grammy Nominee "Best World Music Album" The Mansa of Mali...A Retrospective.: SALIF KEITA "Blending Salif's soaring vocals with the best of classic and contemporary African sounds." Folon...The Past : SALIF KEITA Firin' In Fouta : BAABA MAAL  "Capturing the evolving spirit of Africian Music, featuring 'Sidiki'". Fifa : ANGELIQUE KIDJO "One of Africa's most engaging female stars. An artist that demands to be heard..." SONY 550 MUSIC Boheme: DEEP FOREST Sampling timeless tribal music with 90s studio technology made superstars out of Michael Sanchez and Eric Mouguet. Doing what comes naturally, they hit the right scene at the right era and are enormously popular, still selling 2,000 copies per week of their first, two year old, album. Boheme is an even larger success. WINDHAM HILL, HIGH STREET RECORDS Deseo : JON ANDERSON Of Deseo, Jon Anderson says, "In the early years of Yes I was really interested in Indonesian music and ancient music. And I had been lucky enough to spend time in Trinidad at Carnival and I realized how powerful dancing music really can be." The Deseo Remixes : JON ANDERSON (SOURCE MUSIC); FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON; GLOBAL COMMUNICATION; TRANS-GLOBAL UNDERGROUND; DEEP FORESTThe Deseo Remixes reinterprets Anderson's Latin-influenced album by some of the most skillful remixers of today. Robert Duskis, High Street's Director of A&R, says, "It's a fascinating concept to take [Jon Anderson's] unique voice and put it into a completely new context. Yes was a band that broke many musical boundaries in their day and has inspired many of this new generation of musicians. I was careful to choose an eclectic bath of innovators who I felt could bring their own musical imprint to the project." Closer to Far Away : DOUGLAS SPOTTED EAGLE This is not your father's Windham Hill. This album, which will arrive in stores soon, is traditional Indian music mixed up-tempo with a beat that is almost pop. Those who are tiring of American Indian music that is painfully slow should buy this album. MUSIC EXTRA! Table of contents  ||  Interview: Jesse Reuben Wilson of ARC Music Thanks to all the many companies who took time to put CDs into my hands, answer long questions and do interviews. Thanks to all at Real World UK and USA and to WOMAD. Thanks as well to Jesse Reuben Wilson at ARC, Barbara Crawford (the greatest cyberarian in history), and to Chris and Lee for patience.
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