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Balagan Balagan (Ozella Music # OZ 017 CD, 2008) Balagan’s CD is one of the freshest and most creative albums I’ve heard from Germany in…
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Various artists Afro:Baile Records presents The Southern Root (Afro:Baile Records, 2008) Arizona-based world music label Afro:Baile Records has released this compilation of world beat artists…
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Perunika Trio – Introducing Perunika Trio (INTRO109CD, 2008) Eugenia Georgieva, Victoria Mancheva and Victoria Evstatieva form a vocal ensemble called Perunika. Although they are Bulgarians,…
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A new genre called Dub was created in Jamaica in the 1970s when recording engineers “deconstructed” popular songs. Dub is in reality the art of…
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The next season of Rudy Maxa’s World will feature music from the Six Degrees catalog. The artists chosen for the compilation CD are global electronica,…
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Gabi Masso Oriental String Sessions Vol. 1-3 (PowerFX, 2008) Swedish company PowerFX continues with its world music line of music samples with the release of…
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