Various Artists Zanzibara, Vol. 5: Hot in Dar – Le Son de la Tanzanie 1978-1983 (Buda Musique 860184, 2009) During the late ‘70s and early…
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Tuareg Footsteps
Various Artists Footsteps in Africa: A Nomadic Journey (Kiahkeya, 2009) Footsteps in Africa: A Nomadic Journey is the soundtrack to a documentary film by director…
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Tommy T The Prester John Sessions (Easy Star Records, 2009) The Prester John Sessions is the debut album of Tommy T, one of the most…
View More Bringing Ethiopian Grooves to the Rest of the WorldPreserving the Essence of Zanzibar
Culture Musical Club Shime! (World Village, 2009) The first thing that you’ll notice when you see Culture Musical Club’s photos in the CD booklet is…
View More Preserving the Essence of ZanzibarStrides of March
March Fourth Marching Band Rise Up (MarchFourth Music, 2009) You can pretty much forget everything you think you know about how a marching band should…
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Loreena McKennitt A Mediterranean Odyssey (Quinlan Road, 2009) The great Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist Loreena McKennitt has a new beautifully packaged two-CD set titled A…
View More Mediterranean CeltsRejuvenated Acadian Melodies
Chuck & Albert Energie (2009) Canadian duo Chuck & Albert have a new album titled Energie that gives new life to ancient French-Acadian songs. This…
View More Rejuvenated Acadian MelodiesJazz Planet
Putumayo Presents: Jazz Around the World (Putumayo PUT 296-2, 2009) I can’t define jazz any more than I can define world music, so the many…
View More Jazz PlanetThe Chicken Scratch of Cisco Band and the Joaquin Brothers
The Cisco Band and The Joaquin Brothers Popular Dance Music of the Natives of Southern Arizona (Canyon Records, 2009) This CD reissue combines the 1975…
View More The Chicken Scratch of Cisco Band and the Joaquin BrothersMarkovic Brass Funk
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar Devla (Piranha Musik, November 10, 2009) Few Eastern European brass bands can match the vitality and innovation of Serbian band…
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