Téada – Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone (Green Linnet GLCD 1228, 2004) Oisín Mac Diarmada – Irish Fiddle Music From Sligo…
Teada: a fiddle dee dee, a fiddle da da
Category: New CDs
Viento de Agua Unplugged: Materia Prima
Washington DC, USA – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings released recently Viento de Agua Unplugged: Materia Prima, a back-to-basics recording of Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena roots…
Good Times, the Argentine Sounds of Luis Jahn
Chicago,USA – Buenos Tiempos, Argentine singer Luis Jahn’s new CD on Del Sur Music, is a follow up to the 2003 release of Compromiso. A…
Music Samples, Okinawan Tradition Is Now Available
Japan – The new collection of music samples, Okinawan Tradition, is now available from Discovery. This title has Battery format, which Discovery never had before.…
Songs of the Autumn Years
Mary Youngblood Feed the Fire (Silver Wave Records, 2004) I have already listened to this CD a few times. Aleut Native musician Mary Youngblood’s limitless…
Frigg: Finnish fiddling
Frigg Frigg (NorthSide NSD6079, 2004) Sharing a name with the Nordic goddess, Frigg, this septet marries Norwegian Hardanger fiddle with Finnish folk fiddling traditions. Frigg…
Salif Keita Returns With Remixes From Moffou
New York, USA – Known around the world as “The Golden Voice of Africa,” Salif Keita is back with Remixes from Moffou, based on his…
Drum Drum’s Album now available online
Australia – Drum Drum is one of the leading Pacific Traditional/contemporary performing groups. They have extensively toured the world with performances at Chicago World Music…
Imuntzo and Beloki Explore the Sounds of Urola
San Sebastian, Spain – Imuntzo and Beloki, the renowned pair of Basque accordionists has compiled old themes composed by historic accordionists from the Urola region…
Solo chants from the Arctic floes
Wimme Saari Instinct – solo joiks (NorthSide, 2004) While I enjoy Sami joik singer Wimme Saari’s electronic recordings, I often found myself wondering when he…