Category: New CDs

London, England – British label Manteca, specialized in world music compilations, has released Global Hip Hop – beats & rhymes, the nu world culture (MANTCD048).…

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San Francisco, USA – The Rough Guide series presents this week a recording, The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Lata Mangeshkar (RGNET1132CD), by Lata Mangeshkar,…

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The Rough Guide to African Rap (RGNET1126CD), released this week, displays the kind of grooves that are rocking twenty-first century urban Africa and the Diaspora.…

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(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Cienfuegos, Cuba.- Cuban singer songwriter Polito Ibáñez presented his latest album Axilas at the Tomas Terry Theater in Cienfuegos, which gathered…

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New York, NY – Putumayo released today Sahara Lounge, an album of laid-back fusions of traditional Middle Eastern melodies, rhythms and instrumentation with cutting edge…

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Madrid, Spain – Last spring Elba Ramalho suggested a meeting between Madrid-based Brazilian guitarist and composer Zezo Ribeiro and Brazilian singer-songwriter Chico César, which became…

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Annie Humphrey Edge of America(Makoche, 2004) Ojibwe singer-songwriter Annie Humphrey sings embraces global awareness on her new release, Edge of America. Similar to Canadian Cree…

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Bloomington, Indiana – On January 20, 2004, Perú Negro, the only Afro-Peruvian performance troupe to last 35 years, releases Jolgorio (Times Square Records), their second…

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Bloomington, USA – Malian star, Habib Koité, has a brand new double CD, Foly! Live Around the World recorded live. The CD is to be…

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