Search Results: WOMAD
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Richard Thompson
Daring Adventures [ BGO Records / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] In 1986, Richard Thompson and his record label of the moment, Polydor, were eager to expand his audience, so Thompson parted ways with his long-time producer Joe Boyd and went into the studio with producer and keyboard player Mitchell Froom. While... |
Various Artists
Out of this World: WOMAD 2003 [ WOMAD / CD - released 4/Mar/2003 ] The aural companion to WOMAD festival for 2003 delivers a brilliant, international blend of Latin fusion, Ethnic Dub, and Afro-groove. |
Bombino
Nomad [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] At the invitation of The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, the Niger-born artist Omara "Bombino" Moctar and his band traveled to Nashville for the recording of Nomad, helmed by Auerbach at his studio, Easy Eye Sound. Born and raised in Niger, in and... |
Calexico
Algiers [ Spunk Records / CD - released 13/Sep/2012 ] For 'Algiers', Calexico's core duo of Joey Burns and John Convertino relocated to New Orleans for the bulk of the recording sessions - living and working in a converted church in the outskirts neighborhood for which the record is named. |
Malawi Mouse Boys
Dirt Is Good [ IRL CD / CD - released 27/Feb/2015 ] "A convenient back-story for their record label is a brutal reality to this young Malawian band whose name derives from the fact they sell mouse kebabs to passers-by in order not to starve to death themselves. But we mustn't let such matters... |
Airileke
Weapon Of Choice [ Wantok / CD - released 4/Mar/2013 ] Airileke (i-reh-ley-key) is a respected Melbourne-based producer and artist that has built a name for himself through innovative projects such as DRUM DRUM, Guerilla Step and the Wantok Musik Foundation. The release of his debut album... |
Balkan Beat Box
Give [ Crammed Discs / CD - released 8/Jun/2012 ] BBB are back with their most musically intense and lyrically explosive album yet. |
Breabach
Ùrlar [ Stem / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] 'Ùrlar' is the latest installment from 2012 Scottish Folk Band of the Year, Breabach. In June of 2013 the band toured Scotland and visited each of their 5 hometowns for a very special night of music. During the visits the band were able to meet wi |
Buena Vista Social Club
At Carnegie Hall (Double LP) [ BMG / ADA / 2 LP - released 26/Nov/2008 ] It seems very strange that World Circuit/Nonesuch would wait ten long years to issue this historic document of the grand, wildly celebrated Buena Vista Social Club concert at Carnegie Hall. This is the very show so wonderfully and artfully... |
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall [ BMG / ADA / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] Available for the first time, this is the legendary Carnegie Hall concert by the original Buena Vista Social Club, released as a lavishly-packaged 2CD set. |
Buena Vista Social Club
Lost & Found (LP) [ BMG / ADA / LP - released 23/Mar/2015 ] Almost two decades after the release of the original, Grammy winning album, the romance of the Buena Vista Social Club continues with 'Lost and Found', a collection of previously unreleased tracks, some recorded at the first legendary sessions in... |
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 7/Sep/1997 ] The original Cuban classic, stretching the boundaries of world music and western guitar idioms. |
Calexico
Edge Of The Sun [ Spunk / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] Calexico are back with their follow-up to 2012's Algiers and the 2013 live album Spiritoso. Their new album is called Edge of the Sun, and it features collaborations with Neko Case, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell, DeVotchka's... |
The Gloaming
The Gloaming [ Real World / CD - released 31/Jan/2015 ] These five virtuoso musicians first met to explore new music at West Grouse Lodge Studios is West Meath, Ireland, in early 2011. Each came at Irish music from their own perspective, bringing a slightly different take on the rich musical heritage and... |
Ibrahim Ferrer
Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 24/Jun/1999 ] Highly recommended - Cuban musician produced by Ry Cooder |
John Grant
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure [ Bella Union / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] John Grant's third album, the invitingly titled 'Grey Tickles, Black Pressure', a veritable tour-de-force that further refines and entwines his two principal strands of musical DNA, the sumptuous tempered ballad and the taut, fizzing electronic pop... |
John Grant
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure (2LP) [ LP - released 9/Oct/2015 ] John Grant's third album, the invitingly titled 'Grey Tickles, Black Pressure', a veritable tour-de-force that further refines and entwines his two principal strands of musical DNA, the sumptuous tempered ballad and the taut, fizzing electronic pop... |
La Chiva Gantiva
Vivo [ Crammed Discs / CD - released 28/Feb/2014 ] The story of La Chiva Gantiva began in Brussels when three young Colombian students started to play percussion together. Driven by a desire to assert their roots, they began to blend Afro-Colombian rhythms with other styles of music they loved... |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Songs From A Zulu Farm [ Proper Associates / CD - released 7/Feb/2011 ] |
Lake Street Dive
Bad Self Portraits [ Signature Sounds / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Lake Street Dive's initials may spell "LSD," but the Massachusetts-bred quartet are mostly tripping on Motown-meets-Muscle Shoals soul nostalgia, while frontwoman Rachael Price's big voice triggers flashbacks of Amy Winehouse and her forebears. These... |
