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Marta Gomez

Entre Cada Palabra

The Paul Carlon Octet

Roots Propaganda

Debashish Bhattacharya

Calcutta Chronicles: Indian Slide Guitar Odyssey

Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko

Africa to Appalachia

“Searching for the banjo’s living ancestors, Canadian virtuoso Jayme Stone went on a musical Mecca to expose himself to the life and lore of Africa” (rock-paper-scissors). This album is the result of his experiences and collaboration with Malian griot singer, Mansa Sissoko. It’s an album, “immersed in sound and rhythm.” They are scheduled to perform at Lotus 2008.

comments / tracks of interest:

#1: jolly

#2: slow tempo w/ violins

#4: jamming banjo

#6: short instrumental

#7: instrumental

#8: blues elements

#9: starts w/ strings

#11: slow

#13: lovely harmony

Ersi Arvitzu

Friend for Life

Niyaz

Nine Heavens

Niyaz is: elegant vocalist Azam Ali who co-founded Vas in 1996, Loga Ramin Torkian, a multi-instrumentalist “whose group Axiom of Choice brought the ancient sounds of Persian classical music to Western listeners in the 1990’s,” (6 ) and producer Carmen Rizzo. CD 1 integrates electronic programming and trance rhythms while CD 2 is the acoustic version of those same songs, which are beautiful resonations of Persian and Turkish instrumentation.

Alaska in Winter

Dance Party in the Balkans

…to the music of Mali

(Famoro Dioubate’s) Kakande

Dununya

African Street Party

Pacifika