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| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Comments | New | Approx. start time |
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| Sweet Talks |
Angelina
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Hollywood Highlife Party | Popular African Music | 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Peter Somuah feat. Gyedu Blay Ambolley |
Chop Chop
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Highlife | ACT Music + Vision GmbH & Co. KG | Peter Somuah is a gifted trumpeter who learned to play by listening endlessly to his trumpet heroes Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and Roy Hargrove. Somuah stands out with his warm and melancholic sound, as well as the rhythmic prowess reflecting his upbringing surrounded by the music styles native to West Africa. - web page | * | 0:06:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Mlimani Park Orchestra |
Uzuri Wa Mtu
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Sungi | Popular African Music | 0:10:54 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz |
Mawe
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Makambo Ezali Bourreau | Sonodisc | 0:17:30 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Maria João |
Maputo Jive
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Abundância | Galileo Music Communication | Maria João is once again flying between Lisbon and Maputo to create, in the company of João Farinha and André Nascimento, allies of the OGRE project (with whom she has recorded several albums since 2012, including the recent and highly acclaimed ‘Songs For Shakespeare’, from 2022), a new album that combines her original voice with soaring and evocative electronic textures. - PR | * | 0:26:56 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Sevenbeatz |
Marahaba Nyengi
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Various Arists: Digital Ngoma Vol.2 | Kayamba Records | On the island of Mayotte, the exploration of traditional music through electronic music continues with the release of the second opus of the Digital Ngoma compilation, the promising first instalment of which was unveiled at the end of 2023. The formula remains the same, with tracks produced by novice artists living in Mayotte, accompanied by tracks produced by professional artists (Bab, Loya, Praktika and Sevenbeatz this time) who have come to Mayotte to play at Kayamba events. - PR | * | 0:34:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Novalima |
Exodus
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La Danza (Deluxe Edition) | Six Degrees | The pioneering Afro-Peruvian sound system NOVALIMA proudly celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2023, with new music, divided into two EPs: La Danza Parts 1 & 2. Now those EPs have been combined with four new tracks, to form the Deluxe Edition of La Danza. The new songs include "Camino Al Ketoke", "Viajo Con La Luna", "Alma" and the band's dance-floor friendly rendition of the Bob Marley classic, "Exodus". - PR | * | 0:39:23 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Zar Electrik |
Babord
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Koyo | Jarring Effects Label & Lamastrock | In Zar Electrik's compositions, Gnawa trances rub shoulders with sub-Saharan rhythms and instruments. Arthur Péneau's electric kora meets Anass Zine's North African and Oriental influences on oud and guembri. It's a clever, tasty mix, and the beats and electro sounds of Didier Simione (aka Miosine) bring it all together in a spellbinding, festive soundtrack. - PR | * | 0:43:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Ammar 808 |
Ain Essouda ( feat. Cheb Hassen Tej )
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Maghreb United | Glitterbeat | Deep TR-808 bass meets pan-Maghreb beats, timeless voices and futurist visions. AMMAR 808 is Sofyann Ben Youssef, the sonic mastermind behind the Tunisian sensation: Bargou 08. - bandcamp | 0:47:19 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Aina |
Girkiyo
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Ekonda | musique de sibérie | Evenk singer AINA is releasing her second album. “post-ethno” – what follows after the archaic. It does not contradict tradition and history, but it continues it. The new album includes songs based on traditional texts from the northern epic: Kumalan – about a traditional carpet made of many scraps of deer skin sewn together in the form of a mosaic; Girkiyo – about the value of friendship, as well as original compositions on the nature of the far north. - PR | * | 0:51:30 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Cheikh Efrita |
Habibi Gharb
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Cheikh Efrita | Cheikh Efrita | 0:56:28 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Nesrine |
Dunia
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Kan Ya Makan | ACT Music + Vision GmbH & Co. KG | Franco-Algerian singer, cellist and songwriter Nesrine is a storyteller, a "Scheherazade", for our times. And her album "Kan Ya Makan" – the Arabic for "once upon a time" – has something of the aura of a modern "Tales from the Arabian Nights". - PR | * | 1:06:35 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Karjalasta kolttien maille |
Kirvu-potpuri
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Karjalasta kolttien maille | Global Music Centre | Karjalasta kolttien maille (From Karelia to the Skolt Sámi Lands) project which started in 2020, explores the commonalities and special features of Karelian and Skolt Sámi culture through folk music and folklore. The unifying factors are long narrative songs, wails, dancing the katrill and various couple and circle dances, the Orthodox faith and a evacuee background. - PR | * | 1:09:36 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Markku Lepistö |
Balkan Breakfast w_ Leija Lautamaja
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Duos | Rapusaari Records | This ambitious two-year project brings together eight unique tracks, recorded as duets with four of Europe’s top diatonic accordionists, each bringing their own rich cultural heritage and distinct style. In DUOS, Lepistö explores a musical journey that transcends borders and traditions. - PR | * | 1:13:41 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Kimmo Pohjonen |
Unelma
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Various Artists: Nouse luonto - Lauluja monimuotoisuudesta | Nordic Notes / CPL Musicgroup | Nouse Luonto is a unique collaboration of prominent Finnish folk musicians. The artists have come together for this album project with the aim of preserving the biological diversity of their homeland. The musicians share a deep love for nature, a belief in the power of collaboration, and admiration for the great richness of Finnish folk music. - PR | * | 1:17:10 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Uusikuu feat. Milana Misic |
Sulle salaisuuden kertoa mä voisin feat. Milana Misic
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Piknik | Nordic Notes / CPL Musicgroup | Uusikuu (New Moon) set out in 2006 with the ambitious goal of breathing new life into traditional Finnish tango. The sprightly world music quintet has nothing to do with the typically melancholic tango mood. This small orchestra, describing its style as "Vintage Sounds of Finland," pays a respectful homage to the traditional Finnish entertainment music of the 1930s to 1960s on their albums. - PR | * | 1:20:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Guy Klucevsek |
Seesaw Song (comp. Will Holshouser)
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Hope Dies Last | Starkland | 1:25:22 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Frigg |
Troll's Twilight
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Dreamscapes | Bafes´s Factory | Marking 25 years, Frigg unveils Dreamscapes, an album where their signature acoustic sound blooms with vibrant tones, rich timbres, and intricate layers. The melodies trace the contours of mental landscapes, leaving space for the listener to waeve their own story. - PR | * | 1:29:13 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Casapalma |
Trepeletré
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Montañesas | Raso | Casapalma claim Cantabrian folklore in "Montañesas", a debut album in which they stretch the limits of Iberian folklore. A project based on the popular songbook of Cantabria, which approaches regional music from a contemporary perspective, by introducing electronic elements that take tradition to a new and unexplored dimension. - PR | 1:38:42 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Miramar |
Un Astro
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Entre Tus Flores | Ansonia | Replete with a string section and powerful poetic and Spanish lyricism, the record which the band describe as ‘bolero-beat’ – bolero with a touch of psychedelic rock, folk, bossa nova, funk and salsa – builds on the band’s previous recordings, yet departs markedly from the more classical approach of their debut album Dedication To Sylvia Rexach. - PR | * | 1:41:50 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Willie Colon and Ismael Miranda |
Mayoral
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Doble Energia | Fania | 1:49:21 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Orquesta Akokán |
Caracoles
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Caracoles | Daptone | 1:52:25 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Mostar Sevdah Reunion |
E Titi Lambo
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Bosa Mara | Snail Records | In front of us, there is a new album „Bosa Mara“, a jubilee album, which is coming out on the 25th anniversary of the birth of the first album by the Mostarans named after the name of the band – Mostar Sevdah Reunion. The album „Bosa Mara“ which is in front of you was made by MSR for their own soul. They had never adhered to the on-going trends, populism and commercialization haven't been their thing, but on this album, they have additionally eased up on predictions. - PR | * | 2:28:28 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou |
Oh Bea
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T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou | Popular African Music | Quotes "Che Che Cole" - or is it the other way around? | 2:04:11 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Bembeya Jazz National |
Chemin du PDG (exc)
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Chemin Du PDG - 2nd Concert of Bembeya Jazz National | Syliphone | 2:17:38 (MP3 | Pop-up) | ||
| Meybahar |
Afousis
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Meybahar | Fono | Meybahar was born out of the meeting of Greek and Hungarian culture, during those moments when Marilia and Marton met each other for the first time and played music together on the island of Crete. The pairing of the captivating sound of the Greek santour ('santouri' is a relative of the Hungarian dulcimer) and the violin is a perfect musical recipe. | * | 2:27:51 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| El Pantorrillas |
En un mundo tan injusto
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Palomo cojo | El Pantorrillas | If it weren't for the title, which is clearly and openly provocative, this album would be a collection of stories of love and heartbreak, of longings for life and freedom, which, common to all of us, men and women, heterosexual and homosexual, are revolutionarily embedded in the bed of a musical language anchored in the traditional music of southeastern Spain. - PR (Translated) | * | 2:30:39 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Gao Hong and Zhao Xiaoxia |
Dancing with Strings
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Prelude to the Divine Realm - Pipa and Guqin | Naxos World | Gao Hong – a true visionary in pipa artistry. Zhao Xiaoxia – a virtuoso who has helped bring the guqin to global prominence in the modern era. Together they present a transcendent improvisational masterpiece showcasing some of China’s best-known traditional pieces. - PR | * | 2:34:06 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| PAN Project Ensemble |
Oshi Dhora (He Came)
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Borderless Flows | Neuma Records | True to its name, Borderless Flows knows few boundaries. Also true to its name, PAN Project Ensemble brings together ‘everything’ from far-flung parts of the world: a multi-cultural sonic give and take that covers a wide territory. Following the global sextet’s debut album, PAN Project, this new collection of trad-mod encounters deepens our collective musical roots: “‘Pan’ actually means ‘coming together’ in Korean, and that certainly applies to the vision here, as this cross-cultural experience also unites improvisation with experimental ideas, effectively putting an entirely new spin on world music.” – Take Effect | * | 2:38:05 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Tenzin Choegyal |
Passage
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Snow Flower | Rainbow Valley Records in partnership with Warner Music Australia | Snow Flower is the collaborative album between Grammy-nominated Tibetan singer, musician and composer Tenzin Choegyal, multi-instrumentalists Matt Corby and Rohin Jones (The Middle East), and songwriter Alex Henriksson. Produced Corby and Henriksson at Rainbow Valley Studios on Bundjalung country in northeastern New South Wales, it's a work of free flowing innovation and rejuvenating enchantment. A project through which key tenets of Tibetan Buddhism – compassion, truth seeking, loving-kindness – are foregrounded with mantras, vocalese and spare, skillful instrumentation. - PR | * | 2:47:31 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
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(i know there are other organizations but those were the first that came to mind!)
i never got raided, but friends of mine did -- what we learned is that you do not have to let anyone in, nor do you have to say a word without an attorney present
with ICE though -- my impression is that they are far from the brightest crayons in the box (not to insult crayons!).-- i have no doubt that they are going after people who are citizens, have green cards, student or work visas, are refugees, etc.
(like it would not surprise me a bit if they came here looking for my Mom -- she died in 1999, but turned out that my parents' 1949 Church wedding certificate was not sufficient proof that she was a "citizen")
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