From our friends at Wewantsounds – yet another gem, this time featuring legends Dollar Brand, Don Cherry, and Carlos Ward. From the label’s Bandcamp site: “Wewantsounds is honoured to announce the first-ever international release of the legendary collaboration between Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) and Don Cherry, featuring Carlos Ward. Following Continue Reading
World Music
Roberto Guimarães – Saudade de Mim
From Roberto Guimarães‘ Bandcamp site (translated): “Economist and self-taught musician, Roberto Guimarães was one of the pioneers of the Bossa Nova movement in Minas Gerais. He began composing in the late 1950s, creating lyrics and music on the guitar and keyboard, when he had the great opportunity of his life: Continue Reading
Ziad Rahbani – Ana Moush Kafer LP Special Edition
It never ends. Wewantsounds continues being the best archive label of all time, in my humble estimation, and their latest, a gem by Ziad Rahbani, is a scorcher. “Wewantsounds is delighted to continue its Ziad Rahbani reissue program with Ana Moush Kafer, a classic album by the Lebanese legend Ziad Continue Reading
Bruno Berle – Sem Fronteiras
The estimable Far Out Recordings scores another hit with Bruno Berle’s latest album, one which perfectly blends a more updated bossa nova sound with a more R&B-style groove underpinning the release. Elegant.
Goran Kajfeš Tropiques – Tell Us
Elegant and rather swanky music is on order today, courtesy of trumpeter Goran Kajfeš.
Slavyk – 11 Songs of Love & Suffering
Our dear friends (well done, Christian) at CPL-Music have a wonderful new release from the Polish-Serbian band Slavyk. From their press release: “Slavyk is the sonic offspring of an ever-evolving international music theatre project. The Polish-Serbian quartet brings together Silesian and Serbian musical traditions alongside English lyrics, blending jazz, pop, Continue Reading
Keçaçioğlu Muhammad, Gurban Primov & Sasha Ohanezashvili – An Azeri Mugham Trio ca. 1912
From the damn-near-perfect record label Canary Records’ Bandcamp site: “Keçaçioğlu Muhammad was the stage name of Muhammad Mashadi Khalil oglu who was born June 18, 1864 in the city of Shusha in the mountainous region of the Russian Empire known to the overwhelming Armenian majority of its residents for centuries Continue Reading
Various Artists – Music in Exile presents “Jutna”
From the label’s website: “Jutna” is the result of their time spent together, and an answer to that question. In the Wolof language of Senegal, the phrase ‘Jutna’ means “it is time”. Asked to expand on this, guitarist/vocalist Magou Samb stated — “Jutna means, it is time. Time to believe Continue Reading
RIHA – V
The seminal blog A Closer Listen introduces us to a treasure of a Georgian composer, Rati Oniani (RIHA). It’s a magically weird amalgam of metal, Svan folk, and baroque music. The absolute diamonds one can find in this city never cease to amaze me. You can read the article here: https://acloserlisten.substack.com/p/v
Various Artists – Canary Records: Romane Gil’a: 1958-71 Field Recordings of Roma Songs from Slovakia, Eastern Czechia & Northern Hungary
The ever-great Canary Records released this compilation in November 2024, and I finally had a chance to listen to it. From the label’s Bandcamp site: “Originally released in 1973 in Czechoslovakia as “Romane Gil’a: Anthology of Gypsy Songs” with a cover that looked like an Emerson, Lake, and Palmer album Continue Reading