19-12-2018 # WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW 2007-1997 Imam Baildi, Edgardo Acuña, Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté, Ana Moura, Quartet B, Mihaly Borbely, Totó La Momposina, Ghalia Benali & Timnaa, 16 Horsepower, Natalie MacMaster, The Daktaris, Loreena McKennitt
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Imam Baildi
Comely (Imam Baildi) 5:47
Ta Xena Heria (Imam Baildi) 4:47
from Imam Baildi 2007
Imam Baildi (IB) were formed in 2005 by brothers Orestis and Lysandros Falireas. The project’s concept was based on sampling and remixing Greek music of the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s.
The first 3 tracks the brothers produced were the remixes of Dymeni San Arhodissa, (‘Dressed Like a Lady’ 1936 rembetiko track by Stelios Keromytis), I Zoi Mas Einai Ligi (Our Life is Short – a 1930’s tango with the voice of Sofia Vembo) and, their first hit, De Thelo Pia Na Xanarthis a 1960’s track by Manolis Chiotis.
These three were compiled into a demo that reached Minos EMI (the Greek branch of EMI, now part of Universal Music Group). In 2005, the label proposed that they release a full album based on that concept.
The homonymous first album was produced by IB in their own label (Kukin Music) and licensed to EMI Greece in October 2007. It featured 10 tracks and was a breakthrough for the music market in Greece. It also attracted attention by international media, including a review by the late Charlie Gillet. In 2009, the album made it to top positions in the European World Music Charts...
Urbano 3:44
Tango Atroz 2:02
Larks Tongues in Aspic (King Crimson cover) 2:43
El Color de Buenos Aires 4:01
from Tango Marginal 2006
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
A master of the kora (21-string West African harp), Toumani Diabaté has brought the traditional music of his native Mali to the attention of an international audience with a series of well-received solo albums and some unlikely, but acclaimed, collaborations.
Debe (Traditional) 4:55
Monsieur le Maire de Niafunké (Toumani Diabaté) 3:58
Ai Ga Bani (Ali Farka Touré) 4:34
from In the Heart of the Moon 2005
In the Heart of the Moon is a duet recording by Malian guitar slinger Ali Farka Toure and Mandé lineage griot Toumani Diabate on kora. There are a few other players who contribute percussion here and there, and Ry Cooder plays a Kawai piano on a couple of tracks and a Ripley guitar on one, but other than these cats, this is a live duo set without edits or enhancements of any kind. There were three sessions in the conference room of the Mande Hotel in Mali, the first of which was on the eve of Farka Toure being elected mayor of his town, Niafunké. Most of the music here dates back to the Jurana Kura (translated as new era) cultural movement, which was part of the independence struggle in the 1950s and early '60s...
Ana Moura
Por Um Dia (Jorge Fernando) 3:35
O Que Foi Que Aconteceu 3:39
Fado de Pessoa 3:42
from Aconteceu 2004
Nearly two centuries old, Portuguese fado comes as close as any to being a national folk music. But it wasn't always that way. Fado -- literally, fate -- flourished during the first half of the 20th century, particularly in the hands of Amalia Rodrigues, who died a national heroine in 1999. In the post-WWII era, fado's dominance began to wane, though, and it became increasingly frowned upon, considered a music of the lower classes, unfitting of a nation pushing its way into modernity. That's all changed in recent years, though, as a few young fadistas have revived the soulful style. Singers -- mostly women, such as Mariza, Misia and Cristina Branco -- have held onto fado's aching, keening melodies and sorrowful lyrics of loves lost and forgotten. Indeed, nearly every song on Ana Moura's divine, alluring second album finds the singer heartbreaking...
