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Caetano Veloso

11-01-2020 WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks 2005-1991 # WmW:   Caetano Veloso and José Miguel Wisnik, Gipsy Kings, Värttinä, Liz Carroll, Radio Tarifa, Vinicio Capossela, Djivan Gasparyan, Boris Kovac, Thierry Titi Robin, Africando, The Klezmatics, Danyel Waro, Mahotella Queens, Strunz & Farah, Oliver Mtukudzi

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A true heavyweight, Caetano Veloso is a pop musician, poet, filmmaker, author, activist, and statesman. Since the 1960s, he has been a cultural shapeshifter whose songs and recordings are filled with musical and literary invention, a deliberate androgyny, and an effortless genre meld of samba, MPB, tropicalia, rock, funk, jazz, and more.
Caetano Veloso and José Miguel Wisnik
Madre Deus 3:37
Onqotô 5:26
from Onqotô 2005
Onqotô is a rhythmic score for "Grupo Corpo", a Brazilian modern dance company, by Caetano Veloso and José Miguel Wisnik. This may be a reason why Onqotô has been overlooked. A pity, for the music here is among the best Caetano has released in recent years. It reveals yet another musical facet of Caetano Veloso.
Onqotô reminds me of Caetano's experimental music of the early seventies. There are long percussive grooves.  Madre Deus and especially Pesar do mundo are beautiful lyrical islands.

Family act from southern France whose Afro-Spanish take on flamenco launched them to worldwide fame in the 1980s. The Gipsy Kings are largely responsible for bringing the joyful sounds of progressive pop-oriented flamenco to the world. The band started out in Arles, a village in southern France, during the '70s when brothers Nicolas and Andre Reyes, the sons of renowned flamenco artist Jose Reyes, teamed up with their cousins Jacques, Maurice, and Tonino Baliardo, whose father is Manitas de Plata. 

Gipsy Kings 

Aven, Aven (Gipsy Kings) 4:37

Legende (Gipsy Kings) 4:12

from Roots 2004

Fans of flamenco icons the Gipsy Kings have been waiting a long time for a record like Roots. The group spent much of the last ten years churning out a sleek and heady mix of often disposable worldbeat that, while perfectly executed, never lived up to the promise of their hugely successful 1988 American/English debut. The aptly named Roots finds the brothers Andre and Nicolás Reyes leading the veteran octet through 16 blistering tracks, bereft of the percussion and electronic trickery that has plagued so many of their previous outings. The family collective rented a farmhouse in the south of France for the recording, and the results are nothing short of a revelation...

A compelling Kaarelian roots-inspired Finish folk group that has featured as many as 21 members. One of the most internationally successful acts to emerge from the contemporary Finland music scene, Värttinä revitalized the nation's folk traditions with an aggressive and ultra-modern style that eschewed not only the costumes of their ancestors but also the long-accepted cultural notion that women should sing unaccompanied.

Värttinä 

Sepän Poika/The Blacksmith's Son (Antto Varilo) 3:20

Maahinen Neito (Earth-Maiden) 4:23

Vihi (Wind) (Antto Varilo) 3:33

from iki 2003

Twenty years after Värttinä began, there's still plenty of energy in the band, although they've come a long, long way. More mature, they've learned to use finesse over speed, and the themes they tackle here are certainly more adult... The keening voices, once a band trademark, have all but vanished, replaced by more delicate harmonies that suit the material, and the six instrumentalists give them plenty of room -- although they're quite capable of making a storm of noise, too... After their live disc, they seem to be embarking on a new musical chapter, in search of new pastures, and the journey here proves very satisfying indeed. The frantic edge that characterized them for so long has vanished, although their joy in music-making very obviously remains.

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11-11-019 19:06 WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks 2011-2001 # WmW:    Fémina, Simphiwe Dana, Os Mutantes, Madredeus & Banda Cosmica, Elsa Valle, Richard Bona, Caetano Veloso and José Miguel Wisnik, Gipsy Kings, Värttinä, Liz Carroll, Radio Tarifa

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Fémina is a fusion rap group led by three Patagonian women, characterized by the rhythm of their poetry, the combination of musical styles and the vigor of their live performances.
Femina
Deshice De Mi 4:18
Mi Eje 6:06
Los Senos 5:06
from Deshice De Mi 2011
In 2011 Femina edits their first album "Deshice de mi" independently and performs live in Buenos Aires and in different cities around the country. In 2014, they released their second album "Traspasa", which they continue spreading throughout the country and abroad, touring through different World Music festivals around the world. In 2017 they are preparing new songs that will be recorded on a third album.

Born and Raised in the Eastern Cape, her name means ‘gift’ and many of her fans would agree that she is just that, a gift to the SA music scene. In a short period of time this Soul Sistah has become one of South Africa’s favourite daughters. Her music has a fresh sound and her unique voice complements it perfectly.... Simphiwe Dana says that her music is mostly influenced by what is going on in people’s daily lives. She talks about the struggle that black people are going through, despite South Africa’s supposed freedom, and status as a democracy.
Simphiwe Dana
Ndim Nawe 5:16
Ilolo 6:12
Fela's Azania 5:44
from Kulture Noir 2010
Simphiwe Dana has complained in the past that the younger generation of South African musicians have not been successful in the west because "the world is satisfied with the old guys", the likes of Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. But her country needs new celebrities, and great new female singers to take over from the late Miriam Makeba, and Dana is a major contender...  shows even greater sophistication, both in the production work (five producers are credited, including Dana herself) and in her relaxed vocal style, which can switch from cool balladry to gospel and jazz. There's a late-night feel to her songs, and she's at her best on gently driving jazz ballads such as the harmonica-backed Ilolo, or Ndim iQhawe...

Brazilian rockers who blended pop packaging, avant-garde experimentation, and an irreverent attitude during the late-'60s tropicalia movement.
Os Mutantes
Querida Querida (Sergio Dias / Tom Zé) 4:13
Baghdad Blues (Sergio Dias / Tom Zé) 5:17
Samba do Fidel (Sergio Dias / Tom Zé) 5:30
from Haih or Amortecedor 2009
Reunited (partially) in 2006 by the acclaim of their fans, Os Mutantes sound just as vital as they did back in 1968 on Haih...Ou Amortecedor..., their first record together in 30 years. Unfortunately, the original trio is only one-third represented. Specifically, there's no Rita Lee (who was replaced in 2006) and no Arnaldo Baptista (who appeared in the 2006 reunion but decided to continue as a solo act). Still, the band -- now a seven-piece -- gets songs from Tom Zé and Jorge Ben, as well as the band's prime songwriting linchpin, Sérgio Dias. Tropicalia fans yearning for another "Panis et Circenses" won't find their hopes far off the mark; although there's a noticeable lack of production experimentation, the band's strengths are all here...

The Portuguese group Madredeus comprises vocalist Teresa Salgueiro, guitarists José Peixoto and Pedro Ayres Magalhães, violin player Francisco Ribeiro, harmonica player Gabriel Gomes, and keyboard player Rodrigo Leão.
Madredeus & Banda Cosmica
Vou (Larga O Navio) (Carlos Maria Trindade) 4:05
O Eclipse (Habitas No Meu Pensamento) 12:01
O Mar 18:02
from Metafonia 2008
... The list of new instruments alone, most notably electric guitar, bass, and drums, hints at a music deemed unthinkable for the original Madredeus, a band that chased the purity of the acoustic sound (often using period instruments) with almost religious zeal. All this make it quite hard to objectively judge Metafonia. Let something be made absolutely clear, however: this is by no means a bad album. In fact, it is often quite beautiful -- but it is not like previous Madredeus albums. If Madredeus was often criticized for making the same record over and over again, that certainly does not apply to Metafonia. This album is as tastefully crafted as ever, but the music this time is less original, or perhaps one should say, less Portuguese. On the other hand, the influences of Brazilian, Caribbean, and African music, or even good old-fashioned pop/rock music, come to the fore with unprecedented force. Instead of the hypnotic lullabies of the past, the new Madredeus makes songs, some of which would not be out of place in the records of say, Bebel Gilberto or Césaria Évora...

Madredeus

12-11-2018 # WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW 2014-2004

Gipsy Kings

12-11-2018  # WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW 2014-2004   Gipsy Kings, Simo Lagnawi, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., Jozef Van Wissem, Luísa Maita, Lila Downs, Rajery, Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi, Imam Baildi, Edgardo Acuña, Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté, Ana Moura

2014-2004
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Family act from southern France whose Afro-Spanish take on flamenco launched them to worldwide fame in the 1980s. The Gipsy Kings are largely responsible for bringing the joyful sounds of progressive pop-oriented flamenco to the world. The band started out in Arles, a village in southern France, during the '70s when brothers Nicolas and Andre Reyes, the sons of renowned flamenco artist Jose Reyes, teamed up with their cousins Jacques, Maurice, and Tonino Baliardo, whose father is Manitas de Plata. They originally called themselves Los Reyes...

Gipsy Kings 

Caramelo (Tonino Baliardo / Nicolás Reyes) 3:32

Samba Samba (Tonino Baliardo / Nicolás Reyes) 3:11

from Savor Flamenco 2013

It has been seven long years since France's groundbreaking Gipsy Kings have issued a recording of new material. Savor Flamenco, the group's debut for Knitting Factory, still features the band's original lineup of two groups of brothers -- the Reyes (Nicolas, Canut, Paul, Patchai, and Andre) and the Baliardos (Tonino, Paco, and Diego) -- with guest players filling out the cast. The set was produced by Tonino Baliardo and Nicolas Reyes. Musically, Savor Flamenco looks simultaneously backward and forward. The single "Samba Samba" commences with a breezy bossa nova before spiraling out, wedding both fiery flamenco and driving Brazilian samba...

...Since his arrival in the U.K in 2008 he has performed at Glastonbury Festival, V&A, BBC 6Music (Cerys Matthews Show), BBC World Service, British Museum, Leighton House, Larmer tree, Secret garden party, Roundhouse, Ritzy, Rich Mix, Hootananny, Hackney Attik, Passing Clouds, Cecil Sharp House, Shambala, Komedia, Wilderness festival, Boom Town Festival, The Third line Dubai, 5.0 Refuse Kuwait, Film Middle East Now Italy, Tabernacle, Troxy, Momo London and Dubai among many others. Playing traditional Gnawa (sacred trance music from Morocco) and Gnawa Fusion with, Electric Jalaba, Gnawa Griot, and Gnawa Blues Allstars...
Simo Lagnawi
Bolami (Traditional) 4:43
Tagna (Traditional) 6:30
from The Gnawa Berber 2014
Based in the U.K., but inspired his Moroccan-Berber origins, Simo Lagnawi presents us with an exciting and entrancing album of a dozen songs that successfully and faithfully adheres to North African gnawa traditions. There is some improvisation of sorts, which cover Saharan folk songs and ceremonial compositions. All of the songs are diverse and feature the guimbri -- a plucked lute that is native to North Africa. The authentic and tribal sound of the guimbri is haunting and natural with vocals, flute, fiddle, and banjo accompaniment in spots. Hassan Hakmoun fans will find some similarities, but the music is not electronic or rock-oriented. This is for fans seeking unadulterated gnawan trance music. Find your inner gnawa today! ~ Matthew Forss

Mexican guitar duo that plays an appealing amalgam of classical, Latin, world music, and heavy metal.  Before they became the most visible flamenco duo of the early 2000s, guitarists Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero bonded over heavy metal while growing up in Mexico City. They combined their talents for a time in the metal group Tierra Acida, playing around D.F. in the roughest clubs the city had to offer. Though they recorded some material, Tierra Acida never hit it big, and an album was never released. Instead, Sanchez and Quintero concentrated on learning more guitar styles, teaching lessons during the day and playing bossa novas in hotel bars at night. Bored and frustrated with their chances in the Americas, the two decided to try their luck in Europe instead.

Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.
Santo Domingo 6:31
Ixtapa 8:11
Diablo Rojo 5:09
from Area 52 2012
From Re-Foc, their very first release in 2002, post-nuevo flamenco guitar duo Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero thumbed their noses at purist notions of flamenco. Having initially come from heavy metal, they wedded their new music to metal's pyrotechnics and the various folk styles of their native Mexico, creating a new genre in acoustic music. That said, Area 52 is unlike anything they have recorded before. The album began as simply an orchestral overview of tunes from their catalog to issue while they wrote new material, but it became something wholly other. Along with producer Peter Asher and arranger Alex Wilson (whose charts here are almost too fantastic to believe), they employed C.U.B.A., a 13-piece Cuban orchestra, and the diverse talents of several guests. Recording mainly in Havana, the duo, with C.U.B.A., set about completely reinventing RyG's songs...

Lutenist and post-minimalist composer who has brought his instrument's sound into the 21st century and collaborated with many artists. Jozef Van Wissem is a Dutch lutenist and post-minimalist composer who has been adapting via tablature and improvising on music written for his instrument circa 1600 A.D. 
Jozef Van Wissem ‎
The Joy That Never Ends (Jozef Van Wissem) 3:19
Concerning the Precise Nature of Truth (Jozef Van Wissem) 3.51
The Great Joy (Jozef Van Wissem) 5:24
from  The Joy That Never Ends 2011
There are lots of composers out there, and more than a few lutenists, but very few people still alive today who are both, and even fewer who write contemporary music for that ancient instrument. Jozef Van Wissem is one of those very few, and on this album, he plays six original compositions on a 13-course Baroque lute. In the past he has written and performed music for lute and electronics, but here he is accompanied only by the occasional electric guitar of filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and the mumbled vocals of Jeanne Madic. The titles of the pieces and the lyrics sung by Madic are taken or adapted from the Revelations of Divine Love of 14th century mystic Julian of Norwich, and the music itself tends to be rather minimalist, with lots of repetitive arpeggiated figures, sometimes consisting of overdubbed parts...

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16-10-2018 # WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW   Kiran Ahluwalia, Luis Peixoto, Rim Banna, Checkpoint 303, Bugge Wesseltoft, Kodjovi Kush and Afrospot All Stars, La Santa Cecilia, Angélique Kidjo, Simo Lagnawi, Gipsy Kings, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., Jozef Van Wissem, Luísa Maita 

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Kiran Ahluwalia is a modern exponent of the great vocal traditions of India and Pakistan which she honors intensely yet departs from in masterful, personal ways. Her original compositions embody the essence of Indian music while embracing influences from Mali and Western blues, rock, R & B and nuances of jazz. With her 5-piece group of electric guitar, accordion, organ, tabla and drum kit, Ahluwalia creates boundary-breaking songs that invite us to explore the human condition, transcending the self by losing ourselves in a trance of groove and melody. Born in India, raised in Canada and currently living in New York City – Ahluwalia has long been on a path to master the art of singing and composing.
Kiran Ahluwalia
Kuch Aur [Something Else] (Kiran Ahluwalia) 5:17
Khafa (Up in Arms) (Kiran Ahluwalia) 3:46
from 7 Billion 2018
Kiran Ahluwalia occupies a very special place in the vocal music of the Indian subcontinent. Her chameleonic versatility enables her to move seamlessly between classical, traditional (folk), Sufi and contemporary styles... Like her other highly successful recordings this 2018 one, 7 Billion comes with an aesthetic that is wonderfully expressed in an easily accessible aesthetic. However, unlike much music by stars similar to her who rule the roost in India, Miss Ahluwalia expresses a wider world view and also inhabits a more universal sound-world. She has, for instance, been expressing her music in a sharply socially-conscious manner longer than anyone else on the music scene. Her Indian sensibility has long-since prompted her to tackle issues such as brother-and sisterhood between the fractious elements of the Indian subcontinent (her husband, producer and guitarist Rez Abbasi is of Pakistani-American heritage)...

Luis Peixoto started his career in the folk music. Like others of his generation, he grew up with the club culture and gave in the temptation to merge these two styles. Assimétrico is his debut solo album presented in 2017, where the acoustic plucked instruments and powerful sampled traditional and electronic drums are together. 
Luis Peixoto
Habemus Plectrum 4:13
Repara Bem Que Afinal Feat. Fabíola Augusta 3:40
from Assimetrico 2017

Palestinian vocalist and composer Rim Banna has made a career out of leveraging respect and dignity for her people using her unmatched artistic expertise and integrity. Banna studied singing and conducting at the High Institute for Music in Moscow, one of the world's more challenging conservatory environments...
Rim Banna, Checkpoint 303, Bugge Wesseltoft 
Checkpoint 303 is a non-profit musical collective from the emerging Arabic and Middle-Eastern underground electronica scene. The activist musical project was launched by Tunisian SC Mocha and Palestinian SC Yosh in 2004 and has secured an avant-garde position on the Arabic underground music scene...
Norwegian jazz pianist who made a smooth transition to the techno and dance music scene. Bringing a thoroughly contemporary sound to the piano and keyboards, Bugge Wesseltoft made a huge impact in his homeland of Norway during the '90s. After that, he toured internationally, working in both jazz and rock contexts. In the early '90s he was a member of Arild Andersen's band, and played on Jan Garbarek's Molde Canticle, a commission from the Molde Jazz Festival. 
Langaue Of Silence 4:02
Daughter Of The Desert 3:41
Maryam 5:24
from Voice of Restistance 2018
...The 15 songs on this album are an explosive mix of iron-willed and moving spoken word, experimental sound art, complex beats and powerful provocative and heart-warming piano melodies. In the final recordings completed in Oslo in January 2018, Rim actually managed to sing on some of the songs despite her weak vocal cords. Rim’s lyrics on the album range from being defiant and bold to being heartbreaking and endlessly deep. However, her courage, humanity and incredible positivity transpire from every word she pronounces...