06-04-2019 WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW

06-04-2019 WORLD:MUSiC:MiX # 33 selected ETHNiC FUSiON tracks # WmW   Black Uhuru, Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd, Ali Farka Touré, Kimmo Pohjonen, Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras De Salitre, Buda Folk Band, Estusha, Divanhana, Kandia Kouyate, Las Hermanas Caronni 

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Long-running Jamaican roots reggae group who were popular from the late '70s through to the '90s. The most successful of the second-generation reggae bands, Jamaica's Black Uhuru maintained their high quality despite numerous personnel changes throughout their many decades together. The first reggae band to win a Grammy award, for their 1983 album Anthem, Black Uhuru offered a dynamic and progressive sound during their 1970s and early-'80s heyday.
Black Uhuru 
Ion Storm (Michael Rose) 3:49
Big Spliff (Michael Rose) 4:06
Cool Off 3:15
from The Dub Factor 1983
Released the same year as their Grammy-winning Anthem album, Black Uhuru's The Dub Factor figures as one of the most impressive of reggae's electronic age dub releases. Bristling from the fine mixing work of Soljie and Maxie, the album is basically a reworking of the band's breakthrough Chill Out release from the year before, albeit in often unrecognizable form. But if you like your dub with a healthy dose of apocalyptic effects from syndrums, synthesizers, and mixing board alike, then The Dub Factor will do the trick. More than just a empty exercise in knob twiddling, this Black Uhuru dub excursion by Sly & Robbie will no doubt please both fans of the group and habituates of quality dub titles.

During a long and uncommonly productive career, Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida achieved a ubiquity in popular music that has yet to be fully recognized. Largely responsible for the Brazilian/North American "samba jazz" that would eventually catch on in the form of a musical trend known as bossa nova, he played behind dozens of well-known pop vocalists and improved the overall texture of many a studio production ensemble.
Tasteful, low-key, and ingratiatingly melodic, Charlie Byrd had two notable accomplishments to his credit -- applying acoustic classical guitar techniques to jazz and popular music and helping to introduce Brazilian music to mass North American audiences.
Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd
Orchids in the Moonlight (Edward Eliscu / Gus Kahn / Vincent Youmans) 3:11
Jalousie (Vera Bloom / Jacob Gade) 3:20
La Rosita (Gus Haenschen) 2:27
from Tango 1985
This unusual CD finds guitarists Laurindo Almeida and Charlie Byrd (who have both mastered bop and Brazilian music) performing 11 tangoes with the assistance of bassist Joe Byrd and drummer Chuck Redd. Although the two acoustic guitarists have their short solos, the emphasis in this delightful set is on their ensemblework, respectful interpretations of the melodies and those infectious tango rhythms.

This talented African guitarist's technique has often been compared to Delta blues legend Robert Johnson. 
Ali Farka Touré ‎
La Drogue 5:36
Cheri 4:35
Laisse Les Phases 4:38
from Ali Farka Touré (Red) 1984
One of the most internationally successful West African musicians of the '90s, Ali Farka Touré was described as "the African John Lee Hooker" so many times that it probably began to grate on both Touré's and Hooker's nerves. There is a lot of truth to the comparison, however, and it isn't exactly an insult. The guitarist, who also played other instruments such as calabash and bongos, shared with Hooker (and similar American bluesmen like Lightnin' Hopkins) a predilection for low-pitched vocals and midtempo, foot-stomping rhythms, often playing with minimal accompaniment.