pasados

Pablo Ziegler & Quique Sinesi - Los Mareados

al-jazayer

Reinette L'Oranaise - Nar Houakoum

twang

The Karnataka College of Percussion - Morsing Trio

filho

Edu Lobo - Zum-Zum

rain

Kandiya Kouyate - San Barana



(Guitar solo by Djelimady Tounkara)

* Photo by Luis Dafos

aswan swing

Ali Hassan Kuban - Habibi

slow dance

Count Basie - Lil' Darlin'



* Photo by Bill Steber

flamenco africano

Afro-Spanish singer Concha Buika is new to me - she's barely known outside Spain. The lady deserves a far larger audience, and better promotion. With that in mind, here are two songs from her second CD. (There's live video at the link.)

Nostalgias



Tu Caramelo

taiga

Agnes Buen Garnås and Jan Garbarek - Rosenfole



* Photo by Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen

out of africa

Soaring falsetto vocals, off-kilter rhythms, chanted lyrics, floating electronics - Jamaican music doesn't get much better than The Congos. Today's track: Congoman

strut

The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble - Iko Iko/Aicho



* Photo by Brendan Costello

panamá

Azuquita - Guajira Baran

bolero

Jerry González and the Fort Apache Band - Verdad Amarga

nações em festa

Milton Nascimento - Reis e Rainhas do Maracatu






* Photo by Luiz Fonseca

balanço

Singer Kat Parra and her son Pat, collaborating on Mas que nada

andros

Frederick McQueen - Sailboat Malarkey

o samba

Caetano Veloso - O Samba e o Tango

ardientemente

Ojos de Brujo - Todo Tiende



(More info. here)

j.a.

Cannonball Adderley - Autumn Leaves

sight

Dino Saluzzi and cellist Anja Lechner play the title track from their new CD, Ojos Negros

atish

British singer Najma Akhtar is best known for her contemporary ghazals, but she's a fine interpreter of South Asian folk and pop music, too. Today's cut: Nikala

a pianista

I first stumbled across recordings by Carolina Cardoso de Menezes in the late 1990s, following a tip from the owner of this site. I hope you enjoy her playing as much as I do. Track: Despedida de Mangueira

carioca

Joyce - A Hard Day's Night

arabesque

Egyptian drummer Adel Shams el-Din takes a whirlwind tour of Moroccan rhythms on Souvenirs de Fes



* Photo from Skordalia