viento del sur

Quinteto Ventarrón - Palomita Blanca



* Photo by tintinsito

saudades do rio

Água de Moringa with Cristovão Bastos - Retalhos



* Photo by Doubletee

canta mais

One of my favorite singers, Mônica Salmaso, has a brand-new CD available. Here's a taste: A Volta do Malandro

jo'burg

Nancy Jacobs & her Sisters - Meadowlands

raíces

Bebo Valdés - La Comparsa

tres

Arsenio Rodríguez y Su Conjunto - Dunbumbanza

stevland

Two of my personal favorites from Stevie Wonder's mid-70s recordings -

Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing



Another Star

lament

Rabih Abou-Khalil and Gevorg Dabaghyan - The Sad Women of Qana




* Photo by Simply 27

salsoul

Joe Bataan - Coco-E

oasis

Les Touaregs de Fewet - Chetma





* Photo by Craig Pershouse

deep blues

Mary Lou Williams - What's Your Story, Morning Glory?

sec

This Kenyan sculpture inspired today's post - a bit of acoustic (aka "dry") playing by Williamu Usale and friends. (Complete with Fanta bottle percussion.) The title: Usimalize Mali



* Photo by Traveling Cat

viola caipira

Chico Lobo with Caju & Castanha - Coco de Embolada

stomp

Ashley MacIsaac and Mary Jane Lamond - Sleepy Maggie (Mulen Dugh)



* Painting by David Allan

space

Aiko Shimada - You

wax & gold

Alemu Aga - Abatachen Hoy (Pater Noster)



(More info. here)

joik

Wimme Saari (with Hector Zazou) - Adventures in the Scandinavian Skin Trade

congo

Manuel d'Oliveira et Les San Salvador - Cherie Bondowe



(From Ngoma - The Early Years, 1948-1960)

la raza y la musica

Three sound collages from the Latin Playboys

Viva La Raza



Gone



Crayon Sun

fusion

Andy Harlow - Batumbique



* Photo by Dan Thress

internationale [?]

Leningrad - Malen'kiy Mal'chik



* Painting by Alexander Kosolapov

morava

Bassist George Mraz, with Zuzana Lapcíková and Emil Viklicky - Na osičce (Aspen Leaf)

só no choro

Brazilian clarinetist Abel Ferreira's interpretation of Corta-Jaca (Gaúcho), written by Chiquinha Gonzaga

razmataz

Paolo Conte - Blue tangos