Thursday, June 28, 2007

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

saudades do rio







Água de Moringa with Cristovão Bastos - Retalhos







* Photo by Doubletee

Monday, June 25, 2007

canta mais




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





Sunday, June 24, 2007

jo'burg


Nancy Jacobs & her Sisters - Meadowlands





Saturday, June 23, 2007

Thursday, June 21, 2007

tres












Arsenio Rodríguez y Su Conjunto - Dunbumbanza





Tuesday, June 19, 2007

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

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Friday, June 15, 2007

deep blues


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





Wednesday, June 13, 2007

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

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Monday, June 11, 2007

stomp




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







* Painting by David Allan

Saturday, June 09, 2007

space






Aiko Shimada - You





wax & gold












Alemu Aga - Abatachen Hoy (Pater Noster)







(More info. here)

Thursday, June 07, 2007

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)

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

la raza y la musica


Three sound collages from the Latin Playboys

Viva La Raza







Gone







Crayon Sun





Monday, June 04, 2007

Sunday, June 03, 2007

internationale [?]




Leningrad - Malen'kiy Mal'chik







* Painting by Alexander Kosolapov

morava


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





Saturday, June 02, 2007

só no choro




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





Friday, June 01, 2007