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Sunshine 8:090:00/8:09
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Wings Of A Dove 4:380:00/4:38
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Drop Of Rain 6:560:00/6:56
Here is an ever-growing, ever-changing list of my musical companions, inspirations and colleagues.
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Suggestions for Listening
Following is a partial list with some recommendations for specific albums ~ you will notice as you learn about these artists and their music that many of the artists have multiple albums. This is my attempt to share what I have been listening to in 2011… Enjoy!
Laurie Anderson--Strange Angels, Life on a String
Badi Assad—Chameleons (singer/guitarist from Brazil)
Bjork—Medulla (ever evolving Icelandic singer)
Whirimako Black—Tangihaku, Shrouded in the Mist (Maori singer)
Theo Bleckmann—Hello Earth The Music of Kate Bush
Baka Beyond--The Meeting Pool & Journey Between (Irish & Baka Forest people collaboration)
Mari Boine--Leahkastin (Unfolding), Balvvoslatjna (Room of Worship), Gula Gula (Sami singer from Norway)
Buika—Nina del Fuego (Singer from Spain)
Bulgarian Voices--Angelite
Betty Carter--With the Audience (Live at Great American Music Hall), Feed the Fire & many others
Sheila Chandra--The Zen Kiss (Indian singer living in London)
The Chieftains--Tears of Stone
Chiwoniso—Rebel Woman (young singer from Seattle and Zimbabwe)
Church—collaborative album of inspirational songs by R & B artists who grew up in the African-American church tradition like; Patti Austin, Patti LaBelle, Shirley Ceasar, Chaka Chan, Nnenna Freelon and more
Lila Downs--Tree of Life, One Blood Una Sangre (Mexican and world singer)
Latcho Drom--sound track of Roma diaspora film from India to Spain
Kurt Elling--The Messenger, Close Your Eyes, Man in the Air, NightMoves
Sidsel Endresen—Exile, Undertow, Out Here..In There, (Norwegian singer)
Cesaria Evora--all (singer from Cape Verde recently deceased)
Rachelle Ferrell--First Instrument, Live In Montreux, Individuality
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones--Outbound, Left of Cool
Jan Garbarek--Visible World, Twelve Moons, Selected Recordings ECM
Amy Gilliom Hanaiali’i—Hawaiian Tradition, Generation Hawaii
Herbie Hancock--Gershwin’s World and River (collaborative albums)
Raiatea Helms—Far Away Heaven, Sweet and Lovely (Hawaiian)
Abdullah Ibrahim--Echoes from Africa (pianist, South Africa)
Nusrat Fateh ali Khan--Night Song, Mustt Mustt (Pakastani singer )
Maria Joao--Cor (Portuguese singer)
Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole—Welo, Kaumakaiwa (Hawaiian singer)
Salif Keita—Moffou
Nancy King--Potato Radio, Impending Bloom, Dream Land Vol 1 & 2, Live at Jazz Standard with pianist Fred Hersch
Kitka--Voices on the Eastern Wind (Balkan vocal music)
1 Giant Leap--collaborative world music album
Abbey Lincoln--Turtle’s Dream, Wholly Earth and many others
Randy Lorenzo—I’m Going Home (Hawaiian singer)
Zap Mama--Adventures in Afropea
Rene Marie—Serene Renegade, Voice of My Beautiful Country
Bobby McFerrin--Circle Songs, Medicine Music, The Voice, Beyond Words, Vocabularies
Kate McGarry--Mercy Street, Show Me, If Less is More...Nothing is Everything, The Target
Marlui Miranda--Ihu Todos os Sons (Brazilian Amazon tribal project)
Joni Mitchell--Turbulent Indigo, Travelogue, Hissing of Summer Lawns, Hejira and many others
Moss—collaboration of Kate, McGarry, Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan and Luciana Souza
Mark Murphy--Very Early, Song for the Geese, Once to Every Heart, and many others
Milton Nascimento--Txai, Encuentros y Despedidas, Journey to Dawn, and many others (Brazilian singer and activist)
Sally Nolo—Tribu
Oregon--Oregon in Moscow (double album with Moscow Symphony Orchestra)
Dulce Pontes--O Primeiro Canto, Lagrimas (Portuguese singer)
Prayer Cycle--Alanis M, James Taylor, Nusrat, (collaboration by J. Elias)
Terry Riley--Lisbon Concert (avant garde pianist and composer)
Virginia Rodrigues--Sol Negro (Brazilian singer)
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross—Come On Home, Hottest New Group in Jazz, Sing a Song of Basie
Oumou Sangare—Oumou (Singer from Mali)
Marta Sebestyen-- Hungarian singer of ethnic and collaborative projects
Jane Siberry--When I was a Boy, Maria
Jami Sieber--Hidden Sky (cello album with elephants)
Moira Smiley & Voco—Blink
Luciana Souza—Neruda
SoVoSo--Truth and Other Stories, SoVoSo
Esperanza Spaulding—Esperanza, Chamber Music Society
Keith Terry’s website. He has a great ever-changing selection of world music at www.crosspulse.com
Toots Theilmans--Brasil Project 1 & 2
Linda Tillery & Cultural Heritage Choir--Front Porch Music
Moscow Art Trio--Hamburg Concert
Tuva--Voices from the Land of the Eagles
Vocal Line—Vocal Stories, Emotional Landscape (a cappella from Denmark)
Cassandra Wilson--Traveling Miles, Blue Light ‘til Dawn, New Moon Daughter
Norma Winstone—Distances, Stories Yet to Tell, Like Song Like Weather
Lizz Wright—Salt, Dreaming Wide Awake, Fellowship and The Orchard
Some other favorites… Aretha, Dead can Dance, Ursula Dudziak,.Ella Fitgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Al Jarreau, Ricki Lee Jones, , Iz (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole), Carmen McRae, Laura Nyro, Flora Purim, Dianne Reeves, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Stevie Wonder…and on and on.
Laurie Anderson--Strange Angels, Life on a String
Badi Assad—Chameleons (singer/guitarist from Brazil)
Bjork—Medulla (ever evolving Icelandic singer)
Whirimako Black—Tangihaku, Shrouded in the Mist (Maori singer)
Theo Bleckmann—Hello Earth The Music of Kate Bush
Baka Beyond--The Meeting Pool & Journey Between (Irish & Baka Forest people collaboration)
Mari Boine--Leahkastin (Unfolding), Balvvoslatjna (Room of Worship), Gula Gula (Sami singer from Norway)
Buika—Nina del Fuego (Singer from Spain)
Bulgarian Voices--Angelite
Betty Carter--With the Audience (Live at Great American Music Hall), Feed the Fire & many others
Sheila Chandra--The Zen Kiss (Indian singer living in London)
The Chieftains--Tears of Stone
Chiwoniso—Rebel Woman (young singer from Seattle and Zimbabwe)
Church—collaborative album of inspirational songs by R & B artists who grew up in the African-American church tradition like; Patti Austin, Patti LaBelle, Shirley Ceasar, Chaka Chan, Nnenna Freelon and more
Lila Downs--Tree of Life, One Blood Una Sangre (Mexican and world singer)
Latcho Drom--sound track of Roma diaspora film from India to Spain
Kurt Elling--The Messenger, Close Your Eyes, Man in the Air, NightMoves
Sidsel Endresen—Exile, Undertow, Out Here..In There, (Norwegian singer)
Cesaria Evora--all (singer from Cape Verde recently deceased)
Rachelle Ferrell--First Instrument, Live In Montreux, Individuality
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones--Outbound, Left of Cool
Jan Garbarek--Visible World, Twelve Moons, Selected Recordings ECM
Amy Gilliom Hanaiali’i—Hawaiian Tradition, Generation Hawaii
Herbie Hancock--Gershwin’s World and River (collaborative albums)
Raiatea Helms—Far Away Heaven, Sweet and Lovely (Hawaiian)
Abdullah Ibrahim--Echoes from Africa (pianist, South Africa)
Nusrat Fateh ali Khan--Night Song, Mustt Mustt (Pakastani singer )
Maria Joao--Cor (Portuguese singer)
Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole—Welo, Kaumakaiwa (Hawaiian singer)
Salif Keita—Moffou
Nancy King--Potato Radio, Impending Bloom, Dream Land Vol 1 & 2, Live at Jazz Standard with pianist Fred Hersch
Kitka--Voices on the Eastern Wind (Balkan vocal music)
1 Giant Leap--collaborative world music album
Abbey Lincoln--Turtle’s Dream, Wholly Earth and many others
Randy Lorenzo—I’m Going Home (Hawaiian singer)
Zap Mama--Adventures in Afropea
Rene Marie—Serene Renegade, Voice of My Beautiful Country
Bobby McFerrin--Circle Songs, Medicine Music, The Voice, Beyond Words, Vocabularies
Kate McGarry--Mercy Street, Show Me, If Less is More...Nothing is Everything, The Target
Marlui Miranda--Ihu Todos os Sons (Brazilian Amazon tribal project)
Joni Mitchell--Turbulent Indigo, Travelogue, Hissing of Summer Lawns, Hejira and many others
Moss—collaboration of Kate, McGarry, Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan and Luciana Souza
Mark Murphy--Very Early, Song for the Geese, Once to Every Heart, and many others
Milton Nascimento--Txai, Encuentros y Despedidas, Journey to Dawn, and many others (Brazilian singer and activist)
Sally Nolo—Tribu
Oregon--Oregon in Moscow (double album with Moscow Symphony Orchestra)
Dulce Pontes--O Primeiro Canto, Lagrimas (Portuguese singer)
Prayer Cycle--Alanis M, James Taylor, Nusrat, (collaboration by J. Elias)
Terry Riley--Lisbon Concert (avant garde pianist and composer)
Virginia Rodrigues--Sol Negro (Brazilian singer)
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross—Come On Home, Hottest New Group in Jazz, Sing a Song of Basie
Oumou Sangare—Oumou (Singer from Mali)
Marta Sebestyen-- Hungarian singer of ethnic and collaborative projects
Jane Siberry--When I was a Boy, Maria
Jami Sieber--Hidden Sky (cello album with elephants)
Moira Smiley & Voco—Blink
Luciana Souza—Neruda
SoVoSo--Truth and Other Stories, SoVoSo
Esperanza Spaulding—Esperanza, Chamber Music Society
Keith Terry’s website. He has a great ever-changing selection of world music at www.crosspulse.com
Toots Theilmans--Brasil Project 1 & 2
Linda Tillery & Cultural Heritage Choir--Front Porch Music
Moscow Art Trio--Hamburg Concert
Tuva--Voices from the Land of the Eagles
Vocal Line—Vocal Stories, Emotional Landscape (a cappella from Denmark)
Cassandra Wilson--Traveling Miles, Blue Light ‘til Dawn, New Moon Daughter
Norma Winstone—Distances, Stories Yet to Tell, Like Song Like Weather
Lizz Wright—Salt, Dreaming Wide Awake, Fellowship and The Orchard
Some other favorites… Aretha, Dead can Dance, Ursula Dudziak,.Ella Fitgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Al Jarreau, Ricki Lee Jones, , Iz (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole), Carmen McRae, Laura Nyro, Flora Purim, Dianne Reeves, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Stevie Wonder…and on and on.