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NEW RELEASES NR. 5 – 2015

Mariem & Vadiya Mint el Hanevi: Baila Sahara Baila NN 1141 / € 10,80 / 8429768011417 / label: Nubenegra / format: CD / – Popular Mariem Hassan is a Sahrawi singer and lyricist from Western Sahara. She sings in Hassaniya, an dialect spoken in Western Sahara and . Together with Vadiya Mint el Hanevi she now recorded an album in the context of the heritage of the Saharawi culture. The album also includes new mixes of some previously released tracks. The title song ‘Baila Sahara Baila’, with lyrics of the poet lamin Allal, presents the Saharawi dances as the centre of his life. His poems embrace these dances, waiting to resound in the tents of the desert, the liberated and the occupied territories and in the diaspora. Check out one of the dances by Vadiya and Mariem.

Various: 20 anos y un dia NN 2014 / € 5,95 / 8429768020143 / label: Nubenegra / format: CD / Various The Spanish record label Nubenegra has been around more than 20 years. In these years they have recorded music by Vieja Trova Santiaguera, Uxía, Mariem Hassan, Septeto Santiaguero. Luis Delgado, Hijas del Sol, Omara Portuondo, and many more. This budget-compilation-cd highlights the best of 20 years of Nubenegra, with 20+1 tracks. Enjoy the great variety of these artists!

Rumbacalí: El Duende, la Laz y la Noche KM 215 / € 11,25 /8429085270948 / label: Kasba / format: CD / – Flamenco/Rumba "El Duende, la Luz y la Noche" is the first album of Rumbacalí. Chacho, Maruja and Lita, three veterans of the Spanish flamenco scene, present this album with energy, and with the skills that have grown over the many years they have performed. Some of the best musicians and singers of the current rumba catalana scene were invited: La Troba Kung Fu, Peret, Marinah, Adriatic Salas (the singer of La Pegatina), Juan (from Los Banis) and Las Migas. Let us enjoy this oldschool, high energetic rumba flamenco! Watch this great video.

Stelios Petrakis Quartet: Avgi – Live in Heraklion Walls BUDA 860265 / € 12,25 / 3341348602653 / label: Buda Musique / format: CD+DVD / Crete - Folk Stelios Petrakis started studying the lyra at the age of eight in Sitia, his native town in Crete. He soon enriched his knowledge of the island’s musical repertoire by exploring other music forms, from Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. This has led him to perform with some of the best representatives of the various Mediterranean musical traditions. Stelios Petrakis is not only a musician but also a luthier (a luth-maker) and he makes his own instruments in his workshop in Heraklion. With this quartet, Stelios aims to present a large panorama of Cretan music, which he talently perpetuates by integrating his own compositions. The cd and dvd contain live recordings from concerts in 2014 in Peza, Heraklion and Athens. Check out this teaser.

Sanacore: Italie: Chants Traditionnels & Creations contemporaines – Les Essentiels BUDA 3788735 / € 10,95 / 0602537887354 / label: Buda Musique / format: 2-CD / Italy - Vocal With their arrangements of traditional Italian songs and contemporary creations, the four singers of Sanacore like to build bridges between oral culture and a musical writing that is rooted in this immaterial heritage. Melodic relays, rich harmonies, modulations, variations of pitch, tone colour and volume, superimpositions of styles and times, changes from one language to another no more barriers between high and low pitch; the sound goes from soprano to alto, covering its tracks and generating surprise, using a cappella voices as an array of instruments. Check out this teaser.

Safiye Ayla: Arsiv Serisi Safiye Ayla KA 313 / € 16,95 / 8691834006522 / label: Kalan / format: 2-CD / Turkey – Traditional The Turkish Safiye Ayla made her debut into the musical world in 1931. For many years she gave numerous concerts in all the famous music halls and theatres of Turkey. She also sang for Ankara and Istanbul radio stations. Ayla is undoubtly the most famous female singer of Turkey, and left an incredible stamp on the musical life of the 20th century in Turkey, making more than 500 records. She had a characteristic singing style marked by remarkable musical sensitivity and good diction. Her repertoire included classical songs, semi-classical songs, popular songs, folk and dance tunes and even gazals. The pieces on these two discs have been carefully chosen from among her 78rpm records and from those she sang for radio. With stylish booklet with lyrics an bio in English. Listen to one of the 45 tracks of the album.

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Proud to present that Xango Music distributes Nagam Records from now on. This label represents the works of the musical Khalife family, with Marcel Khalife as most famous exponent.

Marcel Khalife: Fall of the Moon NR 1020 / € 14,95 / 0700261349664 / label: Nagam / format: 2-CD / – Traditional There is perhaps no parallel in our modern times to the artistic bond between Lebanese oud-player and composer Marcel Khalife and poet . It is rare that a celebrated musician is the twin manifestation of a great contemporary poet. The lyrics presented on these two discs span nearly all forty years of Darwish’s poetry. Similar to the poet’s transformation over the years, the listener will easily distinguish Khalife’s multiple rebirths and returns. Khalife’s compositions are played by himself on oud and vocals and is backed by musicians on piano, double bass, percussion and more. The booklet contains translations of the poems in English. Listen to the first track of the album.

The back catalogue of Nagam Records contains:

Marcel Khalife Ahmad Al Arabi (1984) NR 1001 / 0085326199836 / format: CD / € 9,95 Marcel Khalife Arabic Coffeepot (1990) NR 1008 / 0085326199515 / format: CD / € 9,95 Marcel Khalife Summer Night’s Dream (1992) NR 1006 / 0085326197849 / format: CD / € 9,95 Marcel Khalife Magic Carpet (1998) NR 1007 / 0085326199829 / format: CD / € 9,95 Marcel Khalife Promises of the Storm (1999) NR 1010 / 0085326199911 / format: CD / € 9,95 Marcel Khalife Concerto Al Andalus (2002) NR 1011 / 0085326200211 / format: CD / € 9,95 Marcel Khalife Taqasim (2007) CC 50034 / 9006834500342 / format: CD / € 9,95 Marcel Khalife Jadal (2007) CC 50042 / 9006834500427 / format: CD / € 9,95 Marcel Khalife Caress (2008) CC 50044 / 9006834500441 / format: CD / € 9,95 Rami Khalife Scene from Hellek (2005) NR 2002 / 0085326199973 / format: CD / € 9,95 Rami Khalife Piano Concertos (2007) NR 2007 / 0085326200259 / format: CD / € 9,95 Rami Khalife Chaos (2009) CC 50072 / 4260178210724 / format: CD / € 9,95 Bachar-Mar Khalife Oil Sick (2010) NR 3001 / 0700261296777 / format: CD / € 9,95

Servet Devran: Dilbere KA 42 / € 10,95 / 8696135220424 / label: Kalan / format: CD / Kurdistan - Traditional 'Diberê'' is Servet Devran's debut album, with 10 songs composed by Ömer Evci. Most of the songs are in Kurdisch and based on the traditional Kurdisch poetry. This album shows the importance of poetry in the Kurdisch society and culture. Check out this track.

Various: Siberia – Tuvan Republic SA 141267 / € 4,25 / 3700089412677 / label: Air Mail Music / format: CD / Tuva – Traditional This album presents some fine examples of Khoomei or throat singing, from the inhabitants of Tuva, a Russian republic south of Siberia, close to Mongolia. It is fascinating music, easily accessible to our ears, evoking the great open spaces of the vast and little-known region.

Grupo Andino: Flutes des Andes SA 141266 / € 4,25 / 3700089412660 / label: Air Mail Music / format: CD / Andes - Traditional Grupo Andino performs traditional music of the Andes on the typical instruments, sikú, or zampona, quena, charanga and bombo. With its vitality and authenticity, this is music with universal appeal.

Painted Caves: Painted Caves AMAR 11/ € 11,40 / 0825576182727 / label: Amarrass / format: CD / USA – Various Painted Caves was formed in Milwaukee in November 2009 by Jordanian/American guitarist and vocalist Ali Lubbad and Palestinian/American oud virtuoso Mike Kashou. Painted Caves includes revolving musicians including qanun virtuoso Ali , vocalist/flautist Holly Wake, bassist Matthew Wilson and percussionist Andy Lopas. “Painted Caves play Middle Eastern influences psychedelic grooves that more or less follow the Silk Road in reverse back toward India. Their signature sound sets droll deadpan vocals over a hypnotic, clattering rhythm, a web of acoustic Middle Eastern instruments mingling with layers of guitar.” – New York Music Daily. Listen to this track.

Debora Gurgel: Debora Gurgel DG 3/ € 9,95 / 7898515692598 / label: Da Pa Virada / format: CD / Brazil – Jazz With 10 new songs, recorded live in the studio in various formations as a trio, quartet, septet and solo piano, Debora walks by choros, bossas, and several Brazilian rhythms, flirting also with jazz and Latin rhythms. Relying on the special participation of musicians Thiago 'Big' Rabello and Cuca Teixeira on drums, Sidiel Vieira and Marine Andreotti on acoustic bass, Dani Gurgel in voices, Guilherme Ribeiro on accordion, and Daniel D'Alcantara, Victor Alcantara, Carlos Alberto Alcantara and Mauricio "Laws" de Souza in the woodwinds, the work mixes jazz with the tenderness of Brazilian music. Check out this track.

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EXPECTED

Available from end of March: Various: Hanoi Masters – War is a Wound, Peace is a Scar GBCD 21 / € 10,95 / 4030433602126 / label: Glitterbeat / format: CD / Vietnam – Field recordings

Various: Hanoi Masters – War is a Wound, Peace is a Scar GBLP 21 / € 13,95 / 4030433602119 / label: Glitterbeat / format: LP+download / Vietnam – Field rec. This album is a haunting audio document recorded in the summer of 2014 by Grammy-award winning producer Ian Brennan (, Malawi Mouse Boys,The Good Ones). The sepia-tinged songs are sung and played live and direct by elderly Vietnamese musicians using half-forgotten traditional instruments. These musicians all have deep personal connections to the upheavals of the Vietnam War and the album’s mesmerizing mood navigates the blurred line between raw beauty and sadness. Here’s a small teaser.

Releasedate 24 April: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Ba Power GBCD 23 / € 10,95 / 4030433602324 / label: Glitterbeat / format: CD / Mali – Rock

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Ba Power GBLP 23 / € 13,95 / 4030433602317 / label: Glitterbeat / format: LP+download / Mali – Rock Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba’s fourth album Ba Power (and his first for Glitterbeat Records) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much heralded Jama Ko album, Bassekou’s band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly and Bassekou’s masterful ngoni playing has achieved a new level of intensity that can only be called: afro-rock. Distortion and wah wah and propulsive rhythms are now the defining backbone of his songs and the heat lightning vocals of his wife Amy Sacko, more than ever serve as the passionate and perfect foil. This is not the same Ngoni Ba. This is indeed: Ba Power. Also available: Segu Blue (OH 7), I Speak Fula (OH 13 / OHLP 13) and Jama Ko (OH 21 / OHLP 21). Order now! Check out this teaser.

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REVIEWS fRoots #381 March 2015 Slagwerkkrant #186 March/April 2015 Samba Toure: Gandadiko GBCD 20/GBLP 20 Nils Fischer & Timbazo: Rumberos a Monton TBP 15002 SO III: Muuttonaurujen Parvia SUVISCD 4 Ethiocolor : Ethiocolor SSCD 3 NRC March 2, 2015 Cimbaliband: Vidampark FA 2982 Namvula: Shiwezwa NMRCD 1

Heaven #2 March/April 2015 World Music Charts Europe March 2015 Ali Khattab: Sin Pais ND 1401 Samba Touré: Gandadiko GBCD 20/GBLP 20 Jon Hassell & Brian Eno: Fourth World GBCD 19/GBLP 19 Tara Fuki: Winna MAM 5512 Tania Saleh: A Few Images FXCD 404 Dina El Wedidi: Turning Back FXCD 406 Tara Fuki: Winna MAM 5512 Che Sudaka: Hoy CAVREC 3 Waed Bouhassoun: L’Ame du Luth BUDA 3792908 Varoius: Songs From A Stolen Spring FXCD 405

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