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BLK JKS: Abantu / Before Humans GBCD 108 / € 10,45 / 4030433610824 / label: Glitterbeat Records / format: CD / – Popular GBLP 108 / € 13,45 / 4030433610817 / label: Glitterbeat Records / format: LP / South Africa – Popular Monster grooves meet guitar and brass driven afro-rock. Echoes of spiritual jazz, post-apocalyptic funk, renegade dub and kwaito. Features Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and Beastie Boys accomplice Money Mark on the track 'Maiga'. 'Now with Abantu/ Before Humans' this present has a fiercely retro-futuristic fresh moniker: Afropunk. These brothers just want to jam. To say BLK JKS poured gas on the fire down below or lit the flames that created the soundtrack for the nascent Afropunk movement in their home country of South Africa especially... would not be too far off the mark. Listen to a track.

Khaira Arby: Live In New York 2010 (LP release June 18th, 2021) CLECD 33 / € 9,95 / 0711574917822 / label: Clermont Music / format: CD / Mali – Popular CLELP 33 / € 17,45 / 0711574917815 / label: Clermont Music / format: LP / Mali – Popular As the lights dim and Malian diva Khaira Arby steps into the spotlight, the audience jumps up with shouts and cheers. People loved the late Khaira Arby for the fire and passion of her voice. Pushing boundaries, Khaira triumphs as this recently restored concert recording testifies. R at Khaira's first performance in North America. Her excitement and pride can be heard in the strength of her delivery. In complete control, she received standing ovations throughout the evening. Accompanied by backup singers and her hot rock band she showed people how cultures are blended while still preserving her Malian roots.Listen to a track.

Various: Republicafrobeat Vol. 5 – Mujeres II KM 421 / € 10,95 / 8435307612243 / label: Kasba / format: CD / Various – Afrobeat KMV 151038 / € 13,95 / 8435307612250 / label: Kasba / format: LP / Various – Afrobeat After the success of the collaboration between Afrobeat Project and Kasba Music in 2017, when they published the first international compilation of women in Afrobeat, which in turn was the fourth Afrobeat Project compilation, now the release of "Republicafrobeat Vol.5 – Mujeres II" is a fact. A new album that gathers artistic proposals from countries as distant as UK, USA, Poland, Brazil, Chile, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa and Mozambique, with only two points in common, being led by women and being artistically dedicated to Afrobeat.

Balkan Taksim: Disko Telegraf (release May 28th, 2021) BUDA 860364 / € 11,05 / 3341348603643 / label: Buda Musique / format: CD / Romania – Fusion BUDA 260321 / € 14,95 / 3341342603212 / label: Buda Musique / format: 2LP / Romania – Fusion Balkan Taksim is the corduroy-clad brainchild of Bucharest-based multi-instrumentalist artist Sasa-Liviu Stoianovici who, along with his electronica producer companion Alin Zabrauteanu, is on a quest to inform, educate and entertain audiences around the globe about Balkan psych, roots and grooves. Balkan Taksim are a band known for raising a groovy-balkan storm with their intoxicating blend of sharp contemporary electronic music with Balkan psychsounds & vocals! No banging overrated techno spiced up with darbuka samples here… Balkan Taksim’s music is sincere and deep. Listen.

Rita Payes: Como La Piel 7612502 / € 14,95 / 8435307612502 / label: T-sunami / format: CD / Spain-Catalunya – Popular Rita Payes is worth betting on. She is only 21 years old, but her songs sum up duende, honesty, class and passion. As long as her talent grows and doesn't derail, she could - perfectly - end up playing in the same league as Sílvia Perez Cruz, Rocío Marquez, Maria Arnal or Andrea Motis, to name just four women who trace a similar path through some of the most venerable styles of our popular music. It seemed that this Catalan trombonist, born in Maresme, was going to be all about jazz. Her voice could also resonate at any festival of the genre. But it goes much further than that. It is much more than that. Listen to a track.

Kolektivni Halucinace: Reality 2664564 / € 10,95 / 8595026645646 / label: Indies Scope / format: CD / Czech Republic – Popular The trio, Kolektivní Halucinace (i.e. The Collective Hallucination), releases an authentic album about the labyrinth of the present. The third album from these nu-folk alternatives named ‘Reality’ deals with the scenery of these special times. The band hunts in a wide range of music, from acoustic ballads through ambient moods to experimental electronics, thanks to which their songs hit you like an arrow.

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Tarquim: A Cuba SIL 7 / € 11,45 / 8435307612663 / label: Say It Loud / format: CD / Spain – Cuban SLP7 / € 16,45 / 8435307612694 / label: Say It Loud / format: LP / Spain – Cuban Tarquim, is a musical project dedicated to the creation of new songs from the study of different folk and popular musical traditions. It is led by saxophonist, flautist, composer and producer Pau Vidal. 'A Cuba' stems from Vidal's admiration for the Cuban and Afro-Cuban musical tradition. This led him to spend several months in Havana to study with some of the island's best musicians, such as Jose Eladio Amat Medina, 'Julito' Padron, Lazaro Hernandez and Eduardo Rubio, flautist of the emblematic Orquesta Aragon. With the intention of getting to know, share and learn from the different cultural manifestations in their full dimension, not only through records. Son, guaracha, descarga, bolero, salsa? Pure Rhythm! Listen

Extrano Weys: Rodrigo Lavina Y Su Combo SIL 10 / € 11,45 / 8435307612670 / label: Say It Loud / format: CD / Spain – Popular Extrano Weys presents Rodrigo Lavina and his combo. After 7 years Extrano Weys returns. With this work, the combo goes beyond the soul and jazz inspirations of the previous reference to venture into other textures such as sixties psychedelia, tribute to Catalan ye-ye pop or Brazilian music. Rhythm boxes, sampling and rhymes and crooning in a new -improved!- release by the already mythical group. Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the journey, no testimonies, no prisoners, no hostages! With the luxurious contributions of Joana Gomila and Laia Valles (Folk Souvenir, Paradís...), Marti Sales (Surfing Sirles) and Marta Garret (The Bop Collective...). Listen to a track.

Patax: Plays The Beatles YOUKALI 196 / € 9,95 / 7427244783828 / label: Youkali Music / format: CD / Spain – Popular Picking up the baton of Jazz Fusion greats like Weather Report, Corea’s Elektric Band, Herbie Hancock, Sixun or Zawinul Syndicate, and directly flavored by the visionary & multi-colored sounds of Irakere, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Hermeto Pascoal or Paco de Lucía, PATAX takes “Fusion” genre into a completely new space. This album is Patax's musical tribute to the most influential band in history. In this ambitious album, recorded live, the most iconic Beatles hits are performed in a way that had never been seen before, giving a completely innovative approach. The listener will be taken to a coloristic paradise where the blend of flamenco, salsa, hip-hop and jazz will climax in a surprising musical orgasm. Teaser.

Kerem feat. Diego El Cigala: Cuatro Naranjas YOUKALI 194 / € 9,95 / 7427244783798 / label: Youkali Music / format: CD / Spain – Flamenco Turkish flamenco guitarist Kerem presents his record, 'Cuatro Naranjas', in which maestros of the stature of Diego el Cigala, David el Galli, Israel el Pirana, Rafita de Madrid, Guillermo Manzano and Luis de Periquin have collaborated. The record is produced by Juan José Suárez 'Paquete', ex-member of the legendary group La Barbería del Sur and one of the most outstanding producers in flamenco today. "Cuatro Naranjas' presents a dialogue with traditional Turkish music, of which the performer is a profound connoisseur through family tradition. Some of the stars of Turkish music also collaborate on the album, such as Osman Nuri Ozpekel (ud and tampur) and Ayse Nur (vocals). The album includes tangos, bulerias, soleares, tarantas, seguiriyas, rumbas, bolero por bulerias and a traditional Turkish song. Listen to a track.

Juan Antonio Sanchez: Dentro YOUKALI 195 / € 9,95 / 7427244783811 / label: Youkali Music / format: CD / Spain – Flamenco Juan Antonio Sanchez, composer and pianist, was born in Cordoba in 1981. He graduated in Piano at the Conservatorio Superior de Cordoba "Rafael Orozco", with the professor Juan Miguel Moreno Calderon and graduated in Teaching with a degree in Music at the Faculty of Education Sciences. 'Dentro' is a natural evolution towards its own way of telling what you feel, a search to find the most personal word or note, the one you most identify with. The piano is the instrument and flamenco the language in which it develops, its environment and its place of origin, its starting point, but not without leaving behind nods to styles such as jazz or Latin. Listen.

Gianmaria Testa: Solo – Dal Vivo (New Edition) OTR 6 / € 9,95 / 8015948301487 / label: Odd Times Records / format: CD / Italy – Popular Gianmaria Testa's music makes you feel like you are on holidays in Italy. If you want to immerse yourself in the warm and intimate Italian ambiance, listen to this album of this charming singer. Testa's melodies are fairy-like. The singer writes a lot about women and he has a good reason to do so: 'For normal people like me, women are the most important thing: 'For normal people like me, without any means of power, love is the only way to reach paradise.' So now we have this little gem in our hands: eighteen songs (plus a prologue and a handful of verses by regular Pier Mario Giovannone) taken from his six studio albums (five, actually, because there's nothing from "Extramuros", his second album). Listen to a track.

Banda Elastica Pellizza: Le Piu Migliori INC 278 / € 8,95 / 8058333574141 / label: Incipit / format: CD / Italy – Popular It was in 2008 when Banda Elastica Pellizza presented its first and successful album 'La parola che consola'. Now they return with the anthological CD 'Le Piu Migliori: a collection of 15 tracks, including three previously unreleased ones, which brings together the best from the three albums released so far by EGEA: 'La parola che consola' (2008), 'Oggi no' (2012), 'Embe?' (2015). The line-up is the same as before: Pellizza on vocals and guitar, Bati Bertolio on keyboards and accordion, Andrea Sicurella on guitar and clarinet, Alessandro Aramu on bass and Paolo Rigotto on drums. A journey into the kaleidoscopic world of Daniele Pellizza Pelizzari, author of music and lyrics. Listen. Xango Music Distribution Release #10 – 2021 Pagina | 2

Basco feat. Julie Hjetland: Raek Mig Faklen (LP release June 18th, 2021) GO 1520 / € 11,50 / 5705934003978 / label: Go’Danish / format: CD / Various – Folk GOLP 1520 / € 16,95 / 5705934003985 / label: Go’Danish / format: LP / Various – Folk The prize winning Nordic quintet Basco is made up of Scottish multi-instrumentalist Hal Parfitt-Murray, the Danish Andreas Tophøj and Anders Ringgaard, the virtuoso citternist Ale Carr and the irrepressable Danish/Norwegian singer Jullie Hjetland, and together they rework folk-tales and legends from Scandianavia so they steam with fear and love, violence and merryment, hate and sadness. Basco and Jullie have given the old stories from the north new life with the help of a handful of authors from the nordic countries, counterpointing the tales with elements of smoky scottish reels, flying norwegian halling dances, polkas from a danish summer night, and the echos of the trolls in a deep swedish forest.

Stringflip: Stringflip GO 421 / € 11,50 / 5705934004081 / label: Go’danis / format: CD / Denmark – Folk Stringflip is a collective of young and gifted musicians with a refreshing take on folk music traditions. Performing almost purely original compositions, the quartet’s members are well versed in Nordic and Celtic music styles and compose new tunes which develop the genres whilst respecting the traditions. On this debut album, each member has contributed two original compositions which draw on their varied artistic backgrounds and lead the listener through an array of musical landscapes: presented with the peculiar rhythmic structures and melancholic moods of Swedish folk music, the energetic grooves and melodies of Danish and Irish traditional music, as well as arrangements resembling classical art music. The album is tied together by the unique sound and vision that defines Stringflip - energetic, simple and uplifting.

Enzo-Enzo: Eau-Calme 843812 / € 9,45 / 0683489947426 / label: Absilone / format: CD / France – Popular Enzo-Enzo, unforgettable interpreter of the singer-songwriter genre presents her new album Eau-Calme'. After sixty years of childhood, she wanted to be pure and simple, this album is a repertoire of songs and lyrics by Romain Didier, Allain Leprest, Kent, Art Mengo, Marie Nimier, Marc Estève, François Bréant, and a duet with Stacey Kent! An hour when the hustle and bustle passes, the sun beats down, the air softens. Without knowing if it was taking her for a walk or a crossing, she trusted her emotional instinct, and it led her towards an album with a bias towards softness and simplicity. Listen.

Lassi Valtonen: Sosiaalinen Panttivanki ECD 2021135 / € 9,95 / 1954979013570 / label: Eclipse Music / format: CD / Finland – Popular ELP 202132 / € 14,95 / 1954979003120 / label: Eclipse Music / format: LP / Finland – Popular Singer-songwriter Lassi Valtonen releases a new album after a five-year break. The long-awaited third album is entirely Valtonen's own handwriting and his most vocal release to date. A songwriter with a unique voice and weighty sayings about life and society. ‘Sosiaalinen Panttivanki (Social Hostage)’ is a daring, fresh start to Lassi’s career, but the songs on the album are sure to please his old fans as well. Lassi's trademark is his voice, which always has a strong feeling, and it exudes through every song on this album as well. Listen.

Odd Brew: Kummapaahtoa (release May 28th, 2021) ECD 2021138 / € 9,95 / 1960064661380 / label: Eclipse Music / format: CD / Finland – Jazz Odd Brew is an idiosyncratic Finnish band, collecting elements from a diverse range of musics, such as Top 40 pop songs, classical tunes, Finnish folk, West African music, , 80s fusion, and smashing them all into a blender full of jazz. Arranging and original compositions are penned by the bandleader Santeri Kaipiainen. The final fermentation products served by the quintet are intended to be eaten with the freshest ears. Members: Santeri Kaipiainen - piano, keyboards, trumpet, compositions and arrangements / Vili Kallonen - drums / Jere Mantykangas - guitar / Aki Saira - soprano and alto saxophones / Hanna Turunen - acoustic and electric bass.

Jazz Furniture: Jazz Furniture CAP 21932 / € 16,95 / 7391782219326 / label: Caprice Records / format: 2LP / Sweden – Jazz Jazz Furniture was the name of a jazz group that spoke for themselves. Jazz Furniture included: Magnus Broo, trumpet; Per "Texas" Johansson and Fredrik Ljungkvist, saxophones; Esbjorn Svensson, piano; Dan Berglund bass; and Magnus Ostrom drums. Originating with the ambitious project, 'Swedish Jazz Future', the group took the playful name, Jazz Furniture. The cover art shows what it is all about – Jazz Furniture crushes the old jazz furnishings, with great respect and finesse. With roots in the 1950s and 1960s, they set their very personal stamp on the music through their expressive playing style – reminiscent of the feeling one finds in . Using rock's terminology, it can be said that Jazz Furniture played a kind of 'trash jazz'.

Toku: Toku In Paris JZE 11005 / € 9,45 / 3760288800927 / label: Absilone / format: CD / Japan – Jazz Toku? Imagine the deep, clear voice of a true crooner: inimitable, never forced. As relaxed as a stroll through Paris, his wide vocal range sways as gently as a boat cruising down the Seine. For those who aren’t familiar with the name, Toku has been considered a great musician in the Land of the Rising Sun for over 20 years. Luckily for us, he’s able to escape to Paris from time to time. When playing, most often on the flugelhorn but also on the trumpet, Toku has a very unique sound. A sound filled with tenderness and a kind of placid strength. On this recording, Toku invites us to take a poetic stroll through his Paris. Listen to a track.

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Hamdi Benani – Mehdi Haddab – Speed Caravan: Nuba Nova BUDA 860365 / € 11,05 / 3341348603650 / label: Buda Musique / format: CD / Algeria – Popular It began with Mehdi Haddab, Franco-Algerian magician of the electric oud, and his ambition to compare notes and share inspiration with the master of the malouf annabi, Sheikh Hamdi Benani. It was natural that an album would follow. A high-calibre crew is brought on board. Hamdi Benani is surrounded by musicians he trusts. Mehdi Haddab, for his part, brings accomplices who are used to taking risks. Think of it as a transgressive descendant of Algerian classical music, offspring of the Nuba form which gave birth to the famous stylistic movements of Tlemcen, Algiers and Constantine. Crucibles of the Arab-Andalusian heritage of Seville, Granada and Cordoba, established between the 8th and 15th centuries in royal courts and intellectual circles.

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: Meridiana (release June 18th, 2021) PON 151 / € 10,95 / 8030482002737 / label: Ponderosa / format: CD / Italy – Folk Founded in 1975 by the writer Rina Durante, the Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino is the most important popular music group in Salento, the first to be formed in Apulia. Italy's fascinating dichotomy of tradition and modernity come together in the music of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino: the seven piece band and dancer are the leading exponents in a new wave of young performers re-inventing Southern Italy's Pizzica musical and dance traditions for today's global audience. Their music is an explosion of energy, passion, rhythm and magic, taking you on a journey from the past to the present to the beat of the tambourine, the beating heart of Salento tradition. Special guest Red Baraat.

Dal:um: Similar & Different (release June 25th, 2021) GBCD 112 / € 10,45 / 4030433611227 / label: tak:til / format: CD / South Korea – Fusion Dal:um is a musical duo based in Seoul, who challenges the sonic possibilities of Korea’s most well-known traditional string instruments: the gayageum and geomungo. Ethereal and otherworldly, Dal:um create a compelling soundworld that treasures subtle dynamics and the space between the notes. Two musicians. Two weighty acoustic stringed instruments. A dialogue between traditional and experimental practices. A melding of both new possibilities and deeply travelled resonances. Dal:um’s beautifully balanced and expansive music is defined by inspired dialogue and creative paradox. Listen.

Amparanoia: Himnopsis Colectiva (release postponed until July 2nd, 2021) LMR 2021001 / € 10,95 / 8435633999537 / label: Mamita Records / format: CD / Spain – Mestizo ‘Himnopsis Colectiva’, is the title of the new album of Amparanoia, definitely one of Spain’s leading world music bands. Amparanoia stands since 2007 for an authentic southern mestizo sound with the caractheristic and unrivaled voice and appearence of Amparo Sánchez. There is of course the representative warm voice of Amparo Sánchez, that goes so well together with her typical musical style that deals of course with old style cumbia, some carribean tunes, rumba or boogaloo, but even so with a more electronic approach, desert rock, Balkan-influenced songs or pure pop music. Listen to a track. Best Sellers Top 5 1. Samba Touré: Binga GBCD 110 2. Omar Sosa: An East African Journey MDC 23 3. Various: Zanzibara 10 BUDA 860354 / BUDA 260317 4. Tania Saleh: 10 A.D. FXCD 476 5. Wasis Diop: De La Glace Dans La Gazelle MDC 28 REVIEWS Transglobal World Music Chart May 2021 Gonzo Circus #163 2021 Omar Sosa: An East African Journey MDC 23 Comorian: We Are An Island, But We’re Not Alone GBCD 109 San Salvador: La Grande Folie MDC 26 Lust for Life #109 2021 Samba Touré: Binga GBCD 110 Amparo Sanchez: B.S.O. La Nina Y El Lobo Vol. 1 VLR 2015 L’Alba: A Principiu BUDA 860367 Trouw 14 May 2021 Various: Zanzibara 10 BUDA 860354 / BUDA 260317 Comorian-We Are An Island, But we’re Not Alone GBCD 109 Tania Saleh: 10 A.D. FXCD 476 Wasis Diop: De La Glace Dans La Gazelle MDC 28 Dalinda: Atjarok FA 4612 Heaven #3 2021 Balkan Taksim: Disko Telegraf BUDA 860374 / BUDA 260321 The Chair: Orkney Monster FGCD 25 World Music Charts Europe May 2021 Judy Fairnbairns: Edge Of The Wild WBM 8 Samba Touré: Binga GBCD 110 Susanna Aleksandra: The Siren ECD 2020129 / ELP 202028 Omar Sosa: An East African Journey MDC 23 Arnold de Boer: Minimal Guitar MRCD 31 / MRLP 31 Mabel Flores: Meraki KM 121 Enrico Ghelardi Shanti Project: Peace For Earth AFMCD 228 MuziekMozaïek Folk & Jazz #1 2021 Chuck Johnson: The Cinder Grove GBCD 106 / GBLP 106 Refa (Refugees for Refugees) MP 7 & MP 11 Giancarlo Romani: Naïf AFMCD 230 Las Lloronas: Soaked MZP 13 UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra: Phonix: Hvad Intet Ore Horte End GO 1019 Music Of Haarla, Heinila, Kasurinen & Ronka ECD 2020109 Inver: Heading Out GO 1319 Marjo Smolander: Cosmologies MKM 1 Masters Of Frame Drums: Elements 2GN 10 Omar Sosa: An East African Journey MDC 23 Jazzism #2 2021 Various: Zanzibara 10 BUDA 860354 / BUDA 260317 Sam Mangwana: Lubamba MDC 27 Tao Ravao & Vincebt Bucher: Piment Bleu BUDA 860363 ESpanje #2 April-June 2021 Ultimarata & Fontana: Natura Studio RMR 479 Okan: Espiral LWRCD 11 / LWRLP 11

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