A couple of things I have bought on used vinyl ($1.98 apiece!!) a Flamenco-Blues album on Hanibal Records The Group is Pata Negra it's titled "Blues de la Frontera" recorded in Spain sounds great and the music is really exciting.They play some in both styles and some in a mix.Really worth looking for.The other is an expatriate Argentine Commie residing in Paris,by the name of Atahualpa Yupanqui.The LP is titled "Camino Del Indio".He looks to be in his 80s when this LP was done,yet he doesn't suffer for energy or soul.The music is a synthesis of Argentine Indios and Folk with a bit of a very personal life in exile mixed in.Both LP s are exceptional,both in spanish which I don't speak.Yet both I want to play over and over.
World Music new
Boy . . I have been hearing some wonderful music from round the world lately. I'm wondering if you have.
Here a few very satisfying ones-
Marta Topferova- La Marea (World Village/harmonia mundi usa). A Czech lass who sings in Spanish with a nice rhythmic ensemble of players behind her.
Christina Branco- Ulisses (Decca). A plaintive little Portugese fado singer. Excellent recording quality, too.
Habib Koite- Afriki (Cumbancha). Sweet and soulful in any language.
Vas- Feast Of Silence (Narada). The most moving Azam Ali collaboration of the several I've heard.
Lhasa De Sela- La Llorona (Atlantic/Wea). South of the border torch.
Descriptions of these recordings and the artists can be read on Amazon but the samples don't do them justice.
Here a few very satisfying ones-
Marta Topferova- La Marea (World Village/harmonia mundi usa). A Czech lass who sings in Spanish with a nice rhythmic ensemble of players behind her.
Christina Branco- Ulisses (Decca). A plaintive little Portugese fado singer. Excellent recording quality, too.
Habib Koite- Afriki (Cumbancha). Sweet and soulful in any language.
Vas- Feast Of Silence (Narada). The most moving Azam Ali collaboration of the several I've heard.
Lhasa De Sela- La Llorona (Atlantic/Wea). South of the border torch.
Descriptions of these recordings and the artists can be read on Amazon but the samples don't do them justice.