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SoundRoots Top 20 Global Albums of 2011
Which sounds pretty exciting, and it is. Because here are the best CDs of 2011, globe-style. We returned to these again and again, and Spin The Globe listeners responded by demanding more. You've read about many of these albums here, and heard them on the STG podcast. If you haven't had time yet to make your wish list for Christmas (or your own culture's equivalent gift-fest), feel free to print this out hand hand it to your loved ones.
Ladies and gentlemen, in no particular order, the list:
Sia Tolno's My Life was the last album added to the list, and deservedly so. It's a solid offering with bits of Afrobeat, Congolese rumba, desert blues and more rendered in Creole, English, and her native Kissi. Read more in last week's SoundRoots review.
And this being Monday, I can't leave without sharing some music with you. Another recent release comes from the Kora Jazz Band, consisting of Abdoulaye Diabate (piano), Yakhouba Sissokho (kora), and Moussa Sissokho (percussion). They've got some magic going on, with original Afro-jazz pieces, alongside creative arrangements like this interpretation of Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va." Enjoy!
[mp3] Kora Jazz Band: Oye Como Va
from the album Kora Jazz Band and Guests
More Kora Jazz Band:
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SoundRoots Top 20 Global Albums of 2011
Which sounds pretty exciting, and it is. Because here are the best CDs of 2011, globe-style. We returned to these again and again, and Spin The Globe listeners responded by demanding more. You've read about many of these albums here, and heard them on the STG podcast. If you haven't had time yet to make your wish list for Christmas (or your own culture's equivalent gift-fest), feel free to print this out hand hand it to your loved ones.
Ladies and gentlemen, in no particular order, the list:
- Kiran Ahluwalia: Aam Zameen-Common Ground
- Kora Jazz Band: Kora Jazz Band and Guests
- Tribeqa: Qolors
- Te Vaka: Havili
- Les Freres Smith: Contreband Mentality
- Nawal: Embrace the Spirit
- Nation Beat: Growing Stone
- Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orchestra: I Lumia Mo Kher
- Aurelio (Martinez): Laru Beya
- Ravid Kahalani: Yemen Blues
- Vusi Mahlasela: Say Africa
- DeLeon: Casata
- Ocote Soul Sounds: Taurus
- Hadag Nahash: 6
- Boban & Marko Markovic Orkestra and Fanfare Ciocarlia: Balkan Brass Battle
- Sia Tolno: My Life
- Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Cotonou Club
- Trio Chemerani: Invite
- Tinariwen: Tasili
- Cacique '97: Cacique '97
Sia Tolno's My Life was the last album added to the list, and deservedly so. It's a solid offering with bits of Afrobeat, Congolese rumba, desert blues and more rendered in Creole, English, and her native Kissi. Read more in last week's SoundRoots review.
And this being Monday, I can't leave without sharing some music with you. Another recent release comes from the Kora Jazz Band, consisting of Abdoulaye Diabate (piano), Yakhouba Sissokho (kora), and Moussa Sissokho (percussion). They've got some magic going on, with original Afro-jazz pieces, alongside creative arrangements like this interpretation of Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va." Enjoy!
[mp3] Kora Jazz Band: Oye Como Va
from the album Kora Jazz Band and Guests
More Kora Jazz Band:
Listen / buy CD
website
hear more on SoundCloud
video
