 Vienna, Austria - Tibetan music to western audiences have often symbolized meditative mindscapes and spirituality, often luring them into experiencing the mystical with the appeal of its otherworldly chanting and sound.
And then in a world where an ancient culture is trying to survive against all odds comes a singer with a petite frame, powerhouse personality and an explosive voice to create music that is a perfect blend of ancient lost world sound gliding along in parallels to upbeat, chic and energetic club grooves.
By preserving the traditional core of Tibet in one (Pure) to transporting its international presence to the most contemporary of platforms with all its flavor intact, Namgyal Lhamo's latest albums are a real treat.
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WOMEX Announces 2007 Top World Music Labels Award Winners |
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 Berlin, Germany - WOMEX announced the names of the record companies that won the 2007 World Music Labels Awards. The awards are presented by WOMEX and the World Music Charts Europe (WMCE) to the top-20 chart topping music labels. The Top 3 labels will be honored at the Sunday, October 28th, award ceremony at WOMEX Sevilla.
The top three labels are:
1) Stern's (UK)
Chart-topping CDs: Various Artists: Authenticité - The Syliphone Years ; Africando: Ketukuba; The Rail Ban...
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Manu Chao's Polyglot Melting Pot of Lyrics and Music |
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 Manu Chao
La Radiolina (Nacional Records, 2007)
After a 6 year hiatus Manu Chao has blazed back onto the music scene with his third solo album La Radiolina. He previous offerings Clandestino and Proxima Estacion: Esperanza, along with his work with the punk-heavy sound of the band Mano Negra, have elevated Chao to star status in Europe and Latin America and a growing populari...
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Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land |
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 San Francisco (California), USA - Champeta is the riotous Afro-Colombian street sound of Colombia's Caribbean coast - a powder-keg of rhythms from local slave descendents brewed together with Congolese soukous, Ghanaian highlife, and Nigerian Afro-beat. Three years in the making Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land (TUGCD1035) finds Colombian Champeta stars Viviano Torres, Luis Towers and Justo Valdez jamming with African legends Dally Kimoko, Diblo Dibala, Sekou Diabate , Nyboma and Rigo Star, bringing Afro-Colombian grooves back home to African soil. Afro-Latin rhythms have never sounded like this before....
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The Rough Guide To Latino Nuevo |
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 San Francisco (California), USA - Contemporary Latin music offers a unique melting pot of fresh flavors reflecting ever widening influences and cross-pollinations. From surf-rock band Cuban Cowboys to the sultry Colombian lilt of Hector Buitrago’s trance-inducing electro-cumbia, The Rough Guide to Latino Nuevo (RGNET1190CD) is meant to be a passport to the intriguing world of fresh Latin sounds.
This album includes many of the exciting and innovative Latin bands around today, offering a real insight into Latin music of the twenty-first century. A good number of these artists are self-produced and on independent labels, so there is an emphasis on disco...
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