NacMacFeegle - Since you already have so much to sift through I will only recommend 2 albums so please take that as my top two that never get old in my book.
The first is Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Vol. 3 a Bulgarian womans chior that stack chords like I have never heard. Very dark and very unique IMO.
The second is a very different flavor but it is almost like a Latin Jazz thing the band is Pepe & Bottle Blondes. That's my 2¢
Wakeride..Thanks for the tips...I already have some Mystere stuff and love it..It's great for Christmas time instead of cds with 'standard' fare on them. I'll also be checking out Pepe...Love BVSC already.
My wallet thanks you too :allteeth:
In this vein, I don't think anyone has mentioned King Sunny Ade.
that's another BIG ONE right there and since a lot of you are mentioning African music here's a link of more http://africanmusic.org/alpha.html :allteeth:
i forgot to mention another great voice is Irinia Mikhailova (if you decide to check out Natacha Atlas check out Irinia Mikhailova as well) http://www.irinamikhailova.com/ a little info from the site: Irina is a cross-pollinating vocalist, composer, and multi instrumentalist whose musical style reflects the rich traditions of Russia, the Middle East and Asia. Born into a family of professional musicians in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, Irina currently resides in San Francisco, California. Rich with the multi-ethnic sounds that surrounded her childhood, and the power and depth of her own soul, she lends her warm and other-worldly vocals to an eclectic range of music from classical to traditional, as well as electronic and other crossover genres.
lol someone needs to cut my fingers off from typing and replying to this thread (i'm already trying to hold back a little bit with recommendations) :rs1smile:
yeah that's another good one, i don't know why, but i always seem to mix up badi assad and baden powell together even though their obviously separate genders maybe it's because they're kinda similar both guitar and brazilian music
yeah that's another good one, i don't know why, but i always seem to mix up badi assad and baden powell together even though their obviously separate genders maybe it's because they're kinda similar both guitar and brazilian music
I think she comes to my mind because in recording like "Rhythms" she did guitar, some vocal, and a little percussions; she was adventurous and unconventional.
Another one that comes to mind is the Mongolian singer Tal Nutag's "Voices of Urna Chahartugchi", this is a binaural recording, may be difficult to find now.
Got this as a text book while taking a world music class at UCSD. Obviously it is not comprehensive, being only one (thick) book but it does covers major (traditional) world music artists and the history of the culture/music. The class was great, got to see Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Zap Mama live because of it. Both not mentioned in this thread yet. Got turned to Baba Maal, Khaled, Apache Indian, Oumou Sangaré, and all sorts of stuff from it.
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