[Sarchi]

I have pretty limited exposure to "world music"....limited to stuff like Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Cuban Buena Vista artists, Manu Chao, some bossa nova.

I would be interested in some latin, klezmer and African recommendations....and others, though to be honest I'm not that interested in South Asian music. Good sound would be a plus as well.

 

[seals]

I'm also semi-interested in this. The only recommendation I could think of for you is "Sigor Ros". I'm not sure if it is classified as world, but it is sung in Icelandic.

 

[wes.coleman]

"Gati Bongo" by Orchestre Baka de Gbine
"Gypsy Boogaloo" by Willie & Lobo (actually any album from them is good)
"Jehro" by Jehro
Anything from Anoushka Shankar (Yes, Ravi Shankar's daughter)

^Those are all albums, BTW

 

[Sarchi]

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Originally Posted by wes.coleman /img/forum/go_quote.gif Anything from Anoushka Shankar (Yes, Ravi Shankar's daughter)

Cool, I'd noticed they're touring togther these days.

Of course, Ravi Shankar has another musician daughter, Norah Jones.

 

[tru blu]

African Pearls, Vol. 1: Congo, Rumba On The River - an excellent two-CD compilation of Afro-Cuban music from the Congo. Cuban music was huge in Africa starting in the late '40s, but in Congo it was even more centered around guitar. Eventually, it turned into a buoyant funk style called soukous.

Another good African compilation:
The Music In My Head, Vols. 1 and 2 - Subtitled "indispensable classics and unknown gems from the golden age [the '70s] of African pop," and they're not lying.

 

[NacMacFeegle]

Why don't you try this thread

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...ghlight=fewtch

It's kinda long but there is some great stuff recommended in there.

As an aside I sure do miss Antiant.Wonder what he did...

 

[Antony6555]

I recommend Tibetan temple bowls. They are very relaxing and you can definetly get lost in them, though you may find them repetitive. A good cd to try out would be the aptly titled Tibetan Temple Bowls by Acama.

Edit: I don't know if Tibet counts as South Asian?

 

[FalconP]

Big-ensemble Klezmer doesn't get better than Klezmer Conservatory Band, try their live album. For something more intimate and romantized, try the album Songs of My People by Simon Wynberg -- a beautifully recorded, lyrical album of Klezmer music in a chamber-music setting.

For immaculate sound you'll want to look at the two albums by Kol Simcha (Voice of Joy and Klezmer Soul ) under the label Hearts of Space.

My personal favorite Klezmer album is the self-titled one by a band called Jontef -- a warm, heartfelt and inviting collection of instrumentals and songs.

 

[FalconP]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NacMacFeegle /img/forum/go_quote.gif Why don't you try this thread http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...ghlight=fewtch It's kinda long but there is some great stuff recommended in there. As an aside I sure do miss Antiant.Wonder what he did...

He got banned after copy-and-pasting the death-row and the ending of the Harry Potter book. I've written to the admins to have him restored but no replies.

 

[servoled]

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/TP

 

[Amplitude]

You should try out Gotan Project if you haven't already. I'm not sure it counts as strictly world music, but it's tons of fun to listen to in my opinion.

 

[Henry Flower]

For klezmer, you could try two groups from Cracow: Kroke, who mix klezmer with other east european folk music, and the Cracow Klezmer Band, who are at the more experimental end. They're both quite widely available in the west.

 

[PiccoloNamek]

http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/mai...music_main.php

 

[gritzcolin]

Jesse Cook pretty much anything by him but most definately Free fall and Gravity. One of the finest Flamenco guitarists in the world. His label Narada actually has a lot of good "world" musicians on it.

 

[NacMacFeegle]

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Originally Posted by FalconP /img/forum/go_quote.gif He got banned after copy-and-pasting the death-row and the ending of the Harry Potter book. I've written to the admins to have him restored but no replies.

Huh! So thats why...Thanks for the update Falcon...