Fifteen excellent new releases from current artists:
Ali Farka Toure : Savane / Nonesuch.
Bole 2 Harlem : Volume 1 / Sounds of the Mushroom.
Extra Golden : Ok-Oyot System / Thrill Jockey.
Julieta Venegas : Limon y Sal / Sony.
KAL : KAL / Asphalt Tango.
Krakauer and Socalled: Bubbemeises / Label Bleu.
La Cumbiamba Eneye : Marioneta / Chonta.
Mariana Sadovska : Borderland / EVOE.
Maurice el Medioni with Roberto Rodriguez : Descarga Oriental / Piranha.
Patriarcas de la Rumba : Cosa Nostra / K Industria.
Rachid Taha : Diwan 2 / Wrasse.
Sally Nyolo and the Original Bands of Yaounde / Riverboat.
Source : Tonight's African Jazz Band / Completely Nuts.
Think of One : Trafico / Crammed.
Zemog el Gallo Bueno : Cama de la Conga / Aagoo.
Top NYC Live World Music Happenings, when everyone who was anyone was there:
Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar at Makor
Goran Bregovic Wedding and Funeral Orchestra at Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall
Monumental reissue event: Fania label cds.
Personal celebrity interview of the year: Goran Bregovic (wfmu.org/playlists/shows/19260)
Rob-
I heard the band dengue fever on your show several weeks ago and having been searching for a cd ever since. I've been to three record stores and no one has it. Virgin said it's "out of print". Any suggestions where to find a cd of their music?
thanks
Posted by: Melissa Stern | February 05, 2007 at 01:15 PM