Features
Wednesday, April 1 2009
WOMADelaide 2009
From the fanaticism that surrounded Seun Kuti’s Saturday night performance to the seated crowd that succumbed to Dona Rosa’s smile, WOMADelaide was a mix of sights, styles, and instruments.
Thursday, December 11 2008
The Best World Music of 2008
Albums from India, Central America, Australia, Quebec, and Ethiopia are but a globetrotting fraction of the year's best music from around the world.
Wednesday, July 9 2008
Saint Vinnie
Deanne Sole journeys Melbourne's charity outlets, exploring the fundamentals of the down under St. Vincent de Paul outlet: Bargains, surprises, drunks.
Tuesday, December 18 2007
Kids Don't Go and Buy Anything Out of This Section: World Music 2007
As a category world music is both useful and frustrating. It puts CDs on the shelves and prevents people picking them up. It is the other-than category: other-than rock, other-than indie, other-than everything. It is the whole world and nothing definite.
Tuesday, December 12 2006
East and West: World Music in 2006
From Thailand to Tanzania, from France to Cuba and Romania: Deanne Sole's wrap-up of the year's best world music trips the globe fantastic.
Reviews
Monday, May 13 2013
2cellos: In2ition
They could have done something interesting with this idea, something exaggerated and unlovely.
Wednesday, May 8 2013
Nick Brooke: Border Towns
Nick Brooke wants you to know he is working with fragments and the fragments come mainly from radio tunes broadcast in the southern-border towns of the United States.
Tuesday, May 7 2013
Abbass Mehrpouya: Soul Raga
He has the Bollywood knack of winning you over to a song by going that extra step to the edge of too-much.
Monday, May 6 2013
Various Artists: Delicious Peace: Coffee, Music & Interfaith Harmony in Uganda
There's a kind of endemic patience in the fabric of these performances, a mood that doesn't depend on the speed of the song.
Friday, April 26 2013
Various Artists: Tisheh o Risheh
Strings, strings -- violins, violins, streaming aside like milky curtains.
Erkin Koray: Elektronik Türküler / Arap Saçı [23.Apr.13]
María Márquez: Tonada [22.Apr.13]
Dub Colossus: Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 [19.Apr.13]
Lúnasa: Lúnasa with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra [15.Apr.13]
Ana Moura: Desfado [12.Apr.13]
Nuru Kane: Exile [10.Apr.13]
Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi: Here (and There) [8.Mar.13]
Billband: Towards Daybreak [5.Mar.13]
Waldemar Bastos: Classics of My Soul [1.Feb.13]
Habib Koité / Eric Bibb: Brothers in Bamako [28.Jan.13]
Monoswezi: The Village [25.Jan.13]
Kiki Gyan: 24 Hours in a Disco 1978-1982 [18.Jan.13]
Samuel Yirga: Guzo [7.Jan.13]
Josephine Foster: Blood Rushing [4.Dec.12]
Mariel Roberts: nonextraneous sounds [28.Nov.12]
Hijos de Agüeybaná: Agua de Sol [19.Nov.12]
Royal Band De Thies: Kadior Demb [9.Nov.12]
Maïa Vidal: God Is My Bike [5.Nov.12]
Los Cenzontles: Regeneration [29.Oct.12]
Quadro Nuevo: Grand Voyage [25.Oct.12]
Sotho Sounds: Junk Funk [25.Sep.12]
Andra Kouyaté and Sèkè Chi: Saro [29.Aug.12]
Tárkány Müvek: Introducing Tárkány Müvek [21.Aug.12]
BLO: Step Three [8.Aug.12]
Annbjørg Lien: Khoom Loy [6.Aug.12]
Hildur Guðnadóttir: Leyfðu Ljósinu [2.Aug.12]
Neung Phak: 2 [27.Jul.12]
Shintaro Sakamoto: How to Live With a Phantom [17.Jul.12]
Choban Elektrik: Choban Elektrik [26.Jun.12]
Radio Jarocho: Café Café [21.Jun.12]
Various Artists: Sensacional Soul Vol. 3 [15.Jun.12]
Lijadu Sisters: Sunshine [12.Jun.12]
Imani Uzuri: The Gypsy Diaries [8.Jun.12]
Nazarenes: Meditation [7.Jun.12]
Sambasunda Quintet: Java [26.Apr.12]
K.S. Chithra: K.S. Chithra [19.Apr.12]
The Lijadu Sisters: Mother Africa [17.Apr.12]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Celtic Women [13.Apr.12]
Sagapool: Sagapool [30.Mar.12]
Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts: Urstan [29.Mar.12]
David Álvarez: Clandestino [29.Mar.12]
Wan Fambul / One Family: Catalyst for Peace [27.Mar.12]
La Barra de Chocolate: La Barra de Chocolate [27.Mar.12]
Bondi Blaster: Lo’ Juimo! [23.Mar.12]
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang: An Letah [20.Mar.12]
Kufuki: Kufuki [21.Feb.12]
Laulan Sinule: Debüüt [21.Feb.12]
Tom Hagerman: Idle Creatures [20.Feb.12]
Guelewar: Halleli N'dakarou [14.Feb.12]
Sibiri Samake: Dambe Foli [13.Feb.12]
TriBeCaStan: New Deli [7.Feb.12]
KG Omulo: Ayah Ye! Moving Train [10.Jan.12]
Chris Watson: El Tren Fantasma [3.Jan.12]
Olivia Wyatt: Staring Into the Sun [3.Jan.12]
Artificial Lover: Nava [16.Dec.11]
Various Artists: Life Is Dance! [14.Dec.11]
Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Rhízōma [13.Dec.11]
A Moving Sound: A Moving Sound [8.Dec.11]
Various Artists: Bollywood Bloodbath [6.Dec.11]
Ben Frost & Daniel Bjarnason: Solaris [17.Nov.11]
Various Artists: Whaur the Pig Gaed on the Spree [10.Nov.11]
Question Mark: Be Nice to the People [3.Nov.11]
Erkin Koray: Mechul: Singles 7 Rarities [2.Nov.11]
Slide to Freedom: 20,000 Miles [31.Oct.11]
Winter Family: Red Sugar [27.Oct.11]
Frigg: Grannen [17.Oct.11]
Sevara Nazarkhan: Tortadur [14.Oct.11]
Googoosh: Googoosh [6.Oct.11]
Rachael Elliott: Polka the Elk [13.Sep.11]
Jose Conde: Jose Conde [8.Sep.11]
Mamani Keita: Gagner L'Argent Français [2.Sep.11]
Tuusanuuskat: Nääksää Nää Mun Kyyneleet [26.Aug.11]
Madina N'Diaye: Bimogow [23.Aug.11]
Aram Bajakian: Aram Bajakian's Kef [12.Aug.11]
O Bando: O Bando [12.Aug.11]
Various Artists: Swing Diskoteka [9.Aug.11]
Tareq Abboushi & Shusmo: Mumtastic [2.Aug.11]
Zdeněk Liška: Malá Morská Vila [1.Aug.11]
Pistolera: El Desierto y La Ciudad [28.Jul.11]
Sorry Bamba: Volume One 1970 - 1979 [25.Jul.11]
Jefferson Friedman: Quartets [30.Jun.11]
Kambar Kalendarov and Kutman Sultanbekov: JAW [27.Jun.11]
Soema Montenegro: Passionaria [16.Jun.11]
Rob: Funky Rob Way [15.Jun.11]
Various Artists: ¡Gózalo! Vol.4: Bugalú Tropical [14.Jun.11]
Boubacar Traoré: Mali Denhou [13.Jun.11]
Telebossa: Telebossa [25.May.11]
Francisco López: Untitled #244 [24.May.11]
Malika Zarra: Berber Taxi [20.May.11]
Antonymes: The Licence to Interpret Dreams [19.May.11]
Delhi 2 Dublin : Planet Electric [28.Apr.11]
Owiny Sigoma Band: Owiny Sigoma Band [21.Apr.11]
Les Nubians: Nü Revolution [18.Apr.11]
Various Artists: Sofrito:Tropical Discotheque [13.Apr.11]
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Cotonou Club [12.Apr.11]
Les Chauds Lapins: Amourettes [8.Apr.11]
Embrujo: Embrujo [7.Apr.11]
Ami Dang: Hukam [6.Apr.11]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Bellydance [31.Mar.11]
Federico Aubele: Berlin 13 [29.Mar.11]
Aurelio: Laru Beya [1.Mar.11]
Georgia Fields: Georgia Fields [24.Feb.11]
Telepath: Crush [22.Feb.11]
Inna Zhelannaya: Cocoon [4.Jan.11]
Pascal Pinon: Pascal Pinon [3.Jan.11]
Huun Huur Tu: Ancestors Call [8.Dec.10]
Asmara All Stars: Eritrea's Got Soul [7.Dec.10]
Islaja: Keraaminen Pää [2.Dec.10]
Donso: Donso [2.Dec.10]
Aias: A La Piscina [1.Dec.10]
Kemialliset Ystävät: Ullakkopalo [10.Nov.10]
Gecko Turner: Gone Down South [3.Nov.10]
Carlou D: Muzikr [14.Oct.10]
Khaïra Arby: Timbuktu Tarab [6.Oct.10]
Amira & Merima Ključo: Zumra [27.Sep.10]
Laya Project: Laya Project [27.Sep.10]
Amabutho: Sikelela [20.Sep.10]
Los Saicos: Demolición: The Complete Recordings [15.Sep.10]
Ravi Shankar: Nine Decades Vol. 1 1967-1968 [13.Sep.10]
Magnifico: Magnification [8.Sep.10]
Salif Keita: La Différence [2.Sep.10]
Charming Hostess: The Bowls Project [2.Sep.10]
Various: The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk [1.Sep.10]
Trúbrot: Trúbrot [30.Aug.10]
Óðmenn: Óðmenn [24.Aug.10]
Jim Guttmann: Bessarabian Breakdown [19.Aug.10]
Marianne Dissard: Paris One Takes [18.Aug.10]
Paban Das Baul: Music of the Honey Gatherers [16.Aug.10]
Elikeh: Adje! Adje! [3.Aug.10]
Ougenweide: Herzsprung [2.Aug.10]
Koes Plus: Dheg Dheg Plas & Volume 2 [27.Jul.10]
Various Artists: South Africa [26.Jul.10]
Carmen Souza: Protegid [7.Jul.10]
Etran Finatawa: Tarkat Tajje / Let's Go! [21.Jun.10]
Various: Next Stop… Soweto Vol.2 [7.Jun.10]
Bharat Karki & Party: International Music [1.Jun.10]
Lúnasa: Lá Nua [28.May.10]
Sweet Talks: The Kusum Beat [23.May.10]
Rana Santacruz: Chicavasco [20.May.10]
Gaida: Levantine Indulgence [17.May.10]
Pepper Rabbit: Shakes and Clicks [12.May.10]
Amanaz: Africa [5.May.10]
The Electric Pop Group: Seconds [21.Apr.10]
Various Artists: Back to Peru Vol. II [21.Apr.10]
Sirba Octet/Isabelle Georges: Yiddish Rhapsody [16.Apr.10]
Chatmonchy: Kokuhaku [7.Apr.10]
Northern Portrait: Criminal Art Lovers [2.Apr.10]
Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole: L’Ésprit Créole [19.Mar.10]
Jerry Leake: Cubist [9.Mar.10]
Le Vent du Nord: La Part du Feu [1.Mar.10]
SambaDá: Gente! [26.Feb.10]
Razia: Zebu Nation [24.Feb.10]
Red Baraat: Chaal Baby [23.Feb.10]
Fredrik: Trilogi [19.Feb.10]
Various Artists: The Matinée Grand Prix [15.Feb.10]
Yura Yura Teikoku: Hollow Me/Beautiful [28.Jan.10]
Ólöf Arnalds: Við og Við [19.Jan.10]
Chuck & Albert: Énergie [19.Jan.10]
Mai Lev: Birthday [18.Jan.10]
Hardal: Nasil? Ne Zaman? [15.Jan.10]
Devine's Jug Band: Terrible Operation Blues [6.Jan.10]
Various Artists: Womexizer 09 [15.Dec.09]
Mahala Raï Banda: Ghetto Blasters [10.Dec.09]
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou: Echos Hypnotiques: From the Vaults of Albarika Store 1969-1979 [30.Nov.09]
Various Artists: Shadow Music of Thailand [18.Nov.09]
Toto La Momposina: La Bodega [6.Nov.09]
Caethua: The Long Afternoon of Earth [5.Nov.09]
Vandana Vishwas: Meera - The Lover [30.Oct.09]
Ariana Delawari: Lion of Panjshir [27.Oct.09]
Watcha Clan: Diaspora Remixed [21.Oct.09]
Monika Jalili: Élan [20.Oct.09]
Granada Doaba: Granada Doaba [15.Oct.09]
Brownout: Aguilas and Cobras [14.Oct.09]
Various Artists: España [13.Oct.09]
Huun Huur Tu & Carmen Rizzo: Eternal [5.Oct.09]
Les Triaboliques: Rivermudtwilight [2.Oct.09]
Väsen: Väsen Street [30.Sep.09]
Kiila: Tuota Tuota [24.Sep.09]
Oumou Sangaré: Seya [21.Sep.09]
TriBeCaStan: Strange Cousin [16.Sep.09]
Kimi Djabate: Karam [4.Sep.09]
Cecilia Noël: A Gozar! [1.Sep.09]
Deolinda: Canção Ao Lado [28.Aug.09]
Navegante: Microcosmos [27.Aug.09]
Baaba Maal: Television [25.Aug.09]
Shuta Hasunuma: Pop Ooga Plus [25.Aug.09]
Jaqee: Kokoo Girl [24.Aug.09]
Elizete Cardoso: Canção do Amor Demais [19.Aug.09]
Lura: Eclipse [18.Aug.09]
Michael Olatuja: Speak [12.Aug.09]
Tony Allen: Secret Agent [6.Aug.09]
Susana Baca: Seis Poemas [3.Aug.09]
Various Artists: Funk Aid for Africa [30.Jul.09]
Hildegurls: Electric Ordo Virtutum [28.Jul.09]
Various Artists: Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk On The Isthmus 1967-77 [27.Jul.09]
Mariachi Real De San Diego: Mariachi Classics [20.Jul.09]
Aritomo: Kowai Komorebi [16.Jul.09]
Various Artists: Legends of Benin [14.Jul.09]
Ojos de Brujo: Aocaná [7.Jul.09]
Esther Ofarim: Esther Ofarim in London [7.Jul.09]
LSD March: Uretakumo Nakunarutorika [6.Jul.09]
Spring Creek: Way Up on a Mountain [26.Jun.09]
Mamer: Eagle [25.Jun.09]
Ben Reynolds: How Day Earnt Its Night [24.Jun.09]
Lily Storm: If I Had a Key to the Dawn [22.Jun.09]
Betse Ellis: Don't You Want to Go? [18.Jun.09]
Musk Ox: Musk Ox [22.May.09]
Mamane Barka: Introducing Mamane Barka [19.May.09]
Hermas Zopoula: Espoir [19.May.09]
Ximena Sarinana: Mediocre [18.May.09]
Tenniscoats: Temporacha [15.May.09]
A.R. Rahman: The Best of A.R. Rahman [14.May.09]
Márcio Local: Don Dree Don Day Don Don [13.May.09]
Mélanie Dahan: La Princesse et les Croque-Notes [11.May.09]
Ximo Tebar & Ivam Jazz Ensemble: Steps [6.May.09]
Balkan Beat Box: Nu Made (Remixes) [4.May.09]
Liz Carroll & John Doyle: Double Play [20.Apr.09]
Various Artists: Water for Life [20.Apr.09]
Toubab Krewe: Live at the Orange Peel [16.Apr.09]
Yonlu: Yonlu [15.Apr.09]
Various Artists: Putumayo Presents India [10.Apr.09]
Warsaw Village Band: Infinity [9.Apr.09]
Amadou and Mariam: Welcome to Mali [6.Apr.09]
Trentalange: Awakening, Level One [31.Mar.09]
Francoiz Breut: A L'Aveuglette [27.Mar.09]
The Isles: Troika [26.Mar.09]
Jerks of Grass: Come on Home [24.Mar.09]
The Idan Raichel Project: Within my Walls [12.Mar.09]
Asa: Asa (Asha) [10.Mar.09]
Madeline: White Flag [9.Mar.09]
Various Artists: Arriba la Cumbia! [5.Mar.09]
The Hermit Crabs: Correspondence Course EP [27.Feb.09]
Luaka Bop: Three Inches of Music Series [9.Feb.09]
Mumiy Troll: Comrade Ambassador [6.Feb.09]
Kočani Orkestar: The Ravished Bride [5.Feb.09]
Luminescent Orchestrii: Neptune's Daughter [22.Jan.09]
Madera Limpia: La Corona [19.Jan.09]
Juaneco y su Combo: Masters of Chicha Vol. 1 [16.Jan.09]
Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze:Sira [16.Jan.09]
Marianne Dissard: L'Entredeux [8.Jan.09]
Soy Un Caballo: Les Hueres de Raison [7.Jan.09]
Pas Chic Chic: Au Contraire [6.Jan.09]
Various Artists: Sound of the World [3.Dec.08]
LA JR: 17 Animales [2.Dec.08]
Dozan: Introducing Dozan [26.Nov.08]
Loreena McKennitt: A Midwinter Night's Dream [26.Nov.08]
Hector Zazou & Swara: In the House of Mirrors [18.Nov.08]
Sol y Canto: Cada Día un Regalo [17.Nov.08]
Genticorum: La Bibournoise [14.Nov.08]
Bio Ritmo: Bionico [11.Nov.08]
Abiyou Solomon: In Search of My Roots [10.Nov.08]
Rabih Abou-Khalil: Em Portugues [6.Nov.08]
Julie Fowlis: Cuilidh [29.Oct.08]
Frigg: Economy Class [27.Oct.08]
The Zydepunks: Finisterre [21.Oct.08]
Buika: Niña de Fuego [15.Oct.08]
Seckou Keita Quintet, SKQ: The Silimbo Passage [14.Oct.08]
Davila 666: Davila 666 [14.Oct.08]
Ólafur Arnalds: Eulogy for Evolution [10.Oct.08]
Pistolera: En Este Camino [7.Oct.08]
Seprewa Kasa: Seprewa Kasa [1.Oct.08]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Latin Lounge [24.Sep.08]
Franco Godi and Corrado Tringali: La Linea OST [24.Sep.08]
Nagisa Ni Te: Yosuga [22.Sep.08]
Tagaq: Auk/Blood [17.Sep.08]
Suarasama: Fajar di Atas Awan [5.Sep.08]
Lia Ices: Necima [4.Sep.08]
Spam Allstars: Introducing Spam Allstars [28.Aug.08]
Funkadesi: Yo Baba [26.Aug.08]
Hanggai: Introducing Hanggai [12.Aug.08]
The Garifuna Women's Project: Umalali [11.Aug.08]
Kakande: Dununya [29.Jul.08]
Sa Dingding: Alive [28.Jul.08]
Samantha Crain: The Confiscation [25.Jul.08]
Various: The Rough Guide to Arabic Café [23.Jul.08]
The Curse of Company: Leo Magnets Joins a Gang [22.Jul.08]
Koenjihyakkei: Hundred Sights of Koenji [18.Jul.08]
Various Artists: Radio Myanmar (Burma) [17.Jul.08]
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara: Soul Science [11.Jul.08]
Various Artists: Living is Hard [10.Jul.08]
Various: Black Stars [8.Jul.08]
Group Doueh: Group Doueh [2.Jul.08]
Isol / Zypce: Sima [30.Jun.08]
Sonantes: Sonantes [23.Jun.08]
Various: Bollywood Steel Guitar [12.Jun.08]
Asha Bhosle: 75 Years of Asha [4.Jun.08]
Debashish Bhattacharya: Calcutta Chronicles [3.Jun.08]
Various: The Rough Guide to Cuban Street Party [30.May.08]
Various: Think Global: Fiesta Latina [27.May.08]
Various: Think Global: Native America [23.May.08]
Babylon Circus: Dances of Resistance [14.May.08]
In Township Tonight! by David B. Coplan [2.May.08]
Le Vent du Nord: Dans Les Airs [21.Apr.08]
Perunika Trio: Introducing Perunika Trio [17.Apr.08]
Étienne Daho: L'invitation [27.Mar.08]
Fredda: Toutes mes Aventures [21.Mar.08]
Pouya Mahmoodi: Mehr [18.Mar.08]
The Habibiyya: If Man But Knew [6.Mar.08]
Toumast: Ishumar [3.Mar.08]
Pascal: Galgberget [27.Feb.08]
Various: Think Global: Acoustic Brazil [27.Feb.08]
Huong Thanh & Nguyen Le: Fragile Beauty [21.Feb.08]
L'Arc~en~Ciel: Kiss [18.Feb.08]
Orchestra Ethiopia: Éthiopiques 23 [14.Feb.08]
Brian Grosz: Bedlam Nights [4.Feb.08]
Various: The Matinée Hit Parade [25.Jan.08]
CéU: Remixed EP [11.Jan.08]
Various: Melodii Tuvi [3.Jan.08]
Various Artists: Black Mirror [3.Jan.08]
Shark Move: Ghede Chokras [21.Dec.07]
Various: The Rough Guide to the Music of Paris [17.Dec.07]
Chica and the Folder: Under the Balcony [17.Dec.07]
Woelv: Tout Seul dans la Forêt en Plein Jour [12.Dec.07]
Ben Baruch: Ben Baruch [7.Dec.07]
Shuta Hasunuma: OK Bamboo [7.Dec.07]
Various: Think Global: World Christmas [5.Dec.07]
Už Jsme Doma: Cod Liver Oil [4.Dec.07]
Alèmayèhu Eshèté: Éthiopiques 22 [29.Nov.07]
Kitka: The Rusalka Cycle [27.Nov.07]
Various: Music of Nat Pwe [20.Nov.07]
Taraf de Haïdouks: Maškaradă [13.Nov.07]
Alejandro Franov: Khali [13.Nov.07]
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Segu Blue [12.Nov.07]
Puerto Plata: Mujer de Cabaret. [31.Oct.07]
Toni Iordache: Sounds from a Bygone Age Vol. 4 [26.Oct.07]
Various: Think Global: Women of Africa [26.Oct.07]
Aroah: El Día Después [25.Oct.07]
Various: Caravan of Light [25.Oct.07]
Various: The Rough Guide to Salsa Clandestina [23.Oct.07]
Various: The Rough Guide to Latin Funk [19.Oct.07]
Various: The Rough Guide to Latino Nuevo [18.Oct.07]
Saba: Jidka [16.Oct.07]
Various: Think Global: Salsa [15.Oct.07]
Extra Golden: Hera Ma Nono [8.Oct.07]
Various: Add to Friends [5.Oct.07]
Tenniscoats: Totemo Aimasho [5.Oct.07]
Circo: Cursi [4.Oct.07]
Various: The Rough Guide to Flamenco [1.Oct.07]
Various: The Roots of Chicha [25.Sep.07]
Various: Thai Pop Spectacular [20.Sep.07]
Oliver Mtukudzi: Tsimba Itsoka [19.Sep.07]
Zap Mama: Supermoon [13.Sep.07]
Various: Gypsy Caravan [10.Sep.07]
Bob Brozman Orchestra: Lumière [7.Sep.07]
Nawal: Aman [30.Aug.07]
Various: World Hits [29.Aug.07]
Aly Bain and Ale Möller: Beyond the Stacks [28.Aug.07]
Väsen: Linnaeus Väsen [21.Aug.07]
Hans Appelqvist: Sifantin Och Mörkret [10.Aug.07]
Nedelle: The Locksmith Cometh [2.Aug.07]
Kenge Kenge: Introducing... Kenge Kenge [1.Aug.07]
Oreskaband: Oreskaband [27.Jul.07]
Son de la Frontera: Cal [27.Jul.07]
Sarolta Zalatnay: Sarolta Zalatnay [25.Jul.07]
Lunabee: Prenez Garde Aux Flots Bleus [19.Jul.07]
Papa Noel: Café Noir [18.Jul.07]
Various: Colombia! [16.Jul.07]
Erol Josué: Régléman [9.Jul.07]
Dobet Gnahoré: Na Afriki [26.Jun.07]
Islaja: Ulual YYY [22.Jun.07]
Various: Merdeka [19.Jun.07]
Various Artists: Le Pop 4 [18.Jun.07]
Forro in the Dark: Asa Branca [14.Jun.07]
My Sister Klaus: Chateau Rouge [11.Jun.07]
Hauschka: Versions of the Prepared Piano [11.Jun.07]
Somi: Red Soil in My Eyes [6.Jun.07]
Benni Hemm Hemm: Kajak [4.Jun.07]
American Bhangra: American Bhangra [14.May.07]
Burbuja: Burbuja [10.May.07]
Benjamin Escoriza: Alevanta! [8.May.07]
Various Artists: Desert Roses 4 [30.Apr.07]
Oojami: Boom Shinga Ling [17.Apr.07]
Turbo Tabla: The Belly and the Beat [16.Apr.07]
Tujiko Noriko: Solo [12.Apr.07]
Slavic Soul Party: Teknochek Collision [2.Apr.07]
Num9: The Glow-worms Resistance [26.Mar.07]
Christina Rosenvinge: Continental 62 [22.Mar.07]
Breadfoot feat. Anne Phoebe: Tea with Leo [21.Mar.07]
Marco Figueira: Brazilliance [20.Mar.07]
Tinariwen: Aman Iman [16.Mar.07]
The Crayon Fields: Animal Bells [15.Mar.07]
Nanny Assis: Double Rainbow [14.Mar.07]
Various Artists: Presence Under the Tree [9.Mar.07]
Ranarim: Morning Star [8.Mar.07]
The Hermit Crabs: Feel Good Factor EP [28.Feb.07]
Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective: Wátina [28.Feb.07]
Z: Mikabe [27.Feb.07]
Good Shoes: The Photos on My Wall EP [26.Feb.07]
Various Artists: Afrikya Volume 1 [23.Feb.07]
Geir Jenssen: Cho Oyu 8201m [20.Feb.07]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Latin-Arabia [16.Feb.07]
Ballaké Sissoko: Tomora [16.Feb.07]
Omar Souleyman: Highway to Hassake [15.Feb.07]
Ben Bowen King: Sidewalk Saints [9.Feb.07]
Idan Raichel: The Idan Raichel Project [5.Feb.07]
Marina Rossell: Vistas al Mar [1.Feb.07]
Zera Vaughan: Back to the Roots [31.Jan.07]
Fat Freddys Drop: Based on a True Story [30.Jan.07]
La Cumbiamba eNeYé: Marioneta [25.Jan.07]
Sally Doherty & The Sumacs: Edge of Spring [23.Jan.07]
Bunalim: Bunalim [19.Jan.07]
Kamijo: Martha [12.Jan.07]
Bole2Harlem Volume 1 [11.Jan.07]
Selda Bağcan: Selda [8.Jan.07]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Yodel [4.Jan.07]
Saborit: Que Linda Es Mi Cuba [2.Jan.07]
Ariesta Birawa Group: Vol. 1, Indonesia [22.Dec.06]
Hoven Droven: Jumping at the Cedar [18.Dec.06]
Boom Pam: Boom Pam [12.Dec.06]
Mustafa Ozkent: Gençlik Ile Elele [1.Dec.06]
Various Artists: Electric Gypsyland 2 [29.Nov.06]
Les Primitifs du Futur: World Musette [28.Nov.06]
The Master Musicians of Joujouka: Boujeloud [19.Nov.06]
Eglantine Gouzy: Boamaster [17.Nov.06]
Malena Pérez: Stars [14.Nov.06]
Fiamma Fumana: Onda [13.Nov.06]
Tartit: Abacabok [9.Nov.06]
Inquiet: Yé-Yé Bears [9.Nov.06]
Chamellows: Rat Hearts [8.Nov.06]
Various Artists: Live at the Cedar [7.Nov.06]
Shugo Tokumaru: L.S.T. [1.Nov.06]
Dýrðin: Dýrðin [31.Oct.06]
Various Artists: From Bakabush [27.Oct.06]
Golem: Fresh off Boat [27.Oct.06]
Hisato Higuchi: Dialogue [26.Oct.06]
Benni Hemm Hemm: Benni Hemm Hemm [26.Oct.06]
Band Ane: Anish Music [25.Oct.06]
Rodrigo y Gabriela: Rodrigo y Gabriela [20.Oct.06]
Rumen and Angel Shopov: Soul of the Mahala [10.Oct.06]
Hazmat Modine: Bahamut [9.Oct.06]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Bachata [4.Oct.06]
Nina Nastasia: On Leaving [2.Oct.06]
Zukanican: Horse Republic [27.Sep.06]
Leichtmetall: Wir Sind Blumen [25.Sep.06]
Lataye: Tou Manbre [20.Sep.06]
Kad: Société [19.Sep.06]
Maneja Beto: Accidentes de Longitud y Latitud [18.Sep.06]
Various Artists: Panama! [18.Sep.06]
Lady & Bird: Lady & Bird [15.Sep.06]
Salif Keita: M'Bemba [15.Sep.06]
Amor Fati: Love Fate [14.Sep.06]
Gomma Workshop: Cantina Tapes [13.Sep.06]
The Little Ones: Sing Song EP [11.Sep.06]
Various Artists: Free the P [8.Sep.06]
Los Abandoned: Mix Tape [8.Sep.06]
Nicki Jaine: Live [7.Sep.06]
JPP: Artology [6.Sep.06]
Bombadil: Bombadil [5.Sep.06]
Various Artists: Voyces United For UNHCR [30.Aug.06]
Lovejoy: England Made Me EP [29.Aug.06]
Various Artists: Confuzed Disco [16.Aug.06]
Various Artists: Radio Thailand [11.Aug.06]
Lulendo: Angola [9.Aug.06]
The Hallelujah Chicken Run Band: Take One [7.Aug.06]
Edip Akbayram: Edip Akbayram [2.Aug.06]
Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan (2006) [2.Aug.06]
Al-Andalus: Alchemy [28.Jul.06]
Think of One: Tráfico [21.Jul.06]
Chavela Vargas: At Carnegie Hall [14.Jul.06]
Pedro Luis Ferrer: Natural [10.Jul.06]
Elvy Sukaesih: The Dangdut Queen [13.Jun.06]
TV-Resistori: Serkut Rakastaa Paremmin [9.Jun.06]
Various: Turkish Groove [6.Jun.06]
Various Artists: Paris [22.May.06]
Kal: Kal [17.May.06]
Extra Golden: Ok-Oyot System [9.May.06]
Storsveit Nix Noltes: Orkideur Hawai [5.May.06]
Juana Molina: Son [4.May.06]
The Green Arrows: 4-Track Recording Session [3.May.06]
Gecko Turner: Guapapasea! [24.Apr.06]
Abidin Ensemble: From The Day I Was Tossed Here: A Tribute to the Poetry of Nazim Hikmet [19.Apr.06]
Black Ox Orkestar: Nisht Azoy [7.Apr.06]
Womadelaide Festival [31.Mar.06]
Nuru Kane: Sigil [17.Mar.06]
Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Urban Latino [13.Mar.06]
Devics: Push the Heart [10.Mar.06]
Samite: Embalasasa [27.Feb.06]
Various: Congotronics [16.Feb.06]
Gregor Samsa: 55:12 [15.Feb.06]
Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys: Dominos [9.Feb.06]
Thandiswa: Zabalaza [6.Feb.06]
Julia Sarr and Patrice Larose: Set Luna [26.Jan.06]
Väsen: Live In Japan [25.Jan.06]
Motion Trio: Play-Station [23.Jan.06]
Various Artists: Sound of the World [18.Jan.06]
Amadou and Mariam, Dimanche À Bamako [17.Jan.06]
Gangbé Brass Band: Whendo [16.Jan.06]
Gangbé Brass Band: Whendo [16.Jan.06]
Les Yeux Noirs: tChorba [4.Jan.06]
Frigg: Oasis [21.Dec.05]
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Ann Radcliffe (Re:Print) [19.Sep.08]
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The great Christina Stead (Re:Print) [24.Sep.07]
In appreciation: The Book of Disquiet (Re:Print) [22.Aug.07]
Author appreciation: Henry Treece (Re:Print) [13.Aug.07]
Depth of Field: Big Girls and Little Heroes (Short Ends and Leader) [20.Jun.07]
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