The 15 Best Global Music Albums of 2011
The best global music albums of 2011 prove there’s energy surging everywhere around music, this human-made fight to find an approximation of the inexpressible.
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Various Artists: Root Hog Or Die 100 Years 100 Songs: An Alan Lomax Centennial Tribute
A vast and impressive collection of folk music, lovingly compiled by one of the best contemporary folklorists for the sake of one of the best of yesteryear.
Various Artists: Michigan-I-O: Alan Lomax and the 1938 Library of Congress Folk-Song Expedition
Though the music may seem far removed from our present day culture, we can connect to it on a human level. For, these are songs of hardship and joy, regret and celebration – in essence, songs of everyday life.
Andrea Tomasi: Hurricane Dream
Andrea Tomasi goes out to Minnewaska State Park in the Catskills and slaps together what amounts to a tidy, inoffensive demo tape with some wilderness buzz in the background.