World New Releases
World New Releases
Below is a list of all World titles released in the last 90 days.
Displaying items 1 to 18 of 18
Hotline
You Are Mine (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 4/Aug/2017 ] This very rare Nigerian disco classic LP, originally released in 1986, is the only known recorded album by Hotline and features the track 'Fella's Doing It In Lagos', which gave its name to the recent Soundway 'Doing It In Lagos' compilation. 180... |
Miriam Makeba
Mama Africa [ Metro Select / 2 CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] |
Lagartijeando
El Gran Poder (LP) [ Wonderwheel Recordings LP / LP - released 21/Jul/2017 ] "Each listen brings about a new feeling, sometimes evoking a mellow nostalgia and other times a celebratory rapture. But above all, it guarantees one thing for sure: the need to get up and dance." - The Fader Lagartijeando has been releasing music... |
Thornato
Bennu (LP) [ Wonderwheel Recordings LP / LP - released 21/Jul/2017 ] The long awaited debut album Bennu by Queens, NY based produced Thor Partridge, aka Thornato. Building up a name for himself over a number of years as a proficient and in-demand remixer, Thor's breakout tune "Gaita Gaita" has been sampled... |
Various Artists
Putumayo Presents Cuba! Cuba! [ Putumayo / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] No place is more defined by its music than Cuba. Music pours out of every doorway and vintage taxicab. A party in Cuba without music? Unthinkable. Indeed, there are three essential elements to a cumbancha (Afro-Cuban slang for party): good company, a... |
Various Artists
Putumayo Kids Presents Cuban Playground [ Putumayo World Music / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] Kids of all ages will love this fun selection of songs from one of the world's most musical countries. |
Om Alec Khaoli
Say You Love Me [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Re-issue on Awesome Tapes From Africa of "Om" Alec Khaoli, the musician behind Harari and Umoja. Say You Love Me wasn't "Om" Alec Khaoli's first solo recording, but the 1985 EP solidified the bass player and songwriter's standing as one of South... |
Om Alec Khaoli
Say You Love Me (12") [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 12in - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Re-issue on Awesome Tapes From Africa of "Om" Alec Khaoli, the musician behind Harari and Umoja. Say You Love Me wasn't "Om" Alec Khaoli's first solo recording, but the 1985 EP solidified the bass player and songwriter's standing as one of South... |
TRADITIONAL
Northern Lights Cantus [ Decca / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] Cantus sang the opening track 'Vuelie' on the soundtrack of Disney's Frozen, the highest grossing animated film of all time. The Norwegian all-female choir are ranked as one of the leading choirs in the world by Interkulture. |
Ennanga Vision
Ennanga Vision [ Soundway / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] This post-modern African soundtrack follows London producer Jesse Hackett's heady musical journey into the heart of Uganda - recording with chief collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and singer Albert Ssempeke, and featuring assorted vocal legends... |
Ennanga Vision
Ennanga Vision (LP) [ Soundway / 2 LP - released 23/Jun/2017 ] This post-modern African soundtrack follows London producer Jesse Hackett's heady musical journey into the heart of Uganda - recording with chief collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and singer Albert Ssempeke, and featuring assorted vocal legends... |
TRADITIONAL
Rimur Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen (trumpet) [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] "if the idea of a semi-distant Nordic cousin to Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble's 'Officium' series appeals, this is worth procuring" (Gramophone) |
Harold Lopez-Nussa
El Vaje [ Mack Avenue / CD - released 9/Jun/2017 ] "El Viaje (The Journey)," the title track of Cuban pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa's debut release on Mack Avenue Records, seems to sway gently like a boat in the water-as if readying for a voyage or returning to port after arrival-trumpet... |
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita
Transparent Water [ World Village / CD - released 9/Jun/2017 ] Transparent Water is the new studio collaboration between seven-time GRAMMY-nominated pianist-composer-bandleader Omar Sosa, from Cuba, and UK-based Senegalese kora master and singer Seckou Keita - arguably the most influential and inspiring kora... |
TRADITIONAL
Sabil: Zabad, L'ecume Des Nuits Ahmad Al Khatib (oud ), Youssef Hbeisch (percussion ), Elie Khoury (bouzouki ), Hubert Dupont (double bass) / Duo Sabîl [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Jun/2017 ] If Arabic music is a tree with many branches, then one of those branches is Sabîl. This time the oud-percussion duo formed by Ahmad Al Khatib and Youssef Hbeisch are joined by two guests who accompany them on the double bass and the buzuq for this... |
Te Vaka
Beats [ Te Vaka CD / CD - released 2/Jun/2017 ] A brand new percussion-based release from Te Vaka, the band behind the music of the Oscar nominated animated Disney film Moana, which topped the Billboard soundtrack and children's charts, and went to No.2 on the main US charts. Beats is a 10... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Best of Chinese Evergreens II Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, Yong-yan Hu [ Naxos / Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jun/2017 ] As a child, Takako Nishizaki studied with her father, Shinji, the co-founder of the Suzuki Method and with Shinichi Suzuki himself. She was the first student to complete the now famous Suzuki course and was awarded a teacher's diploma at the tender... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto & Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, Yong-yan Hu [ Naxos / Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jun/2017 ] As a child, Takako Nishizaki studied with her father, Shinji, the co-founder of the Suzuki Method and with Shinichi Suzuki himself. She was the first student to complete the now famous Suzuki course and was awarded a teacher's diploma at the tender... |
