World New Releases
World New Releases
Below is a list of all World titles released in the last 90 days.
Displaying items 1 to 20 of 29
Angelique Kidjo
Remain In Light (LP) [ Kraven / LP - released 7/Dec/2018 ] Global pop star and 3-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has partnered with 2015 Grammy producer of the year Jeff Bhasker (Kanye West, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce) for a full circle re-imagining of Talking Heads' 1980 landmark album Remain in Light.... |
Jon K / Pat Thomas
Asafo / Enye Woa (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 7/Dec/2018 ] Soundway presents the first in a new series of 12" releases, featuring hard-to-find and in-demand dancefloor tracks on loud DJ-friendly pressings. These two late 1980s Ghanaian highlife cuts are taken from the catalogue of Nakasi Records. Nakasi... |
Across The Great Divide
Uncommon Ground [ Curio Music / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] 'Across The Great Divide' are New Zealand duo Karen Jones and Tony Burt. Their musical backgrounds stem from differing paths. Karen's, with her Celtic roots, spent many years living, learning and playing in Edinburgh and consequently developed a... |
Afro Celt Sound System
Flight [ Ecc Records / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] With album sales now topping one and a half million and two Grammy nominations to date, Celebrated their 20th Anniversary in 2016 with an acclaimed album, 'The Source', which fRoots Magazine described as 'a colossus of an album'. Afro Celt Sound... |
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
Mambo Sinuendo (LP) [ Nonesuch / 2 LP - released 23/Nov/2018 ] Originally released in 2003, Mambo Sinuendo, the acclaimed album from Ry Cooder and former Buena Vista Social Club member Manuel Galbán, has been out of print on vinyl since its original release. The music of Mambo Sinuendo captures a Cuban style... |
TRADITIONAL
Folkjul II: A Swedish Folk Christmas St Jacobs Chamber Choir, Gary Graden [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] Well into the previous century Sweden was largely a peasant society with folk music an integral part of daily life. There were work songs, narrative ballads and, obviously, music for dancing. Over the centuries a not always easy coexistence between... |
Asnakech Worku
Asnakech (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 2 LP - released 16/Nov/2018 ] There is perhaps no woman more cherished in modern Ethiopian history than Asnakech Worku. As a musician, actress, dancer and cultural icon, Asnakech inspired and challenged society for decades, until her death in 2011. From her beginnings as... |
Asnakech Worku
Asnakech [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] There is perhaps no woman more cherished in modern Ethiopian history than Asnakech Worku. As a musician, actress, dancer and cultural icon, Asnakech inspired and challenged society for decades, until her death in 2011. From her beginnings as... |
Grupo Controle Digital
A Festa É Nossa (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 16/Nov/2018 ] Soundway Records delivers a beautifully remastered reissue of Brazilian duo Grupo Controle Digital's only album, "A Festa É Nossa". First released in 1988, the album is now housed in a tip-on heavyweight sleeve with restored artwork. With the... |
The Liminanas
(I've Got) Trouble In Mind Volume 2 [ Because Music France / CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] Following the release of their critically acclaimed album Shadow People (produced by Anton Newcombe) (BEC 5543242/BEC 5543243, 2018), French psych rock band The Limiñanas come back with I've Got Trouble In Mind Vol. 2: 7" And Rare Stuff 2015/2018,... |
3MA/Sissoko/Driss El Maloumi/Rajer
Anarouz [ Six Degrees / CD - released 10/Nov/2018 ] Since their debut record in 2008, the 3MA musicians have been through many individual experiences broadening their knowledge. They meet regularly to give 3MA concerts throughout the world and over the years, new ideas have sprung up, and then have be |
Tallawit Timbouctou
Hali Diallo [ Sahel Sounds / CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Tallawit Timbouctou are champions of takamba, a hypnotic traditional music from Northern Mali. Built around the tehardent, the four stringed lute and pre-cursor to the American banjo, takamba's droning distortion comes from signature handmade mics... |
Tim Maia
Tim Maia [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Reissue of the 1977 album from legendary Brazilian artist Tim Maia. Maia released over 30 albums during his extensive and well-publicised career, touching on funk, bossa nova, disco, MPB, rock, soul and jazz. He was a driving force behind the... |
PONCHIELLI / MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO / PUCCINI / etc
Jonas Kaufmann - An Italian Night - Live from the Waldbuhne Berlin (recorded in 2018) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) with Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder [ Sony / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] A magical evening dedicated to beautiful Italian music with the world's greatest tenor. Captured live for release on CD. Featuring Anita Rachvelishvili. This is the key release this year from "The world's greatest tenor" (The Telegraph). This summer... |
RAMIREZ / CAMPOS / ISELLA / FARO / GIECO / GARDEL / etc
Bésame Mucho Juan Diego Florez (tenor) / Ensemble [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Oct/2018 ] Opera star Juan Diego Flórez's new album goes back to his musical roots in Peru. The album is recorded with a top class ensemble of musicians. Catchy rhythms and melodies with music from Peru, Brazil, Spain, Colombia and other Latin countries. An x18... |
Enya
Amarantine (LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Amarantine is the sixth studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, originally released in 2005. Amarantine was recorded in Ireland with her long-time recording partners, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma... |
Enya
And Winter Came (LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 19/Oct/2018 ] And Winter Came, the seventh studio album by Enya, is an enchanting evocation of the changing landscape of winter as well as the festive cheer of the holidays. One of the most successful female artists of all-time, Enya brings her beguiling and... |
Enya
A Day Without Rain (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 19/Oct/2018 ] A Day Without Rain is the fifth studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, originally released in 2000. Following a promotional tour in support of her compilation album Paint the Sky with Stars (1997), Enya took a short break... |
Enya
Watermark (LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 19/Oct/2018 ] Second studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, originally released in 1988. Watermark is formed of music in different styles and displays Enya's sound of multi-tracked vocals with keyboards and elements of Celtic and New age... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvořák: Moravian Duets imona Šaturová (soprano), Markéta Cukrová (mezzo-soprano), Petr Nekoranec (tenor) & Vojtěch Spurný (piano) [ Supraphon / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "Saturova and Cukrova...bring native linguistic flair and "Slavonic" sound to these delightful miniatures, revealing Dvorak's bounteous melodic gift in his early thirties. Delectable." Sunday Times |
