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 25
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... |
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... |
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
55 [ Big Crown / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] Keeping in the tradition of Steel Drum records, 55 is a journey through re-interpolations and covers with an updated approach, pushing Steel Pan music to uncharted territory. Flawlessly bringing previously untouched genres into the steel pan cannon... |
MANUEL DE FALLA
El Amor Brujo: The essence of Manuel de Falla's music Euskal Barrokensemble, Enrike Solinís [ Alia Vox / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] "Curious, quirky, but performed so well as to compel attention." The Observer |
Fis And Rob Thorne
Clear Stones [ Subtext / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] In a unique collaboration, Māori sound artist Rob Thorne (Ngāti Tumutumu) and Berlin-based electronic composer Fis dismantle boundaries in space, time, and genre, juxtaposing Thorne's living, breathing practice with the weight of modern sound... |
Fis And Rob Thorne
Clear Stones (LP) [ Subtext LP / LP - released 19/May/2017 ] In a unique collaboration, Māori sound artist Rob Thorne (Ngāti Tumutumu) and Berlin-based electronic composer Fis dismantle boundaries in space, time, and genre, juxtaposing Thorne's living, breathing practice with the weight of modern sound... |
Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu of Ethiopia [ Strut / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] Mulatu Astatqé (also sometimes spelled Mulatu Astatke, as he is on the liner notes to this release) might be most known to international audiences through his tracks on the excellent Ethiopiques CD anthology series of Ethiopian music. Long before... |
Quantic & Nidia Gongora
Curao [ Tru Thoughts / CD - released 12/May/2017 ] Curao is the first full collaborative album from world-renowned British producer Quantic, and Colombian folklore singer Nidia Góngora. With infectiously danceable rhythms, captivating song writing and up-to-the minute production, 'Curao' brings a... |
Quantic & Nidia Gongora
Curao (LP) [ Tru Thoughts / 2 LP - released 12/May/2017 ] Curao is the first full collaborative album from world-renowned British producer Quantic, and Colombian folklore singer Nidia Góngora. With infectiously danceable rhythms, captivating song writing and up-to-the minute production, 'Curao' brings a... |
Alice Coltrane
The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda [ Luaka Bop / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda's devotion to spirituality was the central purpose of the final four decades of her life, an often-overlooked awakening that largely took shape during her four year marriage to John Coltrane and after his 1967 death.... |
Alice Coltrane
The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (LP) [ Luaka Bop / 2 LP - released 5/May/2017 ] Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda's devotion to spirituality was the central purpose of the final four decades of her life, an often-overlooked awakening that largely took shape during her four year marriage to John Coltrane and after his 1967 death.... |
Umoja
707 [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 5/May/2017 ] A monumental career in pop music isn't easy when the system is built against you. But South African songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist "Om" Alec Khaoli managed to do just that. As apartheid reached its violent peak, Khaoli pursued an... |
Umoja
707 (LP) [ Awsome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 5/May/2017 ] A monumental career in pop music isn't easy when the system is built against you. But South African songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist "Om" Alec Khaoli managed to do just that. As apartheid reached its violent peak, Khaoli pursued an... |
TRADITIONAL
Celtic Swoon Various perfromers, including Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone) & Yvoone Kenny (soprano) [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2017 ] Music of rapture and beauty, from the rugged hills and cosy firesides of Scotland, Ireland and Wales: Celtic Swoon is the ultimate celebration of ancient serenity. |
