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 30
Celtic Woman
Homecoming - Live From Ireland [ Universal / 2 CD/DVD - released 17/Aug/2018 ] Recorded live at a stunning show in Dublin, Ireland in September 2017, Homecoming features the angelic voices of Susan McFadden, Mairéad Carlin, Éabha McMahon and the breathtaking new violinist Tara McNeill. |
Jess Sah Bi & Peter One
Our Garden Needs Its Flowers [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 17/Aug/2018 ] In the 1980s, Abidjan's Jess Sah Bi & Peter One became one of the most popular musical acts in not just the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), but broader West Africa, eventually performing with a full band to stadium-sized audiences at home and throughout... |
Jess Sah Bi & Peter One
Our Garden Needs Its Flowers (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 17/Aug/2018 ] In the 1980s, Abidjan's Jess Sah Bi & Peter One became one of the most popular musical acts in not just the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), but broader West Africa, eventually performing with a full band to stadium-sized audiences at home and throughout... |
Dudley Benson
Zealandia [ Golden Retriever Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] Composer and performer Dudley Benson's long-awaited third album Zealandia is a love record to a drowned continent. An album that explores our identity through twelve meticulously arranged pop songs, Benson's most accomplished work yet was eight years... |
Dudley Benson
Zealandia (LP) [ Golden Retriever Records / 2 LP - released 10/Aug/2018 ] Composer and performer Dudley Benson's long-awaited third album Zealandia is a love record to a drowned continent. An album that explores our identity through twelve meticulously arranged pop songs, Benson's most accomplished work yet was eight years... |
Various
Eterno Fado [ ARC Music / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] Sung with a warm clarity and depth of feeling, these romantic, passionate and dreamy songs, full of saudade tug on your heart strings. Apart from composing fados, Linda Leonardo also writes fado poetry, a few of the poems from her book 'Meu Eterno... |
Antonio Carlos & Jocafi
Mudei De Ideia (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] A truly fantastic record that sounds the way it looks - psychedelic rock, samba-funk and tripped out MPB. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi were a very successful and famous Brazilian writing duo, born in Bahia. They worked with the likes of Wilson Simonal,... |
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Soar [ Arc / Bendigedig / CD - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Soar takes flight on the wings of the osprey, the magnificent bird of prey, which makes its annual 3,000-mile migration from West African coasts to the estuaries of Wales, soaring like music over man-made borders on an epic journey of... |
Gal Costa
India (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] A post-Tropicalia masterpiece from one of the movements key figures and true legends of Brazilian music, Gal Costa. Features a stellar line up of musicians including Gilberto Gil, Arthur Verocai, Dominguinhos, Rogério Duprat and Tenorio Jr. amongst... |
Os Brazões
Os Brazões (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Rare and highly sought after in its original format, Os Brazões self-titled album was originally released on RGE Discos in 1969. It is a psychedelic masterpiece that fuses samba, r'n'b and rock 'n' roll influences using fuzz guitars, synths,... |
Os Canibais
Os Canibais (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] An incredibly original album of 'Brazilian Nuggets' from the Mocambo/Rozenblit catalogue. Os Canibais had a meteoric rise to fame starting in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro. The group was originally made up of Aramis (guitar/vocals), Serginho and Max... |
Pedro Santos
Krishnanda (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Krishnanda is an album in the truest sense of the word - a spiritual, psychedelic Brazilian masterpiece from start to finish - celebrated by everyone from Seu Jorge and Kassin to Floating Points, Madlib, Quantic, Gilles Peterson and DJ Nuts. These... |
Shina Williams & His African Percussionists
African Dances (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] First official reissue of the extremely rare full-length album by Lagos-based bandleader Shina Williams. The record was born in 1979 when Shina put Biddy Wright, Fred Fisher, Saliu Alabi, Prince Bola, Tutu Shoronmu, Tunde Williams and several... |
Super Elcados
Togetherness Is Always A Good Venture (Tambourine Party Vol. 2) (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Official Mr Bongo reissue of the ultra-rare album by 'Super Elcados'. A fusion of heavyweight Nigerian funk, soul & disco, this album was originally released by EMI Nigeria in 1976. The 'Super Elcados' (and 'Elcados' on other recordings) recorded... |
Tenório Jr.
Embalo (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Master jazz pianist Tenório Jr. aka Francisco Tenório Júnior only recorded this one album, 'Embalo', originally released on RGE in 1964. Rumour has it that he was arrested and thrown in jail (and possibly even murdered) while on tour with Toquinho... |
Tom Zé
Tom Zé (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Tom Zé is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, innovator and composer who was hugely influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. Zé is often thought of as Brazil's answer to Zappa or Captain Beefheart; a true innovator and a true... |
VA
Traditional Songs From Portugal [ ARC Music / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] A captivating album by a popular folk group of Coimbra, Portugal?s cultural capital. Portugal is a popular year-round topic, not only as a holiday destination in Summer but for its timeless folk and fado music. We?ve created the perfect gift for... |
Various
The Dulcimer Collection [ ARC Music / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] A beautiful and varied collection of dulcimer music from around the world. Dulcimers of many different shapes and sizes, from small ones, carried on shoulder straps, to floor-standing, to almost piano-sized instruments with damper pedals. Enjoy a... |
Various
The Ultimate Greek Collection [ ARC Music / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Songs and instrumentals from Greece! Let tinkling bouzoukis and baglamas, chembalons (dulcimers) and lyras (bowed lutes), as well as contemporary instruments, carry you away to the luminously blue Aegean Sea with all its charming islands plus it's... |
Various Artists
Putumayo Presents - New Orleans Party [ Putumayo World Music / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Celebrating the New Orleans Tricentennial and Putumayo's 25th anniversary with uptempo jazz, R&B and more that's guaranteed to let the good times roll! |
