Tagged: world music

This Wednesday evening, Chris Heim features one of the artists profiled in Robin D.G. Kelley's book Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz In Revolutionary Times.

Heim's review of the book:

1. Antibalas - Antibalas (Daptone)
2. Ba Cissoko - Nimissa (Cristal)
3. Bibi Tanga and the Selenites - 40° of Sunshine (Nat Geo)
4. Sori Kandia Kouyate - La Voix de La Revolution (Sterns Music)
5. Cassandra Wilson - Another Country (E One)
6. Manuel Galban - Blue Cha Cha (Concord Picante)
7. Melody Gardot - The Absence (Decca)
8. Ablaye Cissoko/Volker Goetze - Amanke Dionti (Motema)
9. Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane - Thiossane (Sterns Music)
10. The Spy from Cairo - Arabadub (Wonder Wheel)
11. Anoushka Shankar - Traveller (Deutsche Gram

1. Paul Simon - Graceland (Legacy)
2. Manuel Galban - Blue Cha Cha (Concord Picante)
3. KonKoma - KonKoma (Soundway)
4. English Beat - Keep the Beat (Shout!

1. Riccardo Tesi - Madreperla (Materiali Sonori)
2. Paul Simon - Graceland (Legacy)
3. Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Twenty Dozen (Savoy Jazz)
4. Various - Long Live Boogaloo (Secret Stash)
5. Hamilton de Holanda - Brasilianos 3 (Adventure Music)
6. Paquito D'Rivera/Berta Rojas - Dia Y Medio (On Music)
7. Anoushka Shankar - Traveller (Deutsche Gramophon)
8. Various - African Blues (Putumayo)
9. Choban Elektrik - Choban Elektrik (Choban Elektrik)
10. Ljuba Davis Ladino Ensemble - East and West (Ljuba Davis)