|
|
World Music Features
Samite
Ugandan expatriate Samite turns personal grief into soulful, introspective music on Tunula Eno, his newest album.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
 | | Bunny Wailer |
|
Reggae Legends
Bunny Wailer
Had he emerged from any band other than the Wailers, Bunny Wailer would quite probably have been recognized as a giant in his own right.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
 | | The Mighty Diamonds |
|
Reggae Legends
The Mighty Diamonds
Mighty Diamonds have persevered, the original trio lineup still intact, having logged some 40-plus albums during a career well into its fourth decade.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
 | | Third World |
|
Reggae Legends
Third World
Third World incorporated other stylistic elements into their reggae, most notably mainstream R&B and pop, into their sound, resulting in some dynamic, visionary, funky music.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
World Music Legends
R. Carlos Nakai
Like many of his peers, R. Carlos Nakai holds a deep respect for the venerable Native flute tradition but doesn’t so much aim to preserve it as pay homage to it. His music is at once reverent of the past and defiant of it.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
 | | Don Edwards |
|
World Music Gallery
Don Edwards
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
 | | Dancing in the streets! |
|
World Music Gallery
Brazilian street fair, New York 9-05
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
 | | Joanne Shenandoah |
|
World Music Gallery
Joanne Shenandoah
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
World Music Features
Jake Shimabukuro
Jake Shimabukuro views the ukulele as an “untapped source of music with unlimited potential,” and he’s continued to experiment with its sonic reach. He's been compared to everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Eddie Van Halen.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
World Music Features
Yoko Ono
One of the most controversial women of the past four decades, Yoko Ono is many things to many people: avant-garde artist, tireless campaigner for peace, successful businesswoman and—of course—the widow of slain Beatle John Lennon. Now, she can add to that list hitmaker. Has the world finally caught up to Yoko?
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
 | | Carla Bruni |
|
World Music Features
Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni released one of 2004’s most heavenly, refreshingly unadorned albums in Quelqu’un M’a Dit (Somebody Told Me). Clearly, Bruni is a big deal on her way to becoming an even bigger deal. Her understated, largely acoustic voicings of mostly self-penned material bring to mind that other icon of breathy French femme-pop, Françoise Hardy.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
 | | James Bilagody and the Cremains |
|
World Music Features
James Bilagody and the Cremains
As the first power chord jolts you out of your seat, you find yourself thinking, this sure ain’t no powwow music. Sacred Stage, by James Bilagody and the Cremains is a fusion the likes of which the elders never dreamed.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
World Music Gallery
Daara J
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
Reggae & Caribbean
VARIOUS ARTISTS
IS IT ROLLING BOB? A REGGAE TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN, VOL. 1
Ras RASSP-89914-2
By JEFF TAMARKIN
[
]
|
|
|
|
GlobalFEST 2006
Miscellaneous
Public Theater
New York, New York
By Jeff Tamarkin
www.laurawilliamsphoto.com [
]
|
|
|
|
World Music Features
Julien Jacob
Only Julien Jacob has a clue what he’s singing about. A notation on the back cover of the CD informs that Jacob “writes about inner and outer peace and his lyrics can be interpreted as you wish as they are a creation of his own imagination.”
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
Travel
Hong Kong
If you don’t mind bumping into a few people now and then, and understand that this isn’t the place to go if you just feel like lying on the beach with a drink in your hand, Hong Kong will not let you down.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
World Music Features
Samite
Read reviews of previous recordings by Samite and you invariably come across words like tranquil, mellifluous, peaceful and introspective. They all still apply.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
World Music Features
Jack DeJohnette
Drummer Jack DeJohnette’s interests have always extended beyond jazz, and now he plans to explore world, electronic and meditative music.
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
World Music Gallery
Soweto Gospel Choir
By Jeff Tamarkin
[
]
|
|
|
|
RSS Feeds
![](Javascript:window.open("/showpopup.cfm?im=images/big/DonEdwards1159.jpg", "SHARE", "toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=600,height=500").focus();){kind=link}
![](Javascript:window.open("/showpopup.cfm?im=images/big/BrazilianstreetfairNewYork9-051160.jpg", "SHARE", "toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=600,height=500").focus();){kind=link}
![](Javascript:window.open("/showpopup.cfm?im=images/big/JoanneShenandoah1161.jpg", "SHARE", "toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=600,height=500").focus();){kind=link}
![](Javascript:window.open("/showpopup.cfm?im=images/big/DaaraJ1613.jpg", "SHARE", "toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=600,height=500").focus();){kind=link}
![](Javascript:window.open("/showpopup.cfm?im=images/big/SowetoGospelChoir2054.jpg", "SHARE", "toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=600,height=500").focus();){kind=link}