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Middle East & North Africa
ANOUAR BRAHEM
Le Pas Du Chat Noir ECM By Derek Beres [
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Greater Latin America
Various Artists
CITY OF GOD Milan By DEREK BERES [
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North American
DUB GABRIEL
Ascend Baboon Records By DEREK BERES [
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Africa
HUGH TRACEY
HISTORICAL RECORDINGS OF HUGH TRACEY SWP By DEREK BERES [
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World Music Features
Swapan Chaudhuri
Accompaniment is nothing new to the 59-year-old legend Swapan Chaudhuri. He has worked alongside the greatest names in Indian music, including Ravi Shankar, Asha Bhosle, Nikhil Banerjee and countless others. By Derek Beres [
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Electronica
DJ Cheb I Sabbah
As Far As Six Degrees
Turntables On The Hudson 4 Giant Step
World Peace Stoned Asia/Kickin’ Music By DEREK BERES [
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Africa
KING SUNNY ADÉ
Synchro Series IndigeDisc By DEREK BERES [
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Greater Latin America
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
VIVA LA TRISTEZA! Milan By DEREK BERES [
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South Asia
VARIOUS ARTISTS
SALON ORIENTAL 3 Apricot
INDIANISM Apricot By DEREK BERES [
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Europe
MAHALA RAI BANDA
Mahala Rai Banda Crammed Craw By Derek Beres [
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Electronica
BABAZULA
Double Oryantal Doublemoon By Derek Beres [
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North American
LA GUITARA: GENDER BENDING STRINGS
Vanguard By Derek Beres [
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Europe
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Blowers From The Balkans Topic By Derek Beres [
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Electronica
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Luaka Bop Remixed Luaka Bop By Derek Beres [
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Greater Latin America
NOVALIMA
Afro Mr. Bongo By Derek Beres [
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Jazz
BERGER KNUTSSON SPERING WITH FRIENDS
See You In A Minute: Memories Of Don Cherry Country & Eastern By Derek Beres [
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World Music Features
Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar was afforded the opportunity to learn from a true master, sharing blood and time with a legend. However you look at the statistics, what matters most is the focus and soul she puts into her muse. By Derek Beres [
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World Music Features
M.I.A.
Something is certainly working for Maya Arulpragasam, a 27-year-old former Sri Lankan refugee now known as the artist/performer M.I.A. The press has latched onto this hip-hopping electro-clasher for her rather intriguing upbringing. By Derek Beres [
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World Music Features
Eccodek
Canadian musician/producer Andrew McPherson, a.k.a. Eccodek, turned on to global music while thumbing through his mom’s vinyl collection and stumbling upon a copy of African Sanctus, a 1972 recording by the Saltarello Choir. By Derek Beres [
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World Music Features
Tom Zé
Zé creates sonic plastination, replicating recognizable snippets of Brazilian and Western pop melodies, dissecting them like a mad scientist with utmost precision, a true Mary Shelley of surround senses. Then again, everything Zé does is in a weird way. By Derek Beres [
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