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Genre: Afro-beat / Flamenco / Jazz
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....*CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED ARTIST TOUR SCHEDULE*.......... <h2>WORLD VILLAGE IN OCTOBER: HUUN HUUR TU'S ANCESTORS CALL</h2> <img src="http://worldvillagemusic.com/Publish/album/179/468107w.jpg"> This month, the enigmatic <a href="http://www.myspace.com/HUUNHUUR2">Huun Huur Tu</a> entrance listeners with their new release, <a href="http://worldvillagemusic.com/anglais/album.php?album_id=179">Ancestors Call</a>. Practicing their native khöömei, a technique that produces multiple pitches simultaneously, Huun Huur Tu paint a dreamy landscape with guttural and piercing sounds, rare instruments and animal mimicry. Hailing from a sparsely settled region of central Asia, the group has performed all over the world, won a 2008 BBC World Music Award and collaborated with Frank Zappa, Ry Cooder, The Kronos Quartet and producer Carmen Rizzo, among others. Huun Huur Tu <a href="http://worldvillagemusic.com/anglais/agenda.php?artist_id=143">tour the U.S.</a> in January and February of 2011.<hr> ..SEPTEMBER: SEPTETO NACIONAL'S ..SIN RUMBA NO HAY SON........ ............This month, ....Septeto Nacional.... ....tours the U.S..... in support of their new album, ......¡Sin Rumba No Hay Son!......, with concerts in Miami, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Monterey, CA. The album makes plain their continued excellence in ..son habanero.., a hybrid style mixing the rural Afro-Cuban ..son.. with Havana's urban ..rumba.. and ..guaguancó.., the latter of which founder ..Ignacio Piñeiro.. brought to the band. Still heeding the call to "Echale Salsita" ("put some salsa on it"), Septeto Nacional will return to the U.S. in 2011, with a ....Carnegie's Zankel Hall.... show on April 16.......“There’s no antiquarian dust on Septeto Nacional... Its Cuban son, and its rumbas and boleros, are music of transparency, tensile strength and phantom drive.” -- The New York Times.......... ..AUGUST RELEASES: CARLOU D'S ..MUZIKR.. & MILAN ZDRAVKOVIC'S ..IN THE WAKE OF THE PHOENICIANS......</h2> ...........August features the debut international release by ....Carlou D...., entitled ......Muzikr....... A former member of Senegal's first hip-hop group, Positive Black Soul, Carlou D reveals great musical growth with this album of electric, spiritual roots music. Influenced by the philosophy of Cheikh Ibra Fall, the directness of hip-hop, and musical elements of jazz, soul, rap and acoustic roots, Carlou D presents an inspiring set of songs recorded in the ripe music scene of Dakar. The album has earned 4 Star reviews in the UK's ....Guardian.., ..Financial Times.... and ....Evening Standard..........."an infectiously warm style that gives this release all the right ingredients to seduce a wider audience beyond Africa...his does indeed mark the coming of age of another great African talent." - BBC..............Milan Zdravkovic's.. bewitching album ......In The Wake Of The Phoenicians...... blends contemporary electronic sounds with traditional instruments and vocals. Inspired by the far-reaching influence of those ancient sailors, Zdravkovic "imagined 'In the Wake of the Phoenicians' as a musical voyage uniting past and future…", an homage to "those mythical ports on the Mediterranean forming a modern cruise in honor and memory of the Phoenicians." The music swells like a muezzin's prayer or siren's song, then a touch of flamenco or Sardinian motif emerges, then a swaying rhythm, before everything vanishes into swirls of the synthesizers......... ..WORLD VILLAGE IN JULY: AMIRA & MERIMA KLJUCO'S ..ZUMRA........ ............This month, Bosnian artists ....Amira and Merima Kljuco.... bring new life to their country's traditional repertoire on the haunting album ......Zumra....... Through Amira's plaintive vocals and the riveting, discordant buzz of Kljuco’s accordion harmonies, the duo revisits tales of bittersweet passions, wartime losses and unsettling dreams. Hailed as "Bosnia's Billie Holiday", Amira has performed throughout Europe and the Balkans, earning critical acclaim for her debut album Rosa in 2005. Merima Kljuco is a soloist who has performed with orchestras such as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Holland Symphonia and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra......."The album has a contemporary artistic vision that transforms a beautiful traditional form.".. ..- CD of The Week, The Evening Standard......"From blue-note trillings to quasi-industrial buzzing, Kljuco wrings extraordinary sounds from her instrument".. ..- 4 STARS, The Telegraph............ ..LE TRIO JOUBRAN: ..RANDANA.. AND ..MAJAZ........ ...... .. ......This month, World Village highlights the earlier recordings of Palestine's acclaimed ....Le Trio Joubran...., whose ......Á L'ombre des Mots...... was released in February: ......Randana...... and ......Majâz....... The three brothers, Samir, Wissam and Adnan, are the first and only known oud trio to this date. In April 2010, they performed at a sold-out ....Radio City Music Hall.... with self-professed fans ..Rodrigo y Gabriela... Majâz and Randana consist of original creations and magnificent improvisations that tell of Palestine, seeped in the imposing culture of traditional maqâms......."There are few enough oud ensembles in the world and none that come close to Trio Joubran for imaginative compositions and intuitive interplay." - Songlines, Top of The World ("Majâz")...."among the most inventive musicians in the Arab world." - The Guardian.......... ..CATHERINE RUSSELL'S ..INSIDE THIS HEART OF MINE.. MAKES A BIG SPLASH.... ........ ..........Catherine Russell's .... ......Inside This Heart Of Mine...... hit No. 1 on the ..JazzWeek Chart.. in April and No. 7 on ..Billboard's Jazz Chart.. in May. It also placed 2 in Amazon's Top 100 Bestselling Jazz Albums in its release week; it was featured on ....NPR's Fresh Air.... and also ....Weekend Edition Saturday.........Now in June, ..Inside This Heart Of Mine.. is still in the Top Ten at ..Jazzweek.. and in ..Billboard's Top 20 Jazz Albums.., a full month after its release. Russell ..performs.. this month at ..Yoshi's Jazz Club.. in Oakland CA on June 9 and 10, as well as ..The Rochester International Jazz Festival.. on June 12......... ..GRAMMY WINNERS: MAMADOU DIABATE & NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA.... ........ Congratulations to our ..52nd Annual GRAMMY Award.. winners: ....Mamadou Diabate.... and the ....New Orleans Jazz Orchestra....! Kora master Mamadou Diabate won the award for ..Best Traditional World Music Album.. with his release ......Douga Mansa....... Diabate was previously nominated for his 2005 debut, ..Behmanka.., and his follow-up ..Heritage.. earned him the title of "World Music Artist of the Year" in 2007. The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra won for ..Best Large Jazz Ensemble.. with ......Book One....... The ensemble was founded and is still led by the previously Grammy®-nominated and Billboard-Award-winning trumpet virtuoso Irvin Mayfield, who is also the officially appointed Cultural Ambassador for the City of New Orleans......... ..WORLD VILLAGE ARTISTS ON BEST OF 2009 LISTS...... ........ ....Tinariwen's ..Imidiwan: Companions........26 on Lucid Culture 50 Best Albums of 2009..6 on World Music Charts Europe Top 150 of 2009..43 on Q Magazine's Top 50 Albums of the Year..5 on Mojo's Albums of the Year..World Music Central's Best World Music Releases of 2009..31 on MusicOHM's 50 Best Albums of 2009..7 on fRoots Critics Poll Albums of the Year..6 on Tulip Frency's 2009 Top 10..Christian Science Monitor's 2009 Gift Guide..1 on Rollo & Grady's Best Music Videos of 2009 ("Lulla")..The Onion's A.V. Club's Best of the Decade..8 on Pop Matters' Best World Music of 2009..1 on Restless and Real's Top Albums of 2009..KALW "Africa Mix" Top 10 Releases of 2009..31 on Popsongbook's Top 50 Albums of 2009..8 on Rollo & Grady's Best Albums of 2009..WOMM 2009's Top Recordings..1 on Derek Beres's Top 10 Global Albums of 2009..RealMusic's 2009: Best Albums.. 19 on Metacritic's 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year..8 on Afropop's Top 10 African Albums..Leap In The Dark's Top 10 Listens of 2009..The Day.com's Top 10 CDs of '09..Rhapsody's 2009: Best of World Playlist..National Geographic's Top Albums of 2009..Sonic Boomer's Best ALBUMS of 2009..3 on Filter Magazine's Top 10 of 2009..8 on Green Arrow Radio's Tops of 2009..KPFK's Global Village Top 10 of 2009..1 on WBEZ'S Top 10 Global Albums of 2009..WMNF Pre-Dawn Alternative's 15 Favorite Albums of 2009..7 on WHUS's Top 30 World Releases 2009....8 on Green Arrow Radio's Tops of 2009..4 on Chicago Reader's 20 Favorite International Releases..59 on Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll 2009..WAER Top of the World's Top 20 Releases of 2009..16 on Chicago Reader's Best of 2009..Pasadena Weekly's 2009 Releases Deserving Extra Attention..21 WHCL Top 25 World Music for 2009..22 Passion of The Weiss's 50 Best Albums of 2009..KUT Global Grooves Top 50 Songs of 2009 ("Lulla")........Omara Portuondo's ..Gracias......:..WOMM 2009's Top Recordings..5 on Afropop's Top 10 Latin Albums..Rhapsody's 2009: Best of World Playlist..KPFK's Global Village Top 10 of 2009........Marta Topferova's ..Trova......:.. 2 on Whole Music Experience's Best World & Traditional Recordings..World Music Central's Best World Music Releases of 2009..KPFK's Global Village Top 10 of 2009..3 on WBEZ'S Top 10 Global Albums of 2009..72 on Green Arrow Radio's Tops of 2009..KUT Global Grooves Top 50 Songs of 2009 ("Juligan")........Sofía Rei Koutsovitis's ..Sube Azul......:..Best Album Artwork on Latin Jazz Corner..31 on Cahl's Juke Joint's Favorite Jazz, Blues, Latin Albums........Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas's ..Rishte......: ..39 on World Music Charts Europe Top 150 of 2009..Acoustic Levitation Best of 2009..Rhapsody's 2009: Best of World Playlist..5 on WHUS's Top 30 World Releases 2009..74 on Green Arrow Radio's Tops of 2009..6 on KALX Majority Whip's Favorite 2009 Albums..KUT Global Grooves Top 50 Songs of 2009 ("Behaal")........Les Triaboliques' ..Rivermudtwilight......:..50 on Lucid Culture 50 Best Albums of 2009..106 on World Music Charts Europe Top 150 of 2009..14 on fRoots Critics Poll Albums of the Year..10 on Restless and Real's Top Albums of 2009..The Big Picture's Top 10 Music List for 2009..JazzHouse's Best CDs of 2009..WYEC's Best Albums of the Decade..24 on WHUS's Top 30 World Releases 2009..24 on Green Arrow Radio's Tops of 2009..11 WHCL Top 25 World Music for 2009..KUT Global Grooves Top 50 Songs of 2009 ("Gulaguajira")........Nancy Vieira's ..Lus......:..6 on Whole Music Experience's Best Healing Recordings..World Music Central's Best World Music Releases of 2009..........Trio Ifriqiya's ..Petite Planete......:..7 on Whole Music Experience's Best Jazz Recordings..........Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg's ..Saints & Tzadiks......:..Jewish Herald Voice "one of the most important Jewish music CDs of 2009"..Leap In The Dark's Top 10 Listens of 2009..3 on Folk Roots/Folk Branches' Top 20 Of 2009........New Orleans Jazz Orchestra's ..Book One......:..1 on Whole Music Experience's Best Jazz Recordings..........Maria del Mar Bonet's ..Raixa......:..7 on Whole Music Experience's Best World & Traditional Recordings........Culture Musical Club's ..Shime!......:..17 on Chicago Reader's 20 Favorite International Releases..13 WHCL Top 25 World Music for 2009........Marina Rossell's ..Al Gran Teatre del Liceu......:.. 10 on Whole Music Experience's Best World & Traditional Recordings..World Music Central's Best World Music Releases of 2009..........Soname's ..Plateau......:..World Music Central's Best World Music Releases of 2009..22 on WHUS's Top 30 World Releases 2009..46 on Green Arrow Radio's Tops of 2009........Oreka Tx's ..Nömadak Tx......:..6 on Whole Music Experience's Best World & Traditional Recordings..World Music Central's Best World Music Releases of 2009..Soundroots Best Global Music of 2009..1 on WHUS's Top 30 World Releases 2009..5 WHCL Top 25 World Music for 2009........So Kalmery's ..Brakka System......:..14 on Pop Matters' Best World Music of 2009..........Chango Spasiuk's ..Pynandí (Los Descalzos)......:.. 9 Whole Music Experience's Best World & Traditional Recordings..World Music Central's Best World Music Releases of 2009..WOMM 2009's Top Recordings ..........DuOud's ..Ping Kong......:..8 on World Music Charts Europe Top 150 of 2009..10 on WOMEX Top 10 CDs in 2009..........Uxía's ..Eterno Navegar......:.. 3 on Whole Music Experience's Best World & Traditional Recordings..World Music Central's Best World Music Releases of 2009..Whole Music Experience's Top Recordings of the Decade..........Terakaft's ..Akh Issudar......:..NPR'S Year in Music: Top 10 Songs of 'Home' ("Djer Aman")..........Silk Road Ensemble's ..Off The Map......:..Rhapsody's 2009: Best of World Playlist..........Mamadou Diabate's ..Douga Mansa......:..KPFK's Best of 2009..........Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider's ..Silent City......:..KPFK's Global Village Top 10 of 2009........Ivo Papasov's ..Dance Of The Falcon......:..28 on Lucid Culture 50 Best Albums of 200919 WHCL Top 25 World Music for 2009........El Tanbura's ..Between The Desert and The Sea......:..14 WHCL Top 25 World Music for 2009........Natacha Atlas's ..Ana Hina......:..KUT Global Grooves Top 50 Songs of 2009 ("Hayati Inta Reprise").. .. ..52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR WORLD VILLAGE.... ........The nominees for the ....52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards.... have been announced, and three World Village releases are included:......Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - ..New Orleans Jazz Orchestra's.. ....Book One........Best Tropical Latin Album - ..Omara Portuondo's.. ....Gracias........Best Traditional World Music Album - ..Mamadou Diabate's.. ....Douga Mansa............ .. ..OMARA PORTUONDO'S ..GRACIAS.. WINS LATIN GRAMMY FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY TROPICAL ALBUM.... .... ......Illustrious Cuban singer ....Omara Portuondo.... has made history twice this year. In October, the remarkable vocalist, and only female star of the ..Buena Vista Social Club™.., became one of the first Cuban artists in six years to obtain a visa to perform in the U.S., marking a cultural breakthrough in the strained relations between her homeland and the U.S. On November 5, she also became the first Cuban resident to present at the ..10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards.., where she delivered the prestigious Song of The Year award. She was honored again as the winner for ..Best Contemporary Tropical Album or “Mejor Álbum Tropical Contemporáneo”.. with her latest release ......Gracias...... produced by ..Montuno Productions.. and released on ..World Village.......Although Portuondo is a four-time Latin GRAMMY nominee, and won a "Prémio Música Brasileira" Brazilian Music Award last year for her duets album with Maria Bethania, as well as a Billboard Latin Music Award in 2005, this is her first GRAMMY award....."I would like to thank the Latin Recording Academy for a dream come true. Tonight I want to say Gracias for the wonderful support given to me over my long career. I was honored to be the first Cuban to present an award this evening and to be given this award for Gracias is a career highlight. Gracias to my fans all over the world." - Omara....Portuondo performed two U.S. shows in October, for the first time since 2003, at UCLA’s Royce Hall and at the San Francisco Jazz Festival. Of her San Francisco show the Oakland Tribune wrote, “It's impossible to say whether she handles the fast or slow numbers better. Whatever kind of song she's singing at the time is the one that best suits her." Portuondo returns in February of 2010 with ....concerts.... in Washington DC, Boston and New York City, among other major cities. Further tour details coming soon....... .. ..BIOGRAPHY.... .. The driving force behind the ..World Village.. label is that the music we release usually finds us, just as it would in any village. If we feel strongly about the music, then we’ll release the CD. It’s as simple as that - there won’t be any ‘market research’ beforehand. Therefore, the music we choose can be any new music, as long as it has soul. World Village will favor artists that are original and have a great story to tell. They may be well known and already have a buzz going, or they may be a totally new discovery. World Village may even release traditional music, as long as it is amazing and avoids cultural clichés. We’ll approach each project with the classic question: Will this sound great ten years from now?.... .... .. ........ ..
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APRIL 2013: FANFARA TIRANA & TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND'S KABATRONICS

Two maverick groups, Britain’s eclectic Transglobal Underground and Albanian brass maestros Fanfara Tirana, team up for a dynamic cross-border, cross-cultural jamboree. Drawing on a Tom Tiddler’s ground of musical treasures, Balkan and otherwise, they exchange ideas, melodies and lyrics to tell new tales of mystery and re-imagination in a sparkling celebration of life, love and solidarity with its roots in history and its sights on the future. The results of this collaboration are a blast: Southern Albanian kaba meets reggae; drums meet electronic; the voice of the Albanian folk idol Hysni Niko Zela meets Tuup's black soul; sitar strings embrace Iso-polyphony from the eagles nation. All together, the album Kabatronics is astounding.

"here's an experiment that actually works...The result is a highly entertaining clash of Albanian brass and beats, with unexpected echoes of India or the Caribbean added in"
- The Guardian, 4 STARS

MARCH: GILAD ATZMON & THE ORIENT HOUSE ENSEMBLE'S SONGS OF THE METROPOLIS

Maverick, award-winning saxophonist Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble are back with their new album Songs Of The Metropolis. For the last 12 years the quartet have been touring all over the world, stunning audiences with their firebrand performances packed with drama, pathos, luscious harmonies and wit. Atzmon's latest compositions are a sweeping homage to our great cities, from Moscow to Buenos Aires and beyond. Each tune is at once reminiscent and hopeful; in a time of great uncertainty and turbulence Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble deliver melodies that provide an anchor to wherever it is that we call home.

"A subtle blend of East and West, that’s brutal and beautiful" - BBC

"A formidable improvisational array...a jazz giant steadily drawing himself up to his full height…"
- The Guardian

"The best musician living in the world today" - Robert Wyatt

FEBRUARY: LE TRIO JOUBRAN'S FIRST TEN YEARS

This 6-disc collection entitled The First Ten Years celebrates Le Trio Joubran's highly successful performing career over the last decade. Included are all three studio albums - Majâz, Randana and 2011's impressively mature AsFâr featuring vocalist Dhafer Youssef and percussionist Youssef Hbeisch. Also included is 2008's live concert album À l'ombre des mots featuring poet Mahmoud Darwish, and music from the film Le Dernier Vol (The Last Flight) - their extraordinary collaboration with Chkrrr. Complimenting this remarkable collection of recordings is a stunning DVD depicting the life of Le Trio Joubran at the height of their art, both on and off stage. With their skillful, heart-wrenching improvisations that tell of Palestine, the trio brings to bear harmony and sweetness, depth and joy.

"The trio unspools the music languidly, even allowing itself to linger for a moment in gorgeous curls of melodic ornaments…the effect is hypnotic and bliss-inducing." - NPR Music

JANUARY 2013: LILI BONICHE'S ANTHOLOGIE

Crooner Lili Boniche (1921-2008) was the heir to an erudite tradition of Algerian song and a pillar of "Franco-Arab" music. Born into a Sephardic family in the Casbah in Algiers, Boniche was a child prodigy who taught himself to play his father's mandola at the age of seven. He was an in-demand singer throughout France in the 1940s and during wartime. Boniche incorporated the tango, paso doble and mambo into his repertoire, especially while entertaining the troops. He retired in the 50s, only to launch a second career in 1990 and release the album Boniche Dub in 1998, produced by Bill Laswell and fashion doyen Jean Touitou. The album earned him new fans across Europe. His new retrospective, Anthologie, which combines his greatest hits and previously unreleased works, not only fills a gap with regard to available recordings, but it pays tribute to an important pioneer of cultural fusion.

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The driving force behind the World Village label is that the music we release usually finds us, just as it would in any village. If we feel strongly about the music, then we’ll release the CD. It’s as simple as that - there won’t be any ‘market research’ beforehand. Therefore, the music we choose can be any new music, as long as it has soul. World Village will favor artists that are original and have a great story to tell. They may be well known and already have a buzz going, or they may be a totally new discovery. World Village may even release traditional music, as long as it is amazing and avoids cultural clichés. We’ll approach each project with the classic question: Will this sound great ten years from now?

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