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Let's get all World Music

JWH said:
At the risk of injecting discord into this otherwise friendly thread (with loads of stuff that I am going to have to listen to - thanks for the recommendations everyone!) and I am not criticising you for suggesting it and, I realise that Souleyman is culture clash; I realise that it's an interesting concept; I realise that he's very popular in Syria and that there's a buzz about him in the West now.

but

he's crap. Sorry. I mean, I don't speak Arabic so I have no clue about the lyrics but the sound production is crap, the music is unlistenable crap, the singing vs Bontempi riddims schtick is crap. I don't think it's even a schtick - I think he's just another wedding singer with a rubbish sound system and backing keyboardist, of which there are many thousands anywhere east of Vienna. Sorry again. Not trying to flame you or anyone else here.
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but, from youtube comments;

"he's like humpty from digital underground."

i think that settles it. try doing the humpty hump JWH!

*hadnt heard of souleyman, but the tune posted is banging! but a lot less impressed with what else i found on youchoobs, which does seem very average, or worse.
 
Missed this thread... some great recommendations :cool:


One thing I miss about the passing of Charlie Gillett was discovering so much eclectic stuff from over the world - although it was also a little frustrating trying to already keep on top of all the stuff I already have on my wants list (i.e. music genre's I listen to day to day and make up most of my collection) let alone bringing world music into it too! :mad: So, I've mostly ended up settling on Gillett's worldwide compilations:

which appear on World 2001.

The ballads of that appear on World 2004.

And there's bits that I've only ever heard Gillett play, such as (such a beautiful vocal - coming from the Pernambuco area of Brazil).


Only Angelique Kidjo album I've got is Ayé - which I discovered by accident really because the tune was used as the intro music to BBC World Service's "Everywoman" programme.


Thank heavens for DJ Ritu on BBC London still!
 
stephj said:
Thank heavens for DJ Ritu on BBC London still!
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not to diss, but shes not as good as Charlie Gillett IMO - CG got a bit deeper as I remember it , Ritu goes a little bit more world party i would say -as a generalisation. Still, glad shes there. Ive seen her dj live outdoors on the southbank once - it was very nice indeed. she looks pretty tough in her leather jacket!
 
I think this thread's a bit daft. It's a bit like if someone started a thread called "recommend me some songs in english" or "recommend me some rock"
 
matt m said:
I think this thread's a bit daft. It's a bit like if someone started a thread called "recommend me some songs in english" or "recommend me some rock"
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Let's not turn this thread into a debate of the rights and wrongs of the thread being called 'World Music' or what that constitutes :rolleyes: :D ... can we just let the music do the talking?! ;)
 
matt m said:
I think this thread's a bit daft. It's a bit like if someone started a thread called "recommend me some songs in english" or "recommend me some rock"
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If you use the search function, you'll see that there are a ton of threads just as general and open-ended as that e.g. "Recommend me some...new music/new school rap/cool hiphop/some French music/rockabilly/classical classics/classical music". So :p!
 
I'm a big fan of Yemeni folk.
Stuff like that:


Got a collection of about 200 cassettes of that shit.

Also Iraqi classical music is pretty far out.
Here's a clip of my oud teacher:


And some music I played in Yemen. Bit rough around the edges, I know...


And here's a little clip of my first ever concert on the oud. Unfortunately there's not much music, but for Arabic speakers it could be quite interesting.
 
Also, forgot to add Omar Dhuule from Somalia.
You can really hear the very roots of the Blues in there, I find.
 
matt m said:
I think this thread's a bit daft. It's a bit like if someone started a thread called "recommend me some songs in english" or "recommend me some rock"
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Oh Matt. You know what is meant by world music, why not just share some links/music yourself? Surely that's better than complaining? :D

This one is for you, might cheer you up, even if it just makes you laugh...:hmm:



La vida es un carnaval. Celia Cruz.
(Life is a carnival)
 
Rutita1 said:
Oh Matt. You know what is meant by world music, why not just share some links/music yourself? Surely that's better than complaining? :D

This one is for you, might cheer you up, even if it just makes you laugh...:hmm:



La vida es un carnaval. Celia Cruz.
(Life is a carnival)
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I love Celia Cruz, even though she was a Mafia-loving Batista-ist.
 
There's an article in the Independent today that says the BBC are going launch their archive of World Music:

from Indy article said:
Have you got anything by the Ugandan xylophonists?
(The new BBC archive of indigenous music from around the world has)
By Ian Burrell, Media Editor
Thursday, 22 July 2010

The Ugandan xylophonists, the Sufi fakir and Saddam Hussein's favourite pop star. It sounds like the line-up for an indie rock festival but it is, in fact, the latest offering from the BBC – an extraordinary collection of some of the most unlikely and most beautiful music ever recorded.

The BBC will tomorrow launch a globally-accessible online archive that features indigenous music from some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones, as well as its most inaccessible states. There are audio clips of singing waitresses performing sea shanties on the coast of North Korea, and harp-playing cowboys in rural Venezuela. The Sufi fakir is, in fact, Sain Zahoor, who plays his three-stringed tumba in the Pakistani shrine of Pakpattan. Saddam's favourite pop star is Qassim al-Sultan, whom the BBC's Andy Kershaw recorded in 2001, singing the praises of the Iraqi dictator.

In all, there will be 100 hours of programming on the BBC's World Music Archive, alongside dozens of photographs of recordings being made in the most remote locations...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/m...hing-by-the-ugandan-xylophonists-2032219.html
 
AnnO'Neemus said:
Saddam's favourite pop star is Qassim al-Sultan, whom the BBC's Andy Kershaw recorded in 2001, singing the praises of the Iraqi dictator.
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god bless tax-paid media!
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looking forward to digging through this...
 
Bit of a bugger* as I've only just heard of A World in London after looking for alternatives to God's Jukebox. Heard one episode a couple of weeks ago and then this week's was cancelled to provide rolling coverage of the snow :facepalm: :rolleyes:

Was reading a bit on the Charlie Gillet forums and apparently each AWIL episode took three days to put together :eek:



*I appreciate this is an understatement for those who have been listening longer.
 
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