Welcome to my world music review section for the year 2002 Tons of other record reviews and artist profiles can be found within the main World Music Guide, which highlights African, Asian, Brazilian, Celtic, Cuban, French and Hawaiian music, as well as many odd little surprises. The main index for these sections can be found by clicking on the link right here.
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Alexandra Youth Choir "South African Choral" (Naxos)
The Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble "The Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble" (Shanachie)
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra "Talkatif" (Ninja Tune)
Battlefield Band "Happy Daze" (Temple)
Tarun Bhattacharya "The Art Of The Indian Santoor" (Arc Music)
Bohola "Bohola" (Shanachie)
Paul Brady "The Liberty Tapes" (Compass)
Anouar Brahem "Le Pas Du Chat Noir" (ECM)
Liz Carroll "Lake Effect" (Green Linnet)
The Chieftains "The Wide World Over" (BMG-RCA)
Stella Chiweshe "Talking Mbira" (Piranha)
Danu "All Things Considered" (Shanachie)
Roger Espinoza "Cafe Fuego" (New World)
Dick Gaughan "Outlaws And Dreamers" (Appleseed)
Hassan Hakmoun "The Gift" (Triloka)
Andy Iona "Hawaiians In Hollywood" (The Old Masters)
Generoso Jimenez "Generoso Que Bueno Toca Usted" (Pimienta/Universal)
Nic Jones "Unearthed" (Mollie's Music)
Laito Jr. & Laito Sr. "Siempre Juntos" (Ahi-Nama)
Lo-Jo "Au Cabaret Sauvage" (World Village)
Frank London "The Zmiros Project" (Traditional Crossroads)
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar "Raga Ahiri" (India Archives)
Maraca "Tremenda Rumba!"(Ahi-Nama)
Masters Of Persian Music "Without You" (ECM)
Stephan Micus "Desert Poems" (Ahi-Nama)
Oliver Mtukudzi "Vhunze Moto" (Putumayo)
Eddie Palmieri "La Perfecta II" (Concord)
Niamh Parsons "Heart's Desire" (Green Linnet)
Cesar Pedroso "Pupy, Y Los Que Son, Son" (Pimienta/Universal)
Gino Sitson "Song Zin... Vocadelic Tales"(Piranha)
Son Sublime "Gran Reserva" (LASEMCo)
Tabla Beat Science "Live In San Francisco At Stern Grove" (Palm/Axion)
Ziroq "Ziroq" (Triloka)
