Welcome to my world music review section for the year 2004 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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Eva Ayllon "Leyenda Peruana" (Times Square)
Issa Bagayogo "Tassoumakan" (Six Degrees)
Batucadeiras De Rincon "Cap-Vert: Batuco De l'Ile De Santiago" (Inedit MCM)
Marcel Khalife "Caress" (Nagam)
Kitka "Wintersongs" (World Village)
Sandra Luna "Tango Varon" (Times Square)
Motion Trio "Pictures From The Street" (Indigo)
Ojos De Brujo "Bari" (Times Square)
Radio Tarifa "Fiebre" (Nonesuch)
Johan Christher Schutz "Passion" (Acousticolour)
Rokia Traore "Bowmboi" (Nonesuch)
Warsaw Village Band "People's Spring" (World Village)
Various Artists "INDIA: THE GREATEST SONGS EVER" (Time-Life)
Various Artists "RITMO AFRO-CUBANO" (Fantasy)
Various Artists "WORLD 2004" (Wrasse)
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Dzihan Kamien Orchestra "Live In Vienna" (Six Degrees)
Fula Flute "Fula Flute" (Fula Flute Music)
Ely Guerra "Sweet & Sour, Hot & Spicy" (Higher Octave)
Joji Hirota "Japanese Taiko" (Arc Music)
Stephen Kent "Oil & Water" (Family Tree)
N'faly Kouyate & Dunyakan "Kora Grooves From West Africa" (Arc Music)
Maria Marquez "Princesa De La Naturaleza" (Adventure Music)
Youssou N'Dour "Egypt" (Nonesuch)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba "Paseo" (Blue Note)
Tinariwen "Amassakoul" (World Village)
Tummel "Klezmerised" (Arc Music)
Various Artists "FESTIVAL IN THE DESERT" (DVD) (World Village)
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Bebo & Cigala "Lagrimas Negras" (Calle 54)
Sean Doyle "The Light And The Half-Light" (Compass)
Ex-Centric Sound System "West Nile Funk" (Indieland)
Hidekazu Katoh & Richard Stagg "Masters Of The Shakuhachi" (Arc Music)
The Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion "Classic Meets Cuba" (Sony Classical)
Miriam Makeba "Reflections" (Gallo)
The Outernationalists "Ethnomixicology" (Six Degrees)
Omara Portuondo "Flor De Amor" (Nonesuch)
Darko Rundek "Ruke: La Comedie Des Sens" (Piranha)
Les Sans Culottes "Fixation Orale" (Aeronaut)
Heidi Talbot "Distant Future" (Compass)
Various Artists "MEXIQUE: LA HUASTECA - DANSES ET HUAPANGOS" (Ocora)
Various Artists "THE PULSE OF AFRICA" (Arc Music)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: NUEVO LATINO" (Putumayo) ()
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: SAHARA LOUNGE" (Putumayo) ()
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Abyssinia Infinite "Zion Roots" (Network)
Benjamin Biolay "Negatif" (Virgin-France)
Karan Casey "Distant Shore" (Shanachie)
Daara J "Boomerang" (Wrasse)
Dando Shaft "Anthology" (RPM)
Danu "The Road Less Traveled" (Shanachie)
Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band "Waltz Rromano" (Piranha)
Ensemble Ibn Arabi "Chants Soufis Arabo-Andalous" (Institut Fran Ais De L'Oriental)
Mahmoud Fadl "The Drummers Of The Nile In Town" (Piranha)
Kayhan Kalhor & Ali Akbar Moradi "In The Mirror Of The Sky" (World Village)
Shujaat Husain Khan "Hawa Hawa" (World Village)
Habib Koite & Bamada "Foly! Live Around The World" (World Village)
Baaba Maal "The Best Of The Early Years" (Wrasse)
Ustad Farida Mahwash "Radio Kaboul" (Harmonia Mundi)
Miriam Makeba "The Best Of The Early Years" (Wrasse)
Miriam Makeba "The Definitive Collection" (Wrasse)
Boban I Marko "Balkan Brass Fest" (Piranha)
Juanito Marquez "Arrimate Pa'ca" (Caney)
Dorothy Masuka "The Definitive Collection" (Wrasse)
Pablo Milanes "The Definitive Pablo Milanes" (Wrasse)
Tommy Peoples "Waiting For A Call" (Shanachie)
Peru Negro "Sangre De Un Son" (Times Square)
Ravi "The Afro Brazilian Project" (Arc Music)
Tino Rossi "Compositions: 1932-1950" (Fremeaux)
Gregori Schechter & The Wandering Few "Klezmer" (Arc Music)
Solas "Another Day" (Shanachie)
Idrissa Soumaoro "Kote" (Wrasse)
Atahualpa Yupanqui "Piedra Y Camino: 1936/1947" (Discmedi)
Atahualpa Yupanqui "Buenas Noches, Compatriotas" (Fremeaux)
Various Artists "AFRICA STRAIGHT AHEAD" (Heads Up)
