Welcome to my world music review section for the year 2005 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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Rogerio Duprat "A Banda Tropicalista Do Rogerio Duprat" (reissue) (Philips)
Frank London "Carnival Conspiracy" (Piranha)
Motion Trio "Play Station" (Asphalt Tango)
Cathie Ryan "The Farthest Shore" (Shanachie)
Savae "La Noche Buena" (World Library)
Silvinha "Silvinha" (reissue) (Odeon)
Ukulele Club Of Paris "Manuia!" (Universal-France)
Le Yeuxs Noirs "Tchorba" (World Village)
Various Artists: "AFRO BABY" (Strut/Soundway)
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Carlinhos Brown "Milagro De Candeal" (BMG-Spain)
Lula Cortes & Ze Ramalho "Paebiru" (Rozenblit/Mocambo)
Curumin "Achados E Perdidos" (Quannum)
Ibrahim Ferrer "Ay, Candela" (Escondida)
Great Big Sea "The Hard And The Easy" (Rounder)
Winifred Horan & Mick McAuley "Serenade" (Compass)
Jorane "The You And The Now" (Six Degrees)
Klezmer Juice "Klezmer Juice " (Arc Music)
Baaba Maal "Palm World Voices: Baaba Maal -- Senegal" (Palm Pictures/Universal)
Souad Massi "Mesk Eli (Honeysuckle)" (Wrasse)
Nous Non Plus "...Nous Non Plus" (Aeronaut)
Moacir Santos "Choros & Alegria" (Adventure Music)
Ravi Shankar "The Essential Ravi Shankar" (Sony Legacy)
Ion Petre Stoican "Sounds From A Bygone Era, v.1" (Asphalt Tango)
Vocal Baobab "Yoruba Dream: Afro-Cuban Chant" (Arc Music)
Zarbang "Persian And Middle Eastern Percussion" (Arc Music)
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Bantu "Fuji Satisfaction: Soundclash In Lagos" (Piranha)
Andy Cummings "... And His Hawaiian Serenaders" (Hana Ola)
Follow Follow "Afro-Groove" (Ombu)
Toninho Horta & Nicola Stilo "Duets" (Adventure Music)
Kronos Quartet & Asha Bhosle "You've Stolen My Heart" (Nonesuch)
Various Artists "ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE" (Uncivilized World)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS CELTIC CROSSROADS" (Putumayo)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS FRENCH PLAYGROUND" (Putumayo)
Various Artists "SOUNDS OF THE WORLD" (Wrasse)
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Amadou & Mariam "Dimanche A Bamako" (Nonesuch)
BiD "Bambas & Biritas, v.1" (MCD Soulcity)
Liz Carroll & John Doyle "In Play" (Compass)
Thalma De Freitas "Thalma De Freitas" (EP) (EMI-Cardume)
Boris Kovacs & La Campanella "World After History" (Piranha)
Old Blind Dogs "Play Live" (Green Linnet)
Kate Rusby "The Girl Who Couldn't Fly" (Compass)
Jake Shimabukuro "Dragon" (Hitchhike/Sony-Japan)
Ciaran Tourish "Down The Line" (Compass)
Boubacar Traore "Kongo Magni" (World Village)
Zuco 103 "Whaa!" (Crammed Disc/Six Degrees)
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Kiran Ahluwalia "Kiran Ahluwalia" (Triloka)
Baka Beyond "Rhythm Tree" (March Hare Music)
Compay Segundo "El Compadre Again" (Escondida)
John Doyle "Wayward Son" (Compass)
Daniel Gonzaga "Areia" (Dabliu)
Tony MacManus & Alain Genty "Singing Sands" (Compass)
Omara Portuondo "Sentimiento" (Escondida)
Ritmo y Canto "Ritmo y Canto" (Everlovin' Records)
Seu Jorge "Cru" (Wrasse)
Shooglenifty "Radical Mestizo" (Compass)
Various Artists: "THE SEXUAL LIFE OF THE SAVAGES" (Soul Jazz)
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Salma Al Assal "Women Singers Of Sudan" (Arc Music)
Fanfare Savale "Speed Brass Of The Gypsies" (Sub Rosa)
Gnoua Brotherhood Of Marrakesh "Moroccan Trance II: Sufi" (Sub Rosa)
A Hawk And A Hacksaw "Darkness At Noon" (Leaf)
Christopher Hedge "The New Heroes" (Triloka)
Chris Burton Jacome "Flamenco" (CBJ)
Antonio Carlos Jobim & Mario Adnet "Symphonic Jobim" (Adventure Music)
Ananda Shankar "Ananda Shankar" (reissue) (Reprise)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS ITALIAN CAFE" (Putumayo)
Various Artists "RIO BAILE FUNK: FAVELA BOOTY BEATS" (Essay)
Various Artists "SON CUBANO NYC" (Astralwerks)
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Keren Ann "Nolita" (Blue Note)
Waldemir Bastos "Renascence" (Times Square)
Carlinos Brown "...E Carlito Marron" (BMG-Ariola)
Carla Bruni "Quel Qu'un Ma' Dit'" (V2)
Cheb i Sabbah "La Kahena" (Six Degrees)
Coralie Clement "Bye Bye Beaute" (Nettwerk)
Joao Donato "A Bad Donato" (Blue Thumb)
Lura "Di Korpu Ku Alma" (Lusafrica/Escondida)
Ali Farka Toure "Red & Green" (Nonesuch)
Transglobal Underground "Impossible Broadcasting" (Triloka)
Various Artists "EARLY GUITAR MUSIC OF WEST AFRICA" (Heritage)
Various Artists "THE HISTORY OF SLACK KEY GUITAR" (Harlequin)
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Altaf Gnawa Group "Gnawa Music From Morocco" (Arc Music)
Bauls Of Bengal "Mystic Songs From India" (Arc Music)
Simon Dias "Mis Canciones" (World Village)
Celso Fonseca "Rive Gauche Rio" (Crammed Disc/Six Degrees)
Kasumai "Senegal: Urban Rhythms" (Arc Music)
Oliver Mtukudzi "Nhava" (Heads Up)
Ismael Reinhardt "Gypsy Swing" (Arc Music)
Sharon Shannon "Spellbound"; "Out The Gap"; "Each Little Thing" (Compass)
O.K. Subramaniam "Inde De Sud: Nagaswaram In The Carnatic Tradition" (Inedit)
Super Uba "Tierra Lejana" (Iaso)
Various Artists "CAMBODIAN ROCKS, v.3" (Khmer Rocks)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS MALI" (Putumayo)
Various Artists "STEELING 'ROUND THE WORLD" (Heritage)
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Bonga "Kaxexe" (Lusafrica/Times Square)
Branko Krsmanovic Group "Music Of Serbia And Montenegro" (Arc Music)
Charanga Cakewalk "Loteria De La Cumbia Lounge"(Triloka)
Pedro Luis Ferrer "Rustico" (Escondida)
Jim Jensen & The Hawaiian Hotshots (Cumquat)
The Klezmatics "Brother Moses Smote The Water" (Piranha)
Ana Moura "Guarda-Me A Vida Na Mao" (World Village)
Ojos De Brujo "Remesclas De La Casa" (World Village)
Rachid Taha "Tekitoi" (Wrasse)
Savina Yannatou "Sumiglia" (ECM)
Various Artists "ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA" (Arc Music)
Various Artists "MUSIC OF SARDINIA" (Arc Music)
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Brazilian Girls "Brazilian Girls" (Verve)
Ensemble Al-Kindi "Les Derviches Tourneurs De Damas" (Le Chant Du Monde)
Ensemble Al-Kindi "Transe Soufie D'Alep" (Le Chant Du Monde)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo "No Boundaries" (Heads Up Africa, 2004)
Lo'Jo "Ce Soir La..." (World Village)
Masters Of Persian Music "Faryad" (World Village)
Orchestra Makassy "Legends Of East Africa" (Arc Music)
Paris Combo "Motifs" (Universal-DRG)
Chango Spasiuk "Tarefaro De Mis Pagos" (Piranha, 2004)
