Welcome to my world music review section for the year 2006 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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Apollo Nove "Res Inexplicada Volans" (Crammed Disc)
Blackbeard "Strictly Dub Wize" (reissue) (EMI Front Line)
Blackbeard "I Wah Dub" (reissue) (EMI/More Cut/Zonophone)
Cubanoson "Recordando A Cuba: Papo Ortega Presente Cubanoson" (Self-Released)
Hamilton De Holanda & Mike Marshall "New Words/Novas Palabras" (Adventure Music)
Loreena McKennitt "An Ancient Muse" (Verve)
Natalie McMaster "Yours Truly" (Rounder)
Marisa Monte "Universo Ao Meu Redor" (EMI)
Marisa Monte "Infinito Particular" (EMI)
Michael O'Neill "Ontophony" (Adventure Music)
Idan Raichel "The Idan Raichel Project" (Cumbancha)
Hossam Ramzy "Bedouin Tribal Dance" (Arc Music)
Marta Topferova "Flor Nocturna" (World Village)
Various Artists: "LONDON IS THE PLACE FOR ME, v. 1-2" (Honest Jon's)
Various Artists "NEVER THE SAME" (Honest Jon's)
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Mario Adnet "From The Heart" (Adventure Music)
Los Amigos Invisibles "Super Pop Venezuela" (Gozadera)
Luiz Bonfa "Le Roi Du Bossa Nova" (reissue) (Sunnyside)
Hamilton De Holanda "Brasilianos" (Adventure Music)
Seckou Keita Quartet "Tama-Silo: Afro-Mandinka Soul" (Arc Music)
Lenine "Vamos Pro Mundo" (Six Degrees/Crammed Disc)
John McSherry & Donal O'Connor "Tripswitch" (Compass)
Roberto Mendes "Traducao" (Atracao)
Fernanda Porto "Giramundo" (Trama/Circular Moves)
Philippe Baden Powell "Estrada De Terra" (Adventure Music)
Daniel Santiago "On The Way" (Adventure Music)
Ska Cubano "Ay Caramba!" (Cumbancha)
Solas "Reunion: A Decade Of Solas" (Compass)
Techung "Songs From Tibet" (Arc Music)
A Voz Do Morro "Os Sambistas" (reissue) (RGE)
Various Artists: "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: ACOUSTIC AFRICA" (Putumayo)
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Csokolom "Dog Daze" (Arhoolie)
Prince Diabate "Djerelon" (Kora Company)
Kad "Societe" (Beleza)
Sao Paulo Underground "Sauna: Um, Dois, Tres" (Submarine/Aesthetics)
Son Sublime "Bailando Con Son Sublime!" (LasemCo)
Various Artists: PUTUMAYO PRESENTS MUSIC OF THE WINE LANDS (Putumayo)
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Geraldo Azevedo & Alceu Valenca "Quadrafonico" (reissue) (Copacabana)
Cabruera Cabruera "Proibido Cochilar" (Piranha)
Danilo Caymmi "Cheiro Verde" (reissue) (Whatmusic)
Cheb i Sabbah "La Ghriba: La Kahena Remixed" (Six Degrees)
Trio Hugo Diaz "Classical Tango Argentina" (Arc Music)
Lila Downs "La Cantina: Entre Copa Y Copa..." (Narada)
Kal "Kal" (Asphalt Tango)
Romica Puceanu & The Gore Brothers "Sounds From A Bygone Era, v.2" (Asphalt Tango)
Think Of One "Trafico" (World Village)
Sam Ku West "Hawaiian Hula Blues: 1928-1929" (Grass Skirt)
Various Artists "YOUNG SCOTTISH PIPERS" (Arc Music)
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Marcos Amorim "Sete Capelas" (Adventure Music)
Ancient Future "Planet Passion" (Self-Released)
Gotan Project "Lunatico" (XL)
Charles Lloyd/Zakir Hussain/Eric Harland "Sangam" (ECM)
Boban Markovic Orkestar "The Promise" (Piranha)
Tony Mola "Samba + Samba" (Blue Jackel)
Jovino Santos Neto "Roda Carioca" (Adventure Music)
Novos Baianos "Vamos Pro Mundo" (Som Livre)
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys "Dominoes" (Rounder)
Sara Tavares "Balance" (Times Square)
Le Trio Joubran "Randana" (Harmonia Mundi)
Alceu Valenca "Molhado De Suor" (Som Livre)
Marcos Valle/Various Artists "Vila Sesamo" (Som Livre)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS TURKISH GROOVE" (Putumayo)
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Asha Bhosle "Love Supreme" (Times Square)
The Chieftains "The Essential Chieftains" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Danu "When All Is Said And Done" (Shanachie)
Sergio Mendes/Various Artists "Timeless" (Concord)
Soweto Gospel Choir "Blessed" (Shanachie)
Marcos Valle "Jet Samba" (Planet Rhythm)
Various Artists "DEVOTION: RELIGIOUS CHANTS FROM INDIA" (Arc Music)
Various Artists "ORIGINAL IRISH TENORS" (Sony-BMG/Legacy)
Various Artists "WHAT THE SHITE: SHITE 'N' ONIONS, v.2" (Omnium)
Various Artists "WHISKEY IN THE JAR" (Sony-BMG/Legacy)
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Anga "Echu Mingua" (Nonesuch/World Circuit)
Susan McKeown "Blackthorn: Irish Love Songs" (World Village)
Perez Prado "The Best Of Perez Prado" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Samite "Embalasasa" (World Village)
Nii Tagoe "African Roots" (Arc)
Zemog "Cama De La Conga" (Aagoo)
Various Artists "CAYMMI: 90 ANOS -- MAR E TERRA" (BMG)
Various Artists "SAMBA" (Arc Music)
Various Artists "TROPICALIA: A BRAZILIAN REVOLUTION IN SOUND" (Soul Jazz)
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Rachel Magoola "Songs From The Source Of The Nile" (Arc Music)
Karen Matheson "Downriver" (Compass)
Michael McGoldrick "Wired" (Compass)
Plena Libre "Evolucion" (Times Square)
Oleg Ponomarev "Master Of The Russian Gypsy Violin" (Arc Music)
Julia Sarr & Patrice Larose "Set Luna" (Universal-France/No Format)
Sharon Shannon "The Sharon Shannon Collection: 1990-2005" (Compass)
Thandiswa "Zabalaza" (Gallo/Escondida)
Trio Esperanca "Nos Somos O Sucesso" (reissue) (EMI-Odeon)
Various Artists "ASAP: THE AFROBEAT SUDAN AID PROJECT" (Mobida)
Various Artists "ZIRIGUIBOOM: NOW SOUND OF BRAZIL 2" (Six Degrees)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: BRAZILIAN LOUNGE" (Putumayo)
