Welcome to my world music review section for the year 2010 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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King Sunny Ade "Baba Mo Tunde" (IndigeDisc)
Anonymous 4 "The Cherry Tree: Songs, Carols & Ballads For Christmas" (Harmonia Mundi)
The Beat Boys "Beat Boys" (Lion Productions)
Hilda Bronstein "...Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!" (Arc Music)
Teresa Cristina "O Melhor De Teresa Cristina" (EMI-Brazil)
Teresa Cristina "Ao Vivo: Melhor Assim" (EMI-Brazil)
Jackson Do Pandeiro "2-Em-1" (EMI-Brazil)
Nour Eddine "Morocco: Traditional Songs And Music" (Arc Music)
Etoile De Dakar "Once Upon A Time In Senegal" (Stern's)
Luisa Maita "Lero Lero" (Cumbancha)
Pedro Moraes "Claroescuro" (Independent)
Paula Morelenbaum & Ralf Schmid/SWR Big Band "Bossarenova" (Obliqsound)
Joan Soriano "El Duque De La Bachata" (iASO)
Benjamin Taubkin "Piano Masters Series, v.1" (Adventure Music)
Tango-Orkesteri Unto "Finnish Tango, v.2: Kylma Rakkaus/Cold Love" (Arc Music)
Yeahwon "Yeahwon" (Artist Share)
Various Artists "AFRICA BOOGALOO" (Honest Jon's)
Various Artists "AFRO-BEAT AIRWAYS" (Analog Africa)
Various Artists "THE AFRO SOUND OF COLUMBIA, v.1" (Vampi Soul)
Various Artists "LAGOS DISCO INFERNO" (Academy)
Various Artists "PALENQUE PALENQUE" (Soundway)
Various Artists "THE WORLD ENDS" (Soundway)
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Antonio Adolfo & Carol Saboya "La E Ca: Here And There" (AAM)
Joe Barbieri "Maison Maravilha" (Le Pop Muzik)
Gino Bordin "Virtuose De La Guitare Hawaiienne: Paris 1930s" (Grass Skirt)
Jeanne Cherhal "Charade" (Universal/Zoom)
Hilario Duran Trio "Motion" (Alma)
Grada "Natural Angle" (Compass)
Antonio Carlos Jobim & Frank Sinatra "The Complete Reprise Recordings" (Concord)
Merima Kljuco & Amira "Zumra" (World Village)
Old Blind Dogs "Wherever Yet May Be" (Compass)
Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro "Sin Rumba No Hay Son!" (World Village)
Sharon Shannon "Saints And Scoundrels" (Compass)
Solas "The Turning Tide" (Compass)
Various Artists "LE POP, v.5" (Le Pop Musik)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: SOUTH AFRICA" (Putumayo)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: TRIBUTE TO A REGGAE LEGEND" (Putumayo)
New To Me:
Barry Dransfield "Barry Dransfield" (Spinney)
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Tony Allen "Secret Agent" (Nonesuch)
Altan "25th Anniversary Celebration" (Compass)
Maria Bethania "Encanteria" (DRG/Quitanda)
Maria Bethania "Tua" (Biscoito Fino)
Buika & Chucho Valdes "El Ultimo Trago" (Warner-Spain)
Karan Casey & John Doyle "Exiles Return" (Compass)
Hamilton De Hollanda "Brasilianos 2" (Adventure Music)
Os Haxixins "Os Haxixins" (Get Hip)
Lhasa "Lhasa" (Nettwerk/Audiogram)
Teada "Ceol & Cuimhne (Music & Memory)" (Compass)
Various Artists "BRAZILIAN GUITAR FUZZ BANANAS" (World Psychedelic)
Various Artists "LE POP, v.5" (Le Pop Musik)
Various Artists "NIGERIA SPECIAL 2" (Soundway)
Various Artists "POMEGRANATES" (Finders Keepers)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: LATIN PARTY" (Putumayo)
Various Artists "TRADITIONAL GYPSY FLAMENCO" (ARC Music)
New To Me:
Patrice & Mario "100 Titres D'Or" (Marianne Melodie)
Rosita Serrano "Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schon" (Membran)
Various Artists "ARGENTINE SWING: 1936-1948" (Harlequin)
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Tinashe Chidanyika "Sounds Of The African Mbira" (Arc Music)
Nahini Doumbia "Percussion And Songs From Mali" (Arc Music)
Cesaria Evora "Nha Sentimento" (Lusafrica)
Golden Bough "Celtic Love Songs" (ARC Music)
The House Devils "Irish Folk -- Adieu To Old Ireland" (ARC Music)
Insingizi "Voices Of Southern Africa, v.2" (Arc Music)
King Selewa "Calypso: Back To Me Home" (ARC Music)
Tom Lellis & The Metropole Orchestra "Skylark" (Adventure Music)
Os Mutantes "Haih Or Amortecedor" (Anti)
Otto "Certa Manha Acordei De Sonhos Intranquilos" (Nublu)
Monica Salmaso "Noites De Gala, Samba Na Rua -- Ao Vivo" (Biscoito Fino)
The Unthanks "Here's The Tender Coming" (EMI)
Vayo "Tango" (Pantaleon)
Caetano Veloso & Roberto Carlos "...E A Musica De Tom Jobim" (Sony-Brazil)
Caetano Veloso "Zil & Zie" (Sony-Brazil)
Various Artists "ALAN LOMAX IN HAITI" (Birdman)
Various Artists "BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO AFRICAN FUNK" (Nascente)
Various Artists "GHANA FUNK FROM THE '70s" (Hippo)
Various Artists "GOZALO, v.3" (Vampisoul)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: ESPANA" (Putumayo)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: JAZZ AROUND THE WORLD" (Putumayo)
New To Me:
Moacyr Luz "Samba Da Cidade" (Lua Music, 2005)
Ira! "Mudanca De Comportamento" (Warner, 1985)
Franck Monnet "Malidor" (tot Ou tard, 2006)
