SoundRoots Global Culture
Blog URL http://www.SoundRoots.org
Located Olympia, Washington USA
Tags worldmusic, music, international, global, radio, kaos, podcast, afrobeat, afropop
SoundRoots global culture: world music reviews, mp3s, interviews, & news, plus world music calendar, opinions, & links. Plus archived podcasts and playlists from Spin The Globe world music radio show.
Latest Blog Posts
- Monday's mp3: The Curious World of Soznak on Nov 24, 2009 in world music cd review soznak
CD REVIEWSoznak: Dear Dad Tango (Home Made Rekords)Somewhere in London there's a jungle growing in a library, and a bear consulting the card catalog as a soft mambo plays. That's one snippet from the DVD portion of a most curious CD from a group call...
- Baaba Maal on Television on Nov 21, 2009 in world music africa baaba maal senegal
Baaba Maal's discography goes back more than a decade, and he's always shown an inclination to blend the sounds of his native Senegal with other influences, from reggae to funk and, on his latest CD Television, electronica. The Brazilian Girls co-pro...
- Global Music by/for/about Kids: Spin The Globe playlist 20 November 2009 on Nov 20, 2009 in world music spintheglobe kaos podcast children
November 20 is Universal Children's Day, officially "a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children" and unofficially, a great day to explore global music by, for, and about children. (Nov. 20 also marks the day on which the U...
- Global Odds, Ends, & Freebies on Nov 19, 2009 in world music gypsy free music mp3 worldmusic
Some DVD and CD reviews coming your way soon, but today it's a pre-holiday cleanup of things that have been cluttering up my desk, my email, and my mind. Another NYC show that sounds amazing: Fire + Fire / Black + Gypsy: The Sounds and Stories of Tw...
- Monday's mp3: Another life for the Black President on Nov 17, 2009 in fela kuti world music afrobeat nigeria
CD REVIEWFela Kuti: The Best of the Black President (Knitting Factory)Forget the flavor-of-the-month pop stars; the biggest name in global music, the biggest enduring name with lasting impact, may well be the sax-playing son of a Nigerian feminist an...
- World Music of Change: Spin The Globe playlist 13 November 2009 on Nov 13, 2009 in spintheglobe radio worldmusic kaos change podcast
The Playing For Change crowd comes to town next week (see Calendar) and we'll celebrate with music from the groundbreaking global CD as well as other world music of change. Our apologies for the lack of a podcast of last week's show -- we had insurmo...
- Ethio Magic on Nov 13, 2009 in world music africa ethiopia jazz Mulatu Astatke ethio jazz
CD REVIEWMulatu Astatke: New York - Addis - London: The story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 (Strut)If you were there, if you saw Mulatu Astatke live 40 years ago when his Ethiopian jazz first slithered into the unsuspecting ears of Americans and Europeans,...
