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
- 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,...
- Monday's mp3: Blasting Down the Ghetto's Walls on Nov 10, 2009 in gypsy mahala rai banda worldmusic romania
Mahala Raìˆ Banda: Ghetto Blasters (Asphalt Tango)Their name literally means "Noble Band from the Ghetto," but their ghetto music isn't like our ghetto music. Sure their high-energy music has great beats and impels people to dance, but this isn't hi...
- Global Funk + Yasmin Levy interview: Spin The Globe playlist 6 November 2009 on Nov 6, 2009 in playlist funk world music interview spinthglobe kaos yasmin levy
It's a funky world, and this week's show highlighted some of the best, from Congo to Bombay to Nigeria and beyond. Plus an interview with Israeli singer...
- Kitka: Cradle Songs for All Ages on Nov 5, 2009 in world music lullabies kitka eastern europe
CD REVIEWKitka: Cradle Songs (Diaphonica)I'm in the car, driving west into -- I kid you not -- the sunset. Above me a sky with breathtaking swooshes of scarlet and orange, on the stereo otherworldly vocal harmonies that seem to transport me to anothe...
