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Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
10 - The Planet Smashers
The Planet Smashers have a taste for both simple ska and elaborate libations.They celebrate their 10 ...
- (221 hits)   Label : Stomp Records
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10,000 Shots - Real McKenzies
The Real McKenzies are a ferocious Vancouver band who ‘play pedal-to-the –metal’ Scotch Rock. Their ...
- (255 hits)   Label : Fat Wreck Chords
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20 Ways To Float Through Walls - Various Artists
The global music media are prone to go on a bit about music’s ability to break down language boundar ...
- (230 hits)   Label : Crammed Discs
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3am in Beats We Trust - Sidestepper
On "3am: In Beats We Trust", the follow-up to the soul-shaking "More Grip", Richard Blair continues ...
- (246 hits)
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90 Millas - Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan takes us on a different musical voyage … the ninety miles of open sea that separate C ...
- (216 hits)   Label : Sony BMG
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A Foolproof Escape Plan - Yoav
This is pop music filtered through a global lens. While the second album from the Israel-born, South ...
- (94 hits)   Label : Fontana
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A Mad And Faithful Telling - DeVotchKa
A fresh sound demands a fresh approach to music making. Nick Urata, one of the multi-talented member ...
- (224 hits)   Label : Anti
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A Mystical Journey - Edgar Muenala
One of the world’s most evocative musical instruments is the flauta de pan or wooden windpipes. Its ...
- (197 hits)   Label : NativoSound
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A River So Wide - Tillers Folly
It’s said that “life is short … but it’s wide!” On their sixth album called ‘A River So Wide’, Tille ...
- (200 hits)   Label : Indie
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A Time & Place - Julian Marley
Bob sure passed along some fine genes to his many offspring. I admit having trouble keeping up with ...
- (204 hits)   Label : Tuff Gong
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A Town Called Addis - Dub Colossus
Paleontologists figure the oldest link to human life on this planet may be in Ethiopia. As a matter ...
- (295 hits)   Label : Real World
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A World Within A World - Raul Midón

- (205 hits)   Label : Manhattan Records
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Album 4 - Rumba Calzada
One could assume that for Rumba Calzada, an album title is not as important as acknowledging this pa ...
- (172 hits)   Label : Warner
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Alegranza - El Guincho
Music may travel at the speed of sound, but El Guincho can get you there even quicker. With an ingen ...
- (256 hits)   Label : XL Recordings
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Alex Cuba - Alex Cuba
You get the sense that Alexis Puentes (a.k.a. Alex Cuba) can play anything that has strings and most ...
- (256 hits)   Label : Caracol Records
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Alignment - Stone Row
We all feel better when all our ducks are in a row. There’s something very primal about alignment, e ...
- (218 hits)   Label : Indie
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All Good Things - Pacha Massive
The global music press is buzzing about Pacha Massive, a duo from the Bronx who know the value of on ...
- (205 hits)   Label : Nacional
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All In One - Bebel Gilberto
It was a little odd receiving my copy of All In One on a crisp fall day, a little like getting a Chr ...
- (232 hits)   Label : Verve
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All Rebel Rockers - Michael Franti & Spearhead
Reggae has always loomed large in Spearhead's repertoire. To follow 2006's reactionary Yell Fire!, F ...
- (174 hits)   Label : Anti
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Amandala! Soundtrack - Various Artists
You don't have to be Paul Simon to appreciate the beauty of South African four part harmony. A new m ...
- (256 hits)
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Amar es Combatir - Mana
When your band becomes synonymous with a particular style of music, it’s hard to change your stripes ...
- (186 hits)   Label : Warner
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Amatoria - Federico Aubele
With his debut on ESL Records, Gran Hotel Buenos Aires, Federico Aubele made a distinctly personal a ...
- (222 hits)   Label : ESL Music
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American Us - Los Mocosos
- Little snot-noses are the future of America. The Mission District's Los Mocosos (literally ' the s ...
- (197 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
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Andrea Echeverri - Andrea Echeverri
New life brings fresh inspiration into the world. And, Colombian songwriter, Andrea Echeverri certai ...
- (185 hits)   Label : Nacional
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Arular - M.I.A.
M.I.A. is hard to miss these days as she tours North America’s stadiums with Gwen Stefani. But, her ...
- (196 hits)   Label : XL Recordings
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Asuncion - Pacifika
There’s a new Spanish word for floating; Pacifika. Who knew that Vancouver could be home to a rock e ...
- (250 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
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Atom Bomb - The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Jubilee got its start in the 1930’s when black vocal quartets began to spring up on college campuses ...
- (197 hits)   Label : Real World
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Aventuriere Accidentelle - Danielle Hebert
If she wasn't so gifted musically, Danielle would surely be writing Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels. The 'Cosm ...
- (185 hits)   Label : Dark Horse
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Bajofondo Tango Club - Bajofondo Tango Club
Watching people dance the tango is like watching the epitome of class, but its beginnings were not s ...
- (198 hits)   Label : MRP
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Balagane - Jeszcza Rez
Besides having a name which looks like a Scrabble winner, Jeszcze Raz has Yves Desrosiers as produce ...
- (224 hits)
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Balancê - Sara Tavares
Life is a balancing act for most of us. For Sara Tavares, a Cape Verdean living in Lisbon, Portugal, ...
- (203 hits)   Label : Times Square
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Bari - Ojos de Brujo
The band are critical darlings but if you listen closely you'll hear the daggers coming out. Ojos de ...
- (205 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
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Bembeya Jazz - Bembeya Jazz
Vancouver fans of 2 time Juno Award winner, Alpha Yaya Diallo will hear something similar in Bembeya ...
- (214 hits)
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Between Worlds - Dharmakasa
Between Worlds is where you’ll find Dharmakasa, a band of uncommon invention. Between Worlds is also ...
- (213 hits)   Label : Indie
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Big Blue Ball - Various Artists
When North America finally catches on to the fact that world beat is the popular music of the future ...
- (294 hits)   Label : Real World
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Blow Up - Bomba Estereo
Nacional Records are mining one of the richest veins in contemporary global music today; the Latin A ...
- (214 hits)   Label : Nacional
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Bon Reve - Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
Nobody cooks Cajun like Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys. With each new release, the band fleshes ou ...
- (195 hits)   Label : Rounder
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Book Of Life - I Wayne
The latest recording project from Jamaican roots singer, I Wayne took shape as his response to the m ...
- (206 hits)
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Boomerang - Daara J
As a music genre, hip hop is a juvenile, more accurately, it's still in its infancy. But Senegalese ...
- (206 hits)   Label : Wrasse Records
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Brazilian Girls - Brazilian Girls
- Everything you've heard is true. Brazilian Girls are hot and sexy. We are talking about the band, ...
- (218 hits)   Label : Verve Forecast
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Buddy Where You Been? - Compadres
What keeps world music a step ahead is the dialogue it encourages across barriers of language and cu ...
- (207 hits)   Label : Celtino Music
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Callithump - Los Paperboys
Callithump is quite literally The Paperboys with all the bells and whistles. Within the well-chosen ...
- (257 hits)   Label : Indie
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Cansei De Ser Sexy - CSS
With a population of eleven million and an area of over fifteen hundred square kilometers, Sao Paulo ...
- (238 hits)   Label : Sub Pop
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Carnabailito - Gaby Kerpel
Congratulations to the Nonesuch label (the same people who brought us the Buena Vista albums) for re ...
- (184 hits)   Label : Nonesuch
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Carne Masada - Hip Hop Hoodios
It’s an historic symbol of Jewish survival, and it’s a tasty beef taco filling. It’s Carne Masada, q ...
- (284 hits)   Label : Jazzheads
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Carnival Vol. II - Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean has been collecting famous friends since striking out on his own from the Fugees in 1997 ...
- (229 hits)   Label : Sony BMG
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Carried To Dust - Calexico
Some bands can immediately transport you to a time in music history. Calexico take us to an exact lo ...
- (256 hits)   Label : Quarterstick Records
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CéU - CéU
As one reviewer put it, “Samba has an old soul and a new voice.” Seldom has the global music media b ...
- (199 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
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Charmed & Strange - Yoav
Yoav uses every surface of the guitar to blur the lines between acoustic and electronic. Light music ...
- (175 hits)   Label : Field Recordings
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Choice Language - Capercaille
There must come a point in a band's career (after they have long established an identity) where crea ...
- (184 hits)   Label : EMI
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Chor Bazaar - Trickbaby
The most dynamic intersection in the global village is where South Asian tradition crosses Western p ...
- (268 hits)   Label : Chachaman Records
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Cinema - The Cat Empire
Not a creature on earth knows how better to get comfortable than the cat. Never complacent mind you, ...
- (49 hits)   Label : EMI
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Cloudland - Whitetree
Why is it that edible delicacies almost always imply ingesting something you would never, normally s ...
- (256 hits)   Label : Ponderosa Music & Art
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Coba Coba - Novalima
There aren’t a great many world music journalists in the blogosphere. One link led to another recent ...
- (269 hits)   Label : Cumbancha
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Commercial - Los Amigos Invisibles
Los Amigos Invisibles have enough of a sense of the ironic and satire to recognize the self-fulfilli ...
- (310 hits)   Label : Nacional
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Comrade Ambassador - Mumiy Troll
Remember the Monkeemobile? There couldn’t be anything cooler when I was a kid. Designer, Dean Jeffri ...
- (364 hits)   Label : Indie
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Congotronics 2 Buzz ‘N Rumble From the Urb’n Jungle - Various Artists
Africa has been called the ‘dark continent’ but as Sir Bob Geldof put it recently, “it’s not a dark ...
- (195 hits)   Label : Crammed Discs
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Contra - Vampire Weekend
It sounds like Vampire Weekend could use a vacation. Not that Contra, their long-anticipated sophomo ...
- (128 hits)   Label : XL Recordings
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Corridos Urbanos - Nortec Collective presents Clorofila
Music marketers could make a case study of Nortec Collective. To better understand the band, it’s ne ...
- (92 hits)
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Courage - Randeesh
Vancouver worldbeat fans who still remember our early morning sessions on 96.1FM may also recall the ...
- (190 hits)   Label : Mountain Lion Records
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Crackle - Eugene Ripper
A country’s folk traditions ultimately become its contribution to world music. World beat begins whe ...
- (197 hits)   Label : RIP 101
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Departure Lounge Series – World Grooves, World Lounge, World Rhythms and World Love/ Whatever - Various Artists
Chris Murphy is another pop music mogul who has moved from the mainstream (15 years steering INXS) t ...
- (308 hits)   Label : Petrol Records
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DePedro - Jairo Zavala
My global view began very specifically, as I’m sure it did for many North Americans, with my first l ...
- (275 hits)   Label : Nat Geo Music
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Desert Song - Itamar Erez & The Adama Ensemble
Growing up in Tel Aviv, Itamar Erez had a central vantage point from where he could observe the comm ...
- (185 hits)   Label : Indie
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Desire, Heat & Spirit - Doug Towle
Rumba Flamenca may have been defined by the Gipsy Kings but it’s a genre in development. It’s also a ...
- (258 hits)   Label : Indie
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Di Korpu Ku Alma - Lura
Cape Verde is an archipelago, 300 miles of the coast of Senegal in Africa. Ten islands make up the c ...
- (188 hits)   Label : Escondida
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Diam - Daby Toure
Peter Gabriel is blessed with the gift of introduction and global music fans are all the richer for ...
- (186 hits)   Label : Real World
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Diaspora - The Ukrainians
For a British band that started mashing Ukrainian folk and post-punk in 1991, The Ukrainians have a ...
- (217 hits)   Label : Omnium
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Disko Partizani - Shantel & The Bucovina Club Orkestar
So often we go in search of one thing and come back with something else entirely. German sound desig ...
- (195 hits)   Label : Crammed Discs
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Dive Deep - Morcheeba
The world’s oceans have long held a fascination for Paul and Ross Godfrey, the brothers at the heart ...
- (240 hits)   Label : Ultra
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Djin Djin - Angelique Kidjo
Angelique Kidjo is a petite performer with a grand musical vision. Her last three albums formed a tr ...
- (196 hits)   Label : Razor & Tie
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Dno't Say It Mihgt Maen Somehitng - Capade
Chatspeak is insidiously removing vowels from our vocabulary. It’s an interesting exercise. Write a ...
- (449 hits)   Label : Indie
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Dois Coracoes - Fernanda Cunha
The wonderfully wacky worldwide web is really amazing. It allows you to make the most remarkable con ...
- (200 hits)   Label : Indie
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Donkey - CSS

Sao Paulo’s CSS became an overnight sensation, not because their recording debut Cansei De Ser Se ...
- (251 hits)
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Doolally - Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies
My first listen to Tom-Tom from The Parish Notices, the 1998 quintessential album by Jez Lowe & The ...
- (205 hits)   Label : Tantobi Records
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Drop The Debt - Various Artists
The distributor of 'Drop The Debt' thought I was just blowing sunshine when I told them I thought th ...
- (215 hits)   Label : World Village
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Dub Side Of The Moon - Easy Star Allstars
Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ represents a crowning achievement in modern music. It’s still u ...
- (190 hits)   Label : Easy Star
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Eagle - Mamer
As an impressionable kid growing up during the Cold War, I was rattled by television and magazine im ...
- (129 hits)   Label : Real World
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Eastern Energy - Twelve Girls Band
There are concerts and then there are 'shows'. When I saw the Twelve Girls Band perform at the Moore ...
- (195 hits)   Label : EMI
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Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band - Easy Star All-Stars
Producer Michael Goldwasser says “We’ve focused on re-envisioning concept albums as reggae and it’s ...
- (149 hits)   Label : Easy Star
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Eclectica (Episodes In Purple) - Zaki Ibrahim
Keep your eyes on Zaki Ibrahim. Her fresh approach to neo soul may just be the future of the style. ...
- (208 hits)   Label : Red Ink
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El Abayarde - Tego Calderon
With his signature ‘fro and oversized sunglasses, Tego Calderon is winning over a new generation of ...
- (193 hits)   Label : Jiggeri Records
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El Agua De La Vida - Salsa Celtica
Traditional global sounds appear to be migratory, riding the trade winds to spring to life in the mo ...
- (201 hits)
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el-Existential - Grupo Fantasma
el-Existential may induce a twinge of fear in arachnophobes with its black widow cover art and spide ...
- (84 hits)   Label : Nat Geo Music
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En Este Camino - Pistolera
The road has sharpened Pistolera's aim. Since the release of their debut, Siempre Hay Salida, this r ...
- (234 hits)   Label : Luchadora
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Endeavour - Gráda
- At Celt In A Twist, we've been reeling since the day Grada's The Landing Step came in across the ...
- (173 hits)   Label : Compass Records
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Equalize - Swami
Musically speaking, some of today’s most advanced global grooves come from the UK where the urban me ...
- (214 hits)   Label : Desirock/Cigale Ent.
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Escape From Dragon House - Dengue Fever
Music’s strength is its ability to thrive and influence, even under the most extreme conditions. Dur ...
- (170 hits)   Label : M80
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Espoir.Hope - Ali Slimani
After a couple of exploratory years of trying to tap into global music for radio airplay, I happened ...
- (200 hits)   Label : La Java Records
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Essential - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
Along with his renowned band, The Dragonaires, Byron Lee pioneered the ‘tropical big band’ sound and ...
- (189 hits)   Label : VP Records
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Este Mundo - Rupa & The April Fishes
It's painfully obvious to we mere mortals that some among us have emerged from the deep end of the g ...
- (208 hits)   Label : Cumbancha
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Ethnomixicology - The Outernationalists
Afrocelts' founder/guitarist, Simon Emmerson has an enlightened vision of how multiculti mix and mat ...
- (207 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
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Exile And The Kingdom - Jeff Martin
For the past sixteen years, as singer and guitarist for The Tea Party, Jeff Martin has been weaving ...
- (175 hits)   Label : True North
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Fake No More - La Cherga
Addressing a Reggae Symposium and Art Exhibition at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, DC, musicolo ...
- (227 hits)   Label : Asphalt Tango
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Family Time - Ziggy Marley
Musicians are just like the rest of us. They grow old, start families and become insufferably consum ...
- (179 hits)   Label : Tuff Gong
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Fanyifan - Aboubacar Camara & Doundounba
Aboubacar Camara is a man of many talents. In Vancouver, he's known primarily for training and perfo ...
- (218 hits)   Label : Indie
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Fast Paced World - The Duhks
It’s a fast paced world but The Duhks seem to have a natural instinct to float above the commotion. ...
- (158 hits)   Label : Sugar Hill
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Fiesta Songs - Senor Coconut
I don't want to hear any sanctamonious snorts about this.Truth is, Fiesta Songs by Senor Conconut an ...
- (192 hits)   Label : Emperor Norton
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Fire Away - Ozomatli
On Fire Away, Ozomatli have pulled the trigger without a clear shot, and to continue the allusion, w ...
- (24 hits)   Label : Downtown Records
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First O' The Darkenin' - Chris Stout
First O' The Darkenin', the new solo album from Chris Stout, is what can transpire when one of these ...
- (189 hits)   Label : Greentrax
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Five Alarm Funk - Five Alarm Funk
Big bands are back … not the Tommy Dorsey–style swing orchestras of the 30s and 40s but the horn-dri ...
- (229 hits)   Label : Indie
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Foley Room - Amon Tobin
Since the mid-90’s, a Brazilian ex-pat living in the UK has been pioneering the sampler as a musical ...
- (176 hits)   Label : Ninja Tune
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Fondo - Vieux Farka Toure
Fondo is only Vieux Farka Toure's second release but it already has the body and polish of a classi ...
- (128 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
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Food In The Belly - Xavier Rudd
It’s hard to concentrate on expanding your horizons with an empty stomach. Xavier Rudd has released ...
- (178 hits)   Label : Salt X. Records
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Gaagua (Longing) - Elisete
As the experts struggle to find difficult solutions to complex global issues, the joy of sharing sim ...
- (176 hits)   Label : IMP Records
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Gangsta Blues - Tanya Stephens
Tanya Stephens is motivated to make her mark in the male-dominated world of dancehall reggae. In her ...
- (170 hits)   Label : VP Records
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Gangsta For Life - The Symphony Of David Brooks - Movado
Movado, the name of a high-end brand of Swiss watches is the Esperanto word for ‘movement’. It also ...
- (183 hits)   Label : VP Records
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Gente! - SambaDa
The nexus where musics of all stripes converge, is the art form’s most exciting for fans of worldbe ...
- (75 hits)   Label : Indie
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Good Drying - Roddy MacDonald
I first heard 'Good Drying' on Shooglenifty's 'A Whiskey Kiss', later by piper Gordon Duncan, later ...
- (221 hits)   Label : Greentrax
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Gor - Gor
Some biblical scholars propose that Armenia was the site of the Garden of Eden. But, through wars, S ...
- (177 hits)   Label : Gor Music
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Grande Finale - Magnifico
Slovenia is the perfect place to give birth to the last of the Balkan desperados. Nestled between th ...
- (199 hits)   Label : ARIH Debra Idelja
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Greatest Hits - Todos Tus Muertos
The 90’s sparked an explosion in rock en espanol that brought fresh sounds from Latin alternative ba ...
- (195 hits)   Label : Nacional
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Green Dress - Wayne Lavallee
Ask Wayne Lavallee what he thinks about Led Zeppelin and watch his eyes light up. Like many North Am ...
- (171 hits)   Label : Arbor Records
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Grit - Martyn Bennet
For me, one of the most anticipated albums of the past six months, 'Grit' by Martyn Bennett has not ...
- (188 hits)
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Gypsy Brass Legends ‘The Story Of The Band ' - Fanfare Ciocarlia
World music’s most intriguing expressions occur at the crossroads between cultures. In the case of F ...
- (180 hits)   Label : Asphalt Tango
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Haoloto - Te Vaka
Indigenous people of the earth share a special relationship with the land. In Pacifica, that bond ex ...
- (156 hits)   Label : Warm Earth Records
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Heligoland - Massive Attack
From Massive Attack’s My Space page, “If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing slowly”. It’s an a ...
- (85 hits)   Label : EMI
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Hello Hello - MIDIval PunditZ
The Indian Electronica movement wouldn’t have happened without guys like Karsh Kale, Talvin Singh an ...
- (167 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
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Higher Level - Fito Blanko
Like Dancehall before it, Reggaeton (pronounced: reggae-tone) is a growing wave of global flavored ...
- (188 hits)   Label : MRP
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Hiphopkhasene - Solomon & Socalled
You may now kiss what you hold sacred goodbye. Hiphopkhasene is a Jewish wedding ceremony that busts ...
- (165 hits)   Label : World Village
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Hishou - The Yoshida Brothers
There has been much debate in world music circles about whether contemporary fusions are diluting th ...
- (183 hits)   Label : Domo Records
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History Of DJ Krush - DJ Krush
DJ Krush has taken turntablism from the streets of Tokyo to the stages of the world. His latest acc ...
- (191 hits)   Label : Sony BMG
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Hollan Mauy! More Salt! - Dalla
Nothing makes our spirit soar like stumbling on Celtic music from one of the 7 nations which, until ...
- (169 hits)   Label : Dalla Records
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Honeysuckle - Souad Massi
Souad Massi’s music is as alluring as her looks. The Algerian singer is probably the best known in t ...
- (169 hits)   Label : Wrasse Records
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Hymns And Hers - Oliver Schroer
We lost boundary-breaking fiddler Oliver Schroer to leukemia in July 2008. He got a late start on hi ...
- (212 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
I Speak Fula - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Once trendsetters, always trendsetters; in 1986 Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman coalesced the Seat ...
- (151 hits)   Label : Next Ambiance
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Imidiwan: Companions - Tinariwen
In the epic film, Lawrence Of Arabia, the protagonist is asked, "What is it about the desert, person ...
- (135 hits)   Label : Outside Music
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Imme - Alpha Yaya Diallo
Global music artists are by nature citizens of the world so it should come as no surprise that one o ...
- (102 hits)   Label : Jericho Beach
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Impossible Broadcasting - Transglobal Underground
The grand-daddies who pioneered global fusion, Trans Global Underground have just launched their six ...
- (180 hits)   Label : Triloka
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
In The Streets To Africa - Richie Spice
In response to dancehall’s domination of modern reggae, Richie Spice is leading a movement to bring ...
- (180 hits)   Label : VP Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Indian Groove - Dil Vog
Fans of the bhangra beat will be happy to know that Dal Hothi is back on the dhol. The two headed dr ...
- (319 hits)   Label : Indian Groove Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Infinity - Warsaw Village Band
In the old sci-fi flicks you could easily dispatch a robot by asking it to do a computation that, we ...
- (178 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Intercontinentals - Bill Frisell
Sonic adventurer, jazz guitarist, Bill Frisell delves into the world of global sounds with a gorgeou ...
- (204 hits)   Label : Nonesuch
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Is It Rolling, Bob? Vol.1 - Various Artists
In 1965 Bob Dylan wrote an ode to a fallen debutante. His stinging chorus asked “How does it feel to ...
- (196 hits)   Label : Ras Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Island Life - Yerba Buena
Yerba Buena’s master mind, Andres Levin laughs when he hears New Yorkers say they have to get away t ...
- (171 hits)   Label : Razor & Tie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Iwa - Yanju
Technology changes the way music is made but it doesn’t change its message. Yanju is a Nigerian arti ...
- (193 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Jah Is Real - Burning Spear
Reggae fans should get to know Burning Spear through his new album, Jah is Real. Because, according ...
- (220 hits)   Label : Burning Music
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Kalashnik Love - Speed Caravan
World music scores points for speaking to the universality of humankind. But we aren’t always the wo ...
- (132 hits)   Label : Real World
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Kamanala - Tambura Rasa
A musical journey begins with a single note. Four years and many notes later, Tambura Rasa’s culture ...
- (168 hits)   Label : Tambura Rasa Prod.
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Koonyum Sun - Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd and Iron Man have a lot in common. Sure, Tony Stark would never neglect to wear shoes to ...
- (83 hits)   Label : Salt X. Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Kulcha Nation - Mihirangi
Mihirangi Mee-hee-rung-ee is a beautiful performer who is putting her own spin on the singer, songwr ...
- (205 hits)   Label : Black Market Music
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
La Radiolina - Manu Chao
Manu Chao is the consummate global citizen and a poster boy for today’s revolution in world beat, ye ...
- (170 hits)   Label : Anti
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
La Raiz - Radio Mundial
Every once in a long while a band comes along which nails it to floor.'World Radio' was formed in Ne ...
- (185 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Lefty Singer - Andrew McPherson
Ball clubs know, when you want to serve up something challenging, throw in a south paw. Andrew McPhe ...
- (365 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Lero-Lero - Luisa Maita
The appeal of this album begins with the graphics and continues on the disc inside. Luisa Maita shoo ...
- (89 hits)   Label : Cumbancha Discovery
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Let It Sing - Mikey Power
Keep your eyes and ears on this one. Mikey may just turn out to be Canada's biggest contribution to ...
- (180 hits)   Label : Umana/Universal
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Lhasa - Lhasa
I was overtaken by an eery sense the weekend after New Years when I thumbed through the local broads ...
- (129 hits)   Label : Nettwerk
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Light - Matisyahu
The story of Matthew Miller, hippie and rabid Phish follower, turned Hasidic Jew and roots rasta toa ...
- (164 hits)   Label : Epic
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Live DVD + CD - Champion et ses G-Strings
Brian Tracy, a Canadian–born motivational speaker is quoted as saying, "All successful people are b ...
- (165 hits)   Label : Saboteur Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Local Ground - Altan
Celtic music has covered a lot of ground in the last decade. As with the Celts themselves, this musi ...
- (188 hits)   Label : Narada
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Loteria de la Cumbia Lounge - Charanga Cakewalk
The Cakewalk originated among southern plantation slave workers in the eighteen hundreds. The dance ...
- (192 hits)   Label : Triloka
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Love & Hate - Aventura
Before considering the music of Aventura (apparently the most successful independent Latin band in t ...
- (171 hits)   Label : MRP
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Love Is My Religion - Ziggy Marley
Bob Marley’s first born has become a master songsmith in his own right. And, like his father, Ziggy ...
- (174 hits)   Label : Tuff Gong
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Love Supreme - Asha Bhosle
If you’ve ever had the joy of watching a classic Bollywood movie, you’ve no doubt been charmed by th ...
- (171 hits)   Label : Times Square
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Low Culture - Jim Moray
The young man who has turned English folk music on its ear is back to take us for a few more spins. ...
- (235 hits)   Label : NIBL
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Lunatico - Gotan Project
Paris is crazy for tango. Maybe that’s one reason why the French collective, Gotan Project named the ...
- (189 hits)   Label : Ya Basta!)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Master View - Hexstatic
This DVD/ CD tour de force takes its concept from those wonderful old viewmasters while it takes the ...
- (154 hits)   Label : Ninja Tune
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Meeting Of The Minds - Eric Bobo
I love debut albums. Technically, they may not represent the artist's best work but they do reveal t ...
- (272 hits)   Label : Nacional
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Mi Nina Lola - Buika
Concha Buika was born in Palma de Mallorca, surrounded by a rich diversity of Spanish sounds. Her pa ...
- (162 hits)   Label : Warner
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Mind Control - Stephen Marley
Bob Marley’s second son, Stephen has been the mastermind behind his brothers’ distinctive sound, pro ...
- (188 hits)   Label : Tuff Gong
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Mind How You Go - Skye
The enchanting voice behind Morcheeba is back in business with sparkling new solo album. Morcheeba s ...
- (207 hits)   Label : Warner
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Mission Of Music - Gokh-Bi System
For 20 years or more, North American hip hop has been finding its way into Africa on radio, cassette ...
- (190 hits)   Label : A Round World
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Modular - The Pinker Tones
I’ll be blunt, commercial radio programmers (even those who program supposed ‘alternative stations’) ...
- (56 hits)   Label : Nacional
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Mouse Gone Wild - Eeek-A-Mouse
How does a Jamaican roots singer named Ripton Hilton become a one-of-a-kind dancehall toaster known ...
- (162 hits)   Label : Ras
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Mujer De Cabaret - Puerto Plata
With the abundance of great global fusions it's easy to forget one of world music's most important r ...
- (183 hits)   Label : iASO Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Mylene - Mylene
This album was nearly missed by me, flying in under the radar at the last minute while I was tallyin ...
- (174 hits)   Label : Ryko Distribution
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
M’bemba - Salif Keita
Yesterday’s suspicions and an out of date caste system forced Salif Keita to leave Mali to forge a m ...
- (185 hits)   Label : EMI
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Nacao Zumbi - Nacao Zumbi
Why is it exactly that new music innovators are often cut down in their prime? Jimmy Hendrix was jus ...
- (156 hits)   Label : Trama
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Nice - Puffy AmiYumi
Watch out world! Puffy AmiYumi is poised for global domination. And we’re not talking about some vid ...
- (177 hits)   Label : Epic
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Nightbook - Ludovico Einaudi
The piano’s voice rings the same whether toyed with by unskilled fingers or finessed by the touch of ...
- (145 hits)   Label : Ponderosa Music & Art
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Nuages de Monde - Delerium
For twenty years, Delerium have been creating imaginary soundscapes, where the world’s most beautifu ...
- (161 hits)   Label : Nettwerk
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Old, New, Borrowed & Green - The Electrics
Ah, it's refreshing to see an album title reflective of its ingredients! No allusions or metaphor he ...
- (166 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Onda - Fiamma Fumana
The good book says, “A prophet will always be held in honour except in his own hometown.” Fiamma Fum ...
- (165 hits)   Label : Omnium
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Opa Hey! - Kottarashky
Music is such a personal expression that it can reflect many different aspects of an artist’s life. ...
- (205 hits)   Label : Asphalt Tango
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Oro - Choc Quib Town
Whichever way the wind blows, there, in your search for exceptional music you will surely find gold. ...
- (150 hits)   Label : Nacional
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Overrated - Mudmen
Masquerades have long provided a ritual tie to the roots of Mexican culture, so it’s no wonder that ...
- (168 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Oyaya! - Angelique Kidjo
Sequels are so passé. Since Peter Jackson packed home a wheelbarrow full of Oscars, the new buzz in ...
- (182 hits)   Label : Sony
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Oyo - Angelique Kidjo
Beninoise, Angelique Kidjo; diminutive in body, giant in spirit, a force of nature in voice, it’s a ...
- (95 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Parables - Tarrus Riley
Born under the sign of the bull, Tarrus Riley is blessed with the determination his star sign is fam ...
- (174 hits)   Label : VP Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Planet Electric - Delhi 2 Dublin
Back in 1991, after noticing similarities between an Irish air and an African melody by Baaba Maal, ...
- (457 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Po' Girl - Po' Girl
Again, this was definitely a 2003 release with a humble November kick off performance at Vancity's h ...
- (186 hits)   Label : Jericho Beach
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Pod CD/DVD - Afro Celt Sound System
If you have not yet been initiated into the magical musical experience of The Afro Celts, their new ...
- (164 hits)   Label : Real World
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Post Nuevo - Tango Paradiso
Though it’s often associated with high society and elegance, the tango’s true origins are more docks ...
- (165 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Prosperity - No Luck Club
The trinity has a special meaning in Chinese mythology … three spirits representing fortune, wealth ...
- (190 hits)   Label : Igloo Cartel Recordings
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Putumayo Presents Espana - Various Artists
As long as the world makes music, we hope Putumayo will be there to compile the most accessible of t ...
- (127 hits)   Label : Putumayo
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Puutarhatrilogia - Regina
This Finnish pop trio accomplishes the nearly impossible with minimalist, electronic arrangements. I ...
- (60 hits)   Label : Friendly Fire Recordings
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
R.E.G. Project II - R.E.G. Project
Chill out albums can be rich in texture but light on structure. DJ club culture has created an alter ...
- (175 hits)   Label : Shakti
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Radio Retaliation - Thievery Corporation
Thievery Corporation albums are designed to stand out (or not fit in as the case may be). That goes ...
- (438 hits)   Label : ESL Music
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Radio Romanista - KAL
Red Bull may give you wings but it's nothing close to the buzzy jolt Roma music packs. Certainly, th ...
- (287 hits)   Label : Asphalt Tango
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Reina - Kinky
Global artists who want a bigger presence in the competitive North American market need more than ju ...
- (160 hits)   Label : Nettwerk
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Residente O Visitante - Calle 13
An expanding world view can help artists to move their music forward. Calle 13 burst onto the scene ...
- (180 hits)   Label : Sony BMG
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Reunion - Solas
In Irish Gaelic, Solas means ‘light’. For ten years this Philadelphia-based band has been a leading ...
- (169 hits)   Label : Compass Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Rio - Aterciopelados
Fans of contemporary global music pick and choose their favorite artists from a grab bag of the obsc ...
- (222 hits)   Label : Nacional
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Rise - Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar is much more than just another pretty face. As the daughter and protégé of the godf ...
- (175 hits)   Label : Angel
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Rogamar - Cesaria Evora
The ocean is integral to island life. It’s what separates islanders from the rest of the world and i ...
- (162 hits)   Label : Sony BMG
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Safe Upon The Shore - Great Big Sea
Safe upon the shore, no doubt with a collective sigh of relief from Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett and Séan ...
- (36 hits)   Label : Warner
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Sazon - Che Pablucci
Rap artists get serious about things like 'lyrical flow' and as far as flows goes, Sazon will get yo ...
- (183 hits)   Label : 9th Prophesy
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Scratch My Back - Peter Gabriel
If your watch says Rolex, unless you bought it out of the trunk of a car, chances are you own a fine ...
- (30 hits)   Label : Real World
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Second Hand - Serras
The darkness and mystery of Scandinavian folklore seems to feed on abusive distortion and metal swag ...
- (182 hits)   Label : GO Danish
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Secret Agent - Tony Allen
Everything old is new again. Check the concert listings of your city’s free weekly music rag. You’ll ...
- (60 hits)   Label : World Circuit
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Seed - Afrocelts
There's not a band that explores the outer realms and the hidden origins of Celtic music to the degr ...
- (166 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Sepia - Coco Mbassi
Like Bobi Cespedes, Coco is another sublime voice to float the seas of global rhythm. In presentatio ...
- (186 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Sevara Nazarkhan - Sevara Nazarkhan
Sevara Nazarkhan is a 25 year old female singer/instrumentalist from Uzbekistan who utilizes contemp ...
- (177 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Seya - Oumou Sangare
Blame it on The Beatles. At the height of their short careers, the lads were cranking out two albums ...
- (143 hits)   Label : World Circuit
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Shore Leave - The Town Pants
When you're a good time band, it has to be hard to get serious feedback. But, there are some very so ...
- (145 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
SIGNIAtures - Signia
A signature is as individual as a finger print. Signia have just released the second album of what t ...
- (165 hits)   Label : Music Waves
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Sole - Manze Dayila and The Nago Nation
When life casts you adrift, your driving desire is that when and if you make landfall, a better exis ...
- (212 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Solo Los Locos - Bayanga
Puerto Rico is a lightning rod for musical influences emerging all around it. Geographically centere ...
- (210 hits)   Label : Ras
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Sona - Sona Mohapatra
Home is where the heart is and despite earning an engineering degree, an MBA and a plum management p ...
- (200 hits)   Label : Sony BMG
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Songs Around The World - Playing For Change
There's no question that technology is bringing us closer together. But, what's most gratifying is w ...
- (141 hits)   Label : Hear Music
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Songs Of Life - Nazarenes
From Marley forward, conscious reggae artists have been posting their Rastafarian epistles to Ethiop ...
- (197 hits)   Label : Heartbeat
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Songs Unrecantable - Ersatzmusika
Songs Unrecantable does defy belief. In fact it is one of the most beguiling releases that has found ...
- (196 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Soy Sauce - Mexican Institute Of Sound
Translated literally, the title of the sophomore release from Mexican Institute of Sound becomes mor ...
- (168 hits)   Label : Nacional
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
SSB - Salvador Santana Band
It’s true …the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. But what do you do if your father is one of ...
- (179 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Star Trails - Spirit Of The West
Spirit Of The West carved out a distinctly Canadian Celtic Rock sound that has left an indelible imp ...
- (168 hits)   Label : Universal
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Street Gospels - Bedouin Soundclash
Through poetic turns of phrase, rousing sing-along choruses and an island vibes that’s closer to Kin ...
- (169 hits)   Label : Dine Alone
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Su - Mercan Dede
Turkish- born DJ/producer, Mercan Dede mer-shun day-day believes that by combining the ancient and t ...
- (167 hits)   Label : Escondida
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Sunny Side Up - Paolo Nutini
The whole hippie dippie, hemp wearing, bare footing, tree hugging singer/songwriting movement is unw ...
- (191 hits)   Label : Warner
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Supermoon - Zap Mama
Vocal magician, Marie Daulne has completed the sixth album for her Afro-European project called Zap ...
- (191 hits)   Label : heads Up
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Supersaund 2012 - Señor Flavio
Senor Flavio, the founder and bass player of Argentina’s seminal ska-punks, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs ...
- (167 hits)   Label : Nacional
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Sweet & Sour, Hot y Spicy - Ely Guerra
When divas Latinas like Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Paulina Rubio are dotting the charts with their ...
- (164 hits)   Label : Higher Octave
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Sweet England - Jim Moray
Sweet England is the sweet taste of discovery. You need the patience of a prospector to sift through ...
- (147 hits)   Label : Giraffe Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tales From The Beach - Incognito
Their music may be old school American R&B … even disco, but Incognito is a true global fusion. Sinc ...
- (213 hits)   Label : heads Up
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tandava - Tandava
Hindu culture views the daily rhythms of life as cosmic cycles of creation and destruction. The god, ...
- (154 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tango 3.0 - Gotan Project
Remember Vista? It proved two axioms of our technological world: 1) an upgrade isn’t necessarily alw ...
- (80 hits)   Label : XL Recordings
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tchamantche - Rokia Traore
In truth, a great song requires only a great voice. From there it can be orchestrated to lush perfec ...
- (231 hits)   Label : Nonesuch
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tekitoi - Rachid Taha
The title of Rachid Taha’s new album, Tekitoi – is colloquial French for, “Who Are You?” and just wh ...
- (152 hits)   Label : Wrasse Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tell No Lies - Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara
Remember the five notes earth used to make first contact with the aliens in Close Encounters? I’ve l ...
- (143 hits)   Label : Real World
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Continuing Adventures of … - Taraf de Haidouks
Eastern Europe has had a ‘love - hate’ relationship with the Roma people who settled there a thousan ...
- (156 hits)   Label : Crammed Discs
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Crocodile Society Of Aphasia - Aphasia
Shoe gazers aren’t necessarily anti-social. You have to keep an eye on all your stomp boxes when you ...
- (19 hits)   Label : White Wabbit Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Great Rock-Steady Swindle - The Slackers
The Slackers are a dichotomy; on the one hand, the New York sextet is a pacesetter in today’s ska mo ...
- (90 hits)   Label : Hellcat
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Idan Raichel Project - The Idan Raichel Project
The Idan Raichel Project – The Idan Raichel Project (Cumbancha) To the outside world, the ongoing Pa ...
- (181 hits)   Label : Cumbancha
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album - Jethro Tull
– (to the tune of Aqualung) “Sitting on a snowflake” DAH, DAH DAH “eyeing little elves, make no mist ...
- (272 hits)   Label : True North
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The John Popper Project feat. DJ Logic - John Popper Project
For more than twenty years, John Popper has lent his soulful voice and dynamic harmonica playing to ...
- (165 hits)   Label : Relix
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Journey - Donna Kay
Hollywood’s images of teepee villages and painted warriors on horseback have skewed the world’s perc ...
- (188 hits)   Label : Donna Kay Music
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Million Colour Revolution - The Pinker Tones
Some parents are a little too anxious to get their kids interested in music. Professor Manso is one ...
- (187 hits)   Label : Nacional
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Prester John Sessions - Tommy T
If the Middle East is the bread basket of humanity, Ethiopia is the cradle. Even evolutionists and c ...
- (116 hits)   Label : Easy Star
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Ride - Los Lobos
On the inside sleeve, the credits are listed as, "Los Lobos still are Louie Perez, Cesar Rosas, Conr ...
- (167 hits)   Label : Hollywood Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Rough Guide to Brazilian Lounge - Various Artists
Nobody does chill, downbeat or lounge music (as it’s often categorized) like Brazilians. Their tradi ...
- (198 hits)   Label : World Music Network
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Songs Of The New Cuban Underground - Liberacion
Old Havana still moves to the pulse of Afro-Cuban rhythms, a reminder of the city’s glamorous past i ...
- (156 hits)   Label : Petrol Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Story So Far - Black 47
The story of Ireland has been told through countless songs, passed lovingly from generation to gener ...
- (183 hits)   Label : Gadfly Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
The Streets * Las Calles - Santa Lucia LFR
During the sixties, great East LA and Bay-area bands like Santana and War sketched the blueprint for ...
- (180 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
There Will Be Stars - Elisapie Isaac
The idea of ‘Arctic Chill’ in musical terms is a cute play on words and brilliant branding. But, unl ...
- (168 hits)   Label : Pheromone Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
This Is Love Psychedelico - Love Psychedelico
Robbie Burns wrote: “Oh would some power the gift to give us, to see ourselves as others see us.” On ...
- (211 hits)   Label : Sony BMG
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tijuana Sound Machine - Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible
Donald Fagen sang, “Like a Sunday in TJ, that it’s cheap but it’s not free.” All that’s cheesy, slea ...
- (214 hits)   Label : Nacional
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Time For Change - David Kirton
David Kirton’s sound is as fresh as the Caribbean breeze he enjoyed as a teen, surfing the waves off ...
- (188 hits)   Label : Bird's Eye Music
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Timeless - Sergio Mendes
Forty years ago, Sergio Mendes became the biggest Brazilian music star in the world with his breakth ...
- (275 hits)   Label : Concord Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tough Life - Junior Kelly
Tough Life is an apropos name for reggae ‘sing-jay’, Junior Kelly’s latest. Things haven’t been easy ...
- (174 hits)   Label : VP Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Trans-Continental Hustle - Gogol Bordello
Buckle up, buttercup! The Trans-Continental Hustle is a high-speed, high-octane ride powered by punk ...
- (92 hits)   Label : American
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Travesias - Susana Baca
Susana Baca is another performer who draws from a unique, historical experience. Her music captures ...
- (159 hits)   Label : Luaka Bop
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Tribalistas - Monte, Brown, Antunes
It may seem like putting the cart before the horse but when Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown and Arnald ...
- (170 hits)   Label : EMI
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Trompe l’Oeil - Malajube
While the issue of Quebec’s sovereignty may be open to endless debate, there’s no argument that musi ...
- (175 hits)   Label : Dare To Care Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Troubadour - K'naan
K’naan’s second release, Troubadour was recorded in Bob Marley’s original Tuff Gong International St ...
- (443 hits)   Label : Universal
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Uma Batida Diferente - Bossacucanova
They say to be truly creative you have to think outside of the box. So it stands to reason that thos ...
- (174 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Umalali - The Garifuna Women's Project
In 1635, two boats loaded with West African slaves were shipwrecked on the shores of the Caribbean i ...
- (264 hits)   Label : Cumbancha
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Undula - Uzume Taiko
Few instruments can match the sheer power of Japan’s mighty taiko drums. But, a Vancouver ensemble h ...
- (188 hits)   Label : Zoo May Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Vagarosa - CéU
A good collaboration between artist and producer can make it difficult to give credit where credit i ...
- (283 hits)   Label : Urban Jungle Records
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Four Columbia University grads are lighting up the internet and leading the parade to a new sound in ...
- (755 hits)   Label : XL Recordings
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Venus On Earth - Dengue Fever
Beware of the global outbreak of Dengue Fever. This six-piece band has taken the path less traveled; ...
- (243 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Voice Of The Jeli - Gokh-Bi System
A recent newspaper editorial commented on the wretched excess of rapper Plies (during Plies Week in ...
- (426 hits)   Label : AMU Music
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Voices From Heaven - The Soweto Gospel Choir
It’s a miracle that Gospel always seems to find a way to have its message heard on the ever-changing ...
- (168 hits)   Label : Shanachie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Voices Have Eyes - Eccodek
The biggest challenge in fusing traditional ethnic elements and electronics is finding balance. Voic ...
- (177 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Volta - Bjork
For someone who has so fearlessly marched forward into the unknown, it’s amazing to think of how few ...
- (177 hits)   Label : Warner
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Voodoo Hairdoo - Five Alarm Funk

Vancouver's Afrobeating hybrid, Five Alarm Funk came up with a great album cover for their sophom ...
- (262 hits)   Label : Indie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat

Watching You Think - NEeMA
Watching You Think by NEeMA is a singer/songwriter album, not necessarily global music in the sense ...
- (50 hits)   Label : Sony
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Watina - Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective
The Garifuna are among the most threatened cultures in the Americas. Only two hundred and fifty thou ...
- (159 hits)   Label : Cumbancha
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Jr. Gong Marley
– The youngest of Bob Marley’s musical offspring, Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley is flying his father’s ba ...
- (169 hits)   Label : Tuff Gong
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Welcome to Mali - Amadou & Mariam
While listening to Amadou and Mariam's latest understated masterpiece, Welcome to Mali, it’s easy to ...
- (375 hits)   Label : Because
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Wha Gwaan - Jah Cutta & Determination
It takes more than a ‘one-drop’ beat to make real reggae. You have to start with real ingredients li ...
- (171 hits)   Label : Stomp Lion
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Whaa! - Zuco 103
– In today’s global village, you’re just as likely to hear a Celtic jig in Japan as you are a Brazil ...
- (184 hits)   Label : Six Degrees
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
What You’ve Been Waiting For - Tiempo Libre
Musicians routinely make sacrifices to pursue their passion and sometimes, they take some risky chan ...
- (162 hits)   Label : Shanachie
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
White Moth - Xavier Rudd
Political personas like Al Gore, film stars like Leonardo diCaprio and scientists like David Suzuki ...
- (171 hits)   Label : Universal
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Who Is This America? - Antibalas
- New York's Afrobeat powerhouse on the other hand, are having real problems figuring out who Americ ...
- (198 hits)   Label : Ropeadope
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Wild Serenade - DuOuD
The cover photograph on DuOuD's debut is a beautiful study in light, shadow and most of all balance. ...
- (177 hits)   Label : Label Bleu
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
With Lasers - Bonde do Role
When asked to describe her band’s music, MC Marina Vella says Bonde Do Role Bon-gee dough ho-lay “is ...
- (170 hits)   Label : Domino
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Worksongs - Quetzal
Los Lobos saxman and producer extraordinaire, Steve Berlin said of Worksongs, the new album he recor ...
- (172 hits)
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Ya Foy! - Sarazino
In the immortal words of neurosurgeon/physicist/rock star/test pilot/samurai/cowboy/adventurer, Buck ...
- (91 hits)   Label : Cumbancha
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Yatra (Nomadic Souls) - Kailash Kher & Kailasa
So the tale is told, Kailash Kher arrived in Mumbai from rural India by way of New Delhi with only a ...
- (292 hits)   Label : Cumbancha
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Yes! - K-Os
Key words, passwords, code words; the 21st century continues to distill the English lexicon from ful ...
- (160 hits)   Label : Universal
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat
Zebu Nation - Razia Said
No man is an island, but an island very much stands alone. Some islands are magical in their isolati ...
- (169 hits)   Label : Cumbancha Discovery
Category:  Worldbeat Album Reviews by Cal Koat

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