Byard Lancaster (born August 6, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz multi-instrumentalist whose primary instrument is the alto saxophone.He attended two colleges, one of them for music, before eventually deciding to pursue an education at the Berklee College of Music, then moving to New York. In the city, he participated in loft jam sessions which included saxophonist Archie Shepp and drummer Elvin Jones.
Kila, Ireland’s leading contemporary traditional band are joined by Japanese singer Oki, who brings a surreal element to their supernatural performances. The album is a mix of Irish traditional, Ainu traditional and everything in between, it is a funky melodious journey between these two rich traditions.
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The relationship between Eastern European gypsy music and Yiddish klezmer has always been slightly mysterious. As traditional «outsiders» to Christian village culture, both gypsy and Jewish musicians earned a living in the preindustrial past by integrating local melodies with whatever else was in vogue for weddings, banquets, and other celebrations.
Sometimes, an album takes you so by surprise that it takes days to get your mind around just how much you like it. Hanggai’s debut was like that for me– this record floored me the first time I played it. Simply described, this album takes traditional Mongolian folk music and instrumentation and projects them into a loosely rock-based structure. This is not really a folk album, though it sometimes has the feel of one. Producers Robin Haller and Matteo Scumaci, Westerners both, allow the band to straddle the folk and pop worlds, creating something new and exhilarating in the process.
Umm Kulthumm, Fathiyyah Ahmed, Munira al-Mahdiyyah etc.
A CD compilation of fantastic Arab women, stars of Egyptian theatre and song who recorded in the nineteen twenties and early thirties. Taken from original 78rpm recordings of the time and remastered to the highest standards, this collection features among others the legendary Umm Kulthum.Between 1890 and 1920, theatres and European-style cabarets sprang up all over Egypt. Performers flocked there from all over the Arab world and from Europe. Isadora Duncan, Pavlova and Mistinguette included Cairo in their world tours.
There is only a handful of vocal artists in Poland with their own original style and unique personality. Nina Stiller is surely one of them. A graduate of the Pantomime Studio at Warsaw’s Jewish Theatre and of Song Interpretation at the Fryderyk Chopin Music School in Warsaw, she is a songstress, actress and dancer who feels equally at home in the theatre, on the concert platform and on the film set. An extraordinary power of expression and an ability to communicate genuine drama in her interpretations have made her an easily recognizable personality on the Polish music scene, an artist who establishes an almost magical rapport with her audience.
Gunka – literalmente canción de guerra – canciones militares japonesas, realizadas al estilo occidental, por lo general en el ritmo de marcha, aunque hay baladas y algunas otras formas. El disco no sólo incluyen canciones de guerra, pero todas las canciones que de alguna manera estan relacionadas con el tema de la guerra, el patriotismo, la defensa de la patria, la lucha contra los enemigos, etc La primera colección gunka volvió en el siglo mediados de los 19 a la actualidad, los investigadores tienen más de 270 canciones. Hasta el aprendizaje de la rendición de Japón y la formación y el funcionamiento regular de algunas de estas canciones se incluyen en el curso de los planes de estudios japoneses.
One listen to Alice Russell’s voice will send shivers down your spine and leave goose bumps on your neck. Alice’s lavishly soulful voice is both timeless and up to the minute modern. Live or on record, she always performs with her trademark self assurance and sass. Listening to Alice, you’d naturally think she grew up on the streets of Detroit, just around the corner from Motown’s legendary recording studios. “No, although I wish I had,” admits the blue-eyed, blonde-haired lass from Brighton, U.K. Her singing career actually began as a young girl singing in her church choir. “Our singing was more of the traditional SATB [soprano, alto, tenor, bass] parts you hear in the great classical halls and cathedrals.
A fine instrumental ensemble of wind and percussion instruments offering a repertoire influenced by the best popular band tradition, yet mindful of sound experiments ranging from improvisation to western cultured composition, from klezmer to afro-funk.
That’s Banda Olifante. An authentic fusion brass band expressing a warm homage to the brass universe; a tribute to popular band music characterised by intricate yet ever transparent polyphonies, articulated through infectious rhythms of transnational branding. Compositions are partly original, partly drew from jazz and world music contexts.
The island of Zanzibar, steeped in legend, conjures up endless images of oriental mystery. For more than a thousand years, it has been an important waystation on international trading routes and a meltingpot of African, Asian and Oriental cultures. It is this rich cultural diversity that lends the unique and enthralling music of the taarab orchestras its fascination. The sound of these wonderful melodies taps a wellspring of yearning, transporting the listener to the rolling waves of the Indian ocean, where the triangular sail of a dhow glints white in the sunlight, like the crystalline notes of the kanun zither floating on the groundswell of violin, cello and double bass. The nai flute hovers over the violins like a warm tropical breeze. A distinctly African touch is added by the nightingale voices of the singers and the polyphonic women´s choir. Subtle rhythms on dumbak and bongos accompany the soli on oud lute and accordion.
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