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SvängIn Trad We Trust
The spiritual home of Sväng is Finnish folk music. Ever since the group was established, traditional tunes from Finland and other countries have been a part of its repertoire alongside original compositions. After years of playing and touring together and the release of 8 albums the time now felt right to go back to the roots and work on an album featuring only Finnish traditional music.

In Trad We Trust pays homage to Finnish folk music in its various forms: the ancient runo-singing tradition, ...more

New releases May 2021

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Pop  Country  Bluegrass17.98 EUROPaul BremenOut Of Excuses
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Jazz  Allgemein17.98 EUROFlorian Ross & Lucas LeidingerChecks & BalancesFlorian Ross & Lucas Leidinger – two pianists, two generationsPianist, composer, and arranger Florian Ross (*1972) has been working extensively in the field of jazz and improvised music since more than 20 years and released numerous albums as a bandleader. He casually excels in every combination from solo, duo, trio, and quintet right up to big bands and symphony orchestras. Alongside, he has been ... more
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Jazz  Contemporary12.30 EUROSaadet Türköz & Nils WogramSongDreamingVoice and trombone — what an unlikely combination! But in the hands of real masters the limitations turn into advantages. Saadet sings in the language of her ancestors, Kazakh and Turkish. She possesses great imaginative power and her improvisations seamlessly grow into songs. Nils Wogram’s trombone becomes the voice. European music and jazz merge with folklore tradition and that creates something ... more
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World Music  Folk17.98 EUROTwornaTworna
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Jazz  Contemporary12.30 EUROJohn Wolf BrennanNitty Gritty DittiesWhat can one say about a CD which is 74 minutes long, consists of 33 tracks and is accompanied by a 16-page booklet? This work is a kind of a new genre, a musical autobiography, dozens and dozens of snippets of someone else’s songs which are locked in Brennan’s subconsciousness. The amazing thing is that Brennan unites them into one whole which sounds as one song. Fascinating stuff.
FA57842 CD
Pop  Filmmusik22.98 EUROGeorges DelerueBandes Originales De Films 1959-1962Georges Delerue, certainly one of the greatest film-music composers, created an amazing 350 original soundtracks for films on both sides of the Atlantic. A student of Darius Milhaud at the Paris Conservatoire, Delerue was also a man of extraordinary sensitivity, and long considered the most “cinematic” of musicians due to his incredible feel for the image in the frame. It made him the great composer ... more
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Pop  Allgemein12.98 EUROBob DylanRarities Volume 1After nearly six decades of writing great lyrics and music, recording and performing a prolific number of tunes, Bob Dylan at the time of writing this note, is still out there, doing what he has always said, ‘I’m Just A Rock ‘n’ Roll Man’.There is, of course, his huge solo success as a folk/rock artist worldwide, but his great songs have been covered and recorded by a whole host of artists like The ... more
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Pop  Allgemein12.98 EUROBob DylanRarities Volume 2After nearly six decades of writing great lyrics and music, recording and performing a prolific number of tunes, Bob Dylan at the time of writing this note, is still out there, doing what he has always said, ‘I’m Just A Rock ‘n’ Roll Man’.There is, of course, his huge solo success as a folk/rock artist worldwide, but his great songs have been covered and recorded by a whole host of artists like The ... more
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Jazz  Rhythm and Blues22.98 EUROGregor Hilden Organ BandVintage Wax (2 LP)
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Jazz  Electronic16.98 EUROFabrice Martinez & Laurent Bardainne & Thomas de PourqueryDrôles de DamesFrench saxophonist, singer, and composer Thomas de Pourquery, known as the ‘new prophet of jazz’, has recorded a CD with two of his musician friends. Entitled Drôles de Dames (the French name for Charlie’s Angels), the monumental, visionary musical material, bursting with energy, is performed by Thomas on vocals and alto sax, Fabrice Martinez on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Laurent Bardainne on analogue ... more
FA57822 CD
World Music  Klezmer22.98 EURODiverseKlezmer, American Recordings 1909-1952Jewish exiles left Central Europe before and after World War I. They took their elaborate musical traditions to the United States and recorded dazzling evidence of their very expressive, Gypsy-tinged party dance music, which thrived on rhythm and where improvisation preceded that of jazz. Bruno Blum comments on these genuine rare, precious, influential and founding recordings of modern Klezmer, a genre ... more
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World Music  Griechenland17.98 EUROKaterina PapadopoulouAnástasisAnástasis is the new cd by the great Greek singer Katerina Papadopoulou. “Anástasis” is the Greek word for resurrection and depicts the theme of this cd: how Greek music travels, changes and stays alive. A beautiful cd by a superb singer, accompanied by an excellent ensemble.The songs of this project depict an imaginary voyage of the Rose of Jericho through space and eras, in places of the Hellenism. ... more
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Jazz  Contemporary12.30 EUROAndrea MassariaNew Needs Need New TechniquesThe first solo CD by an Italian guitarist Andrea Massaria. It is difficult to compare Massaria with anybody else because Massaria invented an electric guitar style that is an expression of creativity implemented through the timbral transformation of the instrument. This recording is a work that connects painting with music and nine pieces on the CD are dedicated to and inspired by three impressionists ... more
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Klassik  Soloinstrument  Gitarre17.98 EUROEvgeni FinkelsteinRussian Guitar Music – Unknown Masterpieces
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World Music  Italien17.98 EUROGabriele MuscolinoGabriele MuscolinoWarmly melodic vocals and strings, chamber music arrangements - a deeply personal mix of folk and Italian songwriting. At the root of this debut album by Gabriele Muscolino (Visage Music, 2021) was the idea of recording in a traditionally rustic room. 10 original tracks were cut almost exclusively in an old wooden parlour.We are at the farmhouse in Costalovara, now the site of a beekeeping museum. ... more
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Pop  Instrumental  Instrumental17.98 EUROJacques StotzemHandmade
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Pop  Allgemein17.98 EUROAialaAn Earth oddityAiala remains outside the law of gravity and continues to wander among the planets ofthe solar system, perhaps lost as Major Tom. And it is that her world is infinite althoughher reality is very close.On February 12th "2021: an Earth oddity", is published, the second album by theBarcelona singer and an explicit tribute to two of her most important creativereferences, Stanley Kubrick and David Bowie. ... more
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Jazz  Allgemein12.98 EUROEvan ArntzenCountermelodyEvan Arntzen, renowned multi-reedist, vocalist and bandleader, presents his third album as a bandleader, Countermelody. This uplifting new release is a celebration of the interplay, collective improvisation and soulful counterpoint that played such a big role in Black American Music emanating from New Orleans in the first half of the 20th century. During a time when convening is all but impossible, ... more
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Jazz  Contemporary12.30 EUROMichaël Attias & Simon NabatovBrooklyn MischiefsOne night in Brooklyn, Michaël Attias (alto saxophone) and Simon Nabatov (piano) embarked on their first musical journey as a duo, discovering immediately a shared sense of balance, drama, form, resonance and sympathy. Fragile textures unfold, dramatic peaks rise, counterpoints swirl in an elegant dance full of mischiefs and miracles. It is Nabatov’s 8th duo release with Leo Records, and here he is ... more
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World Music  USA  Folk16.98 EUROMelissa CarperDaddy's Country GoldMelissa Carper emerges, after a move to Nashville, TN in 2018, with a superb and grand new solo album entitled‘ Daddy’s Country Gold .’ Known for her work in Austin’s‘ Carper Family’ and Arkansas’ ‘ Sad Daddy’ and ‘ Buffalo GalsBand', Carper branches out with this solo effort featuring 12 ofher original songs, old and new, represented in their full glory. Produced by Dennis Crouch (co-founder of the ... more
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Jazz  Contemporary12.30 EUROJacek Chmiel & Lara SüßMeandertaleFred Frith about this music: Meandertale feels like the aural equivalent of looking through a microscope — the details you don’t hear with the naked ear, suddenly stark and in focus. Or like setting foot on an alien planet and taking the first few cautious steps into an unrecognisable landscape. The sound world that Jacek and Lara inhabit is fascinating, fearless, intrepid — beginning or the end of ... more
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World Music  Balkan17.98 EUROBranko Galoić & Jelena Milusic Danse de la libertéBranko Galoic dances to the sound of freedom.To the Croatian composer, who composes and writes alone, the creative processremains a rather mysterious zone. When he began Danse de la Liberté - his 8th album,some two years ago, he had one relentless idea in mind: to bring together, on one record,one same collective adventure, several of the talented individuals who’d previouslycrossed his path. Having ... more
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Jazz  Contemporary17.98 EUROBjörn Lücker & Andreas SchickentanzSuspicion About The Hidden Realities Of SoundAndreas Schickentanz, Köln, trombone, Elektronik. Björn Lücker,Hamburg, drums, percussion. Two instrumentalists who have made ahome for themselves in the search for new possibilities and encountersbetween jazz and ambient music, minimalism and new music. On theone hand, Schickentanz, who quite obviously has mastered the entiresound potential of his trombone from the pure classic tone to the use ofvarious ... more
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World Music  Portugal22.98 EURODiversePortugal Instrumental : Les Solistes Et Virtuoses De Coimbra, Lisbonne 1950-1962This anthology escapes the simplistic vision of fado as a purely vocal genre in following the instrumental flux of the years 1950 to 1962. The music drifts inexorably towards fado, which became over time the expression of the Portuguese soul, but it ventures also into the country’s provinces, with their own rhythms and dances. Predominant here is the characteristic sound of the guitarra portuguesa, ... more

News

  • 05/05/2021World Music Charts Mai 2021Auch im Mai halten sich die Alben von San Salvador „La Grande Folie“ und Katerina Papadopoulou „Anástasis“ in der Bestenliste der Transglobal World Music Charts. Neu eingestiegen in die World Music Charts Europe ist hingegen Mabel Flores mit ihrem Album „Meraki“ und ihrem Mix aus Singer/Songwriter und dem Barcelona-typischen Mestizo Sound. ...moreLatest release
    World Music  Griechenland
    Katerina PapadopoulouAnástasis S62620 CD
    World Music  Spanien  Barcelona-Mestizo
    Mabel FloresMeraki KM00121 CD
    World Music  Frankreich  Allgemein
    San SalvadorLa Grande Folie MDC026 CD
  • 09/04/2021World Music Charts April 2021Die französische Gesangsformation San Salvador hat es mit ihrem Album „La Grande Folie“ auf Platz 5 der aktuellen Ausgabe der Transglobal World Music Charts geschafft. Die junge französische Band steht für unvergleichlich hypnotischen Folk und vermag es mit ihrem Gesang in okzitanischem Dialekt die Menschen auf der ganzen Welt in ekstatischen Tanz zu versetzen. Ebenfalls neu in den Top 40 finden sich Katerina Papadopoulou mit „Anástasis“ und Sam Mangwana mit „Lubamba“. ...moreLatest release
    World Music  Griechenland
    Katerina PapadopoulouAnástasis S62620 CD
    World Music  Afrika  Allgemein
    Sam MangwanaLubamba MDC027 CD
    World Music  Frankreich  Allgemein
    San SalvadorLa Grande Folie MDC026 CD
  • 16/03/2021Release Konzert „In Trad We Trust“ von SvängAb sofort ist das Release-Konzert zum aktuellen Album des finnischen Mundharmonikaquartetts Sväng online. Noch bis 29.03. gibt es die Präsentation von „In Trad We Trust“ in voller Länge im Stream zu sehen. Entweder hier www.urbanespoo.fi/lava/svang oder direkt auf Youtube: www.youtu.be/bV7gq_cW_NA ...moreLatest release
    World Music  Finnland
    SvängIn Trad We Trust GMC091 CD
  • 05/03/2021Der portugiesische Flötist Rão Kyao ist zurück mit dem futuristischen Erbe GandhisDer Menschenrechtler, Umweltaktivist und Spiritualist Rão Kyao richtet seinen lokalen Blick auf die Welt. Diese Werte wurden nie mehr gebraucht als heute. Der Blick auf seine Mitmenschen und die Natur, die Fähigkeit nach innen und außen zu blicken sind wichtiger denn je. Der indische Führer Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) verkörperte genau das. „Er ist immer noch seiner Zeit voraus und immer noch ein Futurist. Seine Philosophie ist immer noch genau das, was wir heute brauchen“, sagt Rão Kyao.

    Die Musik des portugiesischen Flötisten und Komponisten bleibt Gandhis Aussage treu und vereint portugiesische Roots und Universalität und ist eine Einladung, in sich selbst einzutauchen und gleichzeitig sich seiner Umgebung bewusst zu werden. Aus diesen Gedanken ist der Song „Respeito pela Natureza“ (Respekt für die Natur) entstanden, der Rãos erste Single seines neuen Albums darstellt, das als Hommage an Gandhi anlässlich seines 150. Geburtstags gedacht ist. Das Album „Gandhi - Um Português Homenageia Gandhi“ (Gandhi – Ein Portugiese erweist Gandhi die Ehre) wird im Mai veröffentlicht. Die Geschichte dazu begann, als indische Behörden 124 Länder einluden, einen Künstler auszuwählen, der das Stück „Vaishnav Jan to Tene Kahiye“, das zu Gandhis Lieblingsliedern gehörte und zur inoffiziellen Nationalhymne des Landes wurde, neu zu interpretieren.

    „Die indische Botschaft bat mich, meine Version dieses Songs aufzunehmen. Ich studierte 10 Jahre in Indien und meine Musik ist stark von der indischen Kultur beeinflusst“ sagt Kyao, der für seine Version eine direkte Reaktion bekam. Der Premierminister Narendra Modi teilte und veröffentlichte den Song auf seinen Social Media Accounts.

    Von dem Moment des Eintauchens in die indische Kultur und Gandhis Philosophie bis zum fertigen Album ging alles ganz schnell. Die Vorab-Single „Respeito pela Natureza“ lässt den Zuhörer in die jahrzehntelange musikalische Erfahrung eintauchen und nach Indien reisen, ohne dabei die portugiesische Musik oder ihre Rhythmen zu verlassen, und schließlich in sich selbst anzukommen. Friedliche Musik, die so aktiv und charmant wie die Art und Weise von Gandhis Philosophie ist.

    Rão Kyao startete seine musikalische Karriere bewaffnet mit Bambus-Flöten in der Welt des Ambient-Jazz und entdeckte von dort aus für sich die Welt, vom Orient nach Afrika und von Europa zu den beiden Amerikas. Er ist ein Botschafter der portugiesischen Seele. Seine bereits 50 Jahre andauernden Karriere beinhaltet die Veröffentlichung vieler Alben wie das erfolgreiche „Fado Bailado“ (1983) und zahlreiche Treffen und gemeinsame Projekte mit internationalen Musikern. Er studierte mit indischen Musikern, spielte mit großen chinesischen Orchestern und nahm mit Top-Künstlern der Flamenco-Szene auf. Mit den spanischen Musikern der Gruppe Ketama nahm er den Song „Delírios Ibéricos“ auf, der eine Mischung aus Flamenco und Fado präsentiert. All das macht ihn zu einem der universellsten portugiesischen Musiker.

    Er wurde auch in den letzten 20 Jahren nie müde bei seinen Bemühungen, die Welt zu bereisen und zu erkunden, wurde von Presse und Publikum für seine Alben „Fado Virado a Nascente“ (2001), Porto Alto (2004) oder „Coisas Que a Gente Sente“ (2012) gefeiert und erhielt Auszeichnungen, wie die des Infante Henrique (2007) oder die Auszeichnung der Arts and Science Academy in Paris (2011) durch den französischen Staat.

    Die Spiritualität, sein grenzübergreifendes Kulturverständnis, sein Sinn für Umwelt und Natur sowie seine meditative Musik machten ihn zu einer herausragenden und tiefgründigen Persönlichkeit für die heutigen Zeit. So wie Gandhi, dem er nun sein musikalisches Tribut zollt.

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    World Music  Portugal
    Rão KyaoRespeito Pela Natureza SDIGIGMC093_1 MP3
  • 05/03/2021Rão Kyao is back with the futuristic legacy of GandhiHumanitarian, environmentalist, and spiritualist, looking locally with an eye on globality. If ever there was a need for these values, now is the time. Looking out for your fellow human being and nature itself. To be able to look inwards and outwards. The Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), was exactly that. “He’s still ahead of his time, still a futurist. His philosophy is exactly what we need now-a-days” says Rão Kyao.

    The music of Portuguese flute player and composer has been faithful to this message. Music that exudes Portuguese roots as much as universality, an invitation to dive within ourselves but also to be aware of our surroundings. It’s in this frame of mind that “Respeito pela Natureza” (Respect for Nature) was born, Rão Kyao’s first single of the new album, that pays homage to the man and the mind of Gandhi, in time for the celebration of the 150 years since his birth.

    The album, Gandhi - Um Português Homenageia Gandhi (Ghandi - A Portuguese honors Gandhi), framed as a Portuguese interpretation of Gandhi himself, is available in May. Here’s the story behind it… It started off as a dare, Indian authorities invited 124 countries to choose an artist to recreate Vaishnav Jan to Tene Kahiye, the tune Gandhi most listened to, and that has become the unofficial national anthem for that country.

    “It was then that the Indian embassy reached out to me to create my version of that tune, based on the fact that I studied there for 10 years and my music is heavily influenced by Indian culture” says Kyao, who was able to get an immediate reaction from a surprising source, as prime minister Narendra Modi referenced and published the song on all his social networks.

    From then on, from the initial dive into Indian culture and Gandhi’s philosophy to the finished album, it was all very quick, though it’ll only be released in May. For now, we have “Respect for Nature” (Respeito pela Natureza), the single that delves into decades of experience playing for a transgenerational audience, through his instrumental music able to transport us to India, without ever leaving Portuguese textures and rhythms, in a journey that, at the end of it all, is into ourselves. Peaceful music, but active in its charms, such is the manner of Gandhi’s philosophy. .

    Behold, the art of who started in the world of ambience jazz, and launched himself onto the world, from the Orient to Africa, from Europe to the Americas, armed with flutes made from bamboo. An ambassador of Portuguese soul. A career over 50 years long, baring a lot of records, such is the successful Fado Bailado (1983), many meetings and collaborations, many moments for learning (he studied with Indian musical masters, as well as having played with great Chinese orchestras, and recorded with flamenco’s top artists) and inspiration (from fado to flamenco, as presented in Delírios Ibéricos with the Spanish artists Ketama) that make him the most universal of all the Portuguese musicians.

    He’s not stopped in the last 20 years, gaining critical support and favor with the audience with works such as Fado Virado a Nascente (2001), Porto Alto (2004) ou Coisas Que a Gente Sente (2012), never slowing down in his quest to travel the world, while still collecting honors like the Order of the Infante Henrique (2007), and a commendation from the Arts and Science Academy in Paris (2011) assigned by the French state.

    The spirituality, the cross culturality, his sense of environmentalism and his meditative music, make him, all these years later, a profoundly contemporary figure. As was Gandhi, whom he now honors.

    ...more    Latest release
    World Music  Portugal
    Rão KyaoRespeito Pela Natureza SDIGIGMC093_1 MP3

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