Pela Simba - Pela Simba (2006)
Posted by Sisca Cute Love U in *Africa*, *Music*, Congo (Democratic Republic of ) on Saturday, July 17, 2010
Hello everybody, Babe(b)logue goes on holiday, so this will be the last post for a while. See you soon, and stick around! Radu. P.S. As far as I know, this somewhat mysterious CD collects two beautiful Pela Simba’s albums originally published during the first half of the 80’s, Pela Simba and Sambara. If you discover more info, please leave a comment here. Cheers! «Pela Simba,
Yengi Yol - De Seville à Boukhara (2003)
Posted by Sisca Cute Love U in *Asia and Middle East*, *Europe*, *Music*, France, Uzbekistan on Friday, July 16, 2010
«Yengi Yol means “new way”, in Turkish as well as in Uzbek. The “Yengi Yol” Ensemble was born a few years ago when European musician E.H. During went to meet young musicians his age in Uzbekistan. Back then, when his flamenca guitar met their traditional Uzbek music, the result was convincing straight away. The band was born and several concerts and recordings were rapidly done, so that a new
Blo - Chapters and Phases: The Complete Albums 1973-1975 (2009)
«Blo fused the Afrobeat rhythms of their native Nigeria with the mind-expanding psychedelia and funk of late-'60s Western rock to forge a wholly original sound embracing the full spectrum of black music. The roots of the group lay in the Clusters, already one of the most popular Nigerian highlife acts of the mid-'60s even prior to a stint as the support band for the Sierra Leonean pop superstar
Ancient Future - Asian Fusion (1993)
Posted by Sisca Cute Love U in *Music*, *North America*, U.S.A.
«Ancient Future was formed in 1978 by guitarist Matthew Montfort, who was interested in combining ancient musical traditions with modern technology. The band's inviting melodies, exotic instruments, and ethnic textures helped popularize of world-music fusion. In Asian Fusion, Jim Hurley and Matthew Montfort's shared violin-and-guitar-line leads catch hold of a strong melody and bite down hard.
