Živeli Orkestar – Yashaaa…!!! (2015)
This night starts with the album Yashaaa…!!! by the Živeli Orkestar. This French balkan group and her enchanting singer Suzana Djordjevic have immersed themselves in the heart of the Balkan festivals through their third album: “Yashaaa … !!!”.
Slavic music with influences from gypsy and eastern music, from the Aegean Sea to the borders of India.
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Label:BMG Ariola CR
Vera Bila & Kale – Rovava (2001)
Vera Bila is know as the most famous contemporary Roma singer from the Czech Republic.
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Label: Fanatik Productions – FPBF06
Balkan Fanatik, the Orchestra: Csókolj meg babám (2015)
The aim of the production is to introduce musical cultures and styles to the Hungarians, along with the Western audience, so their songs are sung in several languages. Hip-hop-electronica-worldmusic duo (Yorgos and Lepe) add a large crowd of performers on their albums and in their concerts.
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Label: Sahel Sounds
Afous
D’Afous – Tenere (2017)
Afous D’Afous is a 6-piece Tuareg-rock outfit from Southern Algeria. Their independent album features classic rock aesthetics, soulful ballads and polished uptempo driving electric guitar rhythms.
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Strange Circles, by Bokanté. (2017)
The word means ‘exchange’ in Creole, the language of the band’s vocalist Malika Tirolien. The music represents the idea of a cultural exchange between the melting pot of musicians involved. This vibrant album clearly shows the individual influences from each band member.
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Bei Bei & Shawn Lee – Year of the Funky (2017)
The next album is an East meet West production by the Chinese-American guzheng player (also known as the Chinese
zither)
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Label: Piranha records PIR3060
Ethio Stars ft. Mulatu Astatke – Addis 1988 (2017)
Addis 1988 is the document of a moment in time when Mulatu Astatke was not yet the global Ethiojazz superstar he is today, but change was gonna come for him, and for the whole world.
First released in 1992, available for CD only and out of print for many years, Addis 1988 is now remastered.
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Label: Junorecords
Goran Bregovic – Three Letters from Sarajevo, Opus 1 (2017)
On the album Three Letters from Sarajevo he celebrates the history of his birthplace Sarajevo, a meeting place for Christians, Muslims and Jews before the Balkan war, with a wildly varied set. There are instrumental pieces honoring the three religions, each dominated by a different violinist, and including powerful atmos-pheric work from Tunisia’s Zied Zouari.
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Faris – Mississippi to Sahara (2015)
Released in Europe & Japan by Wrasse Records
Desert blues with acoustic blues from the rural south of Mississippi, taking up the great classics and adapting the lyrics in the Tamasheq language.
This night was accomplished by Benno Wormgoor
