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FANTAZIA: MUL SHESHE
DAVID KRAKAUER & SOCALLED WITH KLEZMER MADNESS!: BUBBEMEISES-LIES MY GRAMMA TOLD ME
THIONE DIOP: SUNU AFRICA-LIVE IN SENEGAL
NAWAL: KWELI
HAPA: MAUI
NOVALIMA: AFRO
VARIOUS ARTISTS: ASIAN LOUNGE
JAMIE SAMS & JOHN YORK: CLAN MOTHER SONGS
MICHAEL JOSEPH: O-GLEPI
AMIRA SAQATI: DESTINATION HALAL
CANDIDO OYE-OBA: ADURA POWER
THE MIGHTY SPARROW: FIRST FLIGHT-EARLY CALYPSOS FROM THE EMORY COOK COLLECTION
ELISEO PARRA: DE AYER MANANA
ORKESTINA: POSITIVITY
GIANMARIA TESTA: EXTRA-MUROS
MONIKA JALILI: NOORSAAZ
TACTEQUETE: TACTEQUEQUE?
LES NUBIANS PRESENTS ECHOES CHAPTER ONE: NUBIAN VOYAGER
TRIO MOCOTO: BELEZA! BELEZA!! BELEZA!!!

CD reviews, November 2005:

ON ENSEMBLE: DUST AND SAND
ORANGE WINDS: DAHAB WALK
VASEN: LIVE IN JAPAN
AMADOU ET MARIAM: THE BEST OF AMADOU ET MARIAM-JE PENSE A TOI
FRIGG: OASIS
PAPUA NEW GUINEA STRINGBANDS WITH BOB BROZMAN: SONGS OF THE VOLCANO
WAWALI BONANE: RESOLVE
EITHER/ORCHESTRA: ETHIOPIQUES 20-LIVE IN ADDIS
VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE BEACH-ST TROPEZ
VARIOUS ARTISTS: SALSA-SERIOUSLY GOOD MUSIC
ROSWELL RUDD & THE MONGOLIAN BURYAT BAND: BLUE MONGOL
RAVI SHANKAR: THE ESSENTIAL RAVI SHANKAR
GERALDO PINO & THE HEARTBEATS: HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY
VOCAL BAOBAB: YORUBA DREAM-AFRO-CUBAN CHANTS
CHRIS BOTTOMLEY: CEREBRAL LUBRICATION

CD reviews, October 2005:

FRESHLYGROUND: NOMVULA
THIONE SECK: ORIENTATION--EGYPT-INDIA-SENEGAL
BADI ASSAD: VERDE
MFA KERA & MIKE RUSSELL / BLACK HERITAGE: AFRO SOUL
ERNEST RANGLIN: SURFIN'
VARIOUS ARTISTS: SOUNDS ECLECTICO
EMMANUEL JAL & ABDEL GADIR SALIM: CEASEFIRE
MOUSSU T E LEI JOVENTS: MADEMOISELLE MARSEILLE
AFRICAN SHOW BOYZ: BROTHERS BOLD
BONGA: BONGA LIVE
HURDY-GURDY: PROTOTYP
BORIS KOVAC & LA CAMPANELLA: WORLD AFTER HISTORY
MVET AI MENDZANG - MUSIC OF THE BETI IN CAMEROON
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE-LIVE FROM THE HEART OF THE CITY
STUDIO PAGOL: THE REST OF THE WORLD
THE MOTHERS: TOWNSHIP SESSIONS
BALKAN BEAT BOX: BALKAN BEAT BOX
DABY BALDE: INTRODUCING DABY BALDE
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO AFRICAN MUSIC FOR CHILDREN
KRONOS QUARTET AND ASHA BHOSLE: YOU'VE STOLEN MY HEART-SONGS FROM R.D. BURMAN'S BOLLYWOOD
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: LIVE AT MONTREUX
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO: THE CHILLOUT SESSIONS

CD reviews, September 2005:

PALM WORLD VOICES: AFRICA
PALM WORLD VOICES: BAABA MAAL
FEMI KUTI: LIVE AT THE SHRINE
AMADOU & MARIAM: DIMANCHE A BAMAKO
BANTU FEAT. AYUBA: FUJI SATISFACTION-SOUNDCLASH IN LAGOS
NAMASTE FLOWERING: COMPILED BY DJ ALOK IBIZA
AMADOU BALAKE: TAXIMEN
GABY LITA BEMBO & ORCHESTRE STUKAS DU ZAIRE: KITA MATA ABC
HORACE X: STRATEGY
JIMI M'BAYE: YAYE DIGALMA
VARIOUS ARTISTS: WOMEN CARE

CD reviews, August 2005:

DECHEN SHAK-DAGSAY: DEWA CHE - UNIVERSAL HEALING POWER OF TIBETAN MANTRAS
SERGE GAINSBOURG: LOVE AND THE BEAT VOLS. 1 AND 2
TIEMPO LIBRE: ARROZ CON MANGO
AHMED MUKHTAR: THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD-NEW MAQAMS FROM IRAQ
ANTIBALAS: GOVENMENT MAGIC
JOANNE GRIFFITH: YOYE
CAPRICER MED OD: DEL 5. 1987-1990
PUTUMAYO: SWING AROUND THE WORLD
MARTIRES DEL COMPAS: NO PAPELES / NO PAPERS
CADY FINLAYSON: HARP AND SHAMROCK
TOTO BONA LOKUA: TOTO BONA LOKUA

CD reviews, July 2005:

RACHID TAHA: TÉKITOI
VARIOUS ARTISTS: VEDIC PATH
KILEMA: LAVI-TANY
r-H: BLACKASIA VOLUME 1
PINK MARTINI: HANG ON LITTLE TOMATO
SHOOGLENIFTY: RADICAL MESTIZO
AGATSUMA: ETERNAL SONGS
GEORGE KAHUMOKU JR. & DANIEL HO: HYMNS OF HAWAII, VOL. 2
I CANTORI DE CARPINO: TARANTELLA
CHAVEZ RAVINE: A RECORD BY RY COODER
LAZY BOY: LEFT HAND SIDE
PLAYA AZUL: FLAMENCO CHILL
DUBDIVER: FLOATING BEATS
APHRODESIA: FRONTLINES
VILLAGE FOLK BAYAKA
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CELTIC MUSIC

Home of Mbira musician Garikayi Tirikoti Destroyed
Our friends at Limitless Sky Records have been making plans for a 2006 USA tour by great Mbira musician Garikayi Tirikoti. Now replacing that pleasant anticipation comes news that the Zimbabwean government has destroyed the home of Garikayi's family, who are now spending a winter without shelter. Limitless Sky is rallying people to help the family, though prayer, donations, and purchases of their products, the proceeds of which will aid the family. More info at limitlesssky.net or globalartsculture.com

CD reviews, June 2005, part 2:

OLIVER MTUKUDZI: NHAVA
ROMASHKA: ROMASHKA
SHUKAR COLLECTIVE: URBAN GYPSY
YAWO: TAKE OUT THE FENCES
AMJAD ALI KHAN: MOHSHA
3 LEG TORSO: ASTOR IN PARIS
LEBEHA BOYS: LEBEHA DRUMMING
SUPHALA: THE NOW
PAUL WAGNER: JOURNEY OF THE SPIRIT
MAJEK FASHEK: LITTLE PATIENCE
JAMBODIA: JAMBODIA
SUBARO: SPEAK IN TONES
PICOSO: LIVE AT JACK STRAW STUDIO
GABBY LA LA: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...
PUTUMAYO PRESENTS TALIAN CAFE

Spin the Globe Wins Best Show Award
At the 21 May KAOS Radio Awards Banquet, the programmer/DJs of KAOS bestowed upon Spin the Globe the Programmers' Choice/ Best KAOS Show Award. We're honored and humbled by the distinction, and will work to keep improving the show (upon our laurels we shall not rest...). Thanks!

Spin the Globe's MP3 of the week
Spin the Globe has been enjoying many great legal song downloads, and wants to share the wealth with you. We've just added a slew of world music mp3 download links/sites, and on each week's playlist we'll include a link to a free download heard on that show. If you find something you like, be sure to support the artist and buy their music!

4th Annual Children's Gathering for Peace
Children from around the world will gather on Sunday June 5 from 2-4:00 p.m. at the Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheatre to perform in dance and song. This free event will be woven together by group singing of all who come. Kofi Anang, a local drummer from Ghana, will accompany the singing on djembe. Local school children will help Mary K. McNeill lead everyone in song. For more information, see childrensingforpeace.org

CD reviews, June 2005:

ULLA PIRTTIJARVI: MATTARAHKU ASKAI (IN OUR FOREMOTHERS' ARMS)
OMAR TORREZ: DYNAMISTO!
CHARMING HOSTESS: SARAJEVO BLUES
UNNI LOVLID: VITA
ZUBA: ALLEZ!
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE MUSIC OF THE SAHARA
NATACHA ATLAS: THE BEST OF NATACHA ATLAS
WARSAW VILLAGE BAND: UPROOTING
MAS Y MAS: ¡AGÁRRATE!

CD reviews, May 2005:

TEA: VOYAGES DU JOUR
SVÄNG: SVANG
BAKA BEYOND: RHYTHM TREE
BABATUNDE OLATUNJI: CIRCLE OF DRUMS
MICHAEL SPIRO / MICHAEL WILLIAMS: BATAMBIRA
CORVUS CORAX: BEST OF CORVUS CORAX

Spin the Globe's April Fool's Day Hoax:
Homeland Security Bans Foreign Music
Great - first they deny performance visas to musicians from Cuba, Africa, and elsewhere, now the US government has a plan to limit music from countries they don't like, all in the name of anti-terrorism. The program is called the Homeland-Overseas Music Enterprise (HOME), and you can read the press release here.

International Songwriters Competition
The 2005 winners have been announced, and the world music category winner is Modeste (UK) for the song "Agapi Mou." You can download mp3s or hear many songs online.
READ MORE AND LISTEN

CD reviews, April 2005:

MARDI GRAS.BB: 29 MOONGLOW
AURELIO MARTINEZ: GARIFUNA SOUL
PAULIINA LERCHE: KATRILLI
FRESHET: FRESHET
THE KLEZMATICS WITH JOSHUA NELSON & KATHRYN FARMER: BROTHER MOSES SMOTE THE WATER
MAMADOU AND VANESSA: NACAMA
LEILIA: MADAMA

CD reviews, March 2005:

BURLAKAT: MAGIE
CARLINHOS BROWN: MIL VERÕES-CARLINHOS BROWN GREATEST HITS
MARTA TOPFEROVA: LA MAREA / THE TIDE
VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO BOOGALOO
VILDDAS: HÁLIIDAN

CD reviews, February 2005:

OKNA TSAHAN ZAM: SHAMAN VOICES
DI GRINE KUZINE: FUNKY PUKANKY
SHIRIM KLEZMER ORCHESTRA: PINCUS AND THE PIG-A KLEZMER TALE
VARIOUS ARTISTS: FESTIVAL IN THE DESERT (DVD)
MOH ALILECHE: TARWA N'TAMAZGHA / NORTH AFRICA'S DESTINY

CD reviews, January 2005:

YALE STROM WITH ELIZABETH SCHWARTZ: A WANDERING FEAST (book)
BRENDA FASSIE: GREATEST HITS
MARSADA: PULO SAMOSIR
CORVUS CORAX: GAUDIA VITE - LIVE - & POTENTIA ANIMI: DAS ERSTE GEBET
SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR: VOICES FROM HEAVEN
IKEWAN: IKEWAN

Spin the Globe's Best World Music CDs of 2004

2004-2005 World Music Awards

Tsunami Recovery
Please do what you can to help the recovery from this global disaster- see a list of organizations accepting donations or make a Paypal donation to UNICEF. Calabash Music is donating 100% of their proceeds from the download sales of music by the Partopi Tao Indonesian Music Ensemble to the Sumatra tsunami relief efforts. Also, with any online purchase of select CDs from Thailand, Indonesia, India, etc., World Music Network will donate £5.00 from the sale to the Oxfam Tsunami Crisis Fund.

CD reviews, December 2004:

PUTUMAYO PRESENTS SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
REVELLING CROOKS: FROM HEAVEN INTO HELL
JANUBIA: MOTHER TONGUE
DAVE STRINGER: JAPA
TANIA LIBERTAD: NEGRO COLOR
CHOYING DROLMA & STEVEN TIBBETTS: SELWA
STEPHAN MICUS: LIFE

SoundRoots: Cascadia's Ethnic Arts Hub
Our sister site SoundRoots.org is now live. Check it for links and information about world music and culture in Cascadia (aka the Pacific Northwest).

Free World Music MP3s
The Spin the Globe World Music Store now features a FREE Song several times each week: We post a free mp3 download featuring a great world music artist. Collect a range of songs from around the world, with no obligation to buy. VISIT THE STORE NOW...

African Music Audioblog
You can also find a daily mp3 posting at Benn loxo du taccu, an audioblog of and about African music.

CD reviews, November 2004:

AUTORICKSHAW: FOUR HIGHER
ROBIN TOYE: NOTHING'S PERFECT
FELA KUTI REMIXED BY CHIEF XCEL: THE UNDERGROUND SPIRITUAL GAME
DAARA J: BOOMERANG
MO'ROCKIN: ONE WORLD
SAMPUTU: TESTIMONY FROM RWANDA
IKWUNGA: CALABASH - AFROBEAT POEMS
MUSIC FROM THE CHOCOLATE LANDS
MONICA SALMASO: IAIA
ESSENTIAL AFROBEAT

Bush and America: The Awkward Goodbye

CD reviews, October 2004:

IZALINE CALISTER: KRIOYO
GOLEM: HOMESICK SONGS
N'FALY KOUYATE & DUNYAKAN: KORA GROOVES FROM WEST AFRICA
RADIO TARIFA: FIEBRE
TINARIWEN: AMASSAKOUL
PALM WINE BOYS: UP & DOWN
WAGNER PA & BRAZUCA MATRACA: EL IMPARABLE TRANSEUNTE
RAY SPIEGEL ENSEMBLE: RAGA JAZZ

More CD reviews, September 2004:

ETIENNE MBAPPE: MISIYA
ROKIA TRAORE: BOWMBOI
VARIOUS ARTISTS: WOMEN OF LATIN AMERICA

5th Latin Grammy Winners Crowned in Los Angeles Sept. 1, 2004

Best New Artist/Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album : Maria Rita
Best Urban Music Album: Vico C - En Honor A La Verdad
Best Alternative Music Album: Café Tacuba - Cuatro Caminos
Best Salsa Album: Celia Cruz - Regalo Del Alma
Best Traditional Tropical Album: Bebo Valdés y Diego El Cigala - Lágrimas Negras
Best Instruental Album: Yo-Yo Ma - Obrigado Brazil Live In Concert
Best Folk Album: Kepa Junkera - K
Best Flamenco Album: Paco De Lucía - Cositas Buenas
Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album: Carlinhos Brown - Carlinhos Brown Es Carlito Marrón

SEE COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS...

Chondo brings African beat to online listeners
Chondo (the Swahili word for drum) is a collection of 17 advertising-free channels of music from Africa or with African roots, including reggae, hip-hop, jazz and soul. The Seattle-based online radio broadcaster, hopes to find paid subscribers among world music fans and the African-American population. READ MORE...

Bosnia Bests Brazil 5-2
Bosnia defeated Brazil on August 29th in this year's All Nations Cup Championship Game. All Nations Cup is a celebration of culture, community and soccer: featuring the best Northwest amateur men’s teams representing their homelands. READ MORE...

Olympia Group Advocates for World Music
Sound Listeners Unabashedly Global (SLUG) brings together musicians, promoters, radio hosts, and others in an effort to network and promote world music and culture around South Puget Sound. For details, contact Spin the Globe.

CD reviews, September 2004:

VARIOUS ARTISTS: WORLD GROOVE
ISSA BAGAYOGO: TASSOUMAKAN
YOSHIDA BROTHERS: II
J.U.F. : GOGOL BORDELLO VS. TAMIR MUSKAT

Check out the World Music Advocate Blog

Mickey Hart's Seven
The Grateful Dead percussionist and ethnomusicologist shares world music CD recommendations in National Geographic. CLICK HERE FOR MORE...

CD reviews, August 2004:

ANTIBALAS: WHO IS THIS AMERICA?
VARIOUS ARTISTS: LULLABIES FROM THE AXIS OF EVIL
RENE LACAILLE: MAPOU
ZDOB SHI ZDUB: 45O SHEEP (450 de Oi)
VARIOUS ARTISTS: WHERE'S THE PARTY YAAR?
LHASA: THE LIVING ROAD

More CD reviews, July 2004:

O-MAYA: O-MAYA
GANGBE BRASS BAND: TOGBE
TARIKA: 10- BEASTS, GHOSTS & DANCING WITH HISTORY
BERNIE KRAUSE: CITADELS OF MYSTERY
CHARLIE MCMAHON & GONDWANA: DIDJERIDU TRAVELLING SONGS
IMAGINARY HOMELAND: JUMP FOR GEORGE
RAJERY: VOLONTANY

Ethiopian Soccer and Cultural Festival
Seattle is hosting an Ethiopian soccer tournament and cultural celebration from Sunday, June 27 to July 3 with Ethiopian teams representing cities all over the USA. Traditional Ethiopian music and dance will be featured July 2 at 6:00 p.m., and modern Ethiopian musical stars perform at the closing night gala July 3.
FOR MORE INFO, CLICK HERE

CD reviews, July 2004:

LILA DOWNS: UNA SANGRE - ONE BLOOD
ENZO AVITABILE & BOTTARI: SAVE THE WORLD
VARIOUS ARTISTS: PUTUMAYO PRESENTS GREECE - A MUSICAL ODYSSEY
MIRIAM MAKEBA: REFLECTIONS
TE VAKA: TUTUKI
TAARKA: EVEN ODD BIRD
BARRY CLEVELAND: VOLCANO
COTTONBELLY: X AMOUNTS OF NICENESS
MASS HYSTERIA: MISTRESS AND MEN
GILBERTO GIL: THE EARLY YEARS
SOUAD MASSI: DEB (HEART BROKEN)

CD reviews, June 2004:

VARIOUS ARTISTS: WORLD 2004
THE SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
ANGELIQUE KIDJO - live at Jazz Alley
VARIOUS ARTISTS: MORE GREAT MOMENTS OF VINYL HISTORY
STATE OF BENGAL VS PABAN DAS BAUL: TANA TANI
SUZZANA OWIYO: MAMA AFRICA
DAUD KHAN: TRIBUTE TO AFGHANISTAN
SHIYANI NGCOBO: INTRODUCING SHIYANI NGCOBO
SUKKE: INTRODUCING SUKKE
VAKOKA: INTRODUCING VAKOKA
Les Ballets Africains - live
GOLDEN SOUNDS BAND: SWAHILI RUMBA
VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE MUSIC OF KENYA
YOUSSOU N'DOUR: EGYPT
DAVID DARLING & WULU BUNUN: MUDANIN KATA
VARIOUS ARTISTS: MENTO MADNESS: Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-56
VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE PULSE OF AFRICA
LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES: THE VENEZUELAN ZINGA SON VOL. 1
VARIOUS ARTISTS: BRIZZI DO BRASIL

CD reviews, May 2004:

VARIOUS ARTISTS: WOMEN OF AFRICA
SALLY NYOLO: ZAIONE
OZOMATLI: STREET SIGNS
TEOFILO CHANTRE: AZULANDO
Children of Uganda Tour of Light 2004
KELSANG CHUKIE TETHONG: VOICE FROM TARA
LUIS GARAY PERCUSSION WORLD: SACUMBA
USTAD SULTAN KHAN REMIXED BY VARIOUS ARTISTS: RARE ELEMENTS
SAINKHO NAMTCHYLAK: WHO STOLE THE SKY?
OLIVER MTUKUDZI: TSIVO (REVENGE)
ANGELIQUE KIDJO: OYAYA!
MAJMOUAT ABDE ELHAKIM: MAJMOUAT ABDE ELHAKIM
THOMAS MAPFUMO: CHOICE CHIMURENGA
NANCY CURTIN: SONGS FROM BRAZIL / MUSICAS DO BRASIL
MAGGIE SANSONE: MYSTIC DANCE: A CELTIC CELEBRATION
PAPE KANOUTE: GRIOT FROM SENEGAL
OCHO PIES: OCHO PIES
PANGIA: VOL. 2

Northwest Worldlife Festival 2004
You might remember it as the Northwest Folklife Festival (May 28-31), but looking through this year's lineup - and the special emphasis on the Horn of Africa - it's clear that the folk veneer hides an embarassment of world music riches. Taiko, Tango, Turkish, Brazilian, Balkan, Bosnian, Hawaiian, Sudanese, Korean ... the list seems endless! Some highlights include Spin the Globe favorites Maya Soleil, Lora Chiorah-Dye, Ibrahima Camara, Children of the Revolution, Samba Olywa, and lots of groups we look forward to discovering for the first time. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SCHEDULE & DETAILS...

All Nations Cup (formerly World Cup Seattle) 2004
This one passed us by last year, but we won't make that mistake again! The second All Nations Cup features 31 local amateur teams representing their home nations in a tournament to bring people together and foster understanding between different communities. It's a benefit for Sister Communities. The kickoff party is May 1, qualifying matchs are June 4-6, and the finals are August 20-22, with the championship match played in Seahawks Stadium. MORE INFO...

Songwriting Award for Moana
STG favorite Moana Maniapoto of Moana and the Moahunters / Moana and the Tribe wins the 2003 International Songwriting Competition for her song "Moko" describing the traditional, sacred body decoration of New Zealand's Maoris. READ MORE...

CD reviews, March 2004:

MUSAÏK: IN THIS WORLD
OUMOU SANGARE: OUMOU
VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE MUSIC OF ETHIOPIA
YOUSSOU N'DOUR: 7 SECONDS: THE BEST OF YOUSSOU N'DOUR
TAMA WAIPARA: TRIUMPH OF TIME
MOH ALILECHE: THE SOURCE OF WATER (TAAWIT)

CD reviews, February 2004:

ABYSSINIA INFINITE FEATURING EJIGAYEJU "GIGI" SHIBABAW: ZION ROOTS
GIANMARIA TESTA: ALTRE LATITUDINI
VARIOUS ARTISTS: ABAYUDAYA-MUSIC FROM THE JEWISH PEOPLE OF UGANDA
RAVI: THE AFRO BRAZILIAN PROJECT-TRAVELS WITH THE AFRICAN KORA IN BRAZIL
ROMANO DROM: ANDE LINDRI
DALLAM-DOUGOU: NEW DESTINY
VRANISHT: KENGE POLIFONIKE LABE
MARIA BETHANIA: MARIA
IVICA MIT & MORAVA RIVER BAND: IVICA MIT & MORAVA RIVER BAND
VARIOUS ARTISTS: SUFI
THE UKRANIANS: ISTORIYA-THE BEST OF THE UKRANIANS
STUDIO PAGOL: SERENDIPITY
VARIOUS: SOUNDS OF THE FAR EAST
VARIOUS: HAVANA & MATANZAS, CUBA, CA. 1957-BATA, BEMBE, AND PALO SONGS

Spin the Globe's Best World Music CDs of 2003

2003-2004 World Music Awards

Kora All Africa Awards 2003 - List of winners

CD reviews, December 2003:

OJOS DE BRUJO: BARI
C