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NEW RELEASES NO. 4-2017 Out now: Bargou08: Targ GBCD 45 / € 10,95 / 4030433604526 / label: Glitterbeat / format: CD / Tunesia – Popular Bargou08: Targ GBLP 45 / € 13,95 / 4030433604519 / label: Glitterbeat / format: LP / Tunesia – Popular

Bargou 08 deftly combines the little-known soundscapes and rhythms of the Tunisian highlands with driving electronic and rock textures. A deep, pulsing Moog synthesizer intertwines with explosive drums, traditional string/reed instruments and the haunting power of ancient songs. The trance of the past emerges from out of the speakers, but the sound is wired, contemporary and thrilling. While Targ is the band’s debut album, there is already a growing buzz from their appearances at major festivals (Roskilde) and their acclaimed showcase at WOMEX 2016. Bargou 08 will undoubtedly be one of the year’s most talked about global fusions. Listen to a track.

Out now: Kalio Gayo: Orok KALIO 8 / € 4,95 / 8712618001707 / label: Kalio Gayo / format: CD / Netherlands – Folk Kalio Gayo: Orok KALIOEP 8 / € 8,45 / 8712618001714 / label: Kalio Gayo / format: EP / Netherlands – Folk

On ‘Orok’ Kalio Gayo’s dances are boundless. Acoustic instruments combined with electronics and a universal language. Orok is a lyrical and melodic collage. Orok is everyone, Orok can be everywhere. Orok is a mission. "....there is no such thing as the wrong country, the wrong color or the wrong name, we share the same future, bright or grim, east and west, the same...." according to Kalio Gayo Listen to a track.

Maës / Martin / Gruel: Feule Caracal BUDA 5736430 / € 11,05 / 0602557364309 / label: Buda Musique / format: CD / Brittany – Folk

This trio is formed by two great explorers of the territories of the diatonic accordion Christian Maes and Janick Martin, and the percussionist Etienne Gruel. On the Celtic and dark lands of the Atlantic shores, on the great gilded belt of the united deserts of the Umayyads, the compositions of the trio conjure up climates without fixed earth, oriental vagabond inspirations and pieces of ocean. It laughs, cries and scolds. An adventurous trio, pushing back the frontiers. Enraged, engaged. Listen here.

Cie Rassegna: Il Sole Non Si Muove BUDA 860305 / € 11,05 / 3341348603056 / label: Buda Musique / format: CD / France - Classical

The title ‘Il sole non si muove’ (‘The Sun Does Not Move’) was supposed to be only provisional, but in time it stuck and settled into place. That of a creation and a moment in the history of this group of musicians, devoted to the study of music born during the sixteenth century in the Mediterranean and in England, as well as to their movement in space and time. A project with composers and musicians from Italy, England, France, Spain, Portugal, North Africa and Armenia. Listen to a track.

Erwan Keravec: Sonneurs BUDA 860299 / € 11,05 / 3341348602998 / label: Buda Musique / format: CD / Brittany – Avant Garde

This quartet with the four instruments of the Breton tradition: the bombarde and the biniou koz (the two historical instruments); The Scottish bagpipes which had become Breton for a century, and the trélombarde invented 20 years ago. This quartet is "cultured" and offers a raw sound, a rich tone, the continuous sound of the biniou and the bagpipes, a tight presence in the sound spectrum and, of course, a powerful sound. A beautiful playground for the composers of the composers. Listen to a track.

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Daniel Karlson Trio: Ding Dong BRUS 43 / € 8,95 / 7350045750433 / label: Brus & Knaster / format: CD / Sweden – Jazz Daniel Karlson Trio: Ding Dong KNASTER 43 / € 12,95 / 7350045751430 / label: Brus & Knaster / format: LP / Sweden – Jazz

On this fourth studio album the Daniel Karlsson Trio take their art to yet another level. As on their previous three albums Ding Dong is positively jam-packed with original ultra-hip music by prolific pianist, composer and bandleader Daniel Karlsson. Daniel Karlsson Trio are Daniel Karlsson, piano and keyboards, Christian Spering, double bass and cello and Fredrik Rundqvist, drums and percussion. Listen here.

Trias: Efter Horisonten GO 916 / € 11,50 / 5705934003138 / label: Go’Danish / format: CD / Denmark – Folk

Their second release state the bands steadiness and comfort place on the Danish folk music scene. "Efter Horisonten" has captured the spark of creativity, and together they have created their common expression on this release. Trias is primarily an instrumental band, but singer Camilla Skjaerbaek joined them with vocals on two of the tracks on this album. Feat. Bebe, Estrella Morente, Antonio Carmona and others. Listen here.

Celia Flores: 20 Anos de Marisol a Pepa Flores DCM 2104 / € 10,95 / 8437006391641 / label: T-sunami / format: CD / Spain – Flamenco

Celia Flores is the youngest daughter of the actress and singer Marisol (Pepa Flores) and the dancer Antonio Gades. Now she presents her third album '20 years of Marisol to Pepa Flores', which is an homage to her mother, interpreting some of her best known songs. This is a tribute from a daughter to a mother, but with the creative freedom of a new generation that separates more than 40 years. Listen to a song.

El Noy: La Bomba Gitana SATKCD 200 / € 10,95 / 8435307600400 / label: Satelite K / format: CD / Spain – Rumba Gitana

La Bomba Gitana is a historical edition with all recordings edited by El Noy. Some songs have become a legend for collectors and fans of rumba gitana, the last Spanish musical genre created in the 20th century. Convinced of the talent of El Noy this collecting contains as much information as possible about the artist from whom his releases through the Discophon label (when it appeared as El Noi) were barely known. Born in 1948 as Juan Castellón Jiménez, we know now that he always wanted to be known as El Noy because that was how he appeared on the posters of the theater alder n in Madrid with his godfather El r ncipe Gitano. Listen to a track.

Nikos Protopapas: Tempo – Rebetiko Guitars Project GM 903848 / € 9,45 / 5205299038481 / label: General Music / format: CD / Greece – Rebetika

The guitar is the basis of every good rebetiko orchestra and Nikos Protopapas is one of the most recognized guitarists of the new generation. The recorded 15 songs on this album are all recorded with respect to the different styles of the soloist and the accompanying guitar. Nikos Protopapas is also a founding member of the band Kompania, with international tours, major international awards and two discs in the top 10 of the European charts (WMCE): "Kompania Live" (CHARA 20121) and "RoundTrip" (CHARA 20132). Listen to a song.

Zivania Ensemble: Zivania and Tsamarella EG 140730 / € 12,45 / 0080687020959 / label: Eastern Gate / format: 2-CD / Greece – Traditional

Inspired by the ypriotic drink ‘Zivania’ this ensemble sings traditional songs from yprus, the Aegean Sea, Epirus, Asia Minor, Rebetika, and even Byzantine hymns. Recorded in Thessaloniki and Cyprus, led by Yannis Saoulis, this 2 CD album is packed in a hardcover digibook with booklet texts in Greek & English. Watch the album release presentation here.

Felix Lajko: Neked FA 3772 / € 11,50 / 5998048537723 / label: Fono / format: CD / Sebia-Hungary – Balkan

Félix Lajk has put Erika Bartos’ poetry for children to music. Gabriella Tintér’s voice brings it to life. Though this is a children’s record, Lajk offers the music and verse to both adults and children. Often referred to as the Devil’s Violinist, the aganini of Voivodina, or a child prodigy, once he is on stage with an instrument – be it the violin or the zither – Lajkó is capable of doing anything, of guarding his audience to a world that opens up only to those born with a special talent. Félix Lajkó handles music rather impulsively. There is no need to define the style or genre of his music, since it is exactly about the opposite: transgressing styles, accepting the inexplicable. Listen here.

Julio Pereira: Cavaquinho.pt TRAD 81 / 15,95 / 9789728644352 / label: Tradisom / format: CD / Portugal – Fado

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Julio Pereira revisits on this album the acoustic universe of an instrument: the cavaquinho, a small 4 string guitar. A revisit that is not a return, but rather an update of sonorities, forms, modes (and fashions), through which the cavaquinho and musical geography of Julio translate a constant search for new ways. On this album it is proved that in music and in life, there is no tradition without contemporaneity. The work and the artistic performance of Júlio Pereira continue to provoke surprises. Listen to a track.

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Armandinho: Genius of the Portuguese Guitar TRAD 76 / € 8,95 / 5605347076135 / label: Tradisom / format: CD / Portugal – Fado

The Portuguese guitar belongs exclusively to Portugues culture and playing it virtuously has long been one of the most appreciated facets of Lusitanian music. Although the Portuguese guitar is frequently, and correctly, associated to fado, it is also a genre itself. Armandinho was one of the greatest Portuguese guitar players, and his career potential was far from being exhausted when, at the age of 55, he died is Lisbon in 1946. His influence was considerable then and still remains such today. Listen to a track here.

Various: Lisbon and the Fadistas TRAD 78 / € 8,95 / 5605347078139 / label: Tradisom / format: CD / Portugal – Fado

Lisbon and its old quarters, its seven hills, its picturesque sites, and the Tagus river flowing along its borders are sung in many musical genres, but fado is unquestionable the favourite. Every year, hundreds of poems are written about Lisbon, all of them beautiful and unique, always about the same theme, but never repeated. Many of these poems are then also translated into fado. Listen here.

EXPECTED Expected 10 March 2017: The Nile Project: Jinja NP 2016 / € 10,95 / 0888295545303 / label: Nile Project / format: CD / Various – Popular

The Nile Project is an intriguing collective of musicians from the countries along the river and its tributaries, from Egypt down to Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi. They have created an accessible African fusion style, as they show with their first studio album. There’s an easygoing, bluesy edge to many of the songs, along with melodies that won’t startle western audiences, and there’s some impressive singing and instrumental work. Listen to track.

Expected 10 March 2017: Mokoomba: Luyando OH 30 / € 11,80 / 4015698009712 / label: Out Here Records / format: CD / Zimbabwe – Popular Mokoomba: Luyando OHLP 30 / € 13,95 / 4015698009729 / label: Out Here Records / format: LP / Zimbabwe - Popular

Mokoomba embark on a journey that takes them back to the Tonga traditions of their home region in the north west of Zimbabwe on the banks of the Zambesi river. They revisit the traditional songs and ceremonies of their youth and revive them in a modern style. 'Luyando' (Love) is a lively energetic mix that puts this young band back on the map as one of the leading African dancebands of today, fresh but firmly in touch with their roots. The vanishing traditions of the past are revived for the future. Listen here.

Expected 17 March 2017: Tamikrest: Kidal GBCD 43 / € 10,95 / 4030433604328 / label: Glitterbeat Records / format: CD / Mali – Touareg Tamikrest: Kidal GBLP 43 / € 13,95 / 4030433604311 / label: Glitterbeat Records / format: LP / Mali – Touareg

All around Kidal, the Malian desert stretches in every direction. Endless horizons of rock and sand, barren and parched. This is the southwestern edge of the Sahara, the home of the Tuareg people, and the town of Kidal is one of their main cultural centres. Fought over, conquered and re-conquered, it remains the symbol of Tuareg defiance and hope, the spiritual home of a dispossessed people. It is also the town in which Tamikrest first came together as a group, and on Kidal, Tamikrest’s fourth studio album, the band pays homage to this place that has nurtured them and their people. It’s a cry of suffering and the yell of rebellion. It’s power and resistance. This is pure Tuareg rock’n’roll. Listen to a track.

REVIEWS Transglobal World Music Chart February 2017 Voxtra: The Encounter of Vocal Heritage MP 8 Gaye Su Akyol: Hologram Imparatorlugu GBCD 40 / GBLP 40 Noura Mint Seymali: Arbin GBCD 38 / GBLP 38 Kanazoé Orkestra: Miriya BUDA 5722899 Pascuala Ilabaca A. y Fauna: Rey Loj BROWNIE 26 Alsarah & The Nubatones: Manara WONDRCD 30 / WONDRLP 8 BaBa ZuLa: XX GBCD 42 /GBLP 42 Young Iranian Female Voices: Songs in the Mist FXCD 431 Orkesta Mendoza: Vamos a Guarachar! GBCD 39 / GBLP 39 World Music Charts Europe February 2017 BaBa ZuLa: XX GBCD 42 /GBLP 42 Young Iranian Female Voices: Songs in the Mist FXCD 431 Gaye Su Akyol: Hologram Imparatorlugu GBCD 40 / GBLP 40 Lust for Life Jan./Feb. 2017 Oum: Zarabi MCD 13 / MCDLP 13

Heaven # 2 2017 Pixvae: Colombian Crunch Music BUDA 860297 Nilamaye: Las Flores del Sol BUDA 860296 Oum: Zarabi MCD 13 / MCDLP 13 Fermin Muguruza & Chalart 58: Black is Beltza

KM 816 / KMV 19736 BaBa ZuLa: XX GBCD 42 /GBLP 42 DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoko: Khalab & Sissoko

WONDRCD 28 / WONDERLP 7 Ponk: Postfolklor PONK 1 Trouw February 2017 Pixvae: Colombian Crunch Music BUDA 860297 NRC/NRC-Next February 2017 Shishani & The Namibian Tales MUNDUS 2016555 Bargou08: Targ GBCD 45 / GBLP 45

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LIVE Mokoomba 24/02/2017: Muziekpublique, Brussels (B) Kalio Gayo 25/02/2017: TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (NL) Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin 24/02/2017: Festival aroles d’Hommes, Stavelot (B) 05/03/2017: Philharmonie du Luxemburg (LU) 06/03/2017: Philharmonie du Luxemburg (LU) 07/03/2017: Philharmonie du Luxemburg (LU) 23/03/2017: Stadsschouwburg Brugge (B) Refugees for Refugees 03/03/2017: B-Major! Festival - Stadsschouwburg, Brugge (B) 04/05/2017: Festival van Vlaanderen, Kortrijk (B) 12/10/2017: Arenberg Schouwburg, Antwerpen (B) 19/10/2017: CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg (B) 21/10/2017: 30CC, Leuven (B) 23/0220/18: De Warande, Turnhout (B) CaboCubaJazz 10/03/2017: Theater Twee Hondjes, Hellevoetsluis (NL) 22/03/2017: De Observant, Amersfoort (NL) 23/03/2017: Coque Arena, Luxembourg (L) 19/04/2017: De Observant, Amersfoort (NL) 21/04/2017: De Doelen, Rotterdam (NL) 24/05/2017: De Observant. Amersfoort (NL) Voxtra 01/03/2017: Vrije Geluiden Live - Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht (NL) 21/05/2017: Musik Marathon, Eupen (BE) 02/12/2017: Neimënster, Luxembourg (L) 03/12/2017: Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam (NL) 10/12/2017: De Doelen, Rotterdam (NL) Oum 04/03/2017: De Roma, Antwerpen (B) 30/04/2017: Restart, Brussels (B) Alsarah & The Nubatones 17/03/2017: Korzo, The Hague (NL) Jupiter & Okwess 23/03/2017: AB, Brussels (B) 01-02/07/2017: Afrika Festival Hertme (NL) Shishani & The Namibian Tales 25/03/2017: Paradiso Noord -Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam (NL) King Ayisoba 05/04/2017: AB, Brussels (B) 06/04/2017: Doek, Amsterdam (NL) 07/04/2017: EKKO, Utrecht (NL) 08/04/2017: Grounds, Rotterdam (NL) 09/04/2017: Het Bos, Antwerpen (B) 24/06/2017: Nuit Africaine, Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve (B)

Bargou08 05/04/2017: AB, Brussels (B) 06/04/2017: Vera, Groningen (NL) 07/04/2017: 4AD Club, Diksmuide (B) Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba 07/04/2017: N9, Eeklo (B) Mydy Rabycad 14/04/2017 : Paaspop, Schijndel (NL) Gaye Su Akyol 19/04/2017 : Vera, Groningen (NL) 21/04/2017 : Balkan Trafik, Brussels (B) 22/04/2017 : Korzo, The Hague (NL) 23/04/2017 : Forum, Rotterdam (NL) Carla Pires 20/04/2017: Handelsbeurs, Gent (B) 21/04/2017: Muziekpublique, Brussels (B) Tamikrest 20/04/2017: Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL) 21/04/2017: De Spil, Roeselare (B) 22/04/2017: Alter Schlachthof, Eupen (B) 23/04/2017: Grounds, Rotterdam (NL) 05/05/2017: C-Mine, Genk (B) 06/05/2017: Botanique, Brussels (B) Baba Zula 21/04/2017: Bozar Electronic & Art Festival, Brussels (B) 28/04/2017: C-Mine, Genk (B) Samba Toure 28/04/2017: Pip, The Hague (NL) 29/04/2017: Grounds, Rotterdam (NL) 30/04/2017: Duycker, Hoofddorp (NL) Katia Guerreiro: 02/05/2017: CC30, Leuven (B) 03/05/2017: De Warande, Turnhout (B) 04/05/2017: CC Belgica, Dendermonde (B) Orkesta Mendoza 19/05/2017: Grignoux, Liege (B) 20/05/2017: Kokopelli Festival (B) 21/05/2017: AB, Brussels (B) Girma Beyene & Akale Wube 04/06/2017: Music Meeting, Nijmegen (NL) Noura Mint Seymali 06/06/2017: Bird, Rotterdam (NL) 10/06/2016: Vooruit, Ghent (B) Nile Project 24/06/2017: Holland Festival , Amsterdam (NL)

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1. Elza Soares: The Woman at the End of the World MAISCD 31 / MAISLP 31 2. Girma Beyene & Akale Wube: Ethiopiques 30 – Mistakes on Purpose BUDA 860303 3. Baba Zula: XX GBCD 42 / GBLP 42 4. Bargou08: Targ GBCD 45 / GBLP 45 5. Daniel Karlson Trio: Ding Dong BRUS 43 / KNASTER 43

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