int'l genre adds 11/07
coming in monday at 5pm....these will be in the genre add area....Jim has also put the new Dr Israel disc out in the reggae genre add slot.....four solid discs for your programming pleasure!--bj
Date: 07 Nov 2005 Label: Sony
Artist: Ravi Shankar
Title: The Essential Ravi Shankar
Genre: int’l
Grade: A
With over 90 albums to his credit, the task for those who wish to investigate the recordings of India's master musician Ravi Shankar can be a daunting one. Therefore, the Legacy/BMG Essential Ravi Shankar fills a welcome place in his catalog and serves as a starting point for the novitiate. There are 20 cuts on these two discs that range over most of the sitarist and composer's shelf, from his early Angel recordings where he played mostly Indian classical music, to his later recordings for Private Music, to his lone Columbia album, The Sounds of India, in 1968…This is the real intro to Shankar that has been needed for such a long time on CD. (4 stars)
Disc One: 04, 07, 02, 05, 06
Disc Two: 01, 04, 08, 06, 13
Reviewer: Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Date: 07 Nov 2005 Label: World Village
Artist: Boubacar Traore
Title: Kongo Mangni
Genre: int’l
Grade: A-
In Europe and the U.S., the Malian singer/songwriter Boubacar Traoré tends to be marketed as a sort of bluesman -- perhaps because his band prominently features the harmonica, and perhaps because his songs are dark and spare. But his latest album seldom if ever makes use of any of the conventions of the blues; the 12-bar chord progression on which the blues is based never appears, and Traoré's guitar style owes far more to the kora-wielding griots of his native country than to the emotive, string-bending bluesmen of the American south…Throughout the whole album Traoré's sound is gentle and subdued, and his backing ensemble, which includes accordion, marimba, gourd, and small harp as well as harmonica, supports him with exquisite delicacy and taste. Highly recommended. (3 ½ stars)
Choice Cuts: 02, 06, 09, 03, 04
Reviewer: Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
Date: 07 Nov 2005 Label: Riverboat
Artist: Papua New Guinea Stringbands
with Bob Brozman
Title: Songs of the Volcano
Genre: int’l
Grade: B+
While the journalists’ quotes on the sleeve are breathless enough to really make you reconsider, Brozman’s latest world music excursion works, which you’ll recognize from the sunny opening bars of “Alir Pukai” (01). As per usual, it’s Bob on National Steel slide guitar, with collaborators this time being a number of different Papua New Guinean groups. We can debate the whole Brozman/Cooder school of collaboration some other time…
Choice Cuts: 01, 04, 14, 16, 10, 08
Reviewer: bjorn Ingvoldstad
Date: 07 Nov 2005 Label: NorthSide
Artist: Väsen
Title: Live in Japan
Genre: int’l
Grade: A
And then there were three: when last they came to Bloomie for Lotus, Väsen was a trio. A follow-up of sorts to Live at the Nordic Roots (2001), Live in Japan showcases the band in their latest incarnation. I’ve chosen some of my favorites below (how can you pass on a track called “Nipponpolka” (13) recorded in Japan?), but you can confidently play your own personal faves from previous concerts and discs. Just remember to fade accordingly!
Choice Cuts: 02, 13, 17, 01, 07
Reviewer: bjorn ingvoldstad
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