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more »Daúde

Though this may come as a surprise to those unfamiliar with Brazil's music scene, Daúde is a rare find: a Black woman in Brazil's eclectic pop-roots music, known as &hellip read more »

Releases by Daúde:
  • Neguinha Te Amo cover

more »Daby Touré

From Mauritania

Daby's story goes back two generations and has a fairy tale beginning. Once upon a time, there were four brothers who lived in a village near Kayes, in what is now &hellip read more »

Releases by Daby Touré:
  • Call My Name cover
  • Call My Name cover
  • Call My Name cover

more »Dengue Fever

From Cambodia, United States

Fever 'til you sizzle But what a lovely way to burn It's time to make room in your life for a burning fever: Dengue Fever, the Californian sextet who met at the cro&hellip read more »

Releases by Dengue Fever:
  • Venus On Earth cover
Releases featuring Dengue Fever:
  • Venus On Earth cover

more »Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble

In the early seventies Dmitri Pokrovsky was a student of conducting at Moscow's Gnessin Institute. Frustrated with the current musical scene, he felt the need to dis&hellip read more »

Releases by Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble:
  • The Wild Field cover
Releases featuring Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble:
  • The Wild Field cover
  • The Wild Field cover

more »Doudou N'Diaye Rose

Legendary master drummer of Senegal who carries with him an enourmous repertoire of both traditional rhythms and his own compositions. He has a mesmerising energy d&hellip read more »

Releases by Doudou N'Diaye Rose:
  • Djabote cover
Releases featuring Doudou N'Diaye Rose:
  • Djabote cover

more »Dub Colossus

From Ethiopia, United Kingdom

Dub Colossus is the vision of Nick Page - aka Dubulah. Composer, guitarist, bass player and programmer Nick started his music career with Mykaell Riley (Steel Pulse)&hellip read more »

Releases by Dub Colossus:
  • Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 cover
  • Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 cover
  • Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 cover
  • Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 cover
  • Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 cover
  • Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 cover
Releases featuring Dub Colossus:
  • Dub Me Tender Vol 1 + 2 cover

more »Eliza Carthy

From United Kingdom

Since the mid 1990s Eliza has been a force majeure on the folk scene and beyond. Her family heritage has, of course, informed her work, but her ferocious, inventive &hellip read more »

Releases featuring Eliza Carthy:
  • The Imagined Village cover

more »Estrella Morente

From Spain

The cantaora ESTRELLA MORENTE belongs to a true Flamenco dynasty. She was born in Las Gabias, province of Granada, to Andalusian legend Enrique Morente and dancer A&hellip read more »

Releases by Estrella Morente:
  • My Songs And A Poem cover
Releases featuring Estrella Morente:
  • My Songs And A Poem cover

more »Eyuphuro

For most people Mozambique conjures up images of tragedy - war, famine and millions of refugees living on food aid. The other side of this young Southern African na&hellip read more »

Releases by Eyuphuro:
  • Mama Mosambiki cover

more »Farafina

From Burkina Faso

More than just another percussion ensemble, Farafina is a musician's school. Percussion and the balafon (a percussion instrument struck with two padded sticks) inter&hellip read more »

Releases by Farafina:
  • Faso Denou cover
Releases featuring Farafina:
  • Faso Denou cover
  • Faso Denou cover

more »Fatala

Exhilarating traditional dance music from West Africa - the roots of blues, jazz and pop. Fatala is unique in modern African music, a band formed in Paris recreatin&hellip read more »

Releases by Fatala:
  • Gongoma Times cover
Releases featuring Fatala:
  • Gongoma Times cover
  • Gongoma Times cover

more »Geoffrey Oryema

From Uganda

Geoffrey Oryema is from Uganda, the source of his musical roots. His work, however, has been inspired by a myriad of styles - a fully realised absorption of Western&hellip read more »

Releases by Geoffrey Oryema:
  • Night to Night cover
  • Night to Night cover
  • Night to Night cover
Releases featuring Geoffrey Oryema:
  • Night to Night cover
  • Night to Night cover
  • Night to Night cover
  • Night to Night cover
  • Night to Night cover

more »Ghorwane

In the hot and dusty Gaza province of Mozambique there is a small lake called Ghorwane that never runs dry, even in the hottest season. In 1983, a group of young mus&hellip read more »

Releases by Ghorwane:
  • Majurugenta cover
Releases featuring Ghorwane:
  • Majurugenta cover
  • Majurugenta cover

more »Gopal Shankar Misra

From India

As a teenager, Dr Gopal Shankar Misra took up his father's earlier mission to establish the veena in the panoply of Indian instruments and to carry it out into the w&hellip read more »

Releases by Gopal Shankar Misra:
  • Out Of Stillness cover

more »Guo Brothers

Music of rural China, evoking intense moods of peace and sadness, with fresh arrangements by brothers from a musical family dispossessed by the Cultural Revolution. &hellip read more »

Releases by Guo Brothers:
  • Yuan cover
Releases featuring Guo Brothers:
  • Yuan cover
  • Yuan cover

more »Guo Yue

From China (Peoples Republic)

Guo Yeo's 2006 release 'Music, Food and Love' paints a vivid picture of a remarkable life. The hauntingly aching music on this CD charts an evocative journey thro&hellip read more »

Releases by Guo Yue:
  • Music, Food and Love cover
  • Music, Food and Love cover
Releases featuring Guo Yue:
  • Music, Food and Love cover
  • Music, Food and Love cover
  • Music, Food and Love cover