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more »Mraya
By Abdel Ali Slimani, 1996
An assured debut from Invaders of the Heart singer Ali Slimani. Algerian rai roots find solid ground with… read more »
more »Night Song
By Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1996
The potent relationship between Nusrat and Michael Brook reaches compelling emotional heights with the se… read more »
more »Chibite
By Hukwe Zawose, 1996
Enchanting, innovative songs from Tanzania's mythical treasure, using the vital tools of his musical ance… read more »
more »S'amore 'e mama
By Tenores di Bitti, 1996
One of the most fascinating traditional polyphonic quartets of the Mediterranean Sea - straight from the … read more »
more »Tibet, Tibet
By Yungchen Lhamo, 1996
Standing centre stage at WOMAD Reading, a diminutive, solitary figure in traditional pink and black broca… read more »
more »Night to Night
By Geoffrey Oryema, 1996
Now comes 'Night to Night', best described as a 24-hour daydream, a soundtrack to a life taking in memori… read more »
more »Charcoal Gypsies
By Musicians of the Nile, 1996
From the furthest reaches of Upper Egypt to new spaces and cultures, The Musicians of the Nile return wit… read more »
more »ABoneCroneDrone
By Sheila Chandra, 1996
This album, the third in the trilogy for Real World, gives you the fullest access possible to Chandra's i… read more »
more »The Gathering
By Various Artists, 1997
This album was recorded live in Cork at Éigse Na Laoi 1995: The Gathering. Like good music which does not… read more »
more »Real Sugar
By Paban Das Baul and Sam Mills, 1997
Paban Das Baul was born in 1961 in the village of Mohammedpur in the district of Murshidabad in West Beng… read more »
more »Big City Secrets
By Joseph Arthur, 1997
Joseph Arthur is a bard of our times. Junk all those fiddle-dee-dee connotations, negate any sense of ant… read more »
more »New Dawn
By Waaberi, 1997
A circle of singers sit on decorated pillows, drinking sweet tea. The atmosphere is intense but relaxed a… read more »
more »The Seven Steps to Mercy
By Iarla Ó Lionáird, 1997
Today, Iarla Ó Lionáird is the most exciting and innovative performer of Irish traditional unaccompanied … read more »
more »Star Rise
By Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1997
From the Asian underground, the new stars emerge to interpret the greatest singer of Qawwali music. The … read more »
more »The Journey
By Maryam Mursal, 1998
Somalia with five children at the height of the civil war. She was to walk, and ride on donkeys and truck… read more »
more »Bliss
By Various Artists, 1998
'Bliss' is an introduction to a more atmospheric and spiritual side of the Real World label. If the track… read more »
more »Molokai
By Papa Wemba, 1998
'Molokai' is Papa Wemba's third album with Real World, (and also the name of his international band). Thi… read more »
more »Coming Home
By Yungchen Lhamo, 1998
Freedom has a special savour in the mouth of an exile. For Yungchen Lhamo, a singer who fled Tibet nine y… read more »
more »Black Rock
By Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook, 1998
With these recordings, Djivan Gasparyan and Michael Brook have fashioned a unique musical hybrid. The d… read more »
more »Sampradaya
By Pandit Shiv Kuma Sharma, 1999
"...an unbelievable multiple orgasm climax." **** Q magazine, April 1999 Raga Janasammohini - a tranqui… read more »
more »Moonsung
By Sheila Chandra, 1999
"Hopefully, this collection...is merely a stopping-off point before total world domination." **** Q magaz… read more »
more »One and One is One
By Joi, 1999
"...colours a thick flow of dance rhythms with vocal and instrumental effects reflecting...the excitement… read more »
more »Volume 2: Release
By Afro Celt Sound System, 1999
Three years and over 200,000 record sales on from the release of the critically acclaimed debut "Volume 1… read more »
more »Sacrifice to Love
By Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, 1999
Qawwali, an Arabic word meaning "utterance", is the devotional music of the Sufis of Pakistan and India, … read more »
more »The Gate
By Joji Hirota, 1999
Capturing the mastery and rhythmic grace of this outstanding Japanese contemporary multi-instrumentalist.… read more »
more »Nostalgie
By Tama, 1999
'Expect the unexpected': what else could be the underlying motto of the Tama project than this true piece… read more »
more »Walking On
By Ananda Shankar, 1999
When lightning hit the Big Room at Real World on the last day of recording we knew the music would be ele… read more »
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