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Gifted cover

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By Various Artists, 2000

Beautiful, sensual songs by nine extraordinary women singers including Sheila Chandra, Susana Baca, Sushe… read more »

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By The Blind Boys Of Alabama, 2003

Go Tell It On The Mountain is the first holiday theme album in the group's 60-year history, as well as th… read more »

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By Martyn Bennett, 2003

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By Pina, 2005

Guess You Got It - which was issued on PRE, a new Real World imprint - is crammed with songs that already… read more »

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By Mari Boine, 1990

In the Arctic part of Europe, so far north that it is often missing from weather maps on television, live… read more »

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By Samuel Yirga, 2011

Hagere is Samuel Yirga's debut solo release, showcasing Samuel's playing both bold and sensitive, often i… read more »

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By The Blind Boys Of Alabama, 2002

The Blind Boys of Alabama are old lions of gospel music, performing together for over 60 years. On this a… read more »

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By Charlie Winston, 2009

Charlie distills his music to its raw essence, a hearty modern gumbo of blues-folk, straight-talking lyri… read more »

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By Musicians of the National Dance Company of Cambodia, 1991

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By Sizer Barker, 2004

Liverpool, late spring, 1996. Carl Brown is walking through a cemetery with a friend, a dog and a headful… read more »

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By Iarla Ó Lionáird, 2000

Music written for and inspired by the film of the same name. An old man, at the end of his life, remembe… read more »

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By JuJu (Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara), 2011

The new album In Trance was recorded live to capture the spirit of JuJu's ecstatic, trance-like performan… read more »

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By Iarla Ó Lionáird, 2005

"This album was always going to be different," he says. "I did it in my own house, with a tight team that… read more »

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By Charlie Winston, 2009

'In Your Hands' has been described as "A modern day rock gospel song with influences of Nina Simone, Pet… read more »

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By Toumast, 2007

Lead singer Moussa Ag Keyna who, together with Aminatou and French producer Dan Levy, has created a subli… read more »

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By Portico Quartet, 2009

Isla is a thoughtful and richly tuneful collection of nine pieces recorded by producer John Leckie at Abb… read more »

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By Rossy, 1991

Of all the musicians performing in Madagascar today, it is Rossy who most capably captures the spirit of … read more »

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By Holmes Brothers, 1992

Quickly established as significant new names on the blues scene with the release of their first two album… read more »

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By Speed Caravan, 2009

"I've always had this rage that I need to express." Mehdi Haddab sits back, rests his electric oud on his… read more »

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By Spiro, 2012

Kaleidophonica is the follow-up to Spiro's much-praised Real World album Lightbox, but it's different, sa… read more »

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By Portico Quartet, 2011

In 2007 Portico Quartet moved from busking on the South Bank in London to a recording studio and, with th… read more »

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By Totó La Momposina y sus Tambores, 1993

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By Various Artists, 1992

A collection of beautiful and haunting Irish laments. All pieces are solo performances, recorded especial… read more »

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By Aurelio, 2011

Encouraged by a songwriter mother with a gorgeous voice and by his widely admired local troubadour father… read more »

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By Los de Abajo, 2005

This, surely, is one of the more glorious moments in the history of clashes between global music styles. … read more »

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By Papa Wemba, 1992

The high-pitched, and often melancholy, tone of Wemba's beautiful singing style is reminiscent of his tra… read more »

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By Spiro, 2009

Lightbox is Spiro's first album for Real World Records - an extraordinarily stirring record. Recorded ove… read more »

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By Portico Quartet, 2009

Fresh from enthusiastic reception at BBC radio 1, Portico Quartet's glorious 'Line' with its journey fro… read more »

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By Various Artists, 2006

Most people will remember July 2nd 2005 as being the day that Bob Geldof put on his Live Aid hat with the… read more »

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By Drummers of Burundi, 1992

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By Various Artists, 2007

At Real World, we were excited at the prospect of working on Long Way Down with Ewan and Charley. We had … read more »

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By Spaccanapoli, 2000

From the streets of Naples, Spaccanapoli are the inheritors of a tradition that has existed for centuries… read more »

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By Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, 1992

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By Musicians of the Nile, 1989

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