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ed self-penned material and settings of Ros- setti and Ginsberg. Pleasingly diverse, though (disconcertingly) perhaps occasionally a touch hit-and-miss.
www.peacockangell.com
2 Paulo César Pinheiro Capoeira De Besouro (Discmedi Blau DM 4954–02). Brazil- ian poet-composer Pinheiro, a collaborator and contemporary of Baden Powell, renders lovely homage in this song cycle for leg- endary Bahia capoeira master Besouro Man- gangá (as penned for the 2006 musical Besouro Cordão De Ouro); lyrics and notes in Portuguese. UK Distribution via Discovery Records.
www.discovery-records.com
1 Annbjørg Lien Khoom Loy (Heilo HCD7250). With a big, dense sound centred on almost the same flexible fairly rocky band as at her March London show, plus guests, on hardanger fiddle, nyckelharpa and vocals Annbjørg explores, from Norwegian trad, through the Mull Of Kintyre-ish waltz-time title song in English about Thai balloon- lanterns, to Nepali and other eastern influ- ences. UK distributor Proper.
www.grappa.no
1 Simon Bradley Trio Grogarry Lodge (Sheem Music, SHEEM01). Simon Bradley (fid- dle, viola, mandolin), Anna Wendy Stevenson (fiddle, viola) and Matheu Watson (guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle) sound like a folk orchestra as with jazzy touches they perform jigs, reels and airs composed by Simon. Atmo- spherically recorded in South Uist.
www.simonbradleytrio.com
1 Ruth Angell & Sid Peacock Love For- given (Peacock Angell Records Duet01). The long-gestating collaboration between fid- dler/ singer/Rainbow Chaser and her mentor (guitarist/composer/Surge impresario) has produced a gently inspirational, if idiosyn- cratic collection that juxtaposes inventively- arranged trad songs and tunes with contrast-
2 The London Lucumí Choir Un Solo Palo No Hace Monte (Own label, 8–85767–25081–9). Titled A Single Tree Does Not Make A Forest, these are beautifully achieved Cuban Yoruba devotional perfor- mances by this non-audition London commu- nity choir, as directed by Jorge Armando de Armas Sarría ‘Gerardo’ y Su RumbaAché.
www.londonlucumichoir.com
1 J B Moundélé Fanka Bi Na (Buda 2795614) On saxes, flute and programming, a French veteran of reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly’s band makes his first CD, helped by a succession of lovely griot voices and musicians from Mali and Guinea. He improvises fluently, he calls it Jazz Mandingue – but actually there’s not so much jazz in this. A smaller, scrappier group might have been more fun.
www.budamusique.com
2 Carla Pires Rota Das Paixões (World Vil- lage WVF 479067). There’s so much beautiful- sounding fado around now – and this, the second CD from the singer who played the young Amália in the 2002 Portuguese theatre bio-musical, is certainly some – that one’s spoilt for choice. Though, as a Portuguese friend once asked, “how can foreigners fully get fado if they don’t understand the words, the poetry?”
www.worldvillage.com
Doctor John
2 Various Artists New Orleans (Rough Guides/World Music Network). Uplifting 15- track survey of the modern NO scene running from Jessie Hill’s classic Ooh Poo Pah Doo, via tracks from The Meters, Professor Longhair, Dr John, Kermit Ruffins, John Cleary, to ultra- cool Dumpstaphunk (“The best funk bank from NO right now” New York Times) who also contribute a seven-track bonus CD. Good value package, purchase this, get dressed up and have your own Mardi Gras. www.world-
music.net/neworleans (for music information, video clips and free tracks)
2 Nancy Vieira No Amá(Lusafrica 024162). Daughter of Cape Verde’s ambassador to Por- tugal, Vieira has lived in Lisbon since age 14. This cosmopolitan crossroads has infused her crystalline soprano with a certain fado-morna feel, Brazilian lilt and the Parisian feel of Teó- filo Chantre’s work on this exquisite record- ing; lyric transcriptions in Portuguese.
www.lusafrica.com
Photo: Dave Peabody
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