Easy Picks: World Music
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![Bob Marley - Legend: 30th Anniversary Edition [Vinyl]](https://img.broadtime.com/Photo/418467281725:500 "Bob Marley - Legend: 30th Anniversary Edition [Vinyl]")
Originally released in 1984, Bob Marley's LEGEND illustrates the remarkable life and recording career of one of reggae music's most important figures. This iconic collection not only serves as the perfect introduction to the music of Bob Marley, it has become an essential part in every Marley collection. It remains the world's best-selling reggae album and continues to be one of the best-selling catalog albums, exceeding 15 copies in the U.S. alone and over 27 million worldwide.
$39.99
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Celtic Woman -"Destiny" Caroline; Manhattan ; World Music Artist Hometown: Ireland Multi-platinum Irish music sensation Celtic Woman returns to North America in 2016 with DESTINY, a brand new album & DVD, which will be available in stores 1/15/16. The DVD was filmed in Dublin, Ireland at The Round Room @ The Mansion House, the historic home of The Lord Mayor of Dublin, and will air in December on Public Television stations across the US. Celtic Woman will be touring to support release starting Mar 4 in Nashville with performances in 85 cities through July.
$13.99
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2016 release from the Senegalese singer and guitarist. The album is a blend of African roots and more contemporary electronic influences all beautifully woven together at varying tempos, and carrying different messages for the listener. The Traveller opens with the raucous `Fulani Rock', underpinned by dark throbbing drums, intricate guitars and Baaba Maal's distinctive vocal soaring overhead, carrying messages for his people. Other standout tracks are the beautiful 'One Day' and 'Gilli Men', both resplendent with glistening guitars, velvet-sounding tom-toms, soft strings and Baaba Maal's voice gently echoing against a backdrop of rapturous, layered backing vocals, which tell us to both 'Pursue your own excellence,' and 'Feed your soul'. Unsurprisingly, for an artist who uses music as a medium to spread important messages to his people and beyond, the album closes with two songs 'War' and 'Peace.' Both feature powerful spoken word poetry by Lemn Sissay, official poet of the 2012 Olympics and recently appointed Chancellor of The University of Manchester. The Traveller was recorded in both London and Senegal and was produced by Johan Hugo from The Very Best. The record includes Winston Marshall of Mumford & Sons, who met Baaba Maal at his annual music festival Blues Du Fleuve in Fouta, Northern Senegal.
$13.98
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![Fela Kuti - Confusion [Vinyl]](https://aentcdn.azureedge.net/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/3/1/9/6/2606913.jpg "Fela Kuti - Confusion [Vinyl]")
This epic Afrobeat album contains just one eponymous track clocking in at just over 25 minutes in length, and beginning with a mysterious and psychedelic musical interplay between Fela on organ and Tony Allen on drums. As the song takes on a righteously funky groove, Fela evokes the chaos of Lagos the multitude of regional dialects, the gnarly traffic jams, the absence of a policeman to take charge as a metaphor for the larger problems of post-colonial Nigeria.
$25.99
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Vinyl LP pressing. Turkish psych/funk instrumental classic. Originally released in Turkey 1973, Özkent's masterpiece (creation) of an all instrumental Turkish psychedelic funk album, filled with classic beats and breaks still inspires long-time fans and first time listeners. The funky rhythms, hypnotic percussions, and heavy break beats makes this a holy grail amongst DJ's and music fans alike. Only a handful of copies from the original pressing are known to still exist making this reissue a welcome addition to any record collection. The concept is very complicated, futuristic and free from categorization. Traditional folk songs mixed with rock, jazz, blues, funk and psych. Özkent took traditional Turkish folk songs and reconstructed them for the new "hip" generation. It was recorded live in just one day with some of the best studio musicians in Turkey.
$24.99
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Classic Celtic Music From Smithsonian Fo
Classic Celtic Music From Smithsonian Folkways
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Few genres carry such a rich and deep history as Celtic music, which reflects centuries of culture of Ireland and the British Isles, as well as their North American inheritors. Music historian, musician, and folklorist Richard Carlin delves into this diverse world of traditional music, compiling a wide spectrum of 23 tracks that contrast the better-known early recordings with some of the best contemporary interpreters. Styles ranging from Sligo fiddle tunes to Northumbrian piping to sean nós singing are represented in this enjoyable introduction to the Celtic music riches of the Smithsonian Folkways archives.
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Presente, the new album by the eight piece Latin Grammy-winning band Bajofondo is an epic, high- energy tour de force that blends tango, milonga, folklore, rock, hip-hop, electronica, jazz, classical and a world of sounds from the Rio de la Plata. The album takes listeners on a brand new trip that melds the high-octane energy of Bajofondo's acclaimed live shows and their ingenious experimentation in the studio.
$11.98
