Azam Ali – Portals Of Grace - Andalusian classical/folk/Celtic/medieval

 

Azam Ali is an Iranian musician/vocalist. She has released several full-length albums with the bands VAS and Niyaz, as well as solo albums.

In 1996, Ali formed "alternative world" group VAS with percussionist Greg Ellis after meeting the year prior at a concert at UCLA. She and her husband, Loga Ramin Torkian, are part of another group, Niyaz, an Iranian acoustic electronic group.

In 2002, Ali released her first solo album, Portals of Grace. This was followed in 2006 by Elysium for the Brave, which reached No. 10 on Billboard's World Albums chart on 23 September 2006. Ali's third album, From Night to the Edge of Day (2011), is a collection of lullabies inspired by her son. Lamentation of Swans – A Journey Towards Silence (2013), Ali's fourth album, is a joint effort with her husband Loga Ramin Torkian that began in 2009 and explores the intimate spaces they had to carve out for themselves to escape the demands of touring.

In 2003 she sang "Inama Nushif" in the fictional Fremen language for the soundtrack to the 2003 Sci Fi Channel mini-series Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, written by Brian Tyler. In 2006 she was featured vocals in the movie 300. In 2011, Ali's vocals were featured several times on the soundtrack of Uncharted 3. In 2012, she was the vocalist for Square Enix's Final Fantasy video game tech demo Agni's Philosophy. She appeared as vocalist on the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for the track "Pakistan Run".

In September 2013, Ali announced that she would provide vocals for the soundtrack of the film Thor: The Dark World.

Portals Of Grace

https://www.azamali.com/

Women Of The World - various artists compilation

 

This compilation on the Manteca label brings together a collection of female artists with varying styles of music that include African, Música Criolla, Folk, Gospel, Celtic, Népzene, Romani, Raï, Flamenco and Indian Classical.

1 Omara Portuondo Featuring Martín Rojas– Siempre Es 26 (Cuba) 3:45

2 Susana Baca– Bartola (Peru) 3:36

3 Totó La Momposina Y Sus Tambores– Goza Plinio Sierra 4:21

4 Virginia Rodrigues– Male Debale 3:27

5 Anne-Marie Nzie– Ma Ba Nze 4:18

6 Miriam Makeba– Click Song 2:31

7 Oumou Sangare– Sabu 4:48

8 Cheikha Rimitti– Ouah Ya Ould Bladi 4:34

9 La Macanita– Buleria: Me Voy Solita A Ni Cuarto 4:03

10 Esma Redžepova– Abre Kako So Pijeja 5:11

11 Márta Sebestyén– Gold, Silver Or Love 6:28

12 Ali Akbar Khan & Asha Bhosle– Sadra 6:41

13 Detty Kurnia– Hana 6:13

14 Rosalie Sorrels– Nevada Moon 4:54

15 Mahalia Jackson– Up In Jerusalem 4:31

16 Norma Waterson– Black Muddy River 3:07

17 Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich– Donal Og 5:20

18 Sheena Wellington– Blue Bleezin, Blind Drunk 1:29

Women Of The World

One World (A Collection Of World Music and Ambient Sounds) - various artists

 

1-1 Deep Forest*– Sweet Lullaby 3:58

1-2 Gipsy Kings*– Bamboleo 3:25

1-3 Clannad– Theme From Harry's Game 2:27

1-4 Ottmar Liebert– Barcelona Nights 4:05

1-5 Enigma– Sadeness 4:16

1-6 Ladysmith Black Mambazo– Nomathemba (Mother Of Hope) 3:32

1-7 Mory Kante*– Yeke Yeke 4:02

1-8 Julee Cruise– Falling 4:11

1-9 Kaoma– Lambada 3:26

1-10 Yothu Yindi– Treaty 3:39

1-11 US3– Cantaloop 4:15

1-12 Apache Indian– Boom Shak-A-Lak 3:48

1-13 Paco Nula– Fuego 3:54

1-14 Endorphin – Satie 3:09

1-15 The Fureys– When You Were Sixteen 4:13

1-16 Youssou N'Dour– The Lion (Giande) 5:34

1-17 John Barry– Main Title (I Had A Farm - from 'Out Of Africa') 3:12

1-18 Wasis Diop / Lena Fiagbe– African Dream 4:18

2-1 James Horner– A Gift Of Thistle (Music From Braveheart) 1:39

2-2 Sacred Spirit– Yeah-Noha (Wishes Of Happiness & Prosperity) 4:07

2-3 Ladysmith Black Mambazo– Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star And The Wise Man) 4:51

2-4 Santana– Flor D'Luna (Moonflower) 4:51

2-5 Ennio Morricone– The Mission 2:53

2-6 The Fureys– Maggie 3:18

2-7 Youssou N'Dour– Undecided 3:57

2-8 Khadja Nin– Sombolera May Son 4:31

2-9 Jin Long Uen & Song Hhuei Liou* with Buddhism Chanting Group– Hanshan Temple 3:45

2-10 Charlie Chan – Spring 3:30

2-11 Michael Nyman– Theme from "The Piano" 3:01

2-12 Bob Marley– Sun Is Shining 2:14

2-13 John Lee Hooker– Boom Boom 2:30

2-14 Elaine Machado– Moenda 3:19

2-15 Bhundu Boys– Jit Jive 3:51

2-16 Vyani Qali* & Joint Effort– Africa Wake Up 3:39

2-17 Moodswings– Spiritual High (State Of Independence) 4:53

2-18 The Whitlams– 400 Miles To Darwin 3:35

One World

Zen Connection - various artists compilation...downtempo/electronica

 

From The East

1-01 No Noise– Karma Shabda 5:04

1-02 Mariners – Ipirotiko (Balearic Ibiza Mix) 4:24

1-03 Nitin Sawhney– Breathing Light 4:45

1-04 Susumu Yokota– King Dragonfly 4:32

1-05 Badmarsh & Shri– Mountain Path 4:24

1-06 Omar Faruk Tekbilek– Dark Eyes 4:32

1-07 Phil Thornton & Hossam Ramzy– Last Words By The Temple 7:37 

1-08 Amanaska– Panorama 8:15

1-09 Mega Om– Bombay 4:18

1-10 Jasmon– Dimdanana 4:13

1-11 Fahtima– Arabic Odyssey 2:42

1-12 James Asher– Spice Souk 4:40

1-13 The Itch – Gift 4:58

1-14 Bob Holroyd– A Different Space (Radio Edit) 5:48

To The West

2-01 Baby Mammoth– And I'll See You 8:11

2-02 Gotan Project– Queremos Paz 5:13

2-03 LTJ Bukem– Journey Inwards 6:58

2-04 Stef – Afterlife 9:15

2-05 Amanaska– Ease Back (Americana Remix) 7:58

2-06 Mañana Mundo– El Sol Y Las Estrellas 4:13

2-07 Airstream – Electra (Short Chill Mix) 4:15

2-08 Ornament – Elgarhythms 6:37

2-09 Jon Hopkins– Private Universe 5:19

2-10 Order In Chaos– Ocean Dreams 4:41

2-11 Ensemble Ethnique– Bossalounge 3:51

2-12 Riley Lee & Small Defence– Deer Horn 6:00

2-13 Nacho Sotomayor– Too Far 5:22

Zen Connection

Putumayo Presents Louisiana Gumbo

 

1 Charles Sheffield– It's Your Voo Doo Working 1:48

2 Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon– Door Poppin' 3:25

3 James Booker– African Gumbo 2:44

4 Clifton Chenier– Ti Na Na 3:10

5 Johnny Adams– It Ain't The Same Thing 4:10

6 Lynn August– Lead Me On 3:46

7 The Neville Brothers– Voo Doo 4:26

8 Eddie Bo– Piano Roll 5:42

9 Rockin' Dopsie Jr. & The Zydeco Twisters– I'm Coming Home 5:16

10 Rockie Charles– Festis Believe In Justice 2:05

11 Percy Mayfield– Louisiana 2:02

12 Snooks Eaglin– Nine Pound Steel 5:30

Putumayo Presents Louisiana Gumbo

Atmospheres: Sublime Ambient Music - Water/Forest - Geoff McGarvey and Glenn Heaton

 

Escape from the fuss and busyness of city living and enter a world of beauty and pure calm.

From soothing rain to rippling streams, from birdsong and rustling forest leaves to the wide ocean’s waves washing endlessly onto the patient sand, nature’s symphony sings to us of new life and new hope. Like a mantra, the sounds of the natural world blend with gentle, dream-like music to create a place of healing and renewal.

Disc 1- Water:

Endless Sea

Lavender Stream

Gentle Rain

By the Lake

The Shore

Night Rain

Disc 2 - Forest:

Blue Gum Morning

High Forest

Green under Sun

Casuarinas

Meadow Song

Ghost Gums

 All tracks composed and performed by Geoff McGarvey & Glenn Heaton

Atmospheres: Sublime Ambient Music - Water/Forest

Los Desterrados – Miradores

 

Los Desterrados was a Sephardic-flamenco band active in London between 2000 and 2019, who arranged original songs of the Jewish Sephardic diaspora, including from Turkey, Morocco and Greece, using instruments such as oud, flamenco guitar, saz, violin, flute and bass, singing in Ladino. They were nominated for a Songlines award in 2009.

Miradores was released in 2008:

Mi Suogra La Negra

Kokhav Tzedek

Buenos Noches , Hanum Duda

Por La Tu Puerta Yo Pasi

Una Matika De Ruda

Asi Diza La Muestra Novia

Si Veriyash A La Rana

Yo Me Akodro

Pasharo D'ermozura

Yodoo Shimkha

Ni Pudra Yero Ni Kolor

Por Ke Yoras, Blanca Ninya?

Miradores

Narada World - A Global Vision (15 Years Of World Music) - various artists compilation

 

1-1 Jesse Cook– Baghdad 4:19

1-2 Samite– Wasuze Otya? 3:50

1-3 Carlos Guedes– Cactus De Paraguaná 4:15

1-4 Shelley Phillips– Planxty Burke/Planxty Drew (Edit) 4:17

1-5 Mary McLaughlin– Sealwoman/Yundah 4:18

1-6 Bill Miller – Wind Spirit 2:55

1-7 Michael Whalen– The Cheetah Hunt 1:22

1-8 Nando Lauria– Back Home 4:53

1-9 Alasdair Fraser– The Road North 4:13

1-10 Ancient Future– Ladakh 4:23

1-11 Miguel De La Bastide– Viajero 5:27

1-12 Rumillajta– Cielo Y Montaña 3:32

1-13 Richard Warner– Water 5:32

1-14 Scartaglen– Chuaigh Me 'Na Rosann 4:06

1-15 Hans Zimmer– The Journey Begins 1:59

2-1 Orion – Douce Mousitomanie 4:47

2-2 Oscar Lopez– Lucia 5:10

2-3 Bernardo Rubaja– New Land 5:34

2-4 Connie Dover– Ubi Caritas 4:49

2-5 Jesse Cook– Gravity 4:10

2-6 Ayub Ogada– Kothbiro 5:32

2-7 Rumillajta– Mujeres Y Niños 3:48

2-8 Tomás San Miguel– Kantico En Flor De Piedra 7:03

2-9 Nando Lauria– Doce Morena 3:55

2-10 R. Carlos Nakai– Introduction: Precious Waters 2:11

2-11 Michael Pluznick– Giant Step 3:26

2-12 John Whelan– Dancing To A Lot Of Time 4:07

2-13 Vas– Astrae 5:34

2-14 Riley Lee– Inochi No Sharin (Wheel Of Life) 5:07

Narada World - A Global Vision

John Williams – El Diablo Suelto - Guitar Music Of Venezuela

 

1 Los Caujaritos 2:36

2 El Totumbo De Guarenas 1:37

3 Como Llora Una Estrella 3:58

4 Seis Por Derecho 3:19

5 No Me Olvides 3:09

6 Las Perdices 2:18

7 Alma Llanera 2:50

8 Salve 2:15

Five Pieces

9 Cántico 1:33

10 Cantemos, cantemos 1:21

11 Si De Noche Ves Que Brillan 1:32

12 Malhaya La Cocina 0:57

13 Ave María ¡Que Muchacho! 1:10

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14 Quirpa Guatireña 1:56

15 Angostura 1:47

16 El Diablo Suelto 2:19

17 Virgilio 2:36

18 Pasaje "Aragueño" 1:50

19 Que No Te Quiera Más 2:25

20 Romanza 2:49

21 Priva Resuello 2:16

22 María Carolina 2:33

23 Vals Venezolano 3:22

24 Nelly 2:21

25 El Marabino 1:20

26 Preludio De Adiós 3:53

El Diablo Suelto

Womad The World's Festival 2012 - various artists compilation

 

1 Staff Benda Bilili– Moziki

2 AnDa Union– Hoorai

3 Lo'Jo– Je Prends La Nuit

4 Le Trio Joubran*– Nawwar

5 Pajama Club– TNT For 2

6 Chapelier Fou– Secret Handshake

7 The Black Seeds– Bulletproof

8 Blue King Brown– Never Fade Away

9 Mahala Raï Banda– Tu Rommie

10 Sharon Shannon– The Wild West Wagon Train

11 Dobet Gnahoré– Deka

12 Diego Guerrero y El Solar de Artistas*– Malos Tiempos

13 Groundation– Humility

14 Baaba Maal– Fanta

15 Gurrumul*– Gopuru

16 Shivkumar Sharma*– Jhala

Womad The World's Festival 2012

Back Against The Wall (A Tribute To Pink Floyd) - various artists

 

Adrian Belew, Alan White, Keith Emerson– In The Flesh? 3:19

Ian Anderson, Tony Levin, Gary Green– The Thin Ice 2:29

Steve Morse, Billy Sherwood– Another Brick In The Wall Part 1 3:14

Vinnie Colaiuta, Billy Sherwood– The Happiest Days Of Our Lives 1:43

Fee Waybill, Ronnie Montrose– Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 4:02

John Wetton, Adrian Belew, Alan White– Mother 5:58

Steve Howe– Goodbye Blue Sky 2:44

Robby Krieger– Empty Spaces 2:08

Glenn Hughes, Elliot Easton– Young Lust 4:18

Tommy Shaw, Larry Fast– One Of My Turns 3:35

Tommy Shaw, Robby Krieger, Geoff Downes– Don't Leave Me Now 4:08

Steve Lukather, Tony Levin– Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 1:38

Billy Sherwood, Tony Levin– Goodbye Cruel World 1:00

John Wetton, Steve Lukather, Tommy Shaw– Hey You 4:43

Adrian Belew, Billy Sherwood– Is There Anybody Out There? 2:39

Rick Wakeman– Nobody Home 3:11

Tommy Shaw, Steve Howe– Vera 1:22

Billy Sherwood– Bring The Boys Back Home 1:04

Chris Squire, Alan White– Comfortably Numb 6:51

Adrian Belew– The Show Must Go On 1:39

Billy Sherwood, Keith Emerson– In The Flesh 4:19

Dweezil Zappa, Tony Kaye– Run Like Hell 5:09

Billy Sherwood, Keith Emerson, Jim Ladd– Waiting For The Worms 3:59

Billy Sherwood– Stop 0:33

Malcolm McDowell– The Trial 5:19

Billy Sherwood, Jim Ladd– Outside The Wall 1:46

Back Against The Wall 

Bajofondo Tango Club - various artists electronica/latin/jazz/downtempo/tango compilation

 

1 Orquesta Del Plata– Montserrat 5:08

2 Campo– En Mi/Soledad 4:05

3 Orquesta Del Plata– Los Tangueros 5:10

4 Campo– Mi Corazón 4:22

5 Emilio Kauderer– Maroma 4:42

6 Luciano Supervielle– Perfume 5:24

7 Didi Gutman– Vacío 2:46

8 Moviola– Esperándote 4:11

9 Campo– Naranjo En Flor 4:36

10 Moviola– Bruma 6:11

11 Juan Blas – Exodo II 5:13

12 Moviola – Duro Y Parejo 5:24

13 Luciano Supervielle– Forma 3:52

14 Campo– El Sonido De La Milonga 5:31

15 Diego Vainer– Av. De Mayo 5:40

16 Luciano Supervielle– Ese Cielo Azul 6:05

Bajofondo Tango Club