Mariza – Fado Em Mim

 

Marisa dos Reis Nunes ComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾizɐ]), is a Portuguese fado singer.

Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican mother, Isabel Nunes. When she was three years old, her family moved to Metropolitan Portugal, and she was raised in Lisbon's historic quarters of Mouraria and Alfama. While very young, she began singing in a wide variety of musical styles, including gospel, soul and jazz. Her father strongly encouraged her to adopt fado; he felt that participating in the traditional music would grant her greater acceptance in the Portuguese community. Mariza has sold over 1 million records worldwide.

Fado em Mim is her debut studio album, released in April 2002 by Dutch label World Connection. Mariza was initially rejected by Portuguese labels, who were uneasy working with an unproven artist. The album was picked up by Dutch label World Connection and was later released in 32 countries.

Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaðu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820's in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Although the origins are difficult to trace, today fado is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional structure. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a sense of resignation, fate and melancholy. 

Loucura 3:28

Poetas 3:26

Chuva 4:04

Maria Lisboa 2:42

Ó Gente Da Minha Terra 4:02

Que Deus Me Perdoe 3:36

Há Festa Na Mouraria 3:14

Terra D'Água 2:29

Oiça Lá Ó Senhor Vinho 2:58

Por Ti! 3:29

Oxalá 2:26

Barco Negro 4:00

Untitled 5:53

Mariza – Fado Em Mim

Suvarna – Fire Of The Oracle - an Indo-fusion, groove temple-of-sound

 

This album has been described as "a tranced-out, tenderly soul-fired, world fusion beats, jazzy-fusion, vocals-driven, keys and violin-enhanced, raga-rock, blow-out of unique power and grace! You will be tempted to begin swaying and dancing within this Indo-fusion, groove temple-of-sound."

Suvarna Freeman's vocals and violin are a luscious experience - ethereal yet passionate, blended and intertwined with Indian-raga, beat-driven mantras, eclectic synths and an air of deep mystery. 

1 Fire Of The Oracle 7:41

2 Nature Spirits 4:41

3 All Is Dust 3:52

4 Contentment 4:30

5 Emancipation 4:45

6 Rain Dance 4:45

7 Completion 7:30

8 Flame Of Life 8:40

9 Rising Free 3:41

10 The Master's Call 4:36

Suvarna – Fire Of The Oracle

Loreena McKennitt – The Journey Begins

 

Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who writes, records, and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern influences. McKennitt is known for her refined and clear soprano vocals. She has sold more than 14 million records worldwide.

McKennitt's music has generally been classified as World or Celtic music even though it contains aspects and characteristics of music from around the globe and is sometimes classified as folk music in record stores.

Before McKennitt composes any music, she engages in considerable research on a specific subject which then forms the general concept of the album. Before creating Elemental and Parallel Dreams, she travelled to Ireland for inspiration from the country's history, folklore, geography and culture.

This 3CD set (plus bonus live disc) released in 2008 combines three of her early albums Elemental, Parallel Dreams and The Visit, plus a bonus 6-track live disc.

Elemental

1-1 Blacksmith 3:20

1-2 She Moved Through The Fair 4:05

1-3 Stolen Child 5:05

1-4 The Lark In The Clear Air 2:06

1-5 Carrighfergus 3:24

1-6 Kellswater 5:19

1-7 Banks Of Claudy 5:37

1-8 Come By The Hills 3:05

1-9 Lullaby 4:26

Parallel Dreams

2-1 Samain Night 4:27

2-2 Moon Cradle 4:29

2-3 Huron ‘Beltane’ Fire Dance 4:20

2-4 Annachie Gordon 8:22

2-5 Standing Stones 6:56

2-6 Dickens' Dublin (The Palace) 4:40

2-7 Breaking The Silence 6:23

2-8 Ancient Pines 3:35

The Visit

3-1 All Souls Night 5:04

3-2 Bonny Portmore 3:57

3-3 Between The Shadows 4:03

3-4 The Lady Of Shalott 11:05

3-5 Greensleeves 4:15

3-6 Tango To Evora 4:03

3-7 Courtyard Lullaby 4:50

3-8 The Old Ways 5:25

3-9 Cymbeline 4:48

Bonus Disc

1 Caravanserai (Live)

2 The Bonny Swans (Live)

3 The Highwayman (Live)

4 Penelope's Song (Live)

5 The Mummers' Dance (Single remix)

6 Dante's Prayer (Spanish-language version)

The Journey Begins

Lila Downs – Tree Of Life

 Ana Lila Downs Sánchez is Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into native Mesoamerican music of the Mixtec, Zapotec, Maya and Nahuatl cultures.

Tree of Life was released in 2000. This work found Downs turning to her indigenous past and the album features pre-Hispanic sounds and instruments. Several of the songs on the album are sung in native Mexican languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec and Nahuatl. 

https://www.liladowns.com/language/en/

Simuna 3:36

Nueve Viento 4:44

Arenita Azul 2:50

La Iguana 3:05

Yunu Yucu Ninu 3:28

Xquenda 5:03

Nueve Hierba 3:33

Tres Pedernal 5:15

Luna 3:38

Semilla De Piedra 4:23

Arbol De La Vida 5:55

Icnocuicatl 3:15

Uno Muerte 3:04

Lila Downs – Tree Of Life

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

Françoise Guimbert – Paniandy (Séga, Maloya)

 

Born June 7, 1945 in Saint-Benoît (Reunion) and died in the same city on March 25, 2022, a pioneer of Maloya in La Réunion island.

She worked as a maid before knowing success on stage. She began singing in the 70's with musicians such as Maxime Laope and Alain Peters, then with Groupe Folklorique De La Réunion she was able to showcase her voice and texts. Her art, Maloya, she sang in its most haunting dimension, the more 'blues'. The Creole language is magnified by her hoarse voice, melancholy and intense.

Françoise Guimbert – Paniandy

Country: Reunion

Released: 2003

Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Style: Séga, Maloya

1 Sak La Point 5:08

2 Kaniki 3:22

3 Tantine Zaza 6:18

4 A Moin La Rass Pomme D'Aco 4:31

5 Oussassa 4:28

6 Sana 5:07

7 A Moin Tout Seule 3:40

8 Si Un Jour 4:21

9 C'est L'Espoir 3:28

10 Dans Les Hauts 2:31

11 Pou Cossa Toué La Tombé 3:52

12 Ban'tit Y Soutien Ban'gro 4:26

Françoise Guimbert – Paniandy

A Woman's Heart - A Collection Of The Greatest Female Celtic Voices

 

1 Sinéad O'Connor– This Is A Rebel Song

2 Niamh Kavanagh– In Your Eyes

3 Sharon Shannon– Queen Of The West

4 Eva Cassidy– Fields Of Gold

5 Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill– Amhran Pheadar Breathnach

6 Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy– An Speald'ir

7 Dolores Keane– Galway Bay

8 Aine Vi Cheallaigh– Out Of The Window

9 Mary Duff– Silver & Gold

10 Rose Marie – When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

11 Mary O'Hara– Morning Has Broken

12 Loretta O'Sullivan – (They Long To Be) Close To You

13 Maura O'Connell– Wall Around Your Heart

14 Maire Breatnach – Fand (Inst)

15 Pamela Morgan– The Game

16 Corún– Glendalough

17 Aoife Ní Fhearraigh– Seacht Suailci Na Maghone Muire

18 Ryan & Rachel O'Donnell– My Heart Will Go On

A Woman's Heart

OperaBabes...Beyond Imagination....classical meets popular with stunning vocals

 

OperaBabes are an English crossover classical music duo, consisting of Karen England (born 1974), mezzo-soprano, and Rebecca Knight (born 1970), soprano.

The duo came to wide attention when they sang "Un bel dì vedremo" (from the opera Madame Butterfly) on television sports programs, beginning in 2002. In addition to performing with major orchestras in Britain and touring with their own shows, they released their first album, Beyond Imagination in 2002 and their second album, Renaissance, in 2006. In 2012, the group released its third album, Silent Noon, named after the song by Ralph Vaughan Williams, on the Warner Classics label. The album consists of British songs, from Handel and Purcell, to Quilter, to Britten and Novello, accompanied by piano.

Beyond Imagination ranked No.1 on the UK Classical Chart for eleven weeks, and No. 4 on the US Billboard Classical Crossover Albums chart. In addition to the "One Fine Day" track being selected as the World Cup 2002 theme by ITV, British Airways chose another of the tracks, "Lakme H2O", a "stylish re-imagining of the Flower Duet from Lakmé", for a commercial. One reviewer wrote: "If you're a young individual with a remote interest in the classical genre, this disc is the perfect introduction". The album has sold over 1.7 million copies. 

 OperaBabes

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Zulya Kamalova...Russian-Australian artist...first 2 albums...Journey of Voice and Aloukie

Zulya Nazipovna Kamalova (Russian: Зуля Назиповна Камалова; born in Sarapul, Udmurt ASSR) is an award-winning Australian singer. She currently resides in Australia though tours both countries frequently.

Zulya grew up in Tatarstan and began performing and writing music at age 9. She is of Volga Tatar background. In 1991, she moved to Australia, settling in Hobart, Tasmania. After extensive performing solo and with accompanists and releasing several limited-run cassettes and a full-length album Journey of Voice, she moved to Melbourne. She later formed the band Children of the Underground and signed to Melbourne-based independent record label Unstable Ape Records in 2004.

Zulya is known for her interpretations Tatar and Russian music, often playing with a backing band Children of the Underground. Instrumentation typically includes accordion, double bass, percussion, guitar, brass and string arrangements and occasionally jaw harp.

official website: https://zulya.com

Journey of Voice 

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Aloukie

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Lullaby (Tatarstan / Russia)

https://youtu.be/7jD_bQKZgd4