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From downtown New Orleans to the backwater bayou, Cajun and Zydeco is the raw and riotous sound that fills the steamy night air of Louisiana. Accordions and fiddles with francophone edge meet drum kits, guitars, and more on this handpicked collection.
Prepare to be blown away by passionate melodies, wild harmonies and the most original vocal sound to come out Cuba in a long while. With heartfelt melodies driven by richly textured harmonies and shifting Caribbean rhythms, this is impassioned singing by a unique group celebrating roots, resistance and the irresistible rhythms of life. The Choir sing in Creole, Cuba's second language, a pragmatic fusion of African, French and other languages.
On their enthralling album Tassili, the renowned band Tinariwen has set down their electric guitars and returned to the very essence of their art. Recorded in a protected region of the South Eastern Algerian desert, the group returned to the roots of their music, with only acoustic guitars and unamplified percussion. For the first time allowing outside musicians into their tight-knit band, they are joined by Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, Nels Cline, and members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Snatam Kaur's tender chants are perfectly suited for meditation and spiritual enrichment. Ras highlights many of the qualities that make Kaur's music so appealing: her soft, sweet voice, her arrangements, which reliably use the talents of top-notch musicians to frame her voice, a mix of Eastern and Western instrumentation that provides a lovely synergy, and an honest devotion to God that permeates every lyric. Kaur is one of today's most interesting chant artists.
