Va - Voices Of The Real World

Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 25 Oct 2011 11:56:57 | Comments : 1 |

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Voices of the Real World brings together a diverse collection of artists who represent some of the highlights of the first ten years of recordings on the Real World label. Perhaps because of the pop success of the label's founder, Peter Gabriel, Real World has succeeded more than any other record company at producing crossover hits for world musicians. This collection presents several artists who have made an impact across genre boundaries, like Gabriel himself, Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan, Papa Wemba, and Shiela Chandra. Also represented are a number of musicians who otherwise wouldn't have seen airplay outside of their own countries without the promotional muscle of the label. Overall, it is a fine collection that remains very listenable despite its musical variety.

In the beginning there was the voice. And it was good. This anthology of great singers plucked from Peter Gabriel's Real World label demonstrates that it really is a large world after all--one in which overtone-rich, didgeridoo-like Tuvan throat singing can coexist with Indipop chanteuse Sheila Chandra's dexterous vocal percussion. Real World's reputation for sumptuous production is secured by tracks on which the vocals are almost secondary to the effects and beats (e.g., the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Gabriel and Bengal's Paban Das Baul with Sam Mills). Plenty of unadulterated vocal grain, however, may be found in the differing ensemble styles of the Martenitsa Choir (Balkan music from Australia!), Moscow's Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble, and Georgia's Tsinandali Choir. Africa both old (Tanzania's Hukwe Zawose, Kenya's Ayub Ogada) and new (Tanzania's Remmy Ongala, the Congo's Papa Wemba) sounds less foreign than the haunting Norwegian fusion of joik singer Mari Boine. But in the end, it's New York's own Holmes Brothers, gospel-soul singers extraordinaire, who prove that the voice can be all that and more.

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Track Listings
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[01]. Sygt, Khoomei, Kargyraa (Styles Of Throat-Singing) - Shu-De
[02]. Happiness Is... - Yungchen Lhamo
[03]. Taboo - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan/Peter Gabriel
[04]. Kel Kweyo - Geoffrey Oryema
[05]. To My First Love - Mara! And The Martenitsa Choir
[06]. Calling Home The Calves - Iarla O Lionaird
[07]. Mosquito - The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
[08]. Kronkrohinko - Ayub Ogada
[09]. Ore Poinkha - Paban Das Baul/Sam Mills
[10]. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me - The Holmes Brothers
[11]. La Sombra Negra - Toto La Momposina Y Sus Tambores
[12]. T'Amo - Tenores Di Bitti
[13]. Gula Gula - Mari Boine Persen
[14]. Sisitizo La Amani Duniani - Hukwe Zawose
[15]. Nasikitika - Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila
[16]. Orovela - The Tsinandali Choir
[17]. Speaking In Tongues - Sheila Chandra
[18]. Awa Y'Okeyi - Papa Wemba