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World Woman Voice | |||
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focus on five female vocalists from different parts of the world. All winners or nominees for BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards |
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World Woman Voice | |||
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focus on five female vocalists from different parts of the world. All winners or nominees for BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards |
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| 'Una
Sangra / One Blood' by Lila Downs |
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| CD - 66mins - £8.00 (P-152) | ||
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Singing dramatic, varied compositions in native Mexican, Spanish & English from her Mexican and American roots, Lila vibrates to her own distinctive fusion of ethnic and modern world music styles. |
| 'Pure' by Kaushiki Chakarabaty |
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| CD - 63mins - £6.00 (P-153) | ||
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Kaushiki, a young, supremely talented Indian classical vocalist
from a famous musical family, recorded live with tanpura, tabla and harmonium - four ragas sung with sensitivity, control, maturity and purity of voice. |
| 'Bowmboi' by Rokia Traore |
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| CD - 60mins - £8.00 (P-155) | ||
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A modern, African woman brought up world wide in a Malian diplomat family. Rokia combines traditional African instruments with passionate, independent, contemporary song writing. |
| 'Transparente' by Mariza |
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| CD - 43mins - £7.00 (P-156) | ||
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Rooted in the poetry ,nostalgia, fatalism, yearning and soul of Lisbon’s ‘fado’ street cafe music, with guitar, violin and accordion Mariza’s latest subtly orchestrates a sound palette for her stunning voice to weave and cast its spell. |