| 1. Nhemamusasa |
| 2. Taireva |
| 3. Nyamaropa |
| 4. Kuyadya Hove Kune Mazove |
| 5. Mbiriviri |
| 6. Nhimutimu |
| 7. Nyamaropa Yevana Vava Mushonga |
| 8. Dangurangu |
| 9. Kumakudo |
Field Recordings: Soul of Mbira,Various Artists,Wea,World Music
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Balance 011
Manufacturer: EQ Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000NI3F1U Release Date: 2007-04-24 |
Tracks:
- Voom Voom - Vampire Song
- Rich Medina ft. Sy Smith - Can't Hold Back (King Britt Instrumental mix)
- Bioground - Late Summer Nights
- Wamdue Project - Home Planet
- Hypnos - Red Light
- Mitsu - Serene
- Acca - Rain (Gravity Dub)
- Delgui - Highlights (Charles Webster mix)
- Julien Jabre - War
- Tiger Stripes - Amphytrion
- Kinka - Burnin'
- Robag Wruhme - KTB (Ruhig Brauner mix)
- Vernell Long & Hebegebe - I Go Now (Awaaz mix)
- David Holmes - 69 Police (New Alluminists Soixants-Neuf Dub)
- Heroes For Hire - Our House Music
- Nightriders - Getaway
- Tom Novy - Unexpected (Instrumental Edit)
Tracks:
- Alexander Kowalski ft. Joris Voorn - She's Worth It
- Francois K - Time And Space
- Tamara's World - Trampoline (Akabu mix)
- Timewriter - Booty Song (Ian Pooley mix)
- Dusk and Prayd - Playing With Fire (Elextroworld mix)
- Elektrochemie LK - Lay Here
- KLMNT - Zouin (Tiger Stripes mix)
- Schwab - DJs In A Row (Tom Middleton mix)
- Lissat and Voltax - Footlovers (Da Fresh mix)
- 16 Bit Lolitas - Difficult If Not Impossible
- Jordan Rivera and Ferry Nice - Africando (Shik Stylko mix)
- Klement Bonelli - Ethna (D'Malicious mix)
- Marnix - Fire (Jamie Anderson mix)
- Subtech - A Beat Like This
- Michell - Need To Know
- Humate - Curious
Album Description
EQ Recordings continues the tradition of premium quality electronic music with its next edition of the Balance series, a top choice for discerning music lovers who have a taste for cutting-edge music mixed by the world's best, but not always recognized, DJs. On Balance 011, Canadian DJ/producer Luke Fair works his magic, grabbing listeners with his diverse music and taking us on a funky, tripped-out journey featuring tracks and remixes from Charles Webster, Humate, Timewriter, Francois K, Ian Pooley, Joey Negro and more. Fair has carved quite a reputation as a producer and passionately experimental DJ. His music can be described as groovy, funky, housey and techy all at the same time.Customer Reviews:
Hear It........2007-06-14
Incredibly there's more than one style of house music in this one, but it still sounded like a whole (You would say this is the job of any dj, but it doesn't always happens this way). The upgrades made to the tracks and layered sounds fit flawlessly. For the sake of your electronic Knowledge. Don't Think it, just hear it.
This CD is ridiculous.......2007-04-28
Hottest House mix of the year!.......2007-04-25
Funk.... groove... soul... House..........2007-04-24
He could not have preached a truth more profound had his hand been on a Bible when he made the statement.
This is the most colorful house release I have heard in quite a while; possibly ever. Disc one begins with sensible track sequences like Voom Voom's "Vampire Song," Rich Medina Feat. Sy Smith's "Can't Hold Back (King Britt Mix)" & Bioground's "Smooth Summer Nights"; with this three-song-sequence, I found what is rare in most EDM sets -the instantaneous feeling that the mix is liable to outshine others of its kind with ease. Luke Fair spins an airy, funky and wholly danceable first set with the delectable influence of jazz. Sounding nothing like his "electro-disco fiasco" on OS_3, the aura brings to mind images of radiant multi-colored disco balls spinning from the ceiling of a vibrant night club. Though the whole first disc is enticingly consistent, Luke seems to have developed a knack for inserting absolutely perfect three-track sequences which segue into different styles of house, while still maintaining the mix's deep and saturated color. Further examples are found in Julien Jabre's "War," Tiger Stripes' "Amphytrion" & Kinka's "Burnin'." The mood thus far has been so consistently uplifting and beat-reliant that this section of tracks was a surprise... a pleasant one, because the last section of disc one contains arguably the best selection of tracks on the first disc. To cite examples, David Holmes' "69 Police" and Heroes for Hire's "Our House Music" shine like sapphire gems. My favorite track on the disc is the sixteenth track, "Gateway" by Nightriders, whose shimmering saxophone chords bring undeserved pleasure to my ears. Closing with Tom Novy's "Unexpected" (a fitting title, for this track deviates from the melody set forth by Nightriders in many ways), I cannot help but suggest that disc one of Balance 011 achieves the status of the most addictive and most superb house album I have ever heard.
That is not to say that disc two bears no merit by comparison. On the contrary, it should be argued that the second disc is just as good as the first; such a statement may be too bold in lieu of the first disc's astonishing composition, though. The second disc ups the ante with a sense of housey "grittiness," which is in sync with Luke Fair's personal description of the album: "The mood of this mix will capture the sound of an entire night at a club, a full set from open to close." Beginning with the same eerie and sexy bass grooves as did "Vampire Song", "She's Worth It" slyly breaks through the initial ambient barriers into infectiously throbbing house. Luke finally nails the electro-house vibe he went for with earlier releases that ended up falling short when the adds Francois K.'s "Time and Space." Undulating synthesizers ensnare the headspace of the listener; by the second track of disc two, there simply is no going back, folks.
The drop of Timewriter's "Booty Song" illustrates the late-night club atmosphere being fully realized. The liveliest moments of disc two can be found between tracks four and twelve; some particular highlights include "Playing with Fire," "DJ's In a Row," "Footlover" by Lissat & Voltax, yet another astounding 16 Bit Lolitas track "Difficult If Not Impossible," and finally Klement Bonelli's "Ethna (12th Floor Mix)." And with such a provocative title, one would expect Marnix's "FIRE!" to continue the uptempo set forth by so many of the mid-disc tracks; in actuality, it marks the beginning of the slide into downtempo and piano layered tracks suitable for catching one's breath after such an intense ride into previously unexplored dimensions of house grandeur. "Need To Know"'s wailing synths mourn the closure of this fantastic set; it is a jubilant mourning - the final recognition of what has transpired during this sonic journey. Humate's "Curious" is precisely that; a curiously uptempo song at first, finally relenting to the early morning hours with surprisingly articulate and enjoyable piano chords.
Within the last forty seconds, the echoic female vocals usher out the second disc of what is perhaps the liveliest, most colorful, most purposeful and most addictive progressive House release in YEARS. Luke Fair's name has arisen in other locations in the world of EDM; he commandeered the third installment of Bedrock's Original Series (a marginal success at best) and decently collaborated with Desyn Masiello on Yoshitoshi's "In House We Trust Volume 3." Even his superb live set with James Zabiela at the WMC Delta Heavy Boat Party in 2004 firmly cemented his name in the scene. In my mind, however, Balance 011 is undeniably Luke's best effort yet and will likely go down as the best house release of 2007, despite being so early into the year. To say that Luke Fair fares well would be a gross understatement. I challenge anyone to drop the headphones or mute the subwoofers in the midst of this incredible album. Perhaps the best (house) Balance release to date, Luke Fair is one disco ball doesn't stop spinning until the brilliant colors have blinded the listener with the ecstasy of genuinely sensational house music that connects the world.
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Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia
Various Artists Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000001DJP Release Date: 1998-02-17 |
Tracks:
- Coo Coo - John Snipes
- Coo Coo - Dink Roberts
- Old Rattler (Fox Chase) - John Snipes
- Georgia Buck - Dink Roberts
- Georgia Buck - Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson
- John Henry - James Roberts
- High Sheriff - Dink Roberts
- John Hardy - Dink Roberts
- Garfield - Dink Roberts
- Old Corn Liquor - Dink Roberts
- Old Corn Liquor - Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson
- John Henry - Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson
- Love Somebody - Joe Thompson & Tommy Thompson
- Long Tail Blue - John Snipes
- Ain't Gonna Rain No More - John Snipes & Tommy Thompson
- Going Where I've Never Been Before - John Snipes
- Black Annie - Dink Roberts
- Old Blue - Dink Roberts
- Going Away From Home - John Snipes
- You Don't Know My Darling - John Snipes
- Jaybird March - Etta Baker & Cora Philips
- Going Up North - John Jackson
- Sugar Hill - Homer Walker
- Momma Don't Allow - Irvin Cook & Leonard Bowles
- Shortnin' Bread - Leonard Bowles
- Shortnin' Bread - 'Big Sweet' Lewis Hairston
- Fox Chase - John Tyree
- Roustabout - Dink Roberts
- Cookin' In The Kitchen - John Snipes
- Coo Coo Bird - Rufus Kasey
- Fox Chase - Dink Roberts
- Little Brown Jug - Joe Thompson & Odell Thompson
Amazon.com
This is more than just another excellently researched, heavily-annotated, and well-recorded Smithsonian Folkways disc of archival old-time sound. Like recordings of fife and drum music, this collection documents a rich African American musical tradition that was all but lost by the 1970s. The textbooks tell us that the banjo was brought to America by enslaved Africans, but the majority of musicians who've recorded with that instrument are white. While many of these modal, story-based folk songs will be familiar--"Coo Coo," "John Henry," "Shortnin' Bread"--there's an edge to these versions that's firmly rooted in the blues. Black Banjo Songsters is an essential compilation of claw-hammer-style banjo playing and deep, Appalachian singing. It happens to redress a historical wrong, but it's also a grand recording of deep, raw folk. --Mike McGonigalAlbum Description
The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing--32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performer's life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo's gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forging the link between West African griots and performers of 20th-century blues and string-band music. 64 minutes.Customer Reviews:
Good stuff.......2006-11-11
Well Worth Your Time and Money.......2006-06-21
Great Historical Document.......2005-07-30
A torch that is being passed on, Black Banjo Old & NEW.......2004-09-09
The pickers and players on these recordings are not only preserving the history of the African American origins of the Banjo, of the African American origins of both frailing/clawhammer/knocking/rapping or whatever you want to call down picking, as well as Carolina two finger pikcing. Moreover, by issuing these recordings Scott Oddell and Cece Conway, helped these pickers to light the torch to pass the flame on. From all over the country and beyond, Black banjoists are reviving, extending and enriching what our elders here have done.
Today, one of the most dramatic innovative Blues performers, like Taj Mahal, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Otis Taylor have picked up the banjo. Otis will be coming out with a recording including Kep Mo, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Corey Harris, and New Orleans tenor and six string banjo master Don Vappie that seeks to recapture the banjo for Black folk in February 2008. The last several years has seen the resurgence of several African American string bands playing this music including the Carolina Chocolate Drops and New York's Ebony Hillbillies.
April 7-10 2005 at Appalachian State University with the able and friendly assistance of Dr. Cece Conway, we will be held the first Black Banjo Then and Now Conference. We united elder Black banjoists and fiddlers like those on these recordings as their virtual descendants among younger generations of Black folk from middle schoolers on up with t national and international scholars of the banjo, unblack banjo pickers and fiddlers.
While this music sounds bluesy, exhibiting their common African American heritage, this music is different from the Blues. It arose separately and probably earlier as a descendant of banjo sounds Africans brought to the New World and fiddling Africans who had played bowed fiddles in Africa who mastered the violin they found in America (although some made folk fiddles that were hybrids between African fiddles and the violin). Distinctly African in its origins, this music interacted with European-American folks sounds to produce the string band music that powered European-American rural and mountain folk dancing.
All the artists on this recording are from the generation of African Americans who developed the Blues in its second generation. Indeed, several of the artists including those with some of the most archaic sounds like Dink Roberts and Odell Thompson were also very skilled Blues guitarists. Several others here like Homer Walker have recorded great blues recordings elsewhere (see the digital library of the appalachian's magnificent online site for multiple recordings, interviews and pictures of all of the Virginia and West Virginia based artists here except Josh Thomas.) Speaking of Thomas, the bulk of his music remains unreleased, but his banjo playing was drenched in the blues and he recorded several blues songs.
These pickers in the Carolinas and Virginia, represent the last traditional expression of Black banjo playing that once was heard in New York City, San Fransisco, Chicago, New Orleans, and other cities as well in the country. Their music has inspired a new generation of Black banjoists that keep the banjo ringing.
Conway and O'Dell have even more recordings of Black banjoists prepared for a second double volume of this wonderful history making music
African American influence on American music.......2003-10-13
It's unfortunate that we don't see many African American playing banjos today and how they contributed the banjo to American culture.
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The Little Darlin' Sound of Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightnin' Strikes Twice
Lightnin' Hopkins Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007W7I3I Release Date: 2005-04-26 |
Tracks:
- From Man To Man
- I Wish I Was A Baby
- Little Boy Blue
- The Crazy Song
- Lightning's Love
- That Man From New York City
- Take It If You Want It
- I Got A Letter
- Gonna Move Off This Street
- Help Yourself
- This Time We're Gonna Try
- Let Work Awhile
- The Jet
- How Can You Live Me And Another Man Too
- I heard My Baby Crying
- Chicken Mary
- My Baby Laid Out All Night
- Sam's Blues
- Goin' To Heaven When I Die
Tracks:
- You And Your Man Don't Get Along
- Rock Me Late At Night
- With You On My Mind
- Sam Talking To The Group
- Little Rose
- Sam The Curley Talking
- Possum Hunt
- Sam Talking And Strumming
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Load The Train
- Baby Don't Tear My Clothes
- Back In Mothers Arms
- John Hardy
- Goodnight Irene
- Chicka Choca Shalali
- One Meat Ball
- Sorrow To My Heart
- Blow Out The Candle
- Chicken Minnie
Customer Reviews:
The Best Lightnin' Hopkins Album You Can Buy.......2006-05-27
Finally, the 5 cd "Lost Texas Tapes" under one roof!.......2005-06-28
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I'm Satisfied
Mississippi John Hurt Manufacturer: Fruit Tree Italy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009PLLWW Release Date: 2005-06-28 |
Tracks:
- Nobody's Business But Me
- Angels Laid Him Away
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Casey Jones
- Candy Man
- Lonesome Blues
- My Creole Belle
- Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
- Trouble I Had All My Days
- C-H-I-C-K-E-N Blues
- Coffee Blues
- Shake That Thing
- Monday Morning Blues
- Frankie and Albert
- Salty Dog
- Spike Drivers Blues
- Here Am I, Lord, Send Me
- Talking Casey
- Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
- I'm Satisfied
- Richland Women Blues
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Born Under a Bad Sign
Various Artists Manufacturer: Connoisseur Coll. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000086RF Release Date: 1995-02-10 |
Tracks:
- Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King
- Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
- Shake Your Hips - Slim Harpo
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]
- Tell Mama - Etta James
- I Got My Eyes on You - Buddy Guy
- Long Tall Woman - Elmore James
- Freight Train - Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
- Roberta, Pts. 1 & 2 - Leadbelly
- Whiskey and Good Time Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Bessie Smith
- John the Revelator - Son House
- Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker
- One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Dust My Broom - Taj Mahal
- Stormy Monday Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Blues in the Bottle - Lightnin' Hopkins
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Smokestack Lightning
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Southern Country Blues, Vol. 2
Various Artists Manufacturer: 1201 Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005NT3Q Release Date: 2001-09-04 |
Tracks:
- Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Part II) - Frank Strokes
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Pickin The Blues - Memphis Minnie/Kansas Joe
- Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
- Big Chief Blues - Furry Lewis
- Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James
- High Sheriff Blues - Charley Patton
- My Black Mama (Part II) - Son House
- Crossroads Blues - Robert Johnson
- Break 'Em On Down - Big Joe Williams/Sonny Boy
- Banana In Your Fruit Basket - Bo Carter
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Country Blues No.1 - Muddy Waters
Tracks:
- Bad Boy - Ed Bell (Barefoot Bill)
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- Down In Boggie Alley - Lucille Bogan/Walter Roland
- Papa's Lawdy, Lawdy Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Hey, Hey, Daddy Blues - Blind Blake
- Black Eye Blues - Ma Rainey
- Coal Man Blues - Peg Leg Howell
- Diddle-Da-Diddle - Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Georgia Stomp - Andrew & Jim Baxter
- Love Changing Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Silicosis Is Killin' Me - Josh White
- Cross And Evil Woman Blues - Blind Gary Davis
- You Got To Have Your Dollar - Blind Boy Fuller/Sonny Terry
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
Tracks:
- OId Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
- Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- God Moves On The Water - Blind Willie Johnson
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul - Hattie Hudson
- Easy Rider Blues - Texas Alexander/Willie Reed
- Howling Wolf Blues No.1 - J.T. 'Funny Paper' Smith
- Four Day Worry Blues - Leadbelly
- A Rag - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Down On My Bended Knee (Take 2) - King Solomon Hill
- Blues De Basile - Amede Ardoin
- Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away - Oscar Woods
- Going Away Blues - Lottie Beaman
- Henry's Worry Blues - Henry Townsend
- Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers - Lonnie Johnson
- Room Rent Blues - Mary Johnson/Henry Brown/Ike Rodgers
- Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan
- Poor Boy Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- 4-11-44 - Sparks Brothers
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Zep Tepi
Charles Edward Fambro Manufacturer: DELHF ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CAE9GY Release Date: 2005-05-24 |
Tracks:
- Zep Tepi
- TMBTM Part 1
- Dark Matter
- Black Girls Rule Uptown
- Axions de Bois Cayman
- Polarity (Ground Zero 2001)
- Flute Duet with Axions
- Wind Water
- Forest Within
- Polarity Now - Ground Zero
- Black Mud Sound
- Ogunde
- Ennewetok I Bikini Thou Part 1
- Ennewetok I Bikini Thou Part 2
- Ennewetok I Bikini Thou Part 3
International Music:
- Folk Fidding from Sweden [Import]
- Fukamidori [Import]
- Global Communication [CD-single] [Enhanced] [EP] [Import]
- Global Fusion: World Peace Through World Music
- Gontiti Recomends Bossa Nova [Import]
- Graceful World [CD-single] [Import]
- Great of All V.1 [Import]
- Great of All V.2 [Limited Edition] [Import]
- Gs in Psychedelic Paradise [Import]
- Gs Meets Soft Rocks [Import]