Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music

by Wald; Elijah

• ISBN13: 9780415979306
• ISBN10: 0415979307
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-11-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

World music is the fastest growing sector of the U.S. music market. Artists such as Ry Cooder, Paul Simon and the Talking Heads have utilized "world" sounds in their work, and international performers draw crowds across the country. At the same time, in an era of unprecedented immigration and globalization, people all over the world are using music as way to preserve their local and ethnic identity.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xiii
Africa	1	(52)
South Africa
Ladysmith Black Mambazo	4	(3)
Zimbabwe
Ephat Mujuru and Stella Chiweshe	7	(4)
Mali
Ali Farka Toure	11	(6)
Oumou Sangare	17	(4)
Congo
Tabu Ley Rochereau	21	(5)
Lucien Bokilo	26	(3)
Kenya
Fadhili William	29	(4)
Nigeria
Sir Victor Uwaifo	33	(5)
King Sunny Ade	38	(4)
Madagascar
Tarika Sammy	42	(4)
Cape Verde
The Mendes Brothers	46	(7)
The Caribbean	53	(46)
Haiti
Tabou Combo	55	(4)
Emeline Michel	59	(5)
Trinidad
The Mighty Sparrow	64	(3)
Dominican Republic
Maria Diaz	67	(3)
Fulanito	70	(4)
Puerto Rico
El Gran Combo	74	(3)
Yomo Toro	77	(5)
New York
Ruben Blades	82	(3)
Cuba
Eliades Ochoa and Compay Segundo	85	(7)
Los Van Van	92	(2)
La Charanga Habanera and Gema 4	94	(5)
Latin America	99	(34)
Argentina
Mercedes Sosa	101	(3)
Sandra Luna	104	(6)
Peru
Susana Baca	110	(3)
Brazil
Gilberto Gil	113	(3)
Caetano Veloso	116	(6)
Olodum	122	(2)
Daniela Mercury	124	(3)
Mexico
Los Tigres del Norte	127	(6)
Europe	133	(44)
Italy
Paolo Conte	136	(3)
Portugal
Misia	139	(5)
Greece
George Dalaras	144	(3)
Haris Alexiou	147	(3)
Turkey
Barbaros Erkose	150	(3)
Hungary
Muzsikas and Marta Sebestyen	153	(6)
Kalman Balogh	159	(3)
Scotland
Norman Kennedy	162	(5)
Dick Gaughan	167	(2)
France
Alan Stivell	169	(3)
Afro-European Music
Les Nubians	172	(5)
Flamenco	177	(22)
Mainstream Flamenco
Carmen Cortes and Manuel Soler	178	(4)
Paco de Lucia	182	(5)
Carmen Linares	187	(4)
Rumba
Gipsy Kings	191	(3)
Arab Fusions
Radio Tarifa	194	(5)
North Africa and the Arab World	199	(20)
Andalusian Music
Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani	201	(3)
Morocco
The Master Musicians of Jajouka	204	(3)
Algeria
Khaled	207	(4)
The Classical Tradition
Simon Shaheen and Nassir Shemma	211	(4)
Iraq
Mahmood Anwar	215	(4)
Western and Central Asia	219	(26)
Turkey
Cinucen Tanrikorur	220	(2)
Iran
Kayhan Kalhor	222	(6)
Pakistan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	228	(3)
India
Purna Das and the Bauls of Bengal	231	(4)
North Indian Classical Music
Ali Akbar Khan	235	(6)
Ravi Shankar	241	(4)
East Asia	245	(12)
China
Wu Man	246	(4)
Japan
Ondekoza and Kodo	250	(7)
The United States	257	(20)
Hawaii
Raymond Kane	258	(3)
Dennis Kamakahi	261	(5)
Native American Music
The Iron River Singers	266	(5)
Mexican Music
Jessie Morales ``El Original de la Sierra''	271	(6)
Recommended Listening	277	(10)
Index	287