Recent world music releases

Recent world music releases including Dos Amantes from the London-based group Los Desterrados: they’re on a mission to bring ancient Ladino music back to life for modern audiences. There’s desert blues from Etran Finatawa, who’ve chosen to record their latest album The Sahara Sessions not in a state-of-the-art Western studio, but under the stars in the Sahara Desert. And Stephan Micus adds some quiet contemplation to the programme with his settings of Byzantine Greek prayers in Panagia

Music Details

Is Ler Is Salan, from The Sahara Sessions - Etran Finatawa (Riverboat Records)

La Cuenta Atras, from Alma de Cantaora - Amparo Sanchez (Vialactea 852706)

Vieja Pasión, from Alma de Cantaora - Amparo Sanchez (Vialactea 852706)

Duns Fan de Siedden, from Alter - Nynke (Crammed Discs CRAM209)

Lit Los, from Alter - Nynke (Crammed Discs CRAM209)

Aguila Guila, from Dos Amantes - Los Desterrados (Enkalador Records)

Ija Mia, from Dos Amantes - Los Desterrados (Enkalador Records)

Let Jah be praised, from Heart and Soul - Clinton Fearon (Sterns Music)

I praise you, Sacred Mother, from Panagia - Stephan Micus (ECM Records)

Raga Sindhi Bhairavi (excerpt), from The Living Room Sessions Part 2 - Ravi Shankar (East Meets West Music)

Kirwani One.5+8.Five, from Beyond the Ragasphere - Debashish Bhattacharya (Riverboat Records)