Mark Lund
Classic Albums
Mahmoud Ahmed, Ere Mela Mela: An Ethiopian singer’s marvelous mash up of Western and Eastern styles.Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Devotional and Love Songs: Enchanting devotional music, rooted in Islam, in a concise, accessible context.Various Artists, Zulu Jive: You’ll hear the roots of Paul Simon’s Graceland.Herbie Mann, Gagaku and Beyond: An American jazz-pop artist takes on the traditional court music of Japan and more.DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Shri Durga: A renowned DJ mixes Indian classical sounds with Western dance grooves.
New Albums to Try
Warsaw Village Band, People’s Spring: Hard-core folk. Old Polish mountain music with a punk-rock sensibility.Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective, Watina: Lilting and lovely songs sung in the language of the Garifuna tribe of Belize.David Darling & the Wulu Bunun, Mudanin Kata: Harmonies from the indigenous people of central Taiwan.Enzo Avitabile and Bottari, Save the World: Modern rhythms played on Italian farm barrels, whose design dates back to medieval times. An intriguing racket.Various Artists, Electric Gypsland 2: Three top Balkan bands, remixed by an array of DJ’s, with universally groovy results.
Picks by: John Schaefer, the host of New Sounds and Soundcheck on National Public Radio station WNYC-FM, in New York City.
