The talented group of artists on this new Real World Records album has created a village that’s populated with traditional English folk music, with a river of modern flavor running through it. The album is chock-full of replayable, story-telling songs that are sure to pique the interest of any Anglo-American curious about where she came […]
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Big Blue Ball
Big Blue Ball, a new compilation album from Real World Records, is a doozie, packed full of diverse world music treats. It’s the result of week-long musical collaborations in Wiltshire, England, over three summers–with performers gathered from all over our big blue ball. The result is a cream-of-the-world-crop collection. Here are a few (of many) […]
Can’t Sleep? Try a Little Night Song
Night Song is the second collaboration between Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the late master of Pakistani qawwali (devotional) music, and Canadian guitarist Michael Brook. Before his death in August 1997 from kidney and liver failure, Khan was hailed as an inspiration by numerous Western musicians, including American singer Jeff Buckley, who called him “my Elvis.†[…]