Title: 11:11 Artist: Rodrigo y Gabriela Date: 2009 Style: Hard to define … I’d say world music with twists of metal, flamenco, popular Mood: Upbeat, dramatic, energetic Good for: Background music, chilling out, catharsis This acoustic guitar duo plays at superhero levels. The album begins with a rocked out Hanuman, a dynamic piece inspired by the Hindu [...]
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11:11
Posted in Acoustic Guitar, Popular Music, World Music, tagged acoustic guitar, contemporary flamenco, international, Rodrigo y Gabriela on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Rumba Foundation
Posted in Acoustic Guitar, Canadian, Flamenco, Popular Music, Rumba, World Music, tagged acoustic_guitar, Afro-Cuban, Canadian, Flamenco, Jazz, Latin, Rumba, Spanish, world_music on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Title: The Rumba Foundation Artist: Jesse Cook Date: 2009 This album is an exploration of New World meets Old World meets New. According to Jesse Cook, the Spanish sailors of the 1800s brought the Cuban rumba to Spain where it mingled with the Spanish flamenco. In 2009, Jesse Cook decided to take this rumba-flamenco back [...]
Breathing Under Water
Posted in Indian Classical, World Music, tagged Add new tag, Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale, Norah Jones, Ravi Shankar on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Cover of Breathing Under WaterTitle: Breathing Under Water Artist: Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale Date: 2007 I’ve always been a fan of Indian sitarist, Ravi Shankar, so it was interesting to take a listen to this album and see what his daughter’s work is like. Anoushka Shankar is a student of her father’s, and she typically [...]
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