Global Minstrels

Voices of World Music

By: Elijah Wald

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Hardcover | 9 November 2006 | Edition Number 1

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"Global Minstrels: The World of World Music" introduces today's leading performers from around the world. From urban nightclubbers dancing to salsa to suburbanites relaxing with Cuban and Brazilian melodies, to the host of pop and rock stars who have added international flavors to their music, "world" sounds have become part of the basic fabric of American life. At the same time, in every American city, immigrants have used musical gatherings as a way to bring their communities together. Including conversations with dozens of artists from five continents, "Global Minstrels" explores the breadth of the world music experience through the voices of the musicians themselves. In the process, it gives a unique view of the interactions of a globalizing society and introduces readers to some of the most fascinating and thoughtful artists working on the current scene.
Profiled artists include Ladysmith Black Mambazo; King Sunny Ade, The Mighty Sparrow, Reuben Blades, Los Tigres del Norte, Gilberto Gil, Dick Gaughan, Alan Stivell, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, The Gipsy Kings, Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar, and many more.
Global Minstrels will strongly appeal to the world music audience, from academic ethnomusicologists to general listeners who enjoy this new, vibrant musical style.

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"Whether you enjoy flamenco, salsa, tango or township tunes, Global Minstrels will extend and update your musical knowledge."--The City Paper, Nashville

"World Music has made ethnomusicologists of us all, attempting to understand where music comes from and what it means. Elijah Wald, musician, author, and former world music critic from the Boston Globe, offers some answers of his own through the voices of over 75 musicians profiled in this new collection."--Dirty Linen

"Whether you enjoy flamenco, salsa, tango or township tunes, Global Minstrels will extend and update your musical knowledge."--The City Paper, Nashville

"World Music has made ethnomusicologists of us all, attempting to understand where music comes from and what it means. Elijah Wald, musician, author, and former world music critic from the Boston Globe, offers some answers of his own through the voices of over 75 musicians profiled in this new collection."--Dirty Linen

"Perhaps the most significant contribution of Global Minstrels is the way it helps to rehumanize the discussion of world music by allowing the voices of the artists themselves...to be heard above the din of academic debate."--Ethnomusicology

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