Sinds het overlijden van de Spaanse dictator Franco, hebben de Catalanen de gelegenheid zich volop te uiten in muziek en andere cultuurvormen. D?hotspot is hoofdstad Barcelona en dan met name de wijk Ravel. Een broeinest van jonge bands die gretig gebruik maken van de invloeden uit de pop, Arabische wereld, de Andalusiche flamenco, de muziek van Latijns Amerikia en het eigen erfgoed. Maar ook op andere plaatsen groeit en bloeit de Catalaanse 'New Wave'. De Britse wereldmuziek-criticus Philip Sweeney verleende in 2007 daarom graag zijn medewerking voor het maken van een selectie samen te stellen om het internationale publiek kennis te laten maken met al dat moois. Waarvan sommigen zoals Miguel Poveda inderdaad internationaal zijn doorgebroken. (GR Muziekbank)|
"A successful album which in 2004 took 11th place in the World Music Charts Europe. The band's name means suite. It had been formed in 2000 from folk, rock and jazz musicians, and they arranged Slovakian folk songs as contemporary ethnobeat, as they call it themselves. And this is a as good a description as any, at least we know where to put it. Very at ease, heading straight into the heart of the pop charts. Not as rocking as fellow Slovakians Konaboj. Not meant ironical or negative, it is really a pleasure to listen."(Folkworld.eu)
"Sanna Kurki-Suonio is a Finnish singer, kantele player and composer in the contemporary folk / neo-folk music genre. She is most well known for her work with the band Hedningarna, which extended over eight years between 1991 and 1999. She was also a founding member of the group Loituma. After her first solo album, Musta, was released in 1998, She recently completed a new album, Kainuu, with kantele player Riitta Huttunen." (Wikipedia)
"Reflecting the less-frenetic side of Javanese music, musicians of the Sunda region in the southwest portion of the island incorporate many traditional gamelan elements into an often reflective and at times playful ensemble sound. Beyond many traditional recordings, there are also modern, pop-inspired records such as this. Featuring the renowned singers Euis Komariah and Yu Wiradiredja, The Sound of Sunda offers up a stellar set of love songs sung in both the traditional and modern style, with some stunning and somewhat haunting vocal twists to top things off. Backed by the impressive Orchestras Jugala & Pateraman Dasentra, Komoriah and Wiradiredja are nothing but stunning on eight of the most intoxicating pieces to come out of Java." (Stephen Cook)
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