Global Minstrels

"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

Elijah Wald is a writer and musician who speaks several languages and has travelled widely around the world, first as a hitchhiking street musician and later as a somewhat more serious researcher. His books include Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention ofthe Blues (2004); Narcocorrido: A Journey into t he Musicof Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas (2001); Josh White:Society Blues (2000, 2002) and River of Song: Music Alongthe Mississippi (1998; with John Junkerman).

Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Section One: Africa South Africa: Ladysmith Black Mambazo Zimbabwe: Ephat Mujuru and Stella Chiweshe Mali: Ali Farka Tour Oumou Sangare Salif Keita Congo: Tabu Ley Rochereau Lucien Bokilo Kenya: Fadhili William Nigeria: Sir Victor Uwaifo King Sunny Ade Madagascar: Tarika Sammy Cape Verde: The Mendes Brothers Section Two: The Caribbean Haiti: Tabou Combo Emeline Michel Trinidad: Mighty Sparrow Dominican Republic: Mara Daz Fulanito Puerto Rico: El Gran Combo Yomo Toro New York: Rubn Blades Cuba: Eliades Ochoa and Compay Segundo Juan de Marcos Gonzlez Los Van Van Charanga Habanera and Gema Cuatro Section Three: Latin America Argentina: Mercedes Sosa Sandra Luna Peru: Susana Baca Brazil: Gilberto Gil Caetano Veloso Olodum Daniela Mercury Mexico: Los Tigres del Norte Section Four: Europe Portugal: Msia Greece: George Dalaras Haris Alexiou Turkey: Barbaros Erkse Italy: Paolo Conte Hungary: Muzsiks and Mrta Sebestyn Klmn Balogh Scotland: Norman Kennedy Dick Gaughan France: Alan Stivell Afro-Europeans: Zap Mama Les Nubians Section Five: Spain and Flamenco Northern Spain: La Musgaa Flamenco: Carmen Corts and Manuel Soler Paco de Luca Carmen Linares Rumba: Gipsy Kings Arab fusions: Radio Tarifa Section Six: North Africa and the Arab World Andalusian music: Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani Morocco: The Master Musicians of Jajouka Algeria: Khaled Classical music: Simon Shaheen and Naseer Shemma Iraq: Mahmood Anwar Section Seven: Western and Central Asia Turkey: Cinucen Tanrikorur Iran: Kayhan Kalhor Pakistan: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan India: The Bauls of Bengal North Indian classical: Ali Akbar Khan Ravi Shankar Section Eight: East Asia China: Wu Man Japan: Ondekoza and Kodo Section Nine: The United States Hawaii: Raymond Kane Dennis Kamakahi Native American: Iron River Singers Mexican: Jesse Morales El Original de la Sierra Index