This is a compilation I made in May 2013 in celebration of a friend’s wedding — music from lots of parts of the world, with a largely mellow, festive mood.
Click the link below to stream the compilation; the songlist follows.
1. Fanfare Ciocărlia Feat. Mitsuo “Pana Cand Nu Te Iubeam” (Romania)
2. William Onyeabor “Everyday” (Nigeria)
3. Jorge Ben “Errare Humanum Est” (Brazil)
4. Alick Nkhata “Shalapo” (Zambia)
5. Eugène Delouche “Ti chabine manzé titine la” (Martinique)
6. Orchestre De Dabola “Semba” (Guinea)
7. Barbarito Diez e Isaac Oviedo “Engancha carretero” (Cuba)
8. Rail Band “Tidiani Kone” (Mali)
9. Asha Bhosle “Dekho Kasam Se” (India)
10. Udokotela Shange Namajaha “Awungilobolele” (South Africa)
11. Dave Tarras “B minor Bulgar” (Ukraine)
12. Woubeshet Feseha “[song name unknown]” (Ethiopia)
13. Odi Phenel Cino Savo/Azt Mondja a Kisfiam “Parno Graszt” (Hungary)
14. Docteur Nico “Olga” (Congo)
15. The Balfa Brothers “Family Waltz” (Louisiana, USA)
16. Esther John, Fadhili William, Ben Nicholas & Fundi Konde
“Mwanamali Wa Maridadi” (Kenya)
17. “Smyrneikos Balos/Smyrna Dance” Amalia (Greece)
18. “Nimechoka” Morogoro Jazz Band (Tanzania)
19. Jose Gutierrez & Los Hermanos Ochoa “Siquisirí” (Mexico)
20. Ebenezer Calender And His Maringar Band “Arriah Baby” (Sierra Leone)
21. Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman
“Ufumura Udun (Mimichiri Boji)” (Okinawa)
22. Ignace De Souza “See Na Meye” (Ghana)
May 2013
Cover image is “Blossoming Plum Tree by a River” from a Late Meiji era Japanese postcard, artist unknown
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And here are a few videos with songs from the compilation:
Jorge Ben, “Errare Humanum Est”:
Eugène Delouche, “Ti chabine manzé titine la”:
Esther John, Fadhili William, Ben Nicholas & Fundi Konde, “Mwanamali Wa Maridadi”:
Wonderings 