Ifé, a beninese singer has released a new album full of world, afro pop and jazz music. Arranged by Lionel Loueke, who already worked with e.g. Angelique Kidjo. Listen to her first EP “Agbaleleman”:
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Music from the US – Matisyahu
Born in Pennsylvania, West Chester, US in 1979 as Matthew Miller, he began to wear dreadlocks in the age of 14 . Miller tries to connect his jewish roots with hip hop and reggae and created a new music style. Listen to his great song “Crossroads” in an Acoustic version:
Listen to his great other songs here
Music from the US – Michigan City Vandals
Really good guitar based rock music , a good voice and a nice video clip . Really love this new release from this February from the MCV . Hope you enjoy them too , with their songs Nerven ending and Tell Tale Heart .
Music from Puerto Rico – Tito El Bambino
Tito El Bambino is a well known reggaeton and latin-pop musician from Puerto Rico, born in 1981. From 1996 to 2004, he was active in the duo Héctor & Tito, where he became fame. In 2005 he started his solo career. Listen to his song “Dámelo”, from his brand new album Invicto:
Music from Burkina Faso – Malima Kone
Today, I was listening to some older songs here on our blog. Maybe you want to do this too, is really great to have so many different styles of music on every page…. Just enter http://xworldmusic.wordpress.com/page/mmm/ , and replace the mmm through a page number (from 2-275)
Malima Kone was born 1984 in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, a country with 68 different languages and a music-based culture. In the 90s, he came to the US. Here’s his song “Dambe“, a song of a mother in tears who is worried about a better tomorrow for the children:
Music from Canda – Faber & Freedman
Faber & Freedman are a canadian jazz music duo. Like their relaxed rythms and the xylophone! Here’s their new album Recorded Adventures:
This was a Music-Suggestion from Arnold Faber, thanks!
Music from Spain – Auryn
Auryn – a pop rock Band from Spain just released a new album in September 2012
Music from the US – The Killers
The Killers are an US-american indie rock and post rock band from Las Vegas. They formed in 2001 and sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. Here’s their song “Runaways” from the new album Battle Born:
Music from the US – Gaelic Storm
Gaelic Storm, formed in 1996, is an Irish-Celtic band from Santa Monica, US. Listen to their nice song “Black is the Colour”:
Here’s a short compilation of their new album Chicken Boxwer from 2012:
Music from the US – Frank Ocean
Read about his new album this morning in the newspaper, and listened to some of his songs, and I’m impressed! Franke Ocean, born in 1987, is an US-american pop and R&B musician who released his first studio album channel Orange Juli 10, 2012. Here’s his great song “Pink Matter” from one of the best pop and R&B albums in 2012:
