The Rough Guide to World Music : 1994 : 1st edition
by Simon Broughton, Richard Trillo
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The Rough Guide to World Music spans the music of seventy different countries and regions - everything from salsa to soukous, cajun to calypso, rai to qawwali. The detailed coverage brings together more than sixty expert contributors, whose feature articles take in the music to be seen and heard live around the globe, as well as on record. Major pieces are backed up by interviews with the key groups and artists, translations of lyrics, and extensive reviews and discographies. Whether you've show more discovered world music through Paul Simon or Ali Farka Toure, David Byrne or the Bhundu Boys, Celia Cruz or Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Rough Guide is guaranteed to expand your horizons... and your CD, cassette and record collection! show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Rough Guide to World Music : 1994 : 1st edition
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Cheikha Remitti; Rachid Taha; Bonga; Waldemar Bastos; Victor Gamba; Angélique Kidjo (show all 44); Manu Dibango; Cesária Évora; Franco Luambo Makiadi; Dobet Gnaoré; Faytinga; Gigi; Patience Dabany; Alex Konadu; Mory Kanté; Manecas Costa; René Lacaille; Regis Gizavo; Amadou & Mariam; Daby Touré; Tinariwen; Fela Kuti; Abdul Tee-Jay; Thandiswa Mazwai; Miriam Makeba; Hugh Tracey; Abdul Aziz el Mubarak; Geoffrey Oryema; Oliver Mtukudzi; Umm Kulthum; Natacha Atlas; Ara Dinkijan; Alim and Fershana Qasimov; Mohammed Abdu; Mohammad Reza Shajarian; Kazim al Saher; Chava Alberstein; Yasmin Levy; The Kamkars; Fairuz; The Chehade Brothers; Abdullah Chhadeh; Mercan Dede; Sezen Aksu
- Important places
- Africa; Algeria; Angola; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Benin (show all 61); Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Congo; Congo Basin; Côte d'Ivoire; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; The Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Indian Ocean; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kenya; Kurdistan; Lebanon; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Middle East; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Palestine; Persian Gulf; Rwanda; Western Sahara; São Tomé and Príncipe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Togo; Touareg; Turkey; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
- First words
- For much of recent history, being a musician in Algeria has meant taking your life in your hands.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The international group assembled by Temiz includes Aka Gündüz Kutbay on ney, D.D. Gouirand on soprano, Onno Tunç on bass, and Tuna Ötenel on piano.
- Blurbers
- Harrington, David (Kronos Quartet) (Kronos Quartet); Kershaw, Andy (BBC Radio) (BBC Radio)
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- Do not combine volumes 1 and 2 with the single volume edition.
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