With world music CDs of Kiran Ahluwalia (India-Canada), Babak-0-Doestan (Turkey/Iran/Canada/the Netherlands, Seckou Keita (Senegal).
1/ Kiran Ahluwalia.
Kiran Ahluwalia is an Indo-Canadian singer who plays old Persian and Indian poems in her own musical arrangements. Her CD “Common Ground” has won the prestigious Canadian Juno Award for “Best World Music Album of the Year”.
CD: Sanata (Stillness) by Kiran Ahluwalia.
Label: Arc Music (2014), code: EUCD2572. Video.
2/ Babak-0-Doestan.
The Amsterdam based band members of Babak-O-Doestan play their own work with influences from jazz, fado, balkan, Turkish and Iranian music. The lyrics are from old and contemporary Iranian poets or by singer/guitarist Babak Amiri himself.
CD: Restless by Babak-0-Doestan.
Label: Distribution: Plato/Concerto (2013), code: 3184964. Video.
3/ Seckou Keita.
Described as a "griot" (ode singer) composer and a true master of the "kora" (a 22 string West African harp). Seckou Keita is from South Senegal, was a child prodigy, born from a line of "griots", his father gave him royal blood. He got known world wide for his "kora" play and performed with several artists like Salif Keita, Yossou N’Dour and Miriam Makeba.
CD: 22 Strings by Seckou Keita.
Label: Arc Music (2015), code: EUCD2585-1.
Release: 26 May 2015. Video.
