Scandinavian Music

In the first two blog posts, I shared with you three CDs that changed my musical journeys in 1999. A year later I discovered a fourth CD that was almost as influential and talk a little about Scandinavian Music. That was the album Tra by the highly successful Swedish group […]

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The Amazing Music Scene in Brazil

This post is about the amazing music scene in Brazil, where they have blended European and South American elements. Some say the people of Brazil are ancestrally one-third European, one-third African, one-third Native American. This is probably not true, but Brazil may have the highest percentage of “mixed race” people […]

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Suns of Arqa

Suns of Arqa Origins: U.K., Jamaica, India, Middle East, pan-Africa Styles: Indian fusion, Middle Eastern fusion, reggae, dub, Indian vibes, chillout, world groove, Balkan fusion, funk, ambient-dark, psychedelic, folk, neo-folk, Celtic fusion Discography: Over 60 releases Full discography here. Web Site: www.sunsofarqa.co.uk Suns of Arqa are what many late 1960s […]

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Loop Guru

Loop Guru Origins: U.K. Styles: Chillout, ambient, world groove, Indian vibes, retro Discography: 2006 – Elderberry Shiftglass 2003 – Bathtime with Loop Guru 2003 – The Intrinsic Passion of Mysterious Joy 2001 – Loopus Interruptus 1999 – The Fountains of Paradise 1997 – Loop Bites Dog 1996 – Moksha 1996 […]

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Dissidenten

Origins: Germany, North Africa, India Styles: World groove, chillout, Arabica Discography: 2008 – The Tangier Sessions 1999 – Mixed Up Jungle 1997 – Instinctive Traveler 1995 – Love Supreme 1993 – Jungle Book 1988 – Out of This World 1984 – Sahara Elektrik 1982 – Germanistan – I Wish I […]

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