![]() Her music has the same sort of edgy kinetic feeling that Ra’s music often had, as well as, of course, serious African polyrhythms. ![]() Abba briefly before on a release of her own, but I had not made the sonic connections between her and Sun Ra. One of the most pleasant surprises was the Mauritanian artist Dimi Mint Abba. ![]() It’s good to see some record producers place the United States in the context of the global community and not above it. musicians not usually included on such anthologies, like Marian Anderson and Patsy Cline. But it also includes artists I had never heard, such as the wonderful Sudanese vocalist Idjah Hadidjah and U.S. This unique, perhaps even strange compilation features some of the usual world music suspects, the hot young acts like Tiddas, the Australian trio, and the Finnish group, Varttina, as well as such established legends as Edith Piaf, the French torch singer, and Cuba’s Celia Cruz. Some of the selections, like Cedella Booker Marley’s (Bob’s mom) "Listen Up Ladies," reflect the album’s overall goal of supporting women’s liberation. The musical and aesthetic quality are relatively high throughout, no mean feat given the diverse genres represented. ![]() The entire design of the record is arty, yet easy to read and navigate. Nakamura’s dark blue cover art is gorgeous. "Global Divas" is a three-CD set that features over seventy female artists from more than thirty different countries and cultures.Įven with all of those artists, the CD is packaged with the right amount of information and pictures to help contextualize the artists – though sometimes I wish they’d given a bit more information about the songs. INTO THE FIELD of myriad and ever increasing world music box sets has come a most interesting entry from Rounder Records that benefits the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which works to empower women and women’s projects in developing countries. ![]() Radical Rhythms: "Global Divas" | Solidarity Radical Rhythms: "Global Divas" - Kim Hunter ![]()
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