Anyone interested in world music?


John McLaughlin with Shiv Kumar Sharma. What an interesting and sophisticated performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p71QK5TZDCc

Perhaps others can post something too.
inna
Inna, Frogman, I am glad that you liked the clips. But like O 10 said, in 'our' jazz thread, it is a realy special feeling seeing some of this performers alive. The music is emotionaly demanding, there is a joke that describes that well, about a little boy who was asked what is 'sevdah'. His response was 'that is when father sits, drinks, listens to music and cry'.
Here are couple more clips, the older, more traditional, and few more recent. If you are realy intersted, I could translate you the songs,but the poetic expression would be partly lost

https://youtu.be/9eFkjSXbUks

https://youtu.be/nvjDAIBtRH8

https://youtu.be/idjt4URLJcQ

https://youtu.be/4Gp_mwg0R8I

https://youtu.be/dDOSog6F5vE, intersting, his son and grandson are singers too.

Grandson, singing the same song

https://youtu.be/v03AWt_Wmes
Paco De Lucia is one of my favorite guitar players, was fortunate enough to see him alive couple of years ago.
There are two albums that you may like, sextet, and sextet live. Here are few clips

https://youtu.be/8DLExUqCK84

https://youtu.be/ZBa5xUWHQAI
Alexatpos, thank you for the links. The Amira Medunjanin clip is some of the most beautiful and heartfelt singing that I have heard in a while; I will have to check out her recordings. Interesting how she ends the song (compared to the other rendition you posted). She and the band don't resolve the harmony and they end on the dominant chord which adds to the emotional feeling of the song and gives a sense of unease at the very end. She is a wonderful singer.

Inna, that clip of Camaron (shrimp in Spanish if anyone cares) with Paco de Lucia is fabulous; thanks. The Sephartic influence in both it and in Alexatpos' clips is fascinating. de Lucia is absolutely amazing!
Just as Alexatpos correctly compares the feeling of 'sevdah' to 'blues', the Cuban 'guajira' can rightly be considered Cuban blues. Guajira themes often spoke of the Cuba's natural beauty and peasant life. Guillermo Portabales was one of the greatest singers in this almost forgotten genre.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c532FW1tFvg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TUjpFi9NRNM