Anyone interested in world music?

Definitely agree with Mapman's recommendation for the Putumaya label; they have some great discs that will take you 'round the world.

Some other favorites;

- Habib Koite & Bamada "Foly", great live album to boot, several other albums by Habib Koite & Bamada, email me for details...
- another vote for various Dead Can Dance CDs
- Some of Brendan Perry's (from DCD) solo work
- "Samsara" and a few others by Lisa Gerrard (also from DCD)
- Several discs from Trilok Gurtu
- Several discs including "Global House", "Link", "Visual" and "Bridge" from Oystein Sevag
- "DAFOS", "Global Drum Project" and "YAMANTAKA" by Mickey Hart
- "Tathagata" by He Xun Tian
- "Sister Drum" and "Seven Days" by Dadawa
- various Jon Hassell albums ("Dream Theory in Malaya", "Hollow Bamboo", " Maarifa Street" and "Possible Musics" (with Brian Eno)....

I'll be glad to discuss more specifics on these and other albums either on or off-line...

For an interesting combination, try Afro Celt Sound System, on Peter Gabriel's World Music label.

Recommended is Vol. 2 "Release"

It reminds me both Portuguese fado and Russian romance.
Too bad I can't understand a word.
Pardon my ignorance, where does it come from? It's certainly not Greek.
I never heard this form before.

My picks:
Anjelique Kidjo
Yusun D'our
Dead Can Dance
Nils Petter Molvaer his first album "Khmer" based on world music and electronic jazz.
Balcan duo of Vlatko Stefanovsky and Miroslav Tadik.
Jon Anderson album "Deseo"
Cesaria Evora

Inna, I guess your last question is adressed to me? Here are some facts on wiki, they are mostly right, aldo the important part which describes actual way of life and living in time when that form of singing was born is missing from description

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevdalinka

However, if you decide to try to find some more great sevdah music, I would be glad to recommend it, because, like in blues, there is lots of music that goes by that name,and its not realy that and has got no value at all, it justs falsy uses and exploits the real art form