The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble: Dark Side of the Jazz

Saturday, December 31, 2011 in Ambient, Dark Jazz, Electronic Music, Experimental, Holland, Jazz, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

Have you ever seen Jazz’s dark side? If your answer is no, you will meet with an interesting and scary band named in The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble from Holland. The sound is tense, fearsome and interesting. You will be in an atmosphere that you are a movie star in a horror movie from silent cinema like Nosferatu. The group performs experimental music merging jazz, ambient, electronic, and dark jazz. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble was founded as a project to compose new music for movies from...

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Hadouk Trio: Ethno Jazz and World Music’s Shining Star

Thursday, December 29, 2011 in Didier Malherbe, Ethno Jazz, French Music, Fusion, Hadouk Trio, Jazz

Recently, I like to listen to Ethno Jazz ensembles that they bring me to the other places. I appreciate ethno jazz bands give us cheery music and take us to a journey. Today we will talk about Hadouk Trio from France. I can say Hadouk Trio is the best ethno jazz band I have ever heard. I cannot describe their music as only jazz, world music, fusion, or chill-out; I think their music is total of all. The group consists of three multi-instrumentalists. They play unusual folk instruments beside modern...

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Warsaw Village Band: Polish Folk Music with Modern Elements

Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Folk Music, Polish Music, Traditional Music, Warsaw Village Band

Do you like folk music modernized with contemporary elements? Today, we will know more about modernized folk music band Warsaw Village Band. It is funny, polyphonic, and high quality band from Poland. The band makes polish folk music with traditional and modern elements. There are such groups make the music in world music market, but many of them are not successful or their musical vision is very poor. In this blog, I always write articles about the most successful ones. Warsaw Village Band is one...

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Mad Manoush: Gypsy Jazz with Rock and Pop

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 in Fusion, Gypsy Music, Gypsy Punk, Jazz, Mad Manoush, Rock

Think about a band that its member consists of jazz performers and they perform gypsy jazz oriented pop and rock. From the beginning of millennium to today gypsy music is very fashionable and so many performers and groups released millions of albums. Some of them perform pure gypsy music like Fanfare Ciocarlia, and Taraf de Haidouks, some of them perform gypsy music by fusing with the other music styles. Today, we get to know one of the most interesting one Mad Manoush created by Egon Egemann who...

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John Berberian: Ethno Jazz and Rock Dance with Middle East Music

Monday, December 26, 2011 in Armenian Music, Ethno Jazz, Fusion, Jazz, Middle East Music, Rock

If I say Middle Eastern music, oud, psychedelic rock and jazz, do you say he must be kidding us? Of course, I am not kidding. Today I introduce very impressive world music project from John Berberian who is one of the best oud virtuosos of the world from Armenia. You will not hear only Armenian music on rock and jazz, you will hear melodies and rhythms from Middle East. Turkish and Arabic melodies dance on rock and jazz. This kind of fusion albums could be very impressive if songs and musicians...

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Danney Alkana: Classical Music Loves Rock

Friday, December 23, 2011 in American Music, Classical Music, Danney Alkana, Rock, Rock the Bach

In this post, we will review an album from a multi skilled rock guitarist from the United States. I like to write about this kind of albums and artist on the world music blog. If you listen to his guitar, you feel harmony between Classical Music and rock. I like Classical Music featured rock albums and this one is one of my best. There are some good examples in world music. Everybody knows Yngwie Malmsteen the virtuous guitar player. He has two albums played in this sound. Nonetheless, many of famous...

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Erika and Emigrante: Gypsy Music with Rock in Parisian Music

Monday, December 19, 2011 in Erika and Emigrante, Erika Serre, French Music, Gypsy Music, Multicultural Groups, Rock

Do you like multicultural bands merge different music styles? If your answer is yes, there is a band for you to know. I always like bands like this, because it is very good to listen to different tastes together. In addition, if bands members are from different countries, to listen to their music is more interesting and pleasurable. To make the music by blending wide range of styles with musicians from different countries make Erika and Emigrante’s musicality very high. Erika and Emigrante is a...

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Hijazz: Jazz Meets Classical Turkish Music

Sunday, December 18, 2011 in Ethno Jazz, Hijazz, Jazz, Turkish Classical Music, Turkish Music

I write some articles about Jazz recently. Today, I will review a Jazz album combined with Turkish Classical Music elements. There are so many ethno jazz albums which combines eastern music and Jazz. Although many of them are average, there some perfect arranged albums including Hijazz Project. Everybody knows some eastern albums such as Mozart Oriental, Beatles A la Turca, Bach a L'oriental. Those albums and similar ones are good albums technically but they are not as polyphonic as Hijazz Project’s...

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Nemrud: Unbelievable Progressive Rock Album from Turkey

Saturday, December 17, 2011 in Journey of the Shaman, Nemrud, Progressive Rock, Rock, Shamanism, Turkish Music

Progressive Rock! It is my passion. Although I write some articles about world music, I am a progressive rock fan. Pink Floyd, Eloy, King Crimson, Yes, and Jethro Tull are some my favorites. But, Pink Floyd is different for me. They are the best. Anyway, why I write article about progressive rock in this music blog? Progressive Rock groups are generally from England, the United States and some European countries such as Germany, Italy. Nemrud comes from Turkey and their musicality is very high....

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Kiosk: Underground Blues from Iran

Friday, December 16, 2011 in Blues, Iran Music, Kiosk, Mohsen Namjoo, Persian Music, Underground Music

Nowadays, we heard so much news about Iran from television. We know that Iran is an Islamic country that Islamic regime’s chronic surveillance and strict censorship understanding prohibit people terribly. Although Iran people live in these conditions, they are willing to have a life standard as western people. I have been to Iran and see that public understanding is not very bad as we know. Because of government’s harsh control mechanism, they do everything such as music, parties, drinking, and...

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Katuner: Perfect Ethno Jazz from Armenia

Friday, December 16, 2011 in Armenian Music, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Ethno Jazz, Jazz, Katuner

Do you like cats? I can hear that you asked yourself what is the connection between music and cats. Today we will know more about Armenian cats Katuner. Katuner means cats in Armenian language. Many of people think Jazz is a boring music. Actually, I think in the same way sometimes. Ethno jazz is a bit different. You could some local instruments formed in Jazz music. Ethno jazz is one of the most famous members of World Music. Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Trilok Gurtu, Ravi Shankar and Ian Garbarek are...

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Ulytau: Classical Music meets Folk and Rock

Thursday, December 15, 2011 in Classical Music, Dombra, Heavy Metal, Kazakhstan, Turkish Music, Ulytau

Have you ever listened a group makes Rock music blended with classical music and local elements? There are some rock based classical music albums from famous singers and groups such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Danney Alkana. This kind of music is one of my favorites, I will post some reviews about this kind of albums in my following posts. Today, we will know more about a group Kazakhstan which performs metal music combined with classical music and local music elements.The group...

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Funk from the West to the East

Thursday, December 15, 2011 in Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Funk, Jazz, Laco Tayfa, Ska, Turkish Music

Every time, I like funk music groups from 70’s. In early 90’s, world music understanding has changed and so many alternative styles were released. We knew so many Funk groups and performers that they released some albums in early 90’s. Funk is funny enough, but it is not enough to make likeable and listenable music. So, many of them were erased from the music industry without making their mark on fans. I would like to introduce a funk band from the United States named in Brooklyn Funk Essentials...

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Kultur Shock: Gypsy music meets Punk and Rock

Thursday, December 15, 2011 in Balkan Music, Gypsy Music, Gypsy Punk, Kultur Shock, Rock

Have you ever heard anything about gypsy punk? When I heard this style, it made me feel very good. I like gypsy music that I will introduce some gypsy bands in my next posts. Absolutely, it is not pure and noisy punk music, and we can find some rock elements. It makes this kind of music better and listenable. There are some good gypsy punk bands like Kultur Shock, Gogol Bordello, Russkaja, Visa and so on. Today, we will talk about very funny and interesting group Kultur Shock. It is Seattle...

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Pentagram: Progression of Turkish Heavy Metal

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 in Heavy Metal, Pentagram, Rock, Turkish Heavy Metal, Turkish Music

Today, I would like to introduce a heavy metal group from Turkey. Actually I do not want to introduce any Heavy Metal groups, because, you could find so many sources to find information about Heavy Metal bands. Moreover, I would like to introduce Pentagram. This group is a milestone of Turkish Metal. Pentagram’s music is very original, high quality and multicultural. Do not think that it is a satanic metal group considering group’s name. There aren’t any satanic elements in their music and lyrics....

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Vagabond Opera: New wave of the Cabaret Music

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 in American Music, Cabaret Music, Jazz, Neo Cabaret, Vagabond Opera

Recently, Neo-Cabaret music is rising. So many bands, singers, dancers perform this kind of music. There are millions of boring groups and singers. Although I like classical style of cabaret music, I will introduce a neo cabaret group. It is Vagabond Opera from the United States, Oregon. Their music is really original, fluent, and likeable. Eric Stern has founded the group in the beginning of 2000’s. He was trained in Europe that his musical background is opera. Sometimes, cabaret and opera...

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