Tag: world

Wynter Gordon – Stimela

 Wynter Gordon is like no one you have ever heard before. Her music is captivating and seems to soar above you while you listen. Stimela is from Wynter’s first EP, Human Condition: Doleo, released July 2012. In January 2013, she released Human Condition Part 2: Sanguine, which seems to be an effort to complete the thoughts started with Part 1. It is almost impossible to categorize Wynter’s music, but it contains elements of pop, electronic, hip-hop, soul and world. It is none the less,…

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Tim Hassall – Bribing The Reaper

 I should preface this post in that the song, Bribing The Reaper is from Tim Hassall’s 2010 long-player, Oh Restless Heart. The video is brand new (May 2013). Tim Hassall is a singer, songwriter and an alternative artist in the strictest sense of the word, borrowing from the world-wide influences that were his childhood and early adult years. You can hear these influences on Bribing The Reaper, which includes guitar and banjo.  This is a great, beat-poet (spoken word) style folk tune,…

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Fairchild – Stay Young

 Today is my birthday, so you get a two-track birthday gift from me, this one at 10 AM CST, and another one at 2 PM CST.  Combining pop chops with world rhythms and a wonderful soulful voice, Israeli born Esther Rada is more than a little fun to listen to. Here on the title-track of her November 2012 EP, Life Happens, you can taste it all! You can find more information on Esther Rada by visiting her bandcamp.com site, where you can (and should) pick…

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Danny Michel – What Colour Are You?

 Worldly flavors of rhythm and music flow through the latest long-player Blackbirds Are Dancing Over Me (September 2012-due out world-wide June 2013) from Canadian singer/songwriter Danny Michel. Case in point is the lead-off track, What Colour Are You?. Danny Michel traveled to Belize without a song, guitar or equipment, to create music from the Belize perspective. While there is no mention of how The Garifuna Collective came to record with Mr. Michel, the inclusion of this group certainly fits with making music…

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