[.ca] Voices Of The Realworld

From Amazon.com:
In the beginning there was the voice. And it was good. This anthology of great singers plucked from Peter Gabriel's Real World label demonstrates that it really is a large world after all--one in which overtone-rich, didgeridoo-like Tuvan throat singing can coexist with Indipop chanteuse Sheila Chandra's dexterous vocal percussion. Real World's reputation for sumptuous production is secured by tracks on which the vocals are almost secondary to the effects and beats (e.g., the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Gabriel and Bengal's Paban Das Baul with Sam Mills). Plenty of unadulterated vocal grain, however, may be found in the differing ensemble styles of the Martenitsa Choir (Balkan music from Australia!), Moscow's Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble, and Georgia's Tsinandali Choir. Africa both old (Tanzania's Hukwe Zawose, Kenya's Ayub Ogada) and new (Tanzania's Remmy Ongala, the Congo's Papa Wemba) sounds less foreign than the haunting Norwegian fusion of joik singer Mari Boine. But in the end, it's New York's own Holmes Brothers, gospel-soul singers extraordinaire, who prove that the voice can be all that and more. --Richard Gehr

If you've never experienced vocalists from outside the USA..:
This is good stuff. My favorite is #6, an Irish singer who does an amazing job. In fact, all artists who participated in this project did wonderfully...I'd never bought an album of world music before, but after hearing this one, I'm going to check out what other titles this label offers. I recommend it.

• Sygt, Khoomel, Kargyraa \oSyles of Throat Singing\c - Shu-De
• Happiness Is - Yungchen Lhamo
• Taboo - Peter Gabriel, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
• Kel Kweyo - Geoffrey Oryema
• Na Plrvo Live/To My First Love - Mara!, The Martenitsa Choir
• Aililiu Na Famhna/Calling Home the Calves - Iarla Ó Lionáird
• Mosquito - Dmitri Pokrovsky
• Kronkrohinko - Ayub Ogada
• Ore Poinkha - Paban Das Baul, Sam Mills
• I Want Jesus to Walk With Me - The Holmes Brothers
• Sombra Negra - Totó La Momposina
• T'Amo - Tenores di Bitti
• Gula Gula - Mari Boine Persen
• Sisitizo la Amani Duniani - Hukwe Zawose
• Nasikitika - Remmy Ongala, Orchestra Super Matamila
• Orovela - Tsinandali Choir
• Speaking in Tongues 1 - Sheila Chandra
• Awa Y'okey! - Papa Wemba