Bonga

Rarement un genre musical n’aura été incarné par une seule voix. Non pas qu'Amália Rodrigues soit la seule ambassadrice du fado.

Can I get a Witness? Yes, we can! Get a witness and listen to music from all over the world, one piece at a time, in a single scintillating session of two and a bit hours. Local roots and international hybrids. Tradition and avant garde. Spiritual ecstasy and zest, political activism, purely psycho-physical dance crazes: Piranha Records has had it all for 30 solid years now – and counting! From its maiden PIR1 release "Beat! Apartheid" in 1987 to the Semer Ensemble’s 2016 debut, Piranha offers a continuous flow of first-class music. From across continents, dozens of countries, all kinds of styles. From mbira queen Stella Chiweshe to Fanfare Ciocarlia's turbo brass from the sticks of Zece Pracjini.

The experimental "Afro-Bossa" features Duke Ellington pushing his talented group to their limits. The jazz master tosses around the forms he knows so well. Other players include Cat Anderson, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, and Cootie Williams. There is plenty of cornet, violin and plunger-muted trumpets.

Dazzling six-part series telling the full story of African music and the political and social pressures that led to it's development.

Lisa's Ono Bossa Hula Nova is the 2001 CD from Brazilian singer Lisa Ono. She is Japanese but has lived in Brazil for years, thus her combination of her cultures brings her to a unique audience. For this album, she brings in Hawaiian music into her Brasilia, showing the union between them.