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Carmen SouzaPort’Inglês
"Port'Inglês" (English harbour) brings together musical tales about the special culture of the Cape Verdean islands and their inhabitants. Carmen Souza takes on these untold stories about the British past in Cape Verde and the long struggle for decolonisation in her very own style. Using jazz as a language and expression of freedom for all cultures, the singer moves to traditional rhythms such as funana, contradança, morna and mazurka. Together with her musical partner Theo Pascal, Carmen Souza has ...more

New releases November 2024

GMC108CD
World Music  Kapverden16.98 EUROCarmen SouzaPort’Inglês"Port'Inglês" (English harbour) brings together musical tales about the special culture of the Cape Verdean islands and their inhabitants. Carmen Souza takes on these untold stories about the British past in Cape Verde and the long struggle for decolonisation in her very own style. Using jazz as a language and expression of freedom for all cultures, the singer moves to traditional rhythms such as funana, ... more
GMCLP108LP
World Music  Kapverden25.99 EUROCarmen SouzaPort’Inglês (LP)"Port'Inglês" (English harbour) brings together musical tales about the special culture of the Cape Verdean islands and their inhabitants. Carmen Souza takes on these untold stories about the British past in Cape Verde and the long struggle for decolonisation in her very own style. Using jazz as a language and expression of freedom for all cultures, the singer moves to traditional rhythms such as funana, ... more
GMC111CD
World Music  Portugal16.98 EUROMaria João André MehmariAlgodãoMusic is always one of the best ways to bridge distances and forge close partnerships. The encounter between the Portuguese singer Maria João and the Brazilian pianist and composer André Mehmari is a wonderful example of this in terms of sound. "Algodão" is a concert full of surprises and dreams that promises to write a new chapter in the history of this duo. André Mehmari's repertoire includes new ... more
GMCLP111LP
World Music  Portugal25.99 EUROMaria João André MehmariAlgodão (LP - Ltd. White Vinyl)Music is always one of the best ways to bridge distances and forge close partnerships. The encounter between the Portuguese singer Maria João and the Brazilian pianist and composer André Mehmari is a wonderful example of this in terms of sound. "Algodão" is a concert full of surprises and dreams that promises to write a new chapter in the history of this duo. André Mehmari's repertoire includes new ... more
APELPR113LP
Rock  International29.99 EUROXTCSkylarking (2016 Steven Wilson mix) (200 Gramm Vinyl)Skylarking: For many years, XTC's most commercially successful album was also its most mythical, with tales of ‘lost’ multitrack tapes (sadly true of other XTC albums, but not this one), a song that was originally dropped from the album only to be replaced when it accidentally became a hit single in the U.S, and an on-paper perfect marriage between the ideal Britpop band, a decade before the term was ... more
APEBDA508CD/BluRay
Rock  International27.98 EUROXTCSkylarking - Dolby Atmos Edition (CD/BluRay)Skylarking: For many years, XTC's most commercially successful album was also its most mythical, with tales of ‘lost’ multitrack tapes (sadly true of other XTC albums, but not this one), a song that was originally dropped from the album only to be replaced when it accidentally became a hit single in the U.S, and an on-paper perfect marriage between the ideal Britpop band, a decade before the term was ... more
DGM5030CD
Rock  Progressive13.82 EUROKing CrimsonSheltering Skies (Live in Fréjus, August 27th 1982)The energy and enthusiasm of the audience is palpable in the footage of King Crimson (the band played a joint tour with Roxy Music) in Fréjus, France in the late summer of 1982. With material from two albums (Discipline, October 1981 & Beat, June 1982) and extensive touring that had already taken the band to concerts in the UK, Europe, the US and Japan, the live shows - as so often with King Crimson ... more
KCLPX1982 2 LP
Rock  Progressive33.28 EUROKing CrimsonSheltering Skies (Live in Fréjus, August 27th 1982) (200 gram 2LP)First release on vinyl of a 1980s King Crimson concert First standalone CD release of the complete concert The complete concert from Fréjus, France taken from the original multi-track tapes by Robert Fripp & Brad Davis. Additional performance of ‘The Sheltering Sky’ at Cap d’Agde also included Vinyl cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering Pressed on 200gram vinyl & presented in a gatefold sleeve. CD ... more
BAY021CD
World Music  Brasilien17.98 EURORosa Morena RussaChora BerlimChoro is the first authentic urban Brazilian music genre to be created since the end of the XIX century. In the last century, after several declines and revivals in Brazil, choro spread to other countries and can now be heard on almost every continent. It is a unique mixture of European classical and salon music and African rhythms. The concept for the album and most of the compositions come from the ... more
GYRBD501CD/BluRay
Pop  Instrumental  Instrumental26.99 EUROTheo TravisAeolus: one hour duduk meditation - Production & Soundscapes: Steven WilsonWhen Theo Travis began experimenting with long improvised instrumental pieces for the duduk - a woodwind instrument from Armenia sometimes described as “the saddest sounding instrument in the world” - he could hardly have imagined that such an hour-long piece would be viewed more than a million times on YouTube. The result is a stunning and utterly unique work that helps define new possibilities for ... more
SFW40267CD
Pop  Country  Bluegrass17.98 EUROPo' Ramblin BoysWanderers Like MeGRAMMY-nominated bluegrass band The Po' Ramblin Boys from East Tennessee present their new album "Wanderers Like Me" on Smithsonian Folkways. The album is a look back at the last ten years since the band formed in Tennessee and the many triumphs and difficulties they have experienced since then. It is the first album they have recorded with an outside producer, Woody Platt, and contains more original ... more
OZ1109LPLP
Jazz  Piano Trio37.98 EUROOddgeir Berg TrioA Place Called Home (LP)The island of Rolla is tiny and sparsely populated - a mere 900 people live here. On A Place Called Home, Oddgeir Berg takes us to this, his father's birthplace, for a concept album about the magic of nature, the spaces hidden in memory, and the bonds that family provides. The music was written with a new trio line-up and during a period of personal turmoil, including a cancer diagnosis for Berg's ... more
OZ1108LPLP
Jazz  Allgemein37.98 EURORain SultanovForgiveness (LP)Anger is a destructive force. Especially now, in the news, we can witness its impact every single day. And yet it is an integral part of the human condition. On his new album for Ozella, Rain Sultanov is confronting anger by writing some of the most heavenly music of his career. Soprano saxophone, organ, cello - this unusual instrumentation is at the heart of these nine floating, deeply moving compositions. ... more
T30044CD
Pop  Singer-Songwriter15.98 EUROFrollein SmillaKeep Smiling
T31048LP
Pop  Singer-Songwriter20.98 EUROFrollein SmillaKeep Smiling (LP)
NB0262 CD
Jazz  Blues25.99 EURODiverseTrue Blues Brother: The Legacy Of Matt 'Guitar' MurphyIf anyone should have his instrument in his name, it's Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy. His musical abilities were legendary, and guitar and player were constant companions and inseparable. After almost forty years of musical and personal association, drummer and producer Bob Christina started working with Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy on a project that was to be Murphy's last. After his death in June 2018, the fate of ... more
SFDD23064LP
Rock  Alternative23.98 EUROMobile Ethnic MinorityIn the Beau Jardin“I am a thief. Yes I am. I’m a child stealing fruit from the ‘Beau Jardin’, that magic place where beautiful creations live. Songs from the past, the present, and the future. I feel blessed whenever I’m there. In the Beau Jardin, all is love. The Beau Jardin has no walls. It doesn’t matter if you’re a boy or a girl, young or old, rich or poor. The color of your skin is meaningless. You can sing in ... more
MR874873CD
Jazz  Allgemein16.98 EUROTobias Hoffmann Jazz OrchestraInnuendo
FA58833 CD
Klassik  Zeitgenössische Klassik23.98 EUROPierre BoulezPierre Boulez Chef D’Orchestre: Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Boulez 1956-1962In reaction to the neoclassical resonances that dominated the French musical landscape post-World War II, a few composers – following in the footsteps of the ‘Jeune France’ movement that included Messiaen and Jolivet – made efforts to throw light on the great figures of the modern tradition, namely Webern, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Berio and a few others. Pierre Boulez was no doubt the most famous of ... more
FA58792 CD
World Music  USA  Gospel23.98 EUROJames ClevelandThe King Of Gospel, The Early Years 1951-1962If gospel music was a corporation and not a music genre, James Cleveland would have been its big boss. He was certainly America’s greatest gospel music star, and he reigned over the circuit for almost 40 years. He fostered the mass choir boom that is so popular today, and instigated such major events as Aretha Franklin’s “Amazing Grace” album (a worldwide best-seller). This selection of Cleveland’s ... more
FA8614CD
Jazz  Allgemein15.98 EUROStephy HaikSings & Loves Burt BacharachBurt Bacharach is one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, gracing us with a large part of the soundtrack of the sixties with timeless hits like “What the World Needs Now Is Love”, “Walk on By”, and “I Say a Little Prayer”. It is from a jazz and sophisticated angle that the Franco-American singer Stephy Haik pays him a vibrant and delicate tribute. She manages to highlight the melodic richness ... more
BMCCD345CD
Jazz  Allgemein16.98 EUROLukács MiklósTimelessAfter his contemporary and jazz projects ofrecent years, Miklós Lukács, the ambassadorof the cimbalom in Hungary and worldwide, hasreturned to pure beauty on his new solo albumTimeless, arranging well-known songs by theLennon-McCartney duo, Sting, and Morriconefor his instrument. After his achievements incontemporary music and jazz, it was timeto turn his attention to the popular side ofthe repertoire, ... more
FA0942 CD
Pop  Frankreich  Chanson23.98 EUROCharles TrenetIntégrale Vol. 14 "Narbonne Mon Amie" (1957-1961)The Complete Charles Trenet vol. 14 (1957-1961) “He made such an impression on me that it prevented me from writing for years. I was singing nothing but Trenet.” Georges BRASSENS

News

  • 10/7/2024The German Record Critics' Prize has published the longlist for 4/2024 with three GalileoThe German Record Critics' Prize, awarded since 1963, is published quarterly and honours outstanding releases in numerous categories such as orchestral music, concerts, chamber music, crossover, jazz, world music, etc. The longlist of albums proposed by the jurors in the respective categories has now been published on the website www.schallplattenkritik.de. The jurors in each category will select the best production from this list of proposals. The list for the 4th quarter of 2024 again includes releases from Galileo Music. Sverre Indris Joner & The Cuban Opera o ‘Clasicos a lo Cubano - Live in Havana’ was nominated in the World Music category, Mayte Martin ‘Tatuajes’ in the Traditional Ethnic Music category and Catherine Russell & Sean Mason ‘My Ideal’ in the Jazz category. ...moreLatest release
    Jazz  Vocal Jazz
    Catherine Russell & Sean MasonMy Ideal DT9151 CD
    World Music  Argentinien  Tango
    Sverre Indris Joner The cuban opera orchestra & Carlos del PuertoClasicos a lo Cubano - Live in Havana GMV136 CD
    World Music  Spanien
    Mayte MartínTatuajes NM15935 CD
  • 9/17/2024The Transglobal World Music Charts publish their annual chartsThe Transglobal World Music Charts are voted for monthly by world music journalists from all over the world and published on the Transglobal World Music Chart website. The organisation has now published its annual charts for the 2023-2024 season.

    LINA was voted the best European album with the album ‘Fado Camoes’, which is also listed in the Top 100 at number 3. Further placings were achieved by the sampler Lost in Tajikistan at number 18, the Aga Khan Master Musicians with Nowruz at number 22, Nancy Vieira with Gente at number 42 and Sangit with Ooroo at number 97.

    In the label evaluation, the in-house label Galileo MC also achieved a place among the top 10 best international world music labels with 7th place.

    ...more    Latest release
    World Music  Kapverden
    Nancy VieiraGente GMC107 CD
    World Music  Portugal  Fado
    LinaFado Camões GMC106 CD
    World Music  Asien  Allgemein
    Aga Khan Master MusiciansNowruz SFW40597 CD
    World Music  Orient  Jüdisch
    SangitOoroo TUGCD1140 CD
    World Music  Asien  Allgemein
    DiverseLost in Tajikistan TUGCD1138 CD

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