Ethnomusicology
Reviews
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2011-05-09
Reviewed 2011-05-09
World percussion driven blend of Jazz, Latin and smooth Jazz,
Percussionist Ekendra Das and various musicians & vocalists.
***1: 5:54 small hip hop then Afrio Cuban Salsa
2: 5:12 mellow percussion Latin Jazz, keyboards, female vocal
***3: 4:50 anti war, fem vocal funky rhythm
4: 6:38 fem vocal, smooth Jazz
5: 3:40 mellow percussion, keyboards, vocal "thank you"
**6: 4:55 mellow instrumental with a driving percussion & nice bass jam
**7: 5:47 mellow instrument noodling, smooth jazz, some fem voc in Portuguese.
**8: 4:37 smooth jazz, first minute noodling, fem voc, nice percussion
**9: 1:34 spoken word/poetry,wailing sax
**10: 4:59 wailing sax, piano, lots of percussion, male voc/wail at end
****11: 4:48 fast Latin/African percussion, Afro Cuban fem chorus, slows down to just percussion
****12: 6:03 nice mellow groove, brass, wailing sax, minimal chorus "WORLD RADIO around the World", organ.
D Farrell 05/2011
Percussionist Ekendra Das and various musicians & vocalists.
***1: 5:54 small hip hop then Afrio Cuban Salsa
2: 5:12 mellow percussion Latin Jazz, keyboards, female vocal
***3: 4:50 anti war, fem vocal funky rhythm
4: 6:38 fem vocal, smooth Jazz
5: 3:40 mellow percussion, keyboards, vocal "thank you"
**6: 4:55 mellow instrumental with a driving percussion & nice bass jam
**7: 5:47 mellow instrument noodling, smooth jazz, some fem voc in Portuguese.
**8: 4:37 smooth jazz, first minute noodling, fem voc, nice percussion
**9: 1:34 spoken word/poetry,wailing sax
**10: 4:59 wailing sax, piano, lots of percussion, male voc/wail at end
****11: 4:48 fast Latin/African percussion, Afro Cuban fem chorus, slows down to just percussion
****12: 6:03 nice mellow groove, brass, wailing sax, minimal chorus "WORLD RADIO around the World", organ.
D Farrell 05/2011
Recent airplay
World Radio
bricolage — Jul 01, 2011
Orisha
Youth Demographic Radio — Jun 30, 2011
Orisha
At the Cafe Bohemian — Jun 28, 2011
Mpm
broken flowers — Jun 21, 2011
Percussion Discussion
Music Casserole — Jun 18, 2011
Percussion Discussion
broken flowers — Jun 07, 2011
Charting
2011-05-08 — 2011-07-10
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jul 3 | 3 |
| Jun 26 | 1 |
| Jun 19 | 1 |
| Jun 12 | 1 |
| Jun 5 | 1 |
| May 22 | 3 |
| May 15 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Orisha | ||
| 2. | Una Promesa | ||
| 3. | Where Will We Go From Here | ||
| 4. | Love Divine | ||
| 5. | Harina Con Sal | ||
| 6. | Never To Return | ||
| 7. | Regeneration | ||
| 8. | Life's Highways | ||
| 9. | The Word | ||
| 10. | Mpm | ||
| 11. | Percussion Discussion | ||
| 12. | World Radio |