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© REVIEWS www.worldmusic.net; USA—World M U S I C Circuit, tel 800 955 9588 (toll free) Reviewed by Richard Giles ith "Spam" in the name, this band must be good! It blends and LIVE! improvises with electronica and mixed by various artists turntables, producing a unique Latin, Gemini Sun Records, USA, 2008 (CD funk, hip-hop and dub sound described & DVD, 74mins each) as descarga in Spanish, meaning Distributor: USA—Gemini Sun "electrical charge"—and surely this Records, tel +1(877) 466 4786, band sparks! These Miami-based musicians are men and women steeped in Afro-Cuban, jazz, bebop and funk. They improvise on their compositions and fill their songs with comedic asides. Arocky, funky, even Pythonesque album. www.GeminiSunRecords.com FF. leading US musicians have collaborated for this special CD and DVD. Flautist Nicholas Gunn has sold several million albums, including his Sacred Fire, Crossroads and National Parks albums. Johannes Linstead is a SON OF A LION popular guitarist in the new flamenco genre, his Guitarra del Fuego recently by various artists named a Best World Album. Pianist Think Music, Australia, 2008 Loren Gold has great jazz credentials. (58mins) Triple Grammy winner David Distributor: Australia—Fuse Music, Arkenstone plays electric and acoustic tel (02) 9699 7555, website guitar sounds, merging these with the latest music technologies. The DVD has accompanying interviews with each musician. A collector's treat. CéU by CéU Six Degrees Records, 2007 (51mins) Distributors: Australia—Fuse Music, tel (02) 9699 7555; USA—Six Degrees, tel (415) 626 6334, website www.sixdegrees.com his young woman, whose expressive Pe tt . . name CéU (pronounced "cell" with a light "L") means "heaven" or "sky", is the latest sensation from Sao Paulo in . Brazil. She has topped Billboard's www.sonofalion.com . World Music charts and been Number 1 he movie Son of a Lion, shown on its new artists category. Her songs recently in cinemas around the fuse warm, melodious, jazzy sounds world and winning accolades at the with conventional Brazilian jazz in B erlin, Sydney and Melboume film sensual, deep and heartfelt festivals, is the story of a sensitive boy compositions. A fine, relaxed album from the northwestern frontier of from a new Latin voice phenomenon. Pakistan who wants to go to school — not make guns or war. For the film score, composer Amanda Brown INTRODUCING SPAM ALLSTARS (formerly with The Go-Betweens) by Spam Allstars sought music from the region and found World Music Network, UK, 2008 the Afghani Sarshar family, whose (73mins) songs and voices are featured here along Distributors: Australia—The Planet with harmonium, tabla, tanbur, lutes and Company, tel (02) 9283 8250; UK— various wind instruments. Brown has WMN, tel (0)20 7498 5252, brought together a hybrid of regional MUSIC Reviewed by Richard Giles LIVE! by various artists Gemini Sun Records, USA, 2008 (CD & DVD, 74mins each) Distributor: USA—Gemini Sun Records, tel +1(877) 466 4786, www.GeminiSunRecords.com FF. leading US musicians have collaborated for this special CD and DVD. Flautist Nicholas Gunn has sold several million albums, including his Sacred Fire, Crossroads and National Parks albums. Johannes Linstead is a popular guitarist in the new flamenco genre, his Guitarra del Fuego recently named a Best World Album. Pianist Loren Gold has great jazz credentials. Triple Grammy winner David Arkenstone plays electric and acoustic guitar sounds, merging these with the latest music technologies. The DVD has accompanying interviews with each musician. A collector's treat. SON OF A LION by various artists Think Music, Australia, 2008 (58mins) Distributor: Australia—Fuse Music, tel (02) 9699 7555, website CéU by CéU Six Degrees Records, 2007 (51mins) Distributors: Australia—Fuse Music, tel (02) 9699 7555; USA—Six Degrees, tel (415) 626 6334, website www.sixdegrees.com his young woman, whose expressive name CéU (pronounced "cell" with a light "L") means "heaven" or "sky", is the latest sensation from Sao Paulo in Brazil. She has topped Billboard's World Music charts and been Number 1 on its new artists category. Her songs fuse warm, melodious, jazzy sounds with conventional Brazilian jazz in sensual, deep and heartfelt compositions. A fine, relaxed album from a new Latin voice phenomenon. INTRODUCING SPAM ALLSTARS by Spam Allstars World Music Network, UK, 2008 (73mins) Distributors: Australia—The Planet Company, tel (02) 9283 8250; UK— WMN, tel (0)20 7498 5252, NEXUS ¢ 79 MUSIC DECEMBER 2008 — JANUARY 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com