http://afropopshop.org<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/65373/sahabat_akkiraz_orient_expressions.jpg'>Sahabat Akkiraz has spent her life excavating the vast Anatolian musical landscape for melodies and folkloric talesSun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://sahabatakkiraz.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/90379/gaudi.jpg'>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://gaudi.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/93412/harri_kakoulli.jpg'>Harry Kakoulli shows his inside out! This guy has been everywhere, with everyone, from Africa to Ministry of Sound!<br /><br />He started the Ethnic World Dance scene some fifteen years ago, a touch ahead of schedule. Pioneer or what?Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://harrikakoulli.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/77179/sonic_junior.jpg'>Electronic, groovy artist from Maceio, Brazil.Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://sonicjunior.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/84716/jef_stott.jpg'>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://jefstott.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/84912/ceu.jpg'>Just when you think that Brazil must surely have exhausted its supply of irresistibly jazzy, funky, sexy, soulful electro-pop singer-songwriters, someone like CeU comes along and makes you think thatSun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://ceu.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/92287/uman.jpg'>You Are Here is the friendly, reassuring title of Uman's latest release. But just where you are is open to interpretation. The French brother and sister team of Didier and Danielle Jean uses an evocaSun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://uman.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/60240/arabesque.jpg'>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://arabesque.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/92817/tweaker.jpg'>It all started with the painting on the cover of the album. From the serpentine, shadowy slither of the opening track, &quot;Linoleum,&quot; through complex soundscapes that float slowly into a kind of light,Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://tweaker.afropopshop.org/<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/92311/kirsten_braten_berg.jpg'>So these four musicians are sitting backstage, each preparing for a solo performance in a Norwegian music festival, and each one trying to warm up before going onstage. Two are Norwegian, two are WesSun, 07 Sep 2008 15:14:52 -0500http://kirstenbratenberg.afropopshop.org/