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Kavita Shah
Cape Verdean Blues

Tracks

01 – Angola
02 – Flor di nha sperança
03 – Joia
04 – Um abraço di morabeza
05 – Amor di mundo
06 – Situações triangulares
07 – Flor de lis
08 – Cize
09 – Chaki ben
10 – Um porta aberta
11 – Sodade
12 – Cape Verdean blues

Length: 50:14
Track 4 music by Kavita Shah with lyrics by Morgadinho.

Musicians

Kavita Shah: voice and vocal percussion
Bau: guitars, cavaquinho, and ukelele
Miroca Paris: percussion on tracks 1, 3, 5, 9 & 12; vocal percussion on track 12
Fantcha: voice on track 4
Maalem Hassan Benjaafar: guembri, qraqeb, and voice on track 9
Zé Paris: bass on track 3
Alune Wade: bass on track 9
Fernando Saci: percussion on track 7
Rogerio Boccato: percussion on track 7

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Cape Verdean Blues. This is Djavan's composition, “Flor de lis.” (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)

Website: www.kavitashahmusic.com
Videos: “Sodade,” “Angola,” “Amor di mundo,” and “Flor di nha sperança”
Record label: Folkalist Records
Distribution: Bandcamp, Amazon, and Spotify

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Arina Fujiwara
Neon

Tracks

01 – Yuki ga furu
02 – Hotaru koi
03 – Neon
04 – Komorebi
05 – Vol. 1
06 – Maple leaf rag

Length: 29:26
All music composed by Arina Fujiwara, except track 2 (traditional Japanese children's song) and track 6 (Scott Joplin). Track 2 arranged by Arina Fujiwara.

Musicians

Arina Fujiwara: piano and keys
Jaycee Cardoso: violin I
Sammy Andonian: violin II
Jeremy Klein: viola
Clara Cho: cello
Vid Jamnik: vibraphone
Brad Kang: guitar
Dan Finn: bass
Mikkel Blæsild Vuust: drums

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Neon. This is the title track, written by Arina Fujiwara. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)

Website: arinafujiwara.hearnow.com
Videos: www.youtube.com
Distribution: Available from all major streaming services

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Debbie Spring
Tocamos

Tracks

01 – Mockingbird
02 – Fragile
03 – Summer
04 – Tocamos (English)
05 – Bossa minha
06 – Tango y mas
07 – Senegal
08 – Tocamos (Spanish)

Length: 39:50
All compositions by Debbie Spring except “Fragile” (Sting), “Tocamos” (Spring, Rusty Heck & Eddy Balzola), and “Bossa minha” (Spring & Heck).

Musicians

Debbie Spring: viola
Hal Roland: piano and keyboard; vocal on track 2
Rusty Heck: bass
Ettienne Fuentes Jr.: drums

Special Guests

Scott Marischen: harp on track 2
Phill Fest: guitar on track 5
Howard Levy: harmonica on track 6
David Schanzer: percussion on tracks 2, 5, 6 & 7
Julio Matta: percussion on tracks 4 & 8
Eddy “Oriente” Balzola: spoken word on tracks 4 & 8

Sample Track

Here's a sample track from Tocamos. This is the title track, written by Debbie Spring, Rusty Heck, and Eddy Balzola. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)

Website: debbiespringmusic.com
Record label: CR Records
Distribution: debbiespringmusic.com, Apple Music, Amazon, and Spotify