Elijah Wald is a writer and musician who speaks several languages and has travelled widely around the world, first as a hitchhiking street musician and later as a somewhat more serious researcher. His books include Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention ofthe Blues (2004); Narcocorrido: A Journey into t he Musicof Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas (2001); Josh White:Society Blues (2000, 2002) and River of Song: Music Alongthe Mississippi (1998; with John Junkerman).
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Section One: Africa South Africa:
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Zimbabwe: Ephat Mujuru and Stella Chiweshe Mali:
Ali Farka Touré Oumou Sangare Salif Keita Congo: Tabu Ley Rochereau Lucien
Bokilo Kenya: Fadhili William Nigeria: Sir Victor Uwaifo King Sunny Ade
Madagascar: Tarika Sammy Cape Verde: The Mendes Brothers Section Two: The
Caribbean Haiti: Tabou Combo Emeline Michel Trinidad: Mighty Sparrow
Dominican Republic: María Díaz Fulanito Puerto Rico: El Gran Combo Yomo
Toro New York: Rubén Blades Cuba: Eliades Ochoa and Compay Segundo Juan de
Marcos González Los Van Van Charanga Habanera and Gema Cuatro Section
Three: Latin America Argentina: Mercedes Sosa Sandra Luna Peru: Susana Baca
Brazil: Gilberto Gil Caetano Veloso Olodum Daniela Mercury Mexico: Los
Tigres del Norte Section Four: Europe Portugal: Mísia Greece: George
Dalaras Haris Alexiou Turkey: Barbaros Erköse Italy: Paolo Conte Hungary:
Muzsikás and Márta Sebestyén Kálmán Balogh Scotland: Norman Kennedy Dick
Gaughan France: Alan Stivell Afro-Europeans: Zap Mama Les Nubians Section
Five: Spain and Flamenco Northern Spain: La Musgaña Flamenco: Carmen Cortés
and Manuel Soler Paco de Lucía Carmen Linares Rumba: Gipsy Kings Arab
fusions: Radio Tarifa Section Six: North Africa and the Arab World
Andalusian music: Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani Morocco: The Master Musicians
of Jajouka Algeria: Khaled Classical music: Simon Shaheen and Naseer Shemma
Iraq: Mahmood Anwar Section Seven: Western and Central Asia Turkey: Cinucen
Tanrikorur Iran: Kayhan Kalhor Pakistan: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan India: The
Bauls of Bengal North Indian classical: Ali Akbar Khan Ravi Shankar Section
Eight: East Asia China: Wu Man Japan: Ondekoza and Kodo Section Nine: The
United States Hawaii: Raymond Kane Dennis Kamakahi Native American: Iron
River Singers Mexican: Jesse Morales El Original de la Sierra Index
