15^th April 2014 – birthdays

Prochocla Se Neranza – Northern Ensemble – Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares – Recording Arts 2X627 – Bulgaria

Train Song – Sakar Khan – At Home – Amarass AMAR 006 – Rajasthan

Taboussizé – Mamar Kassey – Taboussizé-Niger – Innacor Records INNA 21316 – Niger

Black Grace – Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman – We Made It Home – Maker / Mender MM 002 – USA

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Handel’s Solomon) – Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Neville Marriner – The World of Handel – Decca 430 500 2 – England

15^th April 1924,  Neville Marriner born

Zar – Omar Yussof Traibi – Memory of the Peoples – Auvidis Unesco D 8200 – Yemen

Tal – Yossele Rosenblatt – Mysteries of the Sabbath – Yazoo 7002 – Jewish

Goin’ Back – Dusty Springfield – Going Back – The Very Best of Dusty Springfield (1962-1994) – Mercury Records – England

16^th April 1939, Dusty Springfield born

Märghul 1 – Abdukerim Osman Chimani and group – Uyghur Music: Muqam Nava – Ocora C 560253 – Uyghur

Ailein, Ailein, ‘s Fhad an Cadal – Campbells of Greepe – No 2 Greepe – Watercolour Music – Skye

Sabre Dance – Love Sculpture – Wipeout: 20 Instrumental Greats – Impression Records LPIMP 5 (LP) – Armenia / Wales

15^th April 1944, Dave Edmunds born

Graveyard Dream Blues – Bessie Smith – America! Blues: Hell blues on my trail – Le Chant du Monde 274 2333 – USA

15^th April 1894, Bessie Smith born

Chona – Ensemble Basiani – Georgia: Sacred & Secular Vocal Polyphony – Ocora C 560240 – Georgia

Echo Blues – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Tennessee