Nigel Williamson


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British journalist born 1954, is a former political correspondent who now writer primarily about World Music for [l96139], [l29287] and Billboard.

APPEARANCES +


Catatonia
Make Hay Not War: The Blanco Y Negro Years
2023, CD, Album, Exp + CD, Album, Exp + CD, Album, Exp +, Cherry Red
Buena Vista Social Club
Ahora Me Da Pena EP
2022, 12", EP, RSD, World Circuit, BMG,
Son/Guajira
Charley Patton
The Rough Guide To Charley Patton (Father Of The Delta Blues)
2020, LP, Comp, Ltd, Music Rough Guides, World Music Network
Robert Johnson
The Rough Guide To Robert Johnson (Delta Blues Legend)
2020, ,
Delta Blues
Billie Holiday
The Rough Guide To Billie Holiday (Birth Of A Legend)
2019, ,
Swing
Bo Diddley
The Rough Guide To Bo Diddley
2019
Johnny Cash
The Rough Guide To Johnny Cash: Birth Of A Legend
2018
Nina Simone
The Rough Guide To Nina Simone
2018
Chuck Berry
The Rough Guide To Chuck Berry
2018, Vinyl, ,
Rock & Roll
Buddy Holly And The Crickets
The Rough Guide To Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2017,
Ray Charles
The Rough Guide To Ray Charles
2017
Trio Da Kali And Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan
2017
Grateful Dead*
Ramble On Rose (10 Select Cuts From The Dead's 70s Prime)
2015, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), Rhino Records (2), ,
Psychedelic Rock
Taste (2) Featuring Rory Gallagher
"Hail" The Collection
2015, CD, Comp, Spectrum Music (2), ,
Blues Rock
Buena Vista Social Club
Lost And Found
2015, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Afro-Cuban/Danzon/Son
Taste
I'll Remember
2015, 4x CD, ,
Blues Rock
The Men They Couldn't Hang
The Defiant
2014, ,
Folk Rock/Punk
Abelardo Barroso With Orquesta Sensacion*
Cha Cha Cha
2014, Vinyl 180g, ,
Son/Cha-Cha/Bolero/Guaguancó/Charanga/Rumba
Various
Songlines Music Awards 2012
2012, CD, Comp, Songlines, ,
Dub/Griot/African/Flamenco/Brass Band/Arabic Pop/Desert Blues
Howlin' Wolf
The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Howlin' Wolf (Reborn And Remastered)
2012, 2x CD,
B.B. King
The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: B.B. King: Birth Of A Legend (Reborn And Remastered)
2012,
Charley Patton
The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Charley Patton - Reborn And Remastered
2012
Various
Songlines Music Awards 2011
2011, CD, Comp, Songlines
Duke Ellington
The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Duke Ellington (Reborn And Remastered)
2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, World Music Network, Music Rough Guides
Edith Piaf
The Rough Guide Legends: Edith Piaf (Reborn And Remastered)
2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, S/Edition, Music Rough Guides, World Music Network, ,
Chanson
Louis Armstrong
The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Louis Armstrong (Reborn And Remastered)
2011, CD, Comp, RM, S/Edition, Music Rough Guides, World Music Network,
Miles Davis
Miles Davis: Birth Of A Legend
2011,
Muddy Waters
The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Muddy Waters: Country Blues
2011
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker: Birth Of A Legend
2011
Ella Fitzgerald
The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Ella Fitzgerald - Reborn And Remastered
2011, 2x CD, ,
Soul-Jazz
Various
Beginner's Guide To South Africa
2010, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Nascente
Leadbelly
The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Leadbelly (Reborn And Remastered)
2010
Robert Johnson
The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Robert Johnson
2010, ,
Delta Blues
Billie Holiday
The Rough Guide To Jazz And Blues Legends: Billie Holiday Reborn And Remastered
2010, ,
Swing
Various
Beginner's Guide To African Funk
2009, 3xCD + Box, Comp, Nascente, ,
Afrobeat/Funk/African/Highlife
Various
The Rough Guide To Blues And Beyond
2009, 2xCD, Comp, S/Edition, World Music Network, Music Rough Guides
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Tip Toe Guys: The Soul Of - A Story Of Zulu Harmony
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Sli, Nascente, ,
African
Various
The Rough Guide to Blues Revival
2009, 2xCD, Comp, S/Edition, Music Rough Guides, World Music Network,
Bessie Smith
The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Bessie Smith (Reborn And Remastered)
2009,
Various
Experience India
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Nascente, ,
Indian Classical/Folk/Qawwali/Fusion/Ghazal/Religious/Carnatic/Hindustani
Various
Beginner's Guide To Blues Music
2008, 3xCD, Comp, Nascente
Various
Beginner's Guide To Country
2008, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Nascente, ,
Country/Bluegrass/Folk
Various
The Very Best of Jazz
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Nascente, ,
Jazz-Funk/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Fusion
Various
Experience South Africa
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Nascente, ,
African/Cape Jazz/Roots Reggae/Gospel/Folk/Kwaito
Rory Gallagher
The Essential Rory Gallagher
2008
Various
Long Time Gone (15 All-New American Music Classics)
2008, ,
Alternative Rock/Acoustic/Country Rock/Folk Rock/Folk/Indie Rock/Blues Rock
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall
2008, 2x CD, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Afro-Cuban/Danzon/Son
Various
Not Fade Away (15 Classics That Fired Up The Rolling Stones)
2008
Various
Experience Egypt
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Nascente, ,
Arabic Pop
Various
Global-A-Go-Go! (Celebrating 20 Years Of World Music)
2007, ,
African/Blues Rock/Dancehall/Descarga
Eric Clapton
Complete Clapton
2007
The Doors
The Very Best Of The Doors
2007, 2x CD 40th Anniversary Mixes, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
The Rough Guide To The Blues
2007, CD, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Beginner's Guide To The Blues
2005, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Nascente,
Various
Beginner's Guide To Africa
2005, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Nascente, ,
African/Rumba/Salsa/Griot
Various
The Very Best Of North Africa
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Nascente, ,
African/Raï/Arabic Pop/Gnawa
Youssou N'Dour
Hey You!
2005, ,
Tribal/African
Various
World Cinema Classics
2004, CD, Comp, Nascente
Various
Beginner's Guide To Gospel
2004, 3xCD, Comp, Nascente
Black Oak Arkansas
10yr Overnight Success
2004
Hugh Masekela
The Collection
2004
Trapeze
Trapeze
2004
Ginger Baker's Air Force
Ginger Baker's Air Force
2004
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Session Recorded In London With Great Guest Artists
2004
The Rolling Stones
Remastered Series
2003, Box, Comp, Ltd + SACD, Hybrid, Album, RM + SACD, H, ABKCO, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll
Graham Parker
The Official Art Vandelay Tapes
2003, CD, Album, Comp, Lemon Recordings
Elio Revé y su Charangón*
Changüi Homenaje - 45 Años
2003, CD, Album, Tumi Music
Lisa Stansfield
So Natural
2003, CD Digipak, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Peter Gabriel
Growing Up Live
2003, ,
Pop Rock/Prog Rock/Art Rock
Various
The Very Best Of Country
2003
Vinegar Joe
Rock'n Roll Gypsies
2003
Lisa Stansfield
Affection
2003
Pink Floyd
Classic Albums: The Making Of The Dark Side Of The Moon
2003
Morcheeba
Parts Of The Process
2003, CD, ,
Trip Hop
Various
Beginner's Guide To Folkmusic
2003, ,
Celtic/Folk
Lisa Stansfield
Real Love
2003
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Reworks: Brain Salad Perjury
2003
Various
Beginner's Guide To Arabia
2003, 3x CD, Box Set, ,
Arabic Pop/African
Various
Pure Genius
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom, ,
Pop Rock/Acoustic/Classic Rock/Country Rock/Mod/Indie Rock/Soul/Soft Rock
Various
The Very Best Of World Duets
2002, 2xCD, Comp, Nascente, ,
Afro-Cuban/Folk/Funk/Indie Pop/Latin Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Soul/African/Desert Blues
Thomas Mapfumo
Collected - Classic Cuts & Rare Tracks From The Lion Of Zimbabwe [1978-2002]
2002, CD, Comp, Nascente
Various
Songs (The Best Of The Singer/Songwriters)
2002, 2xCD, Comp, RTL, Warner Strategic Marketing
Gordon Haskell
The Collection (18 Of His Finest Songs)
2002
Michael Nyman, U. Shrinivas*, Rajan & Sajan Misra
Sangam (Michael Nyman Meets Indian Masters)
2002, CD, ,
Contemporary/Post-Modern
Various
The Very Best Of Africa
2002
Ibrahim Ferrer
La Colección Cubana
2002, CD, ,
Afro-Cuban/Son
Various
The Music Of Mali
2001, CD, Comp, Nascente, ,
African/Griot/Desert Blues
Compay Segundo
La Colección Cubana
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Nascente
Various
Children Of The Wind - The Thousand Year Journey Of The Gypsies
2001, CD, Comp, Nascente, ,
Romani/Klezmer
Graham Parker
That's When You Know (The Acoustic Demos & Live At Marble Arch)
2001, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Mercury
Various
Tumi All Stars - Cabaret AliBar
2001, ,
Afro-Cuban/Cubano/Charanga/Son/Cumbia/Salsa/Big Band/Son Montuno/Música Criolla
Graham Parker & The Rumour*
Squeezing Out Sparks
2001, CD, ,
New Wave
Graham Parker
Howlin Wind
2001
Tracy Chapman
Collection
2001
Various
The Nascente Sampler
2000, CD, Comp, Smplr, Nascente, ,
Soukous/Bolero/Latin Jazz/Roots Reggae/Qawwali/Salsa/Overtone Singing/African/Folk
Omara Portuondo
La Colección Cubana
2000, CD, Comp, Nascente
Various
Planet Zulu! - Heavenly A Cappella Vocals And Pulsating Grooves Direct From South Africa
2000, CD, Comp, Nascente
Various
The Sound Of Senegal
2000, CD, Comp, Nascente, ,
African/Mbalax
Afro-Cuban All Stars Presents Félix Baloy
Baila Mi Son
2000, ,
Afro-Cuban/Son
Abdullah Ibrahim
The Very Best Of Abdullah Ibrahim
2000
Various
God Bless Africa - The Very Best Of South African Gospel
2000
Estrellas De Areito
Los Heroes
1999
M People
The Best Of M People
1998, ,
Downtempo/Euro House/Acid Jazz
Los Van Van
La Colección Cubana
1998
Beny Moré
La Colección Cubana
1998
Rubén González
Introducing...
1997, CD, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
1997, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Trova/Son/Danzon/Bolero/Guajira/Ballad
Automatic Man
Automatic Man
1976, ,
Art Rock/Jazz-Rock/Prog Rock
Various
Beginner's Guide To Folkmusic
3xCD, Comp, Car, Nascente, ,
Celtic/Folk
Omara Portuondo
La Colección Cubana
CD, Comp, Ltd, Not On Label
38 Special
38 Special
Graham Parker + The Rumour*
Heat Treatment
CD, ,
Blues Rock
Ginger Baker's Air Force
Ginger Baker's Air Force
2014, ,
Fusion/Hard Rock/Jazz-Rock/Prog Rock/Art Rock
Bob Dylan
1966-1978 After The Crash
2012, DVD-V + CD, Comp + S/Edition, Unofficial, Pride DVD, ,
Dialogue/Interview
Automatic Man
Automatic Man
2006
Bob Dylan
1966-1978 After The Crash
2005, DVD-V, Unofficial, Chrome Dreams Media Ltd, ,
Dialogue/Interview
Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon
2003, ,
Prog Rock
Gordon Haskell
The Collection • 18 Of His Finest Songs
2002, ,
Folk Rock/Soft Rock
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
2001, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Trova/Danzon/Bolero/Son
Trapeze
Trapeze