Sound Travels with new music on Monday's; this week we heard some really interesting material; reggae from Italy, soul music from Israel, hot Latin sounds from a band approaching their prime and an interesting offering from Norway's arctic areas.Jienat makes music in the northernmost town on Earth- Hammerfest, Norway, less than 20 lines of latitude from the North Pole in a recording studio 150 meters from the edge of the Arctic Ocean. Far from being cold, this music is a tribal blend of summer drums and chants with lyrics in languages that are almost extinct. Hardly an anthropological exercise, this music is deep, vestigial and organic--what 'World Music' tries to be but often misses. That said, I'm about half-sold on the album itself; if you can pick-and-choose cuts, there's a lot here. I thought this one stood out a bit more though...Jienat "Sissel"Mira