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Siska - Luftstrak - 17.99 Maria Kalaniemi, Sven Ahlbäck and Johan Hedin are Luftstråk, a trio of violin, nyckelharpa and accordion that explores their Swedish and Finnish traditions to make new and creative music. First Songs - Mikia Theodorakis - 17.99 These songs, some previously unreleased, are some of Theodorakis’ earliest compositions, sung by the master himself. Theodorakis is known worldwide as one of the greatest Greek composers, creator of the scores for Zorba the Greek, Z , and Serpico. This excellent recording was made by Berlin Radio. Hawai'i: Under the Rainbow - various - 17.99 This sound story is an audio 'film' about Hawaii from the point of view of a foreigner making a musical travelogue. Features music from the eighteenth through twenty-first centuries - children’s songs, nature songs, sounds from festivals, slack key guitar music, and old hula chants. Beautiful illustrationsin a distinctive and award-winning small-book package. Artists include Halau O Keaunui: hula; George kuo: slack key guitar; Gordon Mark: ukulele; KoAloha Ukulele: ukulele; Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus; Ho’oheno; The ‘Ohana. Notefalls - Guy Klucevsek and Alan Bern - 17.99 In 2000, accordionist Klucevsek recorded for the first time with Alan Bern, widely known through the Jewish group Brave Old World. The two met again to play original compositions written for dance companies and found common ground in such genres as tone poems, songs with folk and jazz elements, and sound sculptures that play with reverb and special room reflections.Guy Klucevsek: accordion, piano; Alan Bern: accordion, melodica, piano, MIDI keyboard Mortika - various - 18.99 From the pages of fRoots: 'A shade over 74 minutes' worth of superbly remastered – and therefore sonically stunning – recordings from the 1920s to the 1950s, recorded in Athens, the US, and, in one case, Weimar Republic Berlin, offer just about the single most cohesive portrait of this extraordinarily tough and beautiful music... Of the music, I can tell you that the 21 well-chosen performances present the listener with a superbly balanced variety of the sub-styles within rebetika... Utterly wonderful...' - Paul Vernon Swing from Paris - Pommes de ma Douche - 17.99 The French 'hot jazz' quintet occupies a musical universe in which Gypsy jazz and waltzes commingle with swing. In their five years of playing together, "the Apples of my Shower" acquired a cohesiveness that aloows their music to be more than mere "retro" revival but rather an expancsion of the work of Django's generation. They are joined by guest artist Raphaël Faÿs on guitar, who joins their guitars, violin, double bass, concertina, and great songs by Michel Legrand, Cole Porter and the two Charleses (Trénet and Aznavour). Sounds from a Bygone Age Vol.5 - Gabi Lunca - 18.99 Unlike her contemporaries who died prematurely (Romica Puceanu, Toni Iordache and Dona Dumitru Siminica), Gabi Lunca is a living legend from the golden age of Romanian Gypsy music. Lunca's career began in the mid-1950s. The last surviving diva of the Lautari scene, she turned 70 in 2008. With this latest volume in the Sounds From A Bygone Age series, you have the chance to rediscover her classic 1960 and '70s recordings from the Electrecord archives in Bucharest. Her unforgettable songs are the quiet, melancholy laments for a sweetheart, but also the joyful songs to lift the weight off your chest. cinema novo - Massot-Florizoone-Horbaczewski - 18.99 So what can you can do with an accordion a tuba and a cello? The three instruments have a lot in common: they are well equipped with a big sound, an imaginary character, a large register and a photogenic outfit. This band pusheds their limits in a creative new way. Michel Massot - tuba, euphonium, trombone; Tuur Florizoone - chromatic accordeon; Marine Horbaczewski - cello. Marcel - Olla Vogala - 18.99 Olla Vogala offers a fascinating and unusual interpretation of music, word and sound, making multi-culti and multi-ethnicity much more than hollow phrases. This large ensemble is led by Belgian composer and violinist Wouter Vandenabeele. Alliance - Afrissippi - 13.99 The second round for this allianceof Senegalese roots and Mississippi blues, and every bit as solid as the first. Guelel Kumba - guitar, vocals, Eric Deaton - electric guitar, Kinney Kimbrough - drums, Justin Showah - bass, Papa Assane M'baye - percussion, Jeff Callaway - trombones Listen BBB - Mr Diagonal and the Black Light Orchestra - 18.99 A marriage between 2 unusual traditions: British music-hall and Belgian surrealism. OK, what more can I say than that?! Daniel Barbenel (piano, voice); Grégoire Tirtiaux (saxaphone, bass, voice); Eric Bribosia (keyboards, voice); Yannick Dupont (drums, vibraphone, glockenspiel, electronics) and Quentin Manfroy (flutes). Listen Vestibule - Tam Na Vulinn - 18.99 Belgian trio Tam Nà Vulinn plays fast and loose with both tradition and jazz, and pushes the boundaries of what they themselves call folk music. Alexis Amette (guitars), Baptiste Argouarc'h (5 stringed violin) and Mathieu Guyon (percussion, vibraphone) are joined on a few tracks by guests Charles Lucas (bass) and Yannick Leblay (programming) hint at Celtic and American roots, Flemish tradition and global pop, ultimately producing a sound that is quite original. Fans of the great Tesi-Valliant duo projects will find this intriquing. Umalali - The Garifuna Women's Project - 16.99 Blending the vocal textures of women from the Garifuna communities of Central America with echoes of rock, blues, funk, African, Latin and Caribbean music, Umalali is a journey into the heart of a unique culture. Raw, rootsy and full of vibrant energy, and highly recommended. L'Ora Daurada - Montanaro, Bourdin and Gardone - 17.99 Named after this moment before dawn, when Montanaro often gets inspired, "the Golden Hour". The tracks of this album find Montanaro and his Compagnie evolving in their very own musical universe, somewhere between traditional music of Provence and free jazz, evoking North Africa, Central Asia or Esmeralda Beach in Ecuador. Divine Inspiration - Aruna Sairam - 17.99 Indian vocalist Aruna Sairam performs the Carnatic music of South India. Deeply rooted in the region's temple culture with its emphasis on devotional song, Carnatic music stretches back to ancient times and is organized around the system of melodic 'ragam' and rhythmic 'talam' (equivalent to the ragas and talas of Hindustani music). Sairam unites poetry, language, and music from across centuries and from across India itself in nine songs that vary in structure, pace and mood, written by nine poets of different periods and many languages, accompanied by violin, tampura, hand cymbals and a variety of hand drums. Forever Swing, Grappelli Forever - Costel Nitescu - 17.99 Romanian-born phenom Costel Nitescu is as much at ease with traditional music of Central Europe as he is in the realm of jazz, where his sense of swing and gift for improvisation mark him out as one of the strongest adherents to the cause of the great Stéphane Grappelli. A violinist with a solid classical training, Nitescu was only 16 when he joined the orchestra of Radio Bucharest. He was soon performing and recording with some of Romania's finest artists and has made his home in Paris for the last ten years, during which time he was cherrypicked to perform at a party organized by Bill Clinton (we kid you not!). Here he sizzles in eight originals and four standards, with a line-up comprising Antoine Hervier (piano), Yves Rousseau (double-bass) and Yoann Serra (drums). PresenteRemoto - Riccardo Tesi - 18.99 A full blown ensemble release by the master organetto player from Italy. A great ensemble that includes Stefano Bollani, Elena Ledda, Ginevra Di Marco, Gianmaria Testa, Daniele Sepe, Gavino Murgia, Patrick Vaillant, Gabriele Mirabassi and of course, Tesi's Banditaliana. Highly recommended, like everything Tesi does. Liberte Creativite Feminite - Sabina Manetti - 18.99 Liberté Creativité Feminité presents a strong vocalist from Tuscany in a solid mix of roots and jazz, accompanied by a straight ahead jazz ensemble of bass, drums, pianos, percussion, with accordion and violin. This is the first I have heard her, and she's a voice to hear. Kronomakia - Daniele Sepe, Ensemble Micrologus, Und Rote Jazz Fraktion - 18.99 Neopolitan arranger, composer and saxophone player Sepe, joined by two ensembles, takes on the early music of Italy in his usual shocking style, seamlessly joining jazz, classical and early art music into a beautiful whole. Al Qantarah - Ammaraciccappa - 18.99 This Salentine ensemble have a lot of phrases for their music: "electro-world+salento+maghrebi, ecstatic rhythms of south Italy, desert voices and metropolitan sounds." They make thoroughly modern Italian music, completely rooted in the ancient past, and totally beyond classification or pigeon-holes. Highly recommended. Rembetika 2: More Of The Secret History Of Greece's Underground Music - va (4 CDs) - 29.99 4 CDs, 89 tracks, the second in the series by JPS records, tracks the well know and the obscure of rembetika. Remastered cuts from the early days of sound recording, many having never appeared on CD before. PLEASE NOTE: foreign orders shipped without jewel boxes Encouragement - Frankie Armstrong - 18.99 2007 release by this wonderful English singer. 13 tracks featuring Bob Evans on crwth, Anthony Ingle on piano, accordion and vocals, and Sarah Harman on vocals. Songs include "Effects of Love," "Fair Annie," "Parting," "Demon Lover," "Holy Thursday," more. Zegar Zivi (Zegar Lives) - Zegar Zivi - 18.99 Powerful acapella group vocals, often using the wild beating-against-drone technique of groktenje, diple playing, goat-calling and church-bell ringing from a group of amazingly resilient Serbian singers who've moved back to their village of Žegar in the rocky hill-country of Dalmatia in Croatia – a region war-shattered in the 1990s and still depopulated, but beautiful and now peaceful - to rebuild their homes and pick up the threads of their lives and rich musical traditions. The album's title, and the group's name, means Žegar Lives.Recorded in Žegar in May 2007, produced by Andrew Cronshaw in collaboration with Svetlana Spajić. The digipak contains a 60 page booklet with many photos and extensive notes including the background story to the recordings (in English). Listen Strings Tradition - Mamadou Diabate, Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, Vidwan Lalgudi Gjr Khrishnan - 17.99 Strings Tradition is an original production, different from the countless recordings which try to mix and mingle musical cultures of various origins. It deals with the union of classical traditions (West Africa, North Indian and South India) which have little in common with the vague idea of popular music that we usually associate with the music of the Indian sitar and violin and the Malian kora. These three musicians are all important artists in their own countries and each one offers inspiration and guidance to the others' musical traditions. They are accompanied by Gourishankar on tabla and Muraly Trichy on ghatam. La Vuelta del Malon - Tango Negro Trio - 17.99 Conceived by pianist, vocalist and composer Juan Carlos Caceres, with "El Tero" Buschini and Marcelo Russillo, the trio explores an alternative history of tango, a body of work Caceres has been restlessly building since 1968, the year in which he moved from his native Buenos Aires to Paris. In the liner notes, Caceresdeclares that wuth this new recording he wants to update the cultural traditions still present in the region of the Rio De La Plata estuary in Argentina. Følg oss hjem, Ole Paus - Leieboerne - 18.99 Leieboerne (The Tenants) take a selection of songs by a legendary Norwegian songwriter, add a classic 70s folk-rock sound and ask Følg oss hjem, Ole Paus (Take us home, Ole Paus). The band says 'If you are a tenant you rent, you don't own. The nice thing about renting is that you can rearrange the furniture a bit and then pretend that you own... Renting from Ole Paus brings you into a fascinatingly huge house full of cellars and attics... But we do want to mention all the fabulous stuff we found in the attic that we dragged down into the living-room, that's why there are many songs from Oles earliest period.'

Tribal Musette - Les Primitifs du Futur - 15.99 2008 recording by Dominique Cravic and his outsized, wildly eclectic multi-ethnic Parisian ensemble, including mandolinist, cartoonist and illustrator Robert Crumb (who did the artwork for the CD), plus interesting guests: Sanseverino, Flaco Jimenez, Raul Barbosa, Mieko Miyazaki and many others. Highly recommended Concertina Workshop - Alistair Anderson - 16.99 The classic Topic LP reissued. English-system concertina master and former High Level Ranter Anderson with guests Dave and Tich Richardson, Graham Pirt and Geoff Harris. The Transports - Peter Bellamy and friends - 16.99 One of the late Peter Bellamy's most ambitious projects is now available on CD, his 'folksong opera' about the plight of those sentenced to exile in Australia, first populated as a penal colony. Originally a 2-LP set, this is a cycle of original songs strung together in a coherent narrative, and it includes some of England's finest traditional singers: June Tabor, Nic Jones, Martin Carthy, the Watersons, and Bellamy himself. Highly recommended, limited quantity available Popular Songs Of Great Enduring Strength And Beauty - Camper Van Beethoven - 16.99 Pure pop, great rock! 18 tracks from the band's history, five of which have been re-recorded for this release, including "When I Win The Lottery," "One Of These Days," "All Her Favorite Fruit," "Pictures of Matchstick Men," "Eye Of Fatima Parts 1 and 2." Anatomy of a Coup - Sacha Silva - 12.99 An unusual ensemble mixes flamenco, Indian classical and modern music with heady questions of personal and political issues, music, as the band says, 'that reads the newspaper.' An original sound, adventurous but rooted in traditions from around the world, and not a hint of "world-beat' or 'world fusion.' Highly recommended 1983-1993 - Lars Karlsson - 17.99 A collection from earlier productions by the Swedish diatonic accordionist Lars Karlsson includes tradtional and newly composed folk music, as well as some surprises (like Hank William's "Jambalya") Sea of Reeds - Accordion Tribe - 17.99 Bratko Bibic, Lars Hollmer, Maria Kalaniemi, Guy Klucevsek and Otto Lechner bring their accordions together in new compositions for anything from solo to quintet arrangments that defy categories and regional influence. Recorded inHollmer's famous 'Chicken House' studio in Uppsala, Sweden.5 Accordions, No Waiting! Highly recommended. Horn Please! - Jonas Knutsson and Horn Please - 17.99 Swedish folk and horn music on six saxophones, bass and percussion.Led by saxophonist/composer/arranger Jonas Knutsson, some of the prominent younger Swedish folk musicians are presented in music that goes from the traditional to the newly composed, and from the strictly arranged to the wildly improvised. The horn players: Alexandra Särström, Å sa Johansson, Hanna Wiskari, Klas Toresson, Daniel Carlsson; plus Bengt Jonasson and Petter Berndalen on bass and percussion. Compositions by Knutsson and traditional music from different parts of Sweden and South India. Highly recommended Aldrig får jeg fred - Tumult - 16.99 The Third recording by the Danish folk-rock ensemble is by far the most broad in scope, and complete in execution. From hard rockers to folk ballads, their never miss a beat as they forge ahead. The luckless lands of the North - aNoo - 16.99 aNoo is a group led Brussels based Finn, Anu Junnonen. Anu started playing piano at the age of seven and added flute a few years later. She got the kick for jazz in her teens from playing saxophone and jamming with friends, with whom she also created a local junior big band in order to perform modern -tunes and Finnish compositions. She is accompanied by accordion, trombone, acoustic bass and drums on a set of original and unusual songs. Listen The Heartbeat of the East - Keyvan Chemirani and Pandit Anindo Chaterjee - 19.99 Keyvan Chemirani picked up the Iranian zarb at the age of 16 and was also captivated by the Indian tabla, with its metric precision, endless melodic variations, and multiplicity of timbres. Soon after he began devoting himself to the zarb and its Persian repertoire, Keyvan became fascinated with the Indian tabla player Anindo Chatterjee, whose meticulous artistry is notable for its remarkable clarity. On this new recording, packaged in a hard-cover CD-book, Chemirani and Chatterjee engage each other and their fellow musicians - Maryam Chemirani (voice), Ken Zuckerman (sarod), Bijan Chemirani (saz), Sokratis Sinopoulos (kemenche fi ddle), Stelios Petrakis (lyra), Henri Tournier (bansuri fl ute) - in a musical dialogue between the age-old Hindu and Persian traditions. Al son del diableton vol. 1 - various - 17.99 Anthologie de l'accordéon traditionnel occitan Volume 1 - This first volume is devoted to musicians of 4 communes located in the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut Languedoc (Tarn and Hérault). In addition to the famous accordionist of d'Anglès, Marcel Bacou, with his inexhaustible repertory, the CD also present four of his friends: Germain Cros and Denis Barrau of La Salvetat sur Agout, Pierre Planès from Saint Etienne d'Albagnan and Emilien Gleizes from Condades (commune de Riols). Includes a detailed and illustrated 36 page booklet (in French). Wamato - Les Amazones de Guinee - 17.99 Les Amazones de Guinée are a unique and quite amazing institution within African music. Since the early 60s they have criss-crossed the continent, with only occasional forays beyond, to help bring their particular brand of joy to the cause of women’s emancipation. Yet this is only their 2nd album, tight yet fluid, with the loping rhythms so particular to Guinea, bitter-sweet harmonies and vocals full of conviction. As the cry of “Retour en force des Amazones!” at the beginning of this album attests, these women demand to be heard. The Amazones are back with a vengeance. This is the gold-standard for female (or any other) bands in Africa and an enduring symbol of African women’s emancipation. Highly recommended. Listen Authenticité: The Syliphone Years - Balla Et Ses Balladins - 22.99 2 CD collection by one of Guinea's most interesting and influencial bands. Listen En concert - Bivoac - 16.99 This Breton band claims inlfluences are wide as Coltrane, Zappa, Grappelli, Hendrix and all musiques traditionnelles du monde... They deliver it all in complete simplicity on accordéon diatonique, voices, saxophones, bombarde, violon and banjo. Accordeon Diatonique - Riccardo Tesi - 17.99 The master of Italian accordion offers a completely solo recording that shows the breadth and depth of his skills, talents and interests in the music of the instrument. Highly recommended Majaz - Le Trio Joubran - 16.99 The second recordng by Palestinian ud trio of Samir, Wissam, Adnan Joubran with guest percussionist Yousef Hbeitsch. With mallets and strings - Ildikó Vékony - 17.99 Performances on solo cimbalom of J.S. Bach's 'Partita No. 3 in E major' and 'Sonata No. 1 in G minor.' The artist says: 'Why this music? ...you may ask. Some pieces I have been playing for ages; others I have always wanted to play. Some are not really my world, (but sometimes we long for another world); some are pieces I have been waiting for, and yet I needed years to uncover their deeper meaning. And some have jolted me out of my habits, highlighting for me the moment when a sound is born.' Poliphonic Vespers for St. Michael’s and St. Martin's Day - Schola Hungarica - 17.99 n 1571, a widow called Anna Hannsen Schuman donated a highly valuable manuscript to the collegiate chapter of Pozsony. The codex contains 239 polyphonic works, almost all for the enrichment of evening vespers. This disc highlights two vespers from the collection: that for the feast of Saint Martin, patron saint of the church, and that for Saint Michael, which falls close to it in the calendar. As in the practice of the time, the prescribed Gregorian chant and their polyphonic arrangements were mixed as necessary in the liturgy, so this disc mixes the two. BD Blues (2 CDs and Book) - Charley Patton / R. Crumb - 19.99 Available again: You might already know the music, but this is a unique opportunity to see it as well. Robert Crumb has written a biography in words and drawings and presents it in a full-color, hardcover book. 2 CDs cover the legendary blues master's music, 31 pages of graphics and text (in French only) tell his story. Highly recommended! Inshalla Shalom (Live) - 2 CDs - Yair Dalal and friends - 23.99 Double CD of live performances in Jerusalem in November 2004, with Jewish and Arab musicians, and dedicated to the folk music of the Middle East. The artist says it is 'music that rises above conflicts and brings unity, joy and hope to the hearts... The songs which all the people of the region grew up with, Arabs, Jews, Christians and Moslems, who share the same musical culture. This double CD album includes 12 tracks (six at each CD) in various languages - Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Iraqi and Moroccan dialects, etc. The album presents a rare combination of 'Piyutim' (Jewish Liturgical songs) and Arabic folk songs,a blend which exists mostly in Iraqi tradition. Among the gifted musicians participating is the female singer Liora Itzhak, the oud player Sameer Makhoul, the cantor David Menahem and the singer Haim Ankri. The album includes a touching performance of the song "Yad Anuga" by Zalman Shne'or in a folk-Mizrachi melody, and extraordinary singing by Liora Itzhak combining classic Indian musical tradition. Songs From a Persian Garden - Masha and Marjan Vahdat - 17.99 On 22 May this year KKV and two Western embassies arranged a remarkable concert. In a Persian garden in Tehran, the singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat broke the ban on public performances by women. The two sisters were accompanied by Knut Reiersrud and five other Norwegian and Iranian musicians Na'ama - Amos Hoffman - 18.99 Composer and oud player combines elements of jazz, Latin and other global influences with a strong Arabic heritage, adding instruments like the marimba unlikely to be heard within the stricter tradition. Hoffman's Ashkenazi roots (Eastern European) and his choice of musicans helps him create his own personal sound. Amos Hoffman - Oud ; Joshua Levit - Ney ; Ehab Nimer - Violin ; Omer Avital - Bass ; Tomer Zur - Percussion ; Rea Bar Nes - Percussion and Marimba. Bass player Avishai Cohen also makes a guest appearance. Bastian Contrari - Patrick Vaillant - temp out of stock-17.99 French mandolinist Patrick Vaillant's unique new recording, joined by a marvelous ensemble including Bijan Chemrrani (percussion for Iran), Serge Pesce (guitar), Benjamin Novarino Giana (voice) and Lucien Massuco Kara Deniz - L'Attirail - temp out of stock-16.99 The 6th album of music from the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean by this wonderful French band. The title means Black Sea in Turkish, symbolizing the meeting of Slav, Greek, Romanian, Albanian influences, and the convergence of Christian, Jewish, Muslim ideals of the region. `Formed as a duet by guitarist Xavier Demerliac, they are now a quintet, (plus a host of guests from all overt he region), playing trumpet, clarinet, doudouk, flutes, drums and percussion, double bass, accordion and violin. It's an imaginary landscape where Balkan, Gypsy, klezmer, cabaret, and more all peacefuly coexist in musical harmony. Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto; Hayashi; Takemitsu - Wu Man, Yri Bahsmet, and Moscow Soloists - 18.99 Wu Man offers the world premiere of Tan Dun's Concerto for Pipa, as well as Hikaru Hayashi's Concerto-Elegia and Toru Takemitsu's Nostalgia "In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky". Performers include Yuri Bashmet, a recognized virtuoso violist, violinist, and champion of new music. Founder of the Moscow Soloists, here he leads the acclaimed chamber ensemble in their third Onyx project together. The well-filled disc features two premiere recordings La Passion de Clermont: Hora vos dic vera raizun - Brice Duisit - 17.99 The turn of the first millennium was experienced by people of that time not with fear that the world was coming to an end, but rather with hope that the world would be renewed, as 'the promise of a new Spring'. Thus, Christ's Passion came to symbolise the resurrection of the Church; a great reformation began. Seen in that context the lyric poem La Passion de Clermont takes on its full meaning. Brice Duisit performs vocals and vièle à archet. Follow - Joel Grare - 17.99 Bells, Indian double-headed drums, bendirs and many other instruments blend together and offer a fascinating imaginary journey: Grare integrates all the possible and imaginable influences and invents a unique and outstanding world of sounds. Joël Grare, percussions and featuring percussion ensemble Koân with Axel Lecourt and Nicolas Giraud on trumpet and percussions Tripfolk - Bazar Bla - 18.99 Bazar Blå is a trio consisting of nyckelharp-player Johan Hedin, bassist Björn Meyer and percussionist Fredrik Gille. This is their second recording. Une Messe pour la Saint-Michel et tous les saints anges - Freddy Eichelberger, Michel Godard and Ludus Modalis - 17.99 This recording recreates the 'Ordinary' of a seventeenth-century Catholic Mass, during which the organ and the choir continuously respond, with parts entirely improvised by the choir as well as the organ.Freddy Eichelberger, orgue; Michel Godard, serpent and the vocal trio Ludus Modalis Paris - Istanbul - Shanghai - Joël Grare - 17.99 Joël Grare (ar., percussion), Guo Gan (erhu), Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo), Emek Evci (bass), Karine Herroud Gonzalez (Flamenco) with the participation of the ensemble Les Tambours de Lune, Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano vocal) and Véronica Votti (cello). This recording is a manifesto of modernism, culture, temporality, style and improvisation. This Paris-Istambul-Shanghaïensemble is a musical invitation to travel. Somewhere between a chamber music ensemble and a traditional one, they play standardsmuch like in jazz. But their standards are classic themes from Spain, Turkey and China, ancient music… Puching these melodies well beyond their borders, thoroughly enjoying them, improvising, composing, whether or not in the style of their country or their period, following moods and moments to a uniqque new sound.

From Now On - Michael Doucet - 16.99 Solo fiddle, fiddle-plus-one, and solo accordion from this longtime Beausoleil fiddler and popular ambassador of Louisiana good-timerie. Cajun, Creole, blues, gospel, and more: "New Orleans," "Chere Evangeline," "Le Two-Step de Basile," 16 more tracks. With 28-page booklet. Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Vallenata - V/A - 16.99 15 songs and tunes from the small valley region of Colombia's Caribbean coast; the roots of cumbia! with renditions of merengues, sones, puyas, and paseos. Rejsedage/Travelling (CD/DVD) - Haugaard and Hoirup - 19.99 The 7th album of the Danish violin-guitar duo of Harald Haugaard and Morten Alfred Høirup is a celebtation of their 10th anniversary of working together, a CD and DVD set that is as wonderful as anything they have done. They are my friends as well as great musicians, and so I am highly biased, but nonetheless, this is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. (DVD is NTSC/North America format) La Música del Al-Andalus - La Muwassaha - Al Turath Ensemble - 18.99 The muwashshaha is a poetic improvisation for voice. This performance is derived from medieval Spanish texts, but is rooted in (and was recorded in), modern Syria. Performers: Mahmud Faris, Rabi' ash-Shahir, Ahmad Kabbari, 'Ali Muhsin, Mahmud Hamadiyih, Muhammad Hamadiyih (voices); 'Abd al-Basit Bakkar, Rafwan 'Abd al-Qadir, Khalid Budaqah (violins); 'Abd ar-Rahim 'Ajin ('ud), Yusif Salim (qanun), Jamal Shamiyih (riqq), 'Abd al-Qadir Shamiyih (darabukkah). Sanjog - Subroto Roy Chowdhury and Madhuri Chattopadhyay - 18.99 Pure Indian music played by three masters of their respective instruments. These recent recordings have a startling freshness and immediacy, performed by volinist Madhuri Chattopadhyay, sitarist Subroto Roy Chowdhury and Sankha Chatterjee on tablas. E40 - Dazibao - 19.99 The second release by this wonderful Belgian ensemble will surely garner as much acclaim as their previous CD, Alma. The diatonic accordions of Sophie Cavez and Jonathan de Neck are still in the forefront, musically and compositionally, but this 2007 release offers a more confident ensemble sound, a little richer in jazz roots while still solidly enthralled the folk roots of their region. Exceptional music from an exceptional ensemble, once again. Dancing in the Light - Lakshmi Shankar - 18.99 Within the classical music traditions of North and South India, the human voice is the most repsected instrument. Conversely, the mark of a master instrumentalist is the ability to evoke the power, suppleness and nuance of a great singer. And within the pantheon of great South Asian vocalists, few names kindle such intense admiration and reverence as that of singer Lakshmi Shankar. Lakshmi Shankar has a special affinity for the Hindu devotional songs called bhajans. The emotional core of this recital is Lakshmi's exquisite evocations of love (be it earthly or divine) and its darker twin: the torment of being separated from one's beloved. On this recording - co-produced by Michael Brook - she sets traditional poems (including two by Mirabai) to her own improvised melodies, accompanied by Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla, Pandit Ramesh Mishra on sarangi, and Suniti Bergman on tanpura. Oye Afra - Alfredo Rodriguez - 18.99 One of the wave of Cuban jazz players who migrated to New York, pianist Alfredo Rodriguez was born in 1936 near Havana, where he trained in classical music. From 1960 to 1985, he continued to perform in Manhattan (and, briefly, in Miami) as a session player and club performer with notable success. Rodriguez moved to Paris in 1985, and has since worked as a bandleader, including his work with the heralded Cubanismo! projects, and in Cuba Linda and Los Originales sessions. Oye Afra is made up of dazzling live tracks lovingly compiled by Alfredo's wife, Miké Charropin and capturing some of the most prestigious Cuban musicians palying with him. Geej - El Hadj N'Diaye - 18.99 Songlines describes this Senegalese singer's work as having a "gripping blend of haunting melodies, floating guitars and inspired lyrics." El Hadj brings together far-flung strands of Senegalese tradition and identity in an unique musical career. His songs are informed by a deep knowledge of and compassion for those who are suffering and neglected in Africa, and he writes with a literary flair born of his own experience as an author and actor. From its most tender whisper to its most anguished gut cry, the voice of El Hadj is a marvel. This is mostly a gentle acoustic album, a subtle but powerful letter from Senegal to the world. Highly recommended. Yiddish Songs of Tenderness and Fury - Flammer, Leiser, Barreaux - 18.99 This album of popular Yiddish songs brings together musical selections which originated in the Jewish communities scattered across pre-World War II Europe. This music served to accompany daily events, both joyous and sad, of a flourishing culture that vanished in the conflagrations of 20th Century history. By embellishing upon arrangements of these unwritten melodies, each of the three artists has enriched this performance with his own culture and traditions, reaffirming the place of Yiddish music in the cultural landscape of today. The Adventures of Prince Rama (cd/DVD) - VA - 39.99 Presented as a beautiful hardcover book with CD and DVD, this set captures an extravagant spectacle of dance, music and masks, transported from Bali to France performed in Lyons in 2007. A fifty-man Kecak choir delivers the famed "monkey chant," a hypnotic gamelan score, the sumptuous costumes, masks and specially created lighting effects. The package contains an hour-long CD with the musical highlights of the performance, and the entire two-hour show can be watched on the enclosed DVD, along with three bonus features: a portrait of the Balinese musicians and dancers who took part in the production, a behind-the-scenes look at the role of the "dalang" (the all-important narrator who also gives a different voice to each of the protagonists), and a quick refresher on the Ramayana epic which serves as the basis for the plot. How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone?: Vol. 1, 1928-1934 - Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell - 29.99 4 CDs with 95 tracks of early citified blues from this popular piano/guitar duo: "How Long, How Long Blues," "Naptown Blues," "Christmas in Jail," "Papa's on the House Top," "Midnight Hour Blues," "Mean Mistreater Mama," and much more. Essential listening Testament - Peter Lang - 16.99 IN 2008 my favorite guitarist releases another beauty: a 15-cut homage to early blues, played on tenor, 6- and 12-string guitars. Tunes by Elizabeth Cotten, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Sylvester Weaver, Leadbelly, plus traditional material: "I'm Satisfied," "Guitar Rag," "Keep Your Hands Off Her," "Delia," "Buckdancer's Choice," "Stackolee," "Nobody's Business But My Own," and more Nubiska Natter - H3FK - 17.99 Mixing influences from the likes of John Coltrane and Anouar Brahem with their own unique style, this ensemble offers an unorthodox vision. The group started out as a double trio mixing modern jazz with Arabic folk music, but have now reached a point where the borders are blurred and the feeling is completely natural and original. The compositions are written for the whole ensemble, but also includes trio and quartet pieces, with elements of Arabic, Middle-Eastern, Gypsy and Swedish folk and pop. Rikedom och gåvor - Svanevit - 17.99 The second recording by this wonderful Swedish ensemble, Anders Larsson mandola, vocals; Maria Larsson fiol, härjedalspipa; Anna Rynefors nyckelharpa, Swedish säckpipa (bagpipe), slagverk; Erik Ask-Upmark harp, säckpipas, härjedalspipa, offerdalspipa, mungiga Himlens polska - Erik Ask-Upmark - 17.99 Multi-instrumentalist Erik Ask-Upmark discovered the harp through a long-lasting love affair with Irish music bu he is now one of the leading Nordic music performers on the instrument and this is the first album ever featuring exclusively Swedish folk music on solo harp. Erik has earned the official title of "Riksspelman" (Master musician of the Realm). He also plays the Baroque double harp (Arpa doppia) with ensembles such as Concerto Copenhagen and Ensemble Mare Balticum. He performs early music and Nordic roots music both as a soloist and with his groups Svanevit, Dråm and Falsobordone. Timber! - Maria Jonsson, Ian Carr, Mikael Marin - 17.99 Jonsson, Carr and Marin play new Swedish folkmusic in new ways that never lose sight of the tradition. Meeting and jamming occasionally during the last ten years, Maria Jonsson (Slatta, Carina Normansson) Ian Carr (SWÅP, Kate Rusby) and Mikael Marin (Väsen) finally got together in the spring of 2007 to record a record of both newly written and traditional Swedish instrumental music. Ute blåser sommarvind - Kersti Ståbi - 17.99 Kersti Ståbi sings the songs of Alice Tegnér, the Swedish icon of children's music, accompanied by the folk trio Nordic (Anders Löfberg on cello, Erik Rydvall on nyckelharpa and Magnus Zetterlund on mandolin and munspel.) The Very Best of Congolese Rumba: The Kinshasa-Abidjan Sessions - various - 21.99 Recorded in Abidjan in 1997/1999 and in Kinshasa in 2002, this double CD is a testimonial to the golden age of the rumba. Two legendary figures, Wendo Kolosoy, a child of Kinshasa, and Antoine Moundanda - hailing from Brazzaville on the other side of the Congo River - along with Victoria Bakolo Miziki, Likembé Géant and the Rumbanella Band, reinterpret with passion and talent the cultural heritage of the two Congolese capital cities. With suave voices, elegant guitars, sensual melodies and light swing, the rumba is to Africa what the son is to Cuba: a miracle of balance.And these musicians do it superbly. Wijdan: The Mystery of Gnawa Trance Music (DVD) - Brahim El Belkani, Sibiri Samaké - 23.99 The Gnawa people were exiled from the Malian empire and brought as slaves to Morocco in the sixteenth century. In the last three decades the power of their trance music has come into the spotlight thanks to Western musicians and artists. In this documentary, filmmakers Bella Le Nestour and John Allen paint an intimate portrait of two men - Sibiri Samaké, a Bambarra musician from Mali, and Brahim El Belkani, a Gnawa musician from Morocco - who are seen during theirmusical meeting in 2000. In Arabic, Wijdan means "the meeting of souls." We are allowed to watch as these masters trace their common roots back in time and as they impart their knowledge to the next generation. (NTSC video format) Langoni - Luhya music: from the countryside to the city - Ingosi Stars - 18.99 The Luhya people originate in the Western province of Kenya, but many of them have migrated to large towns, especially Nairobi. A distinct repertoire reserved for special occasions (births, circumcisions, weddings, funerals) or played for sheer entertainment is the essential ingredient. Playing on typical Luhya instruments, Mzee William Ingosi Mwoshi and his son, Jackson Amusala, are among today's best "neo-traditionalists" - a generation of Kenyan musicians who mastered the traditions of the rural areas and were able to transform them for a changing society, so that the old genres would still make sense for people both in the villages Diaspora Hi-Fi - A Mediterranean Caravan - Watcha Clan - 18.99 It's been ten years since Watcha Clan burst on to Europe's new world-beat scene. With a best-selling début CD to its credit (20,000 units worldwide), here the Clan whisks us on a wild ride from the dance fl oors of London to France's Provence, from the Balkan mountains to the Maghreb seaside, from roots to rebellion. North and South, Arabic and Hebrew are re-united on this album, which features the exuberant vocals of Marseilles-born Sista K. Diaspora Hi-Fi presents an intoxicating blend of new reggae, jungle and electronic club beats with traditional sounds. Includes a bonus live video version of the Clan's fave, "Eli." Troileana - Liliana Barrios - 17.99 The first international release by this charismatic Argentinean tango singer. Here she pays tribute to the great bandoneón virtuoso Aníbal Troilo (1914-1975), whose name is venerated in Argentina as fervently as that of Carlos Gardel. Atmospherically arranged by Juan Carlos Cuacci, who also leads the splendid line-up, this new recording of the classic songs Troilo penned in the 1940s and '50s features some of the most important Argentine tango players: Walter Ríos (bandoneón), Horacio Romo (second bandoneón), Juan Alberto Pugliano (piano), Juan Pablo Navarro (upright bass), Jorge Pérez Tedesco (cello), Leonardo Ferreyra (violin). Os Afro Sambas - Baden Powell - 13.99 A new budget-priced edition of this classic: Together with Brazilian singer Vinicius de Moraes, Powell made these remarkable recording in the 1960s to show the deep connection between South American and African music and culture. A welcome reissue of an essential session. Homescape - Nguyen Le - 16.99 French-Vietnamese jazz musician Nguyên Lê stands out as a unique explorer of sound. Homescape is based upon improvised duos with either Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu or oud player and vocalist Dhafer Youssef. Lê's postproduction then crafts these performances into a piquant series of moving and thrilling world-jazz tracks. The New Village - Enzo Favata Tentetto (featuring Tenores di Bitti) - 18.99 Sardinian musician and composer Favata has been roiling the roots-jazz of Italy for decades now, recording Cds and playing more than 2,000 concertsaround the world. He fuses tradition with a contemporary sense, forging a new music form folk, jazz and avant garde elements that are strictly original. He has studied classical and jazz saxophone, plays the soprano, sopranino and tenor sax, and the bass clarinet, as well as other ethnic wind instruments from Sardinia and elsewhere. Adding Latin, African and middle eastern influences, he has come up with a creative and original new sound that pays homage to the jazz greats while being beholden to no one. This recording features the incredible Tenores di Bitti, who offer not only their voices, but the inspiration of their melodies that are infused into the very core of Favata's new compositions. Satyricon Circus - Satyricon Circus - 18.99 A rich new musical production, the work of composer Gabriele Coen (Klezroym), Mario Rivera (Agricantus) and Vito Ranucci, with participation from Barbara Eramo, Gabriel Zagni, Maria Letizia Gorga, Federica Vincenti and Gianni Santucci. Calenda - Montanaro, Pesce, Gaude - 17.99 Noëls are to the music of Provence what the standards are to jazz. These familiar melodies lend themselves readily to reinterpretation, spontaneous variation and improvisationn. Trio Imaginogène revisits these musical treasures handed down through the centuries in an inalterable, everlasting and inexhaustible topicality. The trio performs these seasonal songs on a traditional instrumental combination of galoubet, tambourine and flutes.Trio Imaginogène: Miquèu Montanaro, flutes; Serge Pesce, guitare and berimbao; Fabrice Gaudé, percussion and sanza Ofidèa - Avleddha - temp out of stock-18.99 From an earlier review in RootsWorld: 'Avleddha is a group of young musicians performing their own songs based on the important musical tradition of the Grico community. This is a linguistic minority of people of Greek descent, in Puglia (in the South of Italy), that is indebted to both cultures.The instrumentation of acoustic guitar, bass, percussion and harmonica provides a tight, festive sound.' Terra - Zoe' - temp out of stock-18.99 This ensemble performs the music of the people of Salento, in southern Italy. .

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