Dotschy Reinhardt - Pani Sindhu - $15.99
(cdRoots# gal-panisindhu)
Gypsy singer and songwriter and one of the many heirs to the Django legend. She is working in her music to bridge the gap between contemporary music and the heritage of the Roma (Gypsy) and Sinti people. She moves from jazz and cabaret music to Brazilian, Portuguese and traditional Indian music with ease. It's a unique take on the Gypsy tradition as it filters through a global culture.

Chalaban - Al Baraka - $10.99
(cdRoots# fono-chalaban)
Starting with what they refer to as Arabian music, the band then diverges down their own pathusing instruments like Brazilian birimbau, Gypsy cymbalom, Bulgarian gadulka and modern DJ tools to formulate their vision.

Africa X - Zokue Kpole - $12.99
(cdRoots# yy-africax)
Africa X features Gabin Dabire. The band blends African beats with Latin and jazz. This 2004 CD features different musicians on each song, adding influences from Cape Verde, Cameroon, Brazil and the Mediterranean.

Anat Cohen and The Anzic Orchestra - Noir - $13.99
(cdRoots# yy-anzic)
An established bandleader and prolific composer, idiomatically conversant with modern and traditional jazz, classical music, Brazilian choro, Argentine tango, and an expansive timeline of Afro-Cuban styles, Anat Cohen has established herself as one of the primary voices of her generation on both the tenor saxophone and clarinet. This is a 2007 release with a small orchestra, prompting The Washington Post to say "Cohen has emerged as one of the brightest, most original young instrumentalists in jazz [...] [she] has expanded the vocabulary of jazz with a distinctive accent of her own."

Matuto - Matuto - $17.99
(cdRoots# yyy-matuto)
Imagine the sound of a Brazilian Carnaval in the Appalachian Mountains. Matuto (“bumpkin” in Brazilian slang) moves with two-stepping grace between bluegrass and forro, between swamp rock and maracatu, between surf guitar shimmies and the wah-wah of the berimbau.

Paolo Fresu and Omar Sosa - Alma - $18.99
(cdRoots# hm-ota1023)
The Italian horn player and Cuban pianist are joined by Brazilian musician and arranger Jaques Morlenenbaum for a unique set of songs and improvisations composed by Sosa and Fresu.

Mike Marshall and Jovino Santos Neto - Serenata - $12.99
(cdRoots# am-1001)
Mandolinist Mike Marshall and pianist Jovino Santos Neto explore the music of Brazilian iconoclast Hermeto Pascoal, one of the most prolific composers of our time. Jovino has been the key to unlocking some of the mysteries of his astonishing charts and this recording is a revelation.

Moacir Santos - Ouro Negro - $22.99
(cdRoots# am-1011)
This lesser known but important pioneer of MPB is joined by a stllar ensemble to showcase his prodigious talent: Cristóvão Bastos (piano), Marçal (percussion), Jurim Moreira (drums), Vitor Santos (trombone) and Bororó (bass). Guest appearances include Milton Nascimento, Ed Motta, Joyce, João Bosco and Gilberto Gil.

Modern Traditions Ensemble - New Old Music - $12.99
(cdRoots# am-1018)
Five Brazilian musicians, led by Popular de Câmara founder Benjamin Taubkin, recreate Brazilian choro classics with energy and high musicianship and make the old sound new again.

Moacir Santos - Choros and Alegria - $12.99
(cdRoots# am-1022)
Recorded in 2005 in Rio and Sao Paulo, and produced by Santos with Mario Adnet and Ze Nogueira, this new recording celebrates Santos' prolific five decade long career in Brazilian music. In addition to major contributions from Adnet and Nogueira, guests include Ricardo Silveira, Christovao Bastos, Armando Marcal, Teco Cardoso, Proveta, Trio Maderia Brasil and Wynton Marsalis.

Mats Eden + Tina Quartey - Vagen in (The Way In) - $17.99
(cdRoots# amigo-vagen)
Vägen in presents fiddler Mats Edén and percussionist Tina Quartey in a stunning duet debut. Mats' life-long Värmland traditions and his new interest in neighboring Norwegian melodies is a remarkably intuitive fit for Tina's explorations in Afro-Cuban and Brazilian percussion. With their backgrounds in groundbreaking ensembles like Frifot, Groupa and Filarfolket, it is no surprise that what they deliver is innovative music, challenging and yet deeply rooted in tradition.

Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto - Brasilianos - $16.99
(cdRoots# av-brasilianos)
The French based, Brazilian born master of the 10-string bandolim presents the works of Gismonti, Nascimento, Pascoal, Powell and Pixinguinha accompanied by Daniel Santiago (acoustic guitar), André Vasconcellos (electric bass), Márcio Bahia (drums) and Gabriel Grossi (harmonica).

various - Cantigas Do Camino - $15.99
(cdRoots# boa-df042)
Cantigas Do Camiño follows the famous pilgrims trail, the Camino de Santiago, in a series of recordings, many made exclusively for this project. Artists include Susana Seivane, Guadi Galego, Sondeseu, Uxía in a duet with Brazilian singer Fred Martins, Jaime Muñoz and Carlos Beceiro of La Musgana and many others. The unique tracks and a nice price make this collection well worth it even if you already own some of the overlap songs.

Uxia - Meu Canto - $16.99
(cdRoots# boa-df052)
Galician singer Uxía is deeply rooted in her native Galicia, but she always ventures out into the world for inspiration. This 2011 recording was made in Brazil, working with Jaime Alem (the producer of many of Maria Bethânia's recordings). She brings the two worlds together by focusing on the fundemantals of her voice, which she sees as "the only instrument that never lies."

Archedora - Descalso - $17.99
(cdRoots# cni-arch2)
Rachele Colombo (voice, guitar, percussion and keyboards), and Corrado Corradi (bandoneon, English concertina, percussion and voice) return for their second duo recording, joined by a small ensemble of flute, reeds, bass strings and voices, a string quartet and other guests for a new exploration of the music and life of Venice and the Veneto region of Italy. This is dense, classy music, with lush arrangements (think classic Brazilian), very contemporary and yet very old sounding.

DJ Dolores - Aparelhagem - $17.99
(cdRoots# cram-djd)
Aparelhagem literally means 'equipment,' and is the Brazilian slang expression for 'sound system.' It is both the title of the album and the name of DJ Dolores' new live band and features female singer Isaar, a horn section with a distinct Nordeste-cum-reggae flavour, rock guitar, percussion, vintage synths, and DJ Dolores on laptop and turntables.

Lo Borges - Lo Borges - $16.99
(cdRoots# fe-water243)
Originally released in 1972, Lo Borges' solo debut is an adventurous piece of post-bossa nova Brazilian pop music. Combining influences ranging from soul, jazz, pop, psychedelic, and bossa nova with brilliant musicianship and wild arrangements, Lo Borges is one of the finest Brazilian records of the 1970s, if not ever. Borges emerged out of the Clube de Esquina musical collective, from the state of Minas Gerais, along with Milton Nascimento, a movement that rivaled the brilliance of the more well known Tropicalismo. Absolutely brilliant and available on CD in the USA for the first time ever.

Gilberto Gil - Banda Um - $13.99
(cdRoots# hm-3001994)
Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba and forró, African music, and reggae. This 'best-of' collection includes some of Gil's most popular songs from the '80s.

Baden Powell - Tempo de Musica (2 CD set) - $25.99
(cdRoots# hm-bptempo)
Well-known recordings combined with rare live tracks and private recordings of the early sixties. The booklet includes rare pictures and a index for tracks and keywords. Mostly guitar and voice only, a few tracks from the 60s accompanied by violin

Maria Teresa - Lusofonia - $18.99
(cdRoots# hm-cdm2741289)
The record label says of this Portuguese singer: 'Generosity and attention to detail are the key words in this new work. She's generous in the way she chooses to share with us the treasured melodies of her childhood, the songs her mother used to hum to her as lullabies. Her attention to detail shows in her choice of repertoire; in an utterly personal an detailed universe of her own creation, she recreates the emotions still alive in her memories and conveys them to us her listeners...'

Moussu T e lei Jovents - Mademoiselle Marseille - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-cdm2741325)
Tatou and Blu of the Massilia Sound System join Brazilian percussionist Jamilson to explore the city of Marseilles, circa 1930. Provençal songs sit side by side with Vincent Scotto operettas, jazz, blues, Latin and Caribbean dance music evoking the coastline from Marseille to La Ciotat. This is unique French music, a rough-hewn acoustic sound, augmented by clever electronics, samples and audio archival snippets, all to create a psuedo-historical documentary that might be more true than the real thing.

Maria Teresa - Era uma vez um Jardim - $18.99
(cdRoots# hm-cdm2741734)
Maria Teresa is an outstanding Fado singer with multiple facets and influences to her talent. Born in France to Portuguese parents, she sings the popular tradition of the country of her origins as well as that of Brazil. Teresa's sensual voice brings out the purity and emotion of this powerful musical genre, which she learned from her mother. Featured artists include Tarcisio Gondim, Renaud Gillet and Toninho Do Carmo on guitars, Francis Varis on accordion and Salvador Douezy and Zé Luis Nascimento on percussion.

Marcio Faraco - O Tempo - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-cdm2742000)
Márcio Faraco is oft-called the Brazilian Leonard Cohen. Each one of his songs is exemplary in its finesse and fragile balance between gentleness and seriousness. His style shows traces of his illustrious influences: João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes. O Tempo evokes the primitive sound of Portuguese music - the longing expressed by fado mixed with African and Cuban sounds. The themes are autobiographical, creating an sense of intimacy as he wanders through time and memory.

The Cello Trio (Brasil) - Tango Brasileiro - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-cello3)
Indulge in the velvety tones of 20th century classical Brazilian music, swinging and melancholic at the same time. From the originator of the Brazilian tango - if not the tango itself - Ernesto Nazareth (b. 1863) through Brazil's most famous composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (b. 1889) up to Jaime M. Zenamon (b. 1953) the album includes purely Brazilian composi-tions, rightly famed for their original blend of up-to-date European and indigenous traits. The pieces are interpreted by the Brazilian-German CELLO TRIO of Márcio Carneiro, Peter Dauelsberg and Matias de Oliveira Pinto. MÁRCIO CARNEIRO, born in Rio de Janeiro, holds a professorship at the State University for Music, Detmold, Germany PETER DAUELSBERG, born in Bremen, is professor for Chamber Music at the State University of São Paulo, Brazil MATIAS DE OLIVEIRA PINTO, born in São Paulo, teaches at the Berlin College for Music.

Moussu T e lei Jovents - Invente a La Ciotat - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-cm2741549)
Occitania and Brazil meet in this group that takes its inspiration from Marseilles in the thirties, a veritable musical melting pot, where Provençal songs could be heard alongside local operettas by Vincent Scotto or the Black jazz and blues bursting onto the scene at the time (with music from the West Indies and Brazil to boot). That eventful decade provides the background for the group's up-to-the minute songs and sea shanties that speak of briny air, shipyard cranes and rocky inlets. The DVD side of this DualDisc release features two hours of images for a journey through their world, with clips, extracts from live concerts and shorts produced by some of the best film-makers in Occitania.

Mario Castro-Neves - Brazilian Mood - $19.99
(cdRoots# hm-dv8443)
This marked the British recording debut of the Rio de Janeiro-born composer, arranger and instrumentalist when it was issued in 1974 in Decca's 'Phase 4' series of stereo recordings. It features a stellar cast of UK session musicians plus, on some tracks, a chorus including the sublime vocals of Norma Winstone. By the time of this recording Mario – brother of Oscar, Leo and Ico Castro-Neves – was already established as one of Brazil's leading musical talents. In the 1960s he had recorded for RCA's Brazilian division and had scored music for various Brazilian films and TV series. On Brazilian Mood he brings all his experience and expertise to bear, crafting an album of up-to-date, '70s style Latin American music that's full of vitality, pulsing rhythms and modern instrumentation including bass guitar and Fender Rhodes electric piano. As well as being a showcase for Mario Castro-Neves' musical gifts, Brazilian Mood is an excellent example of how by the 1970s, Latin American music had reached new heights of soph

Various - The Spirit of Fes (2 CD set - special sale price) - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-fez)
Each spring the ancient city of Fez, Morocco, plays host to one of the world's great musical events, a one-of-a-kind festival that brings together performers from all over the globe in a unique musical celebration of the divine. On this 2 CD set, some of the festival's finest artists perform a wide-ranging program includes Islamic devotionals, Sufi ritual songs, Berber trance music, Arab-Andalusian rhythms, Bulgarian orthodox choir, Hindustani chants, Celtic sacred music, Christian Gospel, Swedish chamber choir, and more. Artists include Gilberto Gil (Brazil), Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet), Master Musicians of Armenia (Armenia), Madhavi Mudghal (India), The Roudaniyates (Morocco), The Anointed Jackson Sisters (USA), Illyas Mallev Ensemble (Uzbekistan), Sheikh Habboush and Al Kindi (Syria), Doudou N'Diaye Rose (Senegal), Ulali (USA), Farida and the Maqam Ensemble (Iraq)

Various Brazilian artsts - Forro - Festa do Brasil - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-forro04)
Features Robertinho do Acordeão, Coroné Pereira, Toinho Serrinha, 2e de Onca. The Nordeste territory of Brazil is the poorest and most underdeveloped region in the country. However, in spite of these difficulties, the area has its own unique and thriving cultural identity and is probably the most artistically exciting region of Brazil. Forró, the joyful, informal dances people go to each weekend, have become a kind of cult for dance aficionados.

Baden Powell - At The Rio Jazz Club - $18.99
(cdRoots# hm-iris-3001889)
Live album from the Rio Jazz Club features a great selection of his hits and a few surprises, special because with Powell, every performance is special, unique and of the moment.

Melike - Macar - $13.99
(cdRoots# hm-makar)
Melike breathes new life into the old troubadour songs by creating a Turkish folk style that belongs to the young generation of today. It is a meeting of musicians each with his own roots and background, who come together in the context of Turkish folksongs, influenced and adapted by the Arabic, Turkish, European Jazz and Brazilian idioms they provide. The project was conceived like a novel about Macar and the war.

Leo Minax - Aulanulua - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-minax06)
A Brazilian musician in Madrid, Minax mixes up folkloric aspects from his native state of Minas Gerais with a guitar-led rock aesthetic. This 2006 recording is his musical response to the Madrid train bombings. Sixteen tracks, all original compositions and sung in Portuguese, with Minax on acoustic guitars backed by a guitar,bass,drums band and with a few guest musicians including Arnaldo Antunes, of Tribalistas. The album comes with a free, bonus DVD that includes a 'Making of' documentary and 7 tracks performed live in the studio.

Leo Minax - Aulanulua - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-minax06)
A Brazilian in Madrid, Leo Minax mixes up folkloric aspects from his native state of Minas Gerais with a guitar-rock attitude. Sixteen tracks, all original compositions and sung in Portuguese, with Minax on acoustic guitars backed by a band of guitar, bass and drums with guest musicians including Arnaldo Antunes of Tribalistas. The album comes with a DVD that includes a 'Making of' documentary and 7 tracks performed live in the studio.

Moussu T et lei Jovents - Forever Polida - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-moussu06)
Marseille's folk-pop troubadours Moussu T et lei Jovents (Mister T and the Youngsters) present their pateneted mix of charming songs, idiosyncratic vignettes of Marseille life and Occitan culture, with a dash of Recife and Brazil's North-Eas. These are catchy, hook-filled ditties, presented in the same quirky fashion as their cdRoots fave CD, Mademoiselle Marseille, evoking the unique character of France's 'second city' in glorious fashion. Tatu, Blu, Zerbino and Jamilson have crafted another work of artistic joi de vivre. Highly recommended!

Iara Negrete - Brazil Classics - $16.99
(cdRoots# hm-negrete)
A mix of tunes from across the full spectrum of Bossa Nova style, all are performed by a new singer, Iara Negrete, who breathes new life into classic songs by Tom Jobim, Baden Powell, Djalma Ferreira and Heroldo Barbosa.

Omar Sosa - Afreecanos - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-ota1019)
A new studio album brings together musicians from Africa, Cuba, Brazil, and France to celebrate jazz and Latin musics, fusing elements of folk tradition with Afro-Cuban roots into contemporary jazz expression that is lush and dream-like. The arrangements feature a horn section, adding an array of traditional and modern flutes, kora, ngoni, guitar-sitar, batá, timbales, kongoman, m'bira, and talking drum. Musicians include drummer Julio Barreto, woodwind player Leandro Saint-Hill, singer/drummer Lázaro Galarraga, timbalero Orestes Vilató (all from Cuba); Mozambican bassist Childo Tomas; vocalist Mola Sylla and kora player Ali Boulo Santo from Senegal; trumpet player Stéphane Belmondo and multi-instrumentalist Christophe Disco Minck from France; and percussionist Baba Sissoko and flute player Ali Wague from Mali. An impressive and original new work.

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