Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, Crouch End Festival Chorus, David Temple - GLASS: Itaipu, Three Songs for Choir a Capella - $18.98
(cdRoots# hm-omm-0063)
Itaipu is a large-scale work for orchestra and chorus composed by Philip Glass for the Atlanta Symphony and was premiered there under the baton of Robert Shaw in 1989. Orange Mountain Music presents this re-mastered recording of the work (originally released on RCM) featuring the renowned Los Angeles Master Chorale under the direction of Grant Gershon. Itaipu, a symphonic portrait for chorus and orchestra, was inspired by the giant hydro-electric dam in Brazil and is part of a series of the composer's works involving depictions of man's relationship to nature. The libretto is taken from the creation myth of the Guarani, and is sung in the Guarani language. The album is rounded out by the Crouch End Festival Chorus performing Philip Glass' Three Songs for Choir a Cappella (originally issued on Silva Screen) set to texts by Leonard Cohen, Raymond Levesque and Octavio Paz.

Lokua Kanza - Nkolo - $18.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv479043)
Kanza draws on sounds from his father’s village and his native Lingala tongue. A devout Christian, Kanza started out singing in the church in Kinshasha. Kanza, who now lives mainly in Brazil, was known as "The Brazilian" from an early age. The album' is a mixture of ndombolo [Congolese dance music] and samba, but Kanza also introduces instruments from outside these traditions, such as an ondes Martenot and a cristal Baschet (similar to a glass harmonica). Sung in Lingala, Portuguese and French, Nkolo is a strong cross-cultural mix, a blend of melody and atmosphere, with aesthetics defy simple catogorrization. Listen to Elanga Ya Muinda and Dipano

BalkanBeats - A Night in Berlin - $18.99
(cdRoots# hm-pir2338)
Robert Soko has been throwing parties in Berlin since 1993. He was the first to coin the term BalkanBeats to try and define his mix of music from the Balkans. BalkanBeats are Serbian Gypsy brass and folk melodies reinterpreted, given electronic beats and blended with western styles such as ska and rock. In the recent past the phenomenon has caught on in other cities around the world where Balkan immigrants live. BalkanBeats parties rave all the way from Frankfurt and Vienna to New York and Melbourne. Robert grew up in Zenica, central Bosnia, listening to western music: rock and roll, punk and ska. In 1990 he left Bosnia for Berlin. He took a job as a taxi driver and started hanging out at the Arcanoa, a punk bar in Berlin's immigrant quarter Kreuzberg with his ex-pat friends. The Arcanoa became their second home. Soko put on his first parties there, playing his Yugo music for fifty German marks and beer for free. He celebrated socialist holidays: Tito's birthday, Day of Women. May First. The parties were a mix of irony and nostalgia and Soko was surprised to see how many people came, as nostalgia for Yugoslav socialism was not the 'in thing' in those days of growing Balkan nationalism. And yet the parties grew. Then something happened. After years of listening and playing western-derived rock, punk and ska, Soko found himself returning to his ethnic Balkan music roots, the roots he had rejected as a youth in Bosnia. This was largely due to two figures, Goran Bregovic and Emir Kusturica. Bregovic who revamped Balkan Gypsy melodies, making Balkan music palatable for a western audience, and Kusturica, for whose Gypsy inspired films Bregovic did the soundtracks. And Soko played new/old Balkan music. And people loved it. Women grooved to it. Guys pogoed to it. It was a sensation. The press took notice. From the Arcanoa, Soko moved onwards and upwards, first to the Mudd Club, then to the Lido, all the while spreading the party fever to other cities around Europe, to New York, L.A., South Africa and Brazil. The enhanced CD features a Slideshow, which takes the viewer through a BalkanBeats night in Berlin with music by Fanfare Ciocarlia. Listen tp Markovic Orchestar | Listen to dunklebunt

various artists - Great Jewish Music: Jacob Do Bandolim - $9.99
(cdRoots# tzadik-7192)
The music of the virtuoso Brazilian mandolinist performed by Basya Schecter, Carla Kihlstedt, Tim Sparks, Anat Cohen and other musicians from the Tzadik Records artists group. From folky to edgy, interesting reinterpretations of this seminal Brazilian artist.

Cascabulho - Hunger Gives You A Headache - $9.99
(cdRoots# hm-pir1469)
Cascabulho is one of the most creative and impressive bands formed in the 1990's in Recife, Pernambuco, Northeast Brasil. They are part of the 'mangue beat' movement, a youthful forro sound. Their creative use of local and global influences results in Brazilian music of high quality. 'Fome dá dor de cabeça,' the band's first album (2000), is dedicated to the memory of the performer, composer and revolutionary musician Jackson do Pandeiro. Listen!

Uxia - Eterno Navegar - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv498024)
The 2008 release by the remarkble Galician singer Uxía is rooted in her native Galicia's tradition, but pulls together the music of Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde and making them her own. Produced by Uxía and Paulo Borges, the Portuguese pianist and composer from Azores Islands, these tracks showcase Uxía's melodious and intimate voice in a perfect set of 15 settings. The Lusophone musicians who contribute to this exploration include Sara Tavares, Tito Paris, Jon Luz, Zeca Medeiros, Julio Pereira, João Afonso, Paulo de Carvalho and Ruben Santos, Anxo Quinto Pinto and Quim Farinha. Highly recommended.

Renato Borghetti - Fandango! - $17.99
(cdRoots# rd-8147)
Accordionist Borghetti is a local superstar in Rio Grande do Sul in Southern Brazil. The musicial gaúcho has revised, adapted and modernized the regional music. he combines the sounds of the Argentinian pampa with central European, Italian and French elements into a modern mix of milonga, polka, TexMex and musette with Brazilian and global pop, jazz and tango, adapting each of those forms to his accordion. Artful, elegant and full of energy!

Swami Jr. - Outra Praia - $18.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv479029)
Outra Praia (Another Beach) is a case of a supporting actor emphatically and justifiably stealing the limelight. Swami Jr. has long been a highly sought-after producer, arranger, composer and guitarist who has worked with musical talent from Brazil and further afield. He recorded and toured with Chico César for ten years and has accompanied and/or produced Omara Portuondo, Vanessa da Mata, Elba Ramalho, Zélia Duncan, Elza Soares, Zeca Baleiro, Tom Zé, Lokua Kanza, Mayra Andrade, Dori Caymmi and more. This is the debut solo album for Swami Jr. as he establishes himself alongside these cohorts as a major new name in Música Popular Brasileira. Listen and Listen

Tucan trio - Tucan - $12.99
(cdRoots# nada-16)
Israel based trio of guitar, flute and percussion, plus vocals, delves into an original interpretation of Brazilian and Latin music that is light and breezy, all acoustic and unique.

Antonia Font - Taxi - $16.99
(cdRoots# medi-font)
Antònia Font is a great folk-rooted rock band from Catalunya, Spain. This is a CD recording, plus a free DVD video (PAL format). The music is fresh and charming, with hints of Brazilian pop and folk, great Catalanian poetry and folk and a strong sense of absurdity and subtle humor. The sweet humor comes forth on the free DVD video included, a short musical film called "Acronia i col-lapse del Dr Polanski," a story of 19th century space travel, robots, moon rabbits and ultimately, romance.

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.

Orquestra Imperial - Carnaval So Ano Que Vem - $18.99
(cdRoots# st-tot02)
The long-awaited debut by the Brazilian group, a 19 piece band that includes Kassin, Domenico, Moreno Veloso trio, Thalma de Freitas, Wilson das Neves (Ipanemas) and many more talented artists from the Brazilian rock, pop and electronica scene. Orquestra Imperial offers a panoramic snap-shot of Brazil's new generation of creative talent and their collective interpretation on the golden-age of samba is neither sepia toned or nostalgic - it's kaleidoscopic. Listen

Omara Portuondo - Gracias - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv479021)
Omara Portuondo celebrates her 60-year musical career with a brand new album. Her aim is to revisit the songs that she has found most moving and to work with the songwriters she most admires, such as Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés and Jorge Drexle. These are not, however, the only star guests on this recording. If the list were not already impressive enough, other great names include Chucho Valdés, African musician Richard Bona and Brazilian Chico Buarque. The primary group consists of three musicians that Portuondo has worked with in the past - pianist Roberto Fonseca, guitarist and musical director Swami Jr. and percussionist Andrés Coayo, along with the Israeli double bassist Avishai Cohen and percussionist Trilok Gurtu. Listen (Quicktime)

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.

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 - Forro For All 2 - $15.99
(cdRoots# st-forro2)
Once the party music of Brazil's rustic northeast, forró is now for all the fun-loving in cities around the world. Marked by it's hard rhythm, its tight percussion and of course, the accordion, this collection spotlights a number of different ensembles oyu may never have heard of.

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.

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.

Various Cuban - Out Of Cuba: Latin American Music Takes Africa By Storm - $special order
(cdRoots# topic-927)
This HMV GV series is a catalogue of roughly 250 double sided 78rpm discs issued between 1933 and about 1958, comprising almost entirely Latin music, mainly from Cuba but also from Puerto Rico and Brazil. It drew on recordings originated by Gramaphone and Victor (hence the GV prefix). The series was aimed initially at the West African market, but subsequently reached and became very popular across the entire African continent, particularly in the Congos. This CD provides a snapshot of what African musicians heard as they listened to the GV recordings on record, on the radio and live in local bars.

Altiplano and Siyavush Kerimi - Transatlantic Non-stop - $18.99
(cdRoots# kkv-316)
Altiplano from Ecuador and Chile and Siyavush Kerimi from Azerbaijan have created a unique and uplifting recording together. 'Salam-Hola' was the working title of the project, suggesting just what you hear, a striking mix of South American moods and Brazilian samba twists, sliding into the oriental Mugam improvisations with unexpected turns. The Andes and Caucasus seem to have an affinity, at least when brought together by these musicians.

Various - The Spirit of Fes (2 CD set - special sale price) - $14.99
(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)

Orquestra De Frevo - Vassourinhas De Olinda - $16.99
(cdRoots# pan-175)
Hot brassband dance music from Pernambuco, north-east Brazil

Vivien Ellis - The Dawn Songs - $17.99
(cdRoots# hojo-dawn)
Well known for her work with Alva, Sinfonye and The Dufay Collective, she is equally at ease with world music, mediaeval songs and contemporary ballads she interprets an astonishing range of material in her new, multi-genre CD. The album encompasses the English tradition, Brazilian samba; Appalachian spiritual; troubadour song in Occitan; Irish, Scots/Gaelic and Bulgarian folk music, as well as new dawn songs by contemporary writers. With instrumentation that includes fiddle, accordion, guitars, drums and electric bass, lute and viol, loops and effects – this is a richly varied album that embraces both the spare beauty of ancient song and full-on 21st century soundscapes.

Juju Duarte - Da Rua Dos Ossos - $17.99
(cdRoots# st-ahr009)
An charming album of samba, bossa nova and pagode sung by Juju Duarte and accompanied by old friends in his house in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Sweet and simple, a dreamy, perfect acoustic music.

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.

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).

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!

Tania Libertad - Negro Color - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-libertad04)
Libertad again pays homage to her Afro-Peruvian roots, but the arrangements for the album are more delicate and less dance oriented than previousr projects devoted to this repertoire. Libertad is at her most compelling on thoughtful and contemplative tracks like 'Dos gardenias,' where her voice floats angelically above a sparse piano accompaniment. Not limiting herself to music of her homeland, Libertad also includes a powerful rendition of Brazilian composer Chico Buarque's 'Funeral of a Farm Worker.' Libertad's shimmering voice rules thsi recording- clear, intense and always beautiful.

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.

Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng - Afrijazz - $15.99
(cdRoots# innova-583)
Afrijazz is percussionist Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng's shout-out to the inspirational spirits of Monk, Randy Weston, Max Roach, Anthony Braxton, Chief Bey and a host of kindred others. Kwaku brings together the sounds of his native land with African-Brazilian, Jamaican and African American strains, in an imaginative recording whose genius reveals its embedded subtleties only gradually.' - RootsWorld

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.

Oswaldinho - Um Bom Forro - $17.99
(cdRoots# msi-oswaldinho1)
More accordion music from the unique Rio-born Brazilian master

Paulinho da Viola - Meu Tempo é Hoje - $16.99
(cdRoots# msi-bf561)
fRoots says: The soundtrack of a biographical film of the same name, Meu Tempo é Hoje (My Time Is Today) conveys that unquenched longing Brazilians call saudade. Take Marisa Monte's plaintive interpretation of the Pixinguniha classic Carinhoso, with a most understated guitar and vocal accompaniment by da Viola; Amélia Rabello's delicate interplay with the master on his own Ruas de Sonhei; or the exquisite female vocal trio of Íris, Julieta and Eliane Faria (presumably family) on Pra Fugar da Saudade. Long-standing singing partner Elton Medeiros contributed the latter, and joins da Viola on an affectionate medley of several more Medeiros compositions. Collaborators of late, Brazil's foremost choro-jazz ensemble Nó em Pingo d'Água (look for their da Viola tribute album) accompanies on his own Um Sarau Para Raphael.

Cabruera - Proibido Cochilar - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-pir1999)
Cabruêra present 'the next generation of samba' on a CD subtitled 'Sambas for Sleepless Nights.' Inspired by the Mangue Beat movement led by the late great Chico Science, this ensemble from the northeast of Brazil spice up the forró roots of their rural origins with urban-global influences - rock, funk, jazz, rap, reggae, jungle, eElectro, even a bit of retro-lounge all find a place in here.

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.

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