H3FK
Nubiska Natter
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.
Riccardo Tesi
PresenteRemoto
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.
The Green Arrows
4-track Recording Sessions
The Green Arrows were an important part of the Zimbabwean music scene in the 1970s, fusing the different rhythms of the region into one unique sound. This compilation presents 20 critical tracks that the Green Arrows recorded from 1974 –1979, all well-remastered. Carefully prepared 24-page bookletincludes a complete history of the band (edited by Banning Eyre), a full detailed discography, and numerous rare photographs and artifacts. After a long absence from performance, the band reunited on stage on the last day of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) on May 1, 2005.
Les Amazones de Guinee
Wamato
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
Tenareze
Aral
The five musicians Tenarèze use the theme of water, one of the main political and humanitarian issues of the twenty-first century. With their original instruments (most of which they conceived of and built themselves) and songs sung in the Occitan language, they fly over the borders of imaginary lands to draw their own personal map of the world. Marc Anthony (electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy), Laurent Rousseau (guitar), Alain Cadeillan (vocals, alboka, bagpipes and invented instruments), Olivier Hestin (percussion) and Bernard Subert (clarinet, bass clarinet, bagpipes and water-drums).
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iPercussonici
Tuttipari
The "marranzano", Sicilian for jew's harp is the core of this band from Catania. In this project there is all of Sicily, the ancient Trinacria and the modern island as different rhythms and instruments intertwine with the sound of an electrified jew's harp and the beat of primitive drums. Dum dum and didjeridoo become the drum n' bass for the syncopated, psychedelic raids of the electric jew's harp; tambourine and djembè create African-Sicilian rhythms, with the voice switching between sea and urban chants, serenade and ragamuffin. Sicily is celebrated and criticized with energy, involvement, collectivity and passion.
Sacha Silva
Anatomy of a Coup
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
Masha and Marjan Vahdat
Songs From a Persian Garden
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
Mattias Perez Trio
MP3
With focus on Swedish traditional music and a great interest in making own arrangements and composing new music, MP3 was founded three years ago. The group has performed together in many different concerts and dance events around Sweden and abroad, offereing vibrant music played with a lot of joy as well as expertise. The musicians: Mattias Pérez - guitar, 12-sting guitar, mandola, mouth-harp (Jew's harp); Mia Gustafsson - violin, voice; Nina Anderberg - violin
Balla Et Ses Balladins
Authenticité: The Syliphone Years
2 CD collection by one of Guinea's most interesting and influencial bands. Listen
Yggdrasil
Live in Rudolstadt
Recorded at various 2003 concerts Kristian Blak and Yggdrasil focus on original compositions Blak and interpretations of folk material from the North Atlantic: Faroese ballads, hymns, rhymes, Inuit songs, Shetland tunes and their own blend of ethno-world interpretations with a definitive jazz edge. Features the wonderful vocalist Eivor Palisdottir.
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Rail Band w/Salif Keita and Mory Kanté
Volume 2: Mansa
Stern's Rail Band retrospective (compiled by Ibrahima Sylla) includes recordings from the 14-year span of 1970 to1983. Volume 2: Mansa includes five tracks with Salif Keita, five with Mory Kanté (including the title track, a 12-minute epic recorded in 1975), and eight others featuring singers Magan Ganessy or Djelimady Sissoko.
Luftstrak
Siska
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.
Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective
Watina
Belize music star Palacio's first US release is an all-star affair that shows off the diversity of Central America's Garifuna culture in a contemporary tour-de-force of melody and rhythm. Each track on Wátina is based on a traditional Garifuna rhythm and all of the lyrics are in the Garifuna language.
Riccardo Tesi
Accordeon Diatonique
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
Jonas Knutsson and Horn Please
Horn Please!
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
Dazibao
E40
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.
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L'essential - Pamelo Mounk’a
- 21.99
Volume one of a three CD series by the great Congolese artist. An friend and occasional colleague of Rochereau, Mounk’a (who died in 1996) was a key member of Les Bantous de la Capitale from the 60s into the 80s. However, a major part of his musical legacy was the series of albums he recorded with a small group in Paris in the late 70s and early 80s. Produced by Eddy Gustave and featuring singer Lea Lignazi, guitarist Master Mwana Congo, bass player Pablo Lubadika and drummer Domingo Salsero, these albums epitomized the international style of soukous in the years when it was an innovative yet irresistible new genre. Now Syllart has compiled the best of his Paris sessions in three albums. Listen
L'indispensable - Pamelo Mounk’a
- 21.99
Volume two of a three CD series by the great Congolese artist. An friend and occasional colleague of Rochereau, Mounk’a (who died in 1996) was a key member of Les Bantous de la Capitale from the 60s into the 80s. However, a major part of his musical legacy was the series of albums he recorded with a small group in Paris in the late 70s and early 80s. Produced by Eddy Gustave and featuring singer Lea Lignazi, guitarist Master Mwana Congo, bass player Pablo Lubadika and drummer Domingo Salsero, these albums epitomized the international style of soukous in the years when it was an innovative yet irresistible new genre. Now Syllart has compiled the best of his Paris sessions in three albums. Listen
L'incontournable - Pamelo Mounk’a
- 21.99
Volume three of a three CD series by the great Congolese artist. An friend and occasional colleague of Rochereau, Mounk’a (who died in 1996) was a key member of Les Bantous de la Capitale from the 60s into the 80s. However, a major part of his musical legacy was the series of albums he recorded with a small group in Paris in the late 70s and early 80s. Produced by Eddy Gustave and featuring singer Lea Lignazi, guitarist Master Mwana Congo, bass player Pablo Lubadika and drummer Domingo Salsero, these albums epitomized the international style of soukous in the years when it was an innovative yet irresistible new genre. Now Syllart has compiled the best of his Paris sessions in three albums. Listen
All three Paris sessions CDs for a special price - Pamelo Mounk’a
- 60.49
All three of the three CD series by the great Congolese artist at a special price.
Silent City - Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider
- 18.99
Kayhan Kalhor has performed and recorded with Iran's greatest singers and instrumentalists and toured the world as a soloist. He co-founded the Dastan, Ghazal and Masters of Persian Music ensembles and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de Lyon, and others. In addition to his work as a performer, Kalhor's compositions have been used for various television and film projects. He is also is an original member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project and his works are heard on all of the Ensemble's albums. Three of his recordings, including his two previous World Village releases, Faryad and Without You, were nominated for Grammy® Awards. The innovative, genre-bending string quartet Brooklyn Rider (Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violins, Nicholas Cords, viola and Eric Jacobsen, cello), is named for the members' beloved New York borough and Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) — a German expressionist movement that flourished during the early twentieth century. The quartet has been challenging and delighting audiences ever since its inception by dividing its time between exploring traditional classical repertoire, new music and fervently adventurous intercultural explorations. Aside from their affiliation with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, Brooklyn Rider has worked with composers such as Chen Yi and Kayhan Kalhor and performers such as violinist Jenny Scheinman and visual artist Kevork Mourad.
Sentimental Streak - Catherine Russell
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A collection of songs that hightlight this jazz singers vocal range. 14 tracks of jazz, blues and torch songs recorded at Levon Helm Studios by producer Larry Campbell (who has recorded Dylan, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, and Abbey Lincoln and adds his own mandolin, guitar, resonator guitar, violin, and pedal steel). Matt Munisteri on guitar and banjo, Lee Hudson on acoustic bass, and Larry Ham or Mark Shane on piano with guest musicians include Byron Isaacs of Ollabelle on acoustic bass, Rachelle Garniez on accordion, James Wormworth on drums, Howard Johnson on tuba, and from the Levon Helm Band, Steven Bernstein on trumpet, cornet, and slide trumpet, Erik Lawrence on saxophones, and Brian Mitchell on piano.
Vestida de Vida - Susana Baca
- 18.99
Susana Baca is from a coastal fishing village near Lima, Peru. A performer as well as a researcher, in her music she blends traditional forms with contemporary sounds, backed by a band which features such indigenous Peruvian instruments as the cajón ("wooden box"), guapeo (clay pot), and quijada (jawbone of a donkey), alongside acoustic guitar and double bass. Set to lyrics by some of Latin America's premier poets, her songs are rich with evocative imagery and deeply felt, sung in a voice that is delicate yet soulful.
Gnawa - Home Songs - VA
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The village of Tamesloht is a holy place in the arid lands south of Marrakech. Between the call to prayer and the humming of insects, its sound universe is inhabited by sub-Saharan Africa and age-old migrations. Gnawa Home Songs shines the spotlight on a number of exceptional soloists - stirring vocalists or virtuoso players of the three-stringed guembri lute. Listen in as the old masters Hamid Kasri and Amida Boussou join forces with young stars such as Hassan Boussou, founder of the band Séwaryé. Beautifully packaged as a small hard cover book, this is a unique document of an extraordinary living tradition.
Princes Amongst Men - VA
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New Zealand writer Garth Cartwright's 2005 book of the same name explored the music and the culture of the Roma communities surviving in the Balkan countries of Serbia, Macedonia, Romania and Bulgaria. Tracking down much of the music mentioned in the book (which "reads like a road movie," in the opinion of Mojo) had been difficult - until now. Here is a generous sampler that illuminates the genius of Gypsy music in the Balkans. This who-is-who of Roma musicians includes Taraf de Haidouks, Boban Markovi?, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Toni Iordache, Ko?ani Orkestar, and the inimitable Esma Redžepova, along with a host of unfamiliar voices awaiting discovery. (Most tracks have been previously released)
Dreams Of Breathing Underwater - Eliza Carthy
- 19.99
An set of original pop tunes from the English roots star is political, witty and lyrical. With guests John Spiers, Jon Boden, Ben Ivitsky, Willie Molleson, Martin Green, Eddie Reader, Tim Matthew, others. Presented in trifold digipak, with 16-page color booklet, including full lyrics. Highly recommended
Samjanitha - U. Shrinivas
- 16.99
Electric mandolin in classical and modern Indian style, featuring guest John McLaughlin.
Authentic Rare Bluegrass: Independent Label Sides 1951-54 - VA
- 28.99
4 CDs, 100-cut collection of artists who recorded for smaller labels such as Mutual, Blue Ridge, among others. Featuring Wade Mainer and The Mountaineers, Bill Clifton and his Dixie Mountain Boys, Larry Richardson and Happy Smith, Jim Eanes and His Shenandoah Valley Boys, others.
Little Walter and The Kings Of The Blues Harmonica: Blowin' and Suckin' - VA
- 27.99
4 CD, comprehensive set of early harmonica masters, presented in both solo and accompanied settings. Featuring a whole slew of harp greats such as Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Terry, Billy Boy Arnold, Walter Horton, Slim Harpo, Junior Wells, others - with 2 whole CDs spotlighting the genius of Little Walter. 108 cuts, including "Decoration Blues," "I Wish You Would," "I'm A King Bee," "Hoodoo Man," "Boom, Boom, Out Go The Lights," "Mellow Down Easy," more.
Uccelli - Teatro Settimo
- 17.99
The soundtrack of the theatre version of Aristophanes' "The Birds" presented at the Spoleto Festival in June 1996 as performed by Banda Osiris, Aringa & Verdurini, Paolo Pizzimenti, Anna Coppola and many other singers and musicians from the Italian music world.
Ahnaria - Elisa Vellia
- 18.99
Greek singer-songwriter Elisa Vellia Vellia left Athens for London at the age of 21, where she discovered the singular beauty of the Celtic harp. She devoted herself to mastering this instrument, working with some of the major figures in the world of the Irish and Scottish harp. This musical passion eventually led her to Brittany, where she found the ideal place for her own music: that of a cultural identity without borders. Her unique voice and playing evoke the entire range of cultures clustered around the fascinating and mysterious sea that is the Mediterranean. The booklet includes complete song texts and English translations.
Volume 2: Mansa - Rail Band w/Salif Keita and Mory Kanté
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The Malian National Railways formed the Rail Band du Buffet Hôtel de la Gare de Bamako to entertain guests at the hotel adjacent to the central train station in Bamako, but that unpromising origin belied how excellent a band it was and what an impact it made right from the get-go in 1970. The lead singer was a young man named Salif Keita. The band's dynamic fusion of jeliya and other traditional Malian forms with rock, blues and Latin music was audacious and brilliant. Salif Keita went on to start his own band, Les Ambassadeurs, in 1972, but by then another talented singer, Mory Kanté (who really was a jeli and not only sang but also played balafon) had joined the Rail Band. Around the same time the band hired a new guitarist, Djelimady Tounkara. Tounkara now leads the Super Rail Band. The three-volume Rail Band retrospective (compiled by Ibrahima Sylla) is not organized chronologically. Each 2-CD volume includes recordings from the 14-year span of 1970 to1983. Volume 2: Mansa includes five tracks with Salif Keita, five with Mory Kanté (including the title track, a 12-minute epic recorded in 1975), and eight others featuring singers Magan Ganessy or Djelimady Sissoko.
Desert Blues 3: Entre Dunes et Savanes - VA
- 38.99
Third volume of this wonderful series from Network Medien, 2 CDs and excellent book of notes and pictures. Featured artists include Khaled, Malouma, Dhafer Youssef, Gigi, Amadou and Mariam, Ali Farka Touré, Rokia Traoré, the Kronos Quartet and Tinariwen. All of this is complemented by new discoveries and first releases, plus a handsome long-box booklet full of photographs and intelligent text.
Sospiro - Faraualla
- 17.99
Sospiro (whisper) is the third recording by the female vocal ensemble Faraualla. The name of the group derives from a deep hollow in the Murgia, the plateau of Puglia, a mysterious place that has inspired singers Teresa Vallarella, Gabriella Schiavone, Loredana Perrini and Paola Arnesano. They are joined by percussionists Cesare Pastanella and Pippo Ark D'Ambrosio.
Tuttipari - ipercussonici
- 17.99
The “marranzano”, Sicilian for jew's harp is the core of this band from Catania. In this project there is all of Sicily, the ancient Trinacria and the modern island as different rhythms and instruments intertwine with the sound of an electrified jew's harp and the beat of primitive drums. Dum dum and didjeridoo become the drum n' bass for the syncopated, psychedelic raids of the electric jew's harp; tambourine and djembè create African-Sicilian rhythms, with the voice switching between sea and urban chants, serenade and ragamuffin. Sicily is celebrated and criticized with energy, involvement, collectivity and passion.
Fuori dal Paradiso - Piero Brega
- 17.99
One of the most beautiful voices of Italian popular music, winner of the Ciampi Award in 2005 with his debut record "Come Li Viandanti", is back with his second work, "Fuori dal paradiso", a record of original songs written by Brega and Martire, arranged by Mark Hamlyn and produced in collaboration with the Gianni Bosio Club. The record, twelve tracks, expresses the origins and the relevance of Brega's music, who, since his beginnings in the '70's with the Canzoniere del Lazio, has always loved the contamination of the tradition with the driving force of the rhythmic instruments. Also in "Fuori dal paradiso" music and words flow in a series of tales and colours, moving from waltzes to ethnic suggestions. Brega is in love with Rome and with its dialect, and gives us a well-balanced record in which personal stories mix easily with fantastic tales.
Cromozome: Musique Traditionnelle des Alpes Occidentales - Trouveur Valdotèn
- 17.99
Following its path of deep ethno-musicological research in the Western Alps, the ensemble tries to give a live, contemporary dimension to the cultural expression of the region and a defense of the special nature of Valle d'Aosta, a Francophone region in the Italian state.
Baqshish - Francesco Banchini
- 17.99
Banchini’s previous works have taken him from the study of classical and Medieval music to music therapy to southern Italian folk music to the traditions of Balkans and the Mediterranean. This is a CD bursting with colour and flavour, where original compositions blend with traditional Mediterranean songs and melodies. As well as various types of clarinet he plays nay, flute, chalumeaux, piano, while his own voice broadens the sound further. Accompanying him on the record are a group of fine musicians including Davide Della Monica (guitar), Cristiano Della Monica (percussion), Francesco Migliaccio (accordion) and Manuela Salinaro (darabouka, cajon, frame drums).
4-track Recording Sessions - The Green Arrows
- 15.99
The Green Arrows were an important part of the Zimbabwean music scene in the 1970s, fusing the different rhythms of the region into one unique sound. This compilation presents 20 critical tracks that the Green Arrows recorded from 1974 –1979, all well-remastered. Carefully prepared 24-page bookletincludes a complete history of the band (edited by Banning Eyre), a full detailed discography, and numerous rare photographs and artifacts. After a long absence from performance, the band reunited on stage on the last day of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) on May 1, 2005.
Take One - Hallelujah Chicken Run Band
- 15.99
In 1973,Thomas Mapfumo helped form the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band and, for the first time, began to shift his music away from Western-influenced rock and explore the traditional music of his Shona people, transcribing the scale of the traditional instrument mbira (or thumb piano) to guitar with his guitarist Joshua Dube. The HCR Band was one of the first to develop the staccato style of guitar for which Zimbabwe is known today, and was also one of the first modern groups to sing in the traditional Shona language – a major act of liberation and an act of protest against the Rhodesian government. This compilation presents 18 of the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band’s biggest and most influential hits, recorded from 1974–1979 and all painstakingly remastered. Take One is a mixture of songs of liberation alongside poignant love songs. Carefully prepared 24-page booklet with a complete history of the band was edited by renowned critic Banning Eyre, with a full detailed discography, and numerous rare photographs and ar
Talou Lena - Mounira Mitchala
- 17.99
Singer and songwriter Mounira Mitchala could be one of Africa's rising stars. The themes that inspire her songs concern such weighty matters as forced marriages, the expansion of the desert, peace and reconciliation between Chadians, discrimination against AIDS sufferers and war in general. Drawing on traditional rhythms and music of Chad, to which she has added modern instruments and arrangements, Mitchala is creating her own unique style.
Bailata - Beata Soderberg and JusTango
- 18.99
As a student in NY, Swedish-born cellist Beata Söderberg discovered the world of Argentinean tango. Walking into a New York milonga one day, she was taken by the intensity, energy and passion of the dance and began to compose original tangos. Her writing gives a fresh twist to the sound of the classic quintet (violin, piano, bandonéon, bass and drums) by making the cello its lead voice. Her ensemble, JusTango, consists of Cristian Zárate (piano and director), Horacio Romo (bandonéon), Roberto Tormo (double bass), José Luis Colzani (percussion), with guest César Angeleri (guitar).
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
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