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Didier Laloy - Invite...s - $17.99
(cdRoots# wbm-053)
A CD and DVD set recorded live at 'Festival d'Art de Huy' by the Flemish accordionist and a large array of guests including Wim Claeys, Gabriel Yacoub, Tref, Trio Trad, Panta Rhei and members of Lais. DVD presents different songs than the CD, but it is PAL format... may work on US computers or multi-region DVD players... buyer beware.

various DVD - Norsk Folkemusikk fra NRK's fjernsynarchiv - $22.99
(cdRoots# talik2-070)
DVD presents over 4 hours of audio/video recordings of traditional (very) music from the Norwegian national broadcasting archives. The recordings go from the 1940s into the 1990s and offer a rare look at the traditional singers, at home, palying and singing the old tunes and songs.

VA - The Adventures of Prince Rama (cd/DVD) - $22.99
(cdRoots# hm-ac123)
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.

Eccentric Sound System - Concierto en Directo: Etnosur, Encuentro de Culturas - $13.99
(cdRoots# yy-eccentricdvd)
PAL format DVD - 90 minutes of concert performances plus 40 minutes of extras. In Spanish

Fanfare Ciocarlia - Gyspy Brass Legends (PAL-DVD) - $16.99
(cdRoots# yy-fanfaredvd)
The Story of the Band' includes a one hour concert in Berlin, the one hour documentary film "Iag Bari" plus various other text and grpahic goodies

Center of Jewish Poems and Piyyut in Ashdod - Shirat HaBakashot (PAL DVD) - $18.5
(cdRoots# yy-mgdvd049)
DVD of Shirat HaBakashot (Song of Requests) - a collection of piyyutim (Jewish liturgical poems) sung by the synagogue attendees, mainly on Shabbat (Saturday) and Jewish holidays. The Bakashot prayer on this DVD is sung during the Jewish New Year High Holidays, and is performed by Rabbi David Edery and the "Center of Jewish Poems and Piyyut in Ashdod" choir. The singing is in the a-capella style (with no instrumental accompaniment), while the singers are sited at tables laid out with delicacies - all this in the best Jewish tradition requirement. The viewer of this DVD experiences the Jewish tradition and holiday spirits, as if he is present in the synagogue himself. (PAL format DVD)

Great Big Sea - Courage and Patience and Grit - $16.99
(cdRoots# rounz-1106)
A live concert recording on 2 discs, one CD and one DVD, including traditional and original tracks such as "Captain Kidd," "Sea of No Cares," "Scolding Wife," "Jack Hinks," and more. The DVD features an additional four music videos, including a rare clip of a song they recorded with The Chieftains, "Lukey."

Banda Crebinsky - Crabinsky (CD and DVD) - $17.99
(cdRoots# boa-df057)
The Crebinsky Band is defined as a "small folk orchestra emerged from an imaginary universe." The Crebinsky Band is a group of musicians from folk, jazz, rock and experimental or classical music. Thus, these musicians compose a diverse melting pot of sounds, garnished with lyrics in Galician, Russian, Castilian, French and Italian. The group consists of eight players led by the composer Pablo Perez and the vocalist from Belarus, Vadim Yukhnevich. Their music is also featured on the DVD of a Galician film called Crebinsky.

Fuxan os Ventos - Terra de Sonos (CD and DVD) - $17.99
(cdRoots# boa-df2038)
Nearly two decades after the group gave its last performance, they gave the Galician public the opportunity to enjoy the highly anticipated return of Fuxan Ventos on stage and in this recording (a CD and a DVD film) from two concerts in Santiago de Compostela on 18 and October 19, 2008, and then after in cities around Galicia). Guests include a who's who of Galician music: Xabier Díaz, Guadi Galego, Uxía, Mercedes Peon, Ferreirós Pepe, Rodrigo Nova Roma and Galega de Danza, backed by a band led by Xosé Lois Romero, the architect of the instrumental arrangements for this project in that band includes such prominent musicians as Guillen Fernandez, Benxamín Otero, Roi Adrio, Simon Garcia and Saiva Nova String Quartet.

Mahmoud Ahmed and Either Orchestra - Ethniogroove (DVD) - $14.99
(cdRoots# buda-dvd154)
A film by Anais Prosic follows the Ethiopian star and the American jazz band as they discover each others music and prepare for a concert. Includes documentary and a full 2006 concert. DVD, multi-zone, NTSC (North American) format.

Various - Congotronics Vol 2 (CD/DVD - PAL format) - $22.99
(cdRoots# cram-29)
Hot on the heels of the remarkable Congotronics 1 is a fresh selection of even more amazing sounds, courtesy of no less than seven electro-traditional bands from Kinshasa, all especially recorded and produced for this set and featuring Sobanza Mimanisa, Kasai Allstars, Kisanzi Congo, Masanka Sankayi, Bolia We Ndenge, Basokin, Konono N°1 and Tulu. Complete CD and video perforrmances on DVD (video disc is PAL format). Aptly subtitled 'Buzz'n'Rumble from the Urb'n'Jungle.' If you loved Konono No. 1, you will be equally enthralled by these other bands. See also: Congotronics 1

Taraf de Haiduks - The continuing adventures of… (CD and DVD) - $22.99
(cdRoots# cram-tdh-dvd)
A DVD film (PAL format) and accompanying audio CD present the brigands of Balkan Gyopsy music live in concert, a 52 minute film, an 'on the road' documentary, and a clip from the film Latcho Drom. Musically brilliant and witty

Miquel Gil with Savinna Yannatou - En Concert (CD and DVD) - $20.99
(cdRoots# gal-gil07)
An epic event: the meeting of two great European singers, and backed by an incredible ensemble made of Primavera en Salonico and Orqestra Arabe de Barcelona. CD and DVD (PAL format, playable on computers and most DVD players). Highly recommended.

Haugaard and Hoirup - Rejsedage/Travelling (CD/DVD) - $19.99
(cdRoots# go-hh5)
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)

Knut Hamre and Benedicte Maurseth - Rosa i Botnen (CD and DVD) - $19.99
(cdRoots# grcd-7206)
A CD and DVD set of traditional hardangar music from Norway, performed by a group of some of the country's best musicians: Nils Økland (Hardanger Fiddle, Fiddle, Viola D'amore), Benedicte Maurseth (Hardanger Fiddle), Knut Hamre (Hardanger Fiddle), Håkon Mørch (Percussion) and Sigbjørn Apeland (Organ).

The Henrys - Is This Tomorrow (2 discs) - $15.99
(cdRoots# henrys-tomorrow)
The new CD/DVD combo from this most eclectic band is coming in late June, 2009. This is not just a CD, it is a CD/DVD package. 2-disc set is about 2 hours of music, copious photography, home theatre (5.1) sound, a pdf file with song info, and the tactile kicks of the 3x2 panel recycled paper digipak packaging. Highly Recommended

Angelique Ionatos - Comme un jardin la nuit (2 CDs) - $28.99
(cdRoots# hm-ac128)
Ionatos is joined by the young Greek singer Katerina Fotinaki for a collection of duets with guitar, recorded live. The deluxe CD-Book packaging includes a bonus DVD with selections from the concert. Ionatos describes their 'walk in a garden at night' as a meeting that was ordained by destiny. She says, "When we meet people I do not think it happens by chance. I believe that we meet because we are meant to do so. When the time is right. Katerina Fotinaki is the 'little' sister I would have liked to have…I feel as if we were distant cousins who once played together among the same trees in the same gardens."

Yildirim Levent - Neverland Fusion - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-cdm2741508)
The leader of a new generation of darbuka players in Turkey, inspired by both the Egyptian and Turkish traditions and by the technique of the Indian maestros. This new album contains two solo pieces, but the bulk of the eight tracks feature him playing with both traditional instruments and contemporary electronics and programming in a fusion of styles. The disc is accompanied by a free bonus DVD with live and studio footage and an interview.

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 Artists - Festival in the Desert: the film (DVD) - $23.99
(cdRoots# hm-festdes-dvd)
Lionel Brouet's documentary about the 2003 Festival in the Desert tells the story of the event, and does so in a uniquely compelling and atmospheric way. Bonus features include an interview with event organizer Issa Dicko about the Touaregs and a photo gallery. Live performance footage and interviews with participating artists offer a magical journey seen through the eyes of those who attended the festival. This 52-minute documentary on DVD is in French with English subtitles.

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.

Brahim El Belkani, Sibiri Samaké - Wijdan: The Mystery of Gnawa Trance Music (DVD) - $special order
(cdRoots# hm-mo103)
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)

Ojos de Brujo - Touring Bari (Girando Barí) - $27.99
(cdRoots# hm-ojosdvd)
The hot Spanish band captured on video during their Bari tour of 2005, recorded during concerts in Barcelona, New York, Philadelphia, Bogotá and Cuba. Apart from the 90 minute concert, the DVD it also includes a documentary about the band, four music videos, the requisite 'the making of' footage and an interview. It also contains a poster of the band. NTSC video, all regions. Language: Spanish; Subtitles: Spanish, Catalan, English and French. Audio Dolby Digital

Tinariwen +10:1 - Live in London (DVD) - $21.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv458086)
Touareg desert rockers Tinariwen release their first Live DVD, featuring 12 songs filmed at the Shepherds Bush Empire, London, December 2007. The sound track has been mixed and supervised by Justin Adams. Some of the Saharan guitar rebels' most popular songs appear on the DVD, including "Chet Boghassa", "Cler Achel", "Amassakoul 'n' Tenere" and "Matadjem Yinmixan". The DVD alsohas extras including an intimate 50 minute campfire interview with the band's founder, Ibrahim, tips on how to tie a "Shesh" (toureg turban) as well as a mini documentary on Tinariwen and more.

Oreka Tx - Nömadak Tx - $17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv468085)
"...a brilliant project - more the spiritual and musical heir to Junkera's Maren... the duo visit with nomad musicians in a variety of countries ­ Mongolia, India, Morocco, a Western Saharan refugee camp in Algeria, and Scandinavia and the result is an unforgettable visual and musical experience, somewhere between Baraka, Latcho Drom, and Buena Vista Social Club. In their travels, they create txalapartak (the plural form) out of ice, stone and wood, showing the many possibilities of their ancient instrument. In doing so, they form global links of friendship between small and marginalized peoples. Oreka TX meet with and perform with a diverse array of musicians, many with traditions as old and unknowable as that of the txalaparta itself. Basque instruments such as the alboka mix with singers and musicians of many lands." - David Cox, RootsWorld - NOTE: this is the single CD US release (no extra CD or DVD) - Listen

Le Trio Joubran - À L'ombre des Mots (CD and DVD) - $19.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv479036)
In The Shadow Of The Words features the CD and DVD recordings of Le Trio Joubran's September 19, 2008 concert at the Cultural Palace in Ramallah, Palestine, on the memorial day of Mahmoud Darwich, forty days after his death. The trio comments: "Mahmoud Darwich was as sensitive to the notes of our ouds as our ears and hearts to his poetry. We accompanied him in more than thirty shows in Europe and the Arab world. The last one was in France, in Arles, this beautiful city where we decided to begin a common work and where our music would accompany the variations of his voice, in strength and weakness, certainty and doubt, life and death...When he passed away, we decided to realize this project and the accompanying became a tribute…The first was in Ramallah, where his voice reached us, strong, dominant, and flew over our tears and the suffering of Palestine... and who better than Darwich can honour Darwich himself, absent and yet so present." Listen

Iannis Xenakis - Psappha, Rebounds A and B, Okho pur trois djembes - $19.99
(cdRoots# hm-xenakis05)
Contemporary wors for percussion ensembles, composed by Xennakis and performed by Pedro Carneiro (percussion and djembe) and Mathew Rich and Stephen John Gibson (djembes). This is a two sided disc. One side is CD audio tracks, the other is a DVD with performances, a 'making of...' video and other additional informational tracks including an interview with Xenakis.

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.

Various - DVD - Breaking the Silence: Music in Afghanistan - $21.99
(cdRoots# rd-afghandvd)
NTSC DVD - a 60 minute BBC produced documentary about the music of Afghanistan, recorde din January 2002, two months after the fall of the Taliban and the return of public music to the country. Informal performances in streets and homes are the primary musicial sources. The DVD also includes extra, formal performances by Ustad Mahwash, Ensemble Kaboul and others, plus a history of Afghanistan, an intro to Afghan music, discography abd weblinks. 115 minutes total

Dulce Pontes - El Corazon Tiene Tres Puertas - $22.99
(cdRoots# res-pontes07)
El Corazón Tiene Tres Puertas is the 2007 recording by the sensational young Portuguese singer, stunning live concert performances on 2 CDs and a free DVD (Pal format) of a different concert in Istanbul plus some special features. Her mixture of fado, folk songs and creative new music makes her one of the most interesting performers on the scene today.

Afrocelts - Pod (CD/DVD) - $16.99
(cdRoots# rw-afrocelt-pod)
Interesting remixes of previous tracks include 'Johnny At Sea' (previously only on the band's website), and 'Full Moon Low Tide,' (with some dire sounding bagipes bits), as well as more familiar fare given radical rewrites. 2-disc package includes a DVD with some videos some moments from their 2001 appearance at WOMAD USA.

Charley Patton - The Definitive… 75th Anniversary Edition - $24.99
(cdRoots# sst-patton3)
3 CDs and 1 DVD. Compilation of 60 tracks, spotlighting his influences, contemporaries, and songs from Charley himself. Featuring Son House, Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, others. The DVD, "Talkin' Patton", features interviews with musicians, musicologists, historians, and others. Also, shows new footage of Dockery's plantation where he was raised.

Various - The Migration Festival (CD/DVD set) - $22.99
(cdRoots# trees-dvdmig)
Live recordings on music CD and NTSC-DVD video set (two separate discs) documents 2002 Migration Festival in Taiwan. Performers include Alom (Czech), Labour Exhange Band (Taiwan), Cracow Klezmer (Poland), Betel Nut Brothers (Taiwan) and Urna (Mongolia).

Bellowhead - Live At Shepherds Bush Empire (PAL DVD) - $24.99
(cdRoots# wp-bellowdvd)
The carnival folk big band are captured live during their Burlesque tour at their sold-out London Shepherds Bush Empire show on September 26th 2007. This is the first ever official DVD from the much loved 11-piece group. In addition to the 98 minute concert, the DVD follows the group off stage and on the road with over an hour of bonus documentaries and interviews. PAL DVD Only

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