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The Switzerland based Face Music company has been producing excellent traditional and contemporary music from around the world for many years. In particular, their work in the music of central Asia has been notable.


Traditional music from Uganda - Vol. I
- Sarah Ndagire, Pedson Kasume and friends
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-041)
Sarah Ndagire: female voice, yodelling, ullulation, handclapping (engalo); Pedson Kasume: male voice, adungu (bow harp), adungu bass, endingidi (tube fiddle), amadinda (xylophone), engalabi (long drum), engoma (Uganda drum), ensaasi (shakers), akacenge (shakers), ebinyege (rattles), engalo



Vol. III - Traditional songs of Cossacks
- Ensemble Pesnokhorki
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-021)
The repertoire of the Ensemble Pesnokhorki is composed of songs that are recorded in direct encounters with local tradition. The performance of the pieces is not only based on the idea to preserve the songs of the colonizers from the different regions of Russia, but also on the representation and the design of the original costumes from local traditions.


Vol. IV - Traditional Russian and Cossacks Songs of Siberia
- Ensemble Pesnokhorki
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-037)
The repertoire of the Ensemble Pesnokhorki is composed of songs that are recorded in direct encounters with local tradition. The performance of the pieces is not only based on the idea to preserve the songs of the colonizers from the different regions of Russia, but also on the representation and the design of the original costumes from local traditions.


Singing we come down the mountains
- Patara Georgika
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-039)
Traditional Songs of Georgia from the oral tradition. This polyphonic music has been taught and handed down from one generation to the next one without notes, simply by ear. The table songs, wedding songs, round dance songs, dance songs for individual and pair dances as well as comical songs are rather different in their music structure; the regional styles, however, are also very different in their character and differentiation of voices. In general, all these songs have the polyphonic or three-part singing in common. The overtones are usually, according to tradition, performed by soloists, with one of them, most frequently the second voice, starting singing. The soloists are a counterpart to the group of banebi who uniformly perform the third voice....


Chinggis Ayalguu - Vol. III - Traditional songs from Mongolia
- Ensemble Khan Bogd
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-051)
The ensemble was founded in 1997 by members of the Academy of Music in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They use a number vocal styles: khöömij (throat singing), magtaal (praise songs) and traditional songs for women accompanied by tovshuur (lute), morin khuur (horse-head fiddle), yoochin (table zither), khuuchir (a spike fiddle), yatga (large tubular zither) and small percussion; as well as intrumental pieces for dance.


Ardiin Ayalguu - Vol. IV - Traditional songs from Mongolia
- Ensemble Khan Bogd
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-052)
The ensemble was founded in 1997 by members of the Academy of Music in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They use a number vocal styles: khöömij (throat singing), magtaal (praise songs) and traditional songs for women accompanied by tovshuur (lute), morin khuur (horse-head fiddle), yoochin (table zither), khuuchir (a spike fiddle), yatga (large tubular zither) and small percussion; as well as intrumental pieces for dance.


Traditional Songs from a Georgian Village
- Ensemble Odila
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-048)
The 5 singers come from one single village, Kitskhi in the Imereti region in West Georgia. The recorded songs belong to the local folklore; just a few can be found in the repertoire of other ensembles. Odila performs in the traditional manner: The first and second voice (which often introduces the song) is executed by a soloist, the third voice (bani in Georgian) normally by the group of the other singers in unison, in some cases also by a soloist. Some songs are accompanied by Chonguri (stringed instrument) and doli (drum).


Solongo - Traditional songs of Mongolia
- Ensemble Ardiin Ayalguu
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-024)
Traditional songs of Mongolia


Urtyn duu Vol. III- Traditional songs from Mongolia
- Ensemble Tumbash
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-029)
Traditional songs of Mongolia


Traditional Work Songs of Armenia - Vol. I
- Horovel
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-046)
Featuring vocalists Hasmik Harutyunyan and Aleksan Harutyunyan, the recording offers songs of all kinds of work in Armenian village life, plus some religious and social songs, accompanied by instruments inclusing Shvi, tav shvi (flues) and Dap (frame drum).


Traditional music of the Bantu women and folktales of the Baganda women from Uganda - Vol. I - East Africa
- Sarah Ndagire, Pedson Kasume and friends
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-047)
Sarah Ndagire: female voice, yodelling, ullulation, handclapping (engalo); Pedson Kasume: male voice, adungu (bow harp), adungu bass, endingidi (tube fiddle), amadinda (xylophone), engalabi (long drum), engoma (Uganda drum), ensaasi (shakers), akacenge (shakers), ebinyege (rattles), engalo


Camel Dance
- Sharkiat
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# face-006)
From Egypt and beyond, Fathy Salama and his ensemble seek out new routes for Arabic roots


Along The Street (Ethno-Jazz, Turkey)
- Asiaminor
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-007)
Ethno-Jazz from Turkey


Camel Road
- Sharkiat
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# face-014)
Mixing traditional and modern instruments and roots, this Egyptian explores modern Arabic music.


Tbilissi Vol. III - Traditional songs
- Ensemble Georgika
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-015)
Traditional songs of Georgian men


Vol. I- Traditional songs of Georgian women
- Ensemble Mzetamze
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-016)
Traditional songs of Georgian women


Vol. 1: Traditional Songs of the Cossacks
- Ensemble Pesnokhorki
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-017)
Traditional songs of Cossacks


ÜÜch Süümer - Epic from the golden mountains of Altai
- Bolot and Nohon
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-018)
Epic from the golden mountains of Altai


Barnaul Vol II
- Ensemble Pesnokhorki
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-019)
Traditional songs of Siberia


Altai Maktal
- Nohon
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-020)
from the golden Altai Mountains


Altai-Khangain-Ayalguu - Traditional songs of Mongolia
- Duo Temuzhin
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-023)
Traditional songs of Mongolia


Altai-Khangain-Ayalguu 2 -Traditional songs of Mongolia
- Ensemble Temuzhin
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-026)
Traditional songs of Mongolia


Ayalguu Vol. I- Traditional songs from Mongolia
- Ensemble Tumbash
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-027)
Traditional songs of Mongolia


Höömij Vol. II- Traditional songs from Mongolia
- Ensemble Tumbash
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-028)
Traditional songs of Mongolia


Vol. II - Traditional Georgian women's songs
- Ensemble Mzetamze
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-030)
6 women from the Tbilissi Conservatory - Ketevan Baïashvili, Nino Shvelidze, Ketevan Nikoladze, Nat'o Zumbadze, Nino Makharadze and Nana Valishvili - join together to form an ensemble dedicated exclusively to the musical traditions of Georgian women.


Vol. I- Traditional songs from the Ukraine
- Ensemble Khreshchaty Yar
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-031)
Traditional songs from the Ukraine


Traditional songs from the Ukraine Vol. 2
- Ensemble Khreshchaty Yar
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-032)
Armenia folk music ensemble.


Vol. I- Traditional songs of Armenia
- Ensemble Karot
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-033)
Traditional songs of Armenia


Traditional songs of Armenia - Volume 2
- Ensemble Karot
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# face-034)
Vocal traditions of Armenia performed by a large group of singers, in solo and ensemble settings, both a capella and with accompaniment.


Vol. I- Traditional songs of Kazakh
- Ensemble Bürler
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-035)
Traditional songs of Kazakh


Traditional songs of the Khakass and the Altai people
- Ensemble Üch Süme-R
$17.99
(cdRoots# face-038)



Traditional Children's Songs of Armenia
- Ensemble Hayrik Mouradian
$18.99
(cdRoots# face-042)
Musical director Hasmik Harutyunyan and a choir of children present children's somgs from Armenia, a capella and acomanied on duduk, dhol, shvi and kanun. Guest artists include Gevorg Dabaghyan.


Ayalguu - Vol. I - Mongolian Impressions
- Ensemble Khan Bogd
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# face-043)
Traditional instrumental and vocal music from Mongolia.


Magtaal - Hoomij - Vol. II
- Ensemble Khan Bogd
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# face-044)
An ensemble founded in 1997. All Khan Bogd's members have studied at the academy of music in Ulaanbaatar. This volume is a presentation of praise songs (magtaal) and throat singing (höömij).


Please note!
Most CDs have been imported from Europe or Asia. They are not all shrink-wrapped, and I am not going to con you by wrapping them here just to make you think they have been sterilized in America. We guarantee that the CDs and the contents are all brand new and in perfect condition. Whenever I can, I use recycled shipping materials. They may not look as pretty on the outside, but they save money and keep the trash dumps a little bit emptier.