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Most of our 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. I 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.
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Gem Tones - Saxophone Supreme, South Indian Style - Kadri Gopalnath
$12.99
(cdRoots# xyy-kadri)

Barsaat - Musafir
$14.99
(cdRoots# yy-musafir)
Rajasthani ensemble performs what is often called "proto Gypsy" music (the 'what if Gypsy music evolved from ancient south Asian' theory), featuring an unusual blend of Jew's harp, tablas, dholak, bhapang, vocals, clarinet, sarangi and bendir. Features a guest appearance on one track with Transglobal Underground and Natacha Atlas.

Live At Trinity Club, Bombay 1967 - S. Naimpalli and M.Balvally
$17.99
(cdRoots# ce-01)
A tabla duet in trital, with harmonium by Lehra and recitations by Pandit Taranth (who has never been heard on record before), recorded live in Bombay, 1967. Remastered for CD in 2005.

Raag Malkauns, Bombay 1968 - Z.M. Dagar and Z.F. Dagar
$18.99
(cdRoots# ce-02)
A rudra veena and vocal duet of an evening raga in drupad, recorded live in Bombay in 1968 and remastered for this 2005 CD release.

The Sangeet Project - Sebastian Aberg
$16.99
(cdRoots# ce-05)
Swedish percussionist and composer is joined by a group of classical Indian and Swedish jazz musicians in a unique contemporary 'raga project' that holds on to the roots of Indian music while becoming completely contemporary. The label says: "Indian Ghazal and modern electronica in groundbreaking new combination." Says Sebastian Åberg: "Two things have been important to me during this process. First, that the origin, the raga, is handled with esteem. Secondly, that the actual musical meeting between east and west actually enhances the musical expression." Recorded in Goa and Stockholm 2004-2006. Indian musicians: Maruti Kurdekar, Pradip Sarmokadam, Shipra Nandy, Vasantrao Kadnekar, Dilip Gadekar, Manab Das. Swedish musicians: Sebastian Åberg, Ismet Demirhan, Tobias Ersson, Viktor Buck, Stefan Lakatos, Stefan Grapenmark, Jan Liljekvist.

Flute bansuri - Paras Nath
$17.99
(cdRoots# cp-06304)
Bansuri flute of northern India - Paras Nath is from a family of flautists dedicated to the art going back four centuries. The CD opens with the Raga Megh which is played during the monsoon season. 8 tracks, 70 minutes.

An Anthology of South Indian Classical Music - various
$special order-56.99
(cdRoots# hm-590001.04)
4 disc set with extensive notes, compiled by L. Subramaniam- allow 10 extra days for shipping, please

Debaa - Singing of Sufi Women - VA
$14.99
(cdRoots# hm-c560229)
Debaa is a term used for the singing of mystical poetry within Sufism, more specifically it grew from the singing of the poems and narratives of Abdurahman al-Dayba, a Yemeni writer from the 15th century. Debaa has evolved on the island of Mayotte, part of the Comoros chain in the Indian Ocean, into a female choral practice, accompanied by drums, bells and tambourines and choreographed with dance movements. Several debaa groups (known as Madarassati) perform on Mayotte. This album presents five Madarassati, which commonly have between 50-80 members each.

Nine Decades - Vol.1 - Ravi Shankar
$19.99
(cdRoots# hm-emwm1000)
The first in a multi-volume series featuring rare and never-released recordings, hand-picked by Ravi Shankar from his vast archive. With live performances and studio recordings pivotal to his development as an artist and reflective of unique times and places, the series will provide fresh insights on a career spanning 70-plus years. "Raga Gangeshwari," the centerpiece of volume one, takes listeners to an outdoor concert at a temple on the banks of the Ganges in 1968. Though recorded with one hand-held microphone, "Raga Gangeshwari" is representative of the archive's many treasures which the artist describes as, "not recorded with sophisticated audio equipment and yet they exhibit the power of life in live performance that has a value beyond any technological shortcomings." The intimate quality of the recording and virtuosic playing allows listeners to experience a page from the artist's diary circa 1968. Performed with Kamala Chakravarty on tanpura and the great Ustad Allah Rakha on tabla.

Une Anthologie des Musiques Traditionnelles (10 CDs) - V.A. (special order item)
$special order
(cdRoots# hm-fa5260)
(Special Order) This specially-priced set is a comprehensive anthology of the rich cultural heritage of French traditional music. This 10 volume compilation, featuring nearly 300 tracks, provides the listener a complete ethnomusicological panorama of the musical culture of France. The individual titles (recorded between 1900 and 2006) reveal the timeless and lasting nature of a collective memory reaching across whole generations, a memory which, in these times of globalization and uniformity, asserts the diversity of the heritage left to us by popular art-forms.

L'amour de toi me fait danser - Faiz Ali Faiz
$18.99
(cdRoots# hm-faizamour)
The record label says: Any aspiring qawwali singer will inevitably be compared to the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the undisputed king of the genre. Since Nusrat's death in 1997, fans of qawwali music have been waiting for an artist to come along that would rekindle the flame and take the genre to new heights. Critics around the world have proclaimed that Faiz Ali Faiz has done just that. Born in 1962, this young singer's burnished vocal tone and stunning virtuosic ability are reminiscent of his illustrious predecessor without being slavishly imitative. Faiz Ali Faiz's family has been steeped in qawwali tradition for seven generations and he has clearly created his own voice and unique style and his future will no longer be obscured by Nusrat's shadow.

Hawa Hawa - Shujaat Husain Khan
$16.98
(cdRoots# hm-hawa)
Sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan is considered one of the great North Indian classical musicians of his generation. His style, known as gayaki ang, is imitative of the subtleties of the human voice. Shujaat is also known for his exceptional voice. The tracks on Hawa Hawa are mostly love songs and melodies remembered from his childhood. It is the simple beauty of these songs that makes this recording special. While Shujaat's life has been largely dedicated to the great classical tradition of North India, his heart lies in these simple melodies. Through this music, Shujaat states to the world, 'these are the sounds of my roots.'

Veena Dreams - Raghunath Manet
$18.99
(cdRoots# hm-i3002002)
Indian artist Raghunath Manet is skilled in both dance and music. He studied dance with Pondicherry M.S Nathan, Kalakshetra and Ram Gopal, vocal music with Gnanamani Pillai and veena under Gurus Chidambaran Kaumati Sankara Iyer, Rajeshwari Padmanaban and Ranganayaki Rajagopalan. His technique and the purity of style have made him known for his performances of Bharata natyam, India's most ancient dance form. He knows how to create a perfect fusion between music and dance, which is the secret of his great classical artistry. He was the first Indian choreographer to perform in Opera de Paris in France and at the Grimaldi Theatre in Monaco for the Royal family, on the occasion of the first "Nijinsky" dance awards - a historic event in the world of dance.

Sarod - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
$12.99
(cdRoots# hm-khan-sarod)
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is acknowledged throughout India as one of its foremost classical musicians and the maestro of his chosen instrument, the sarod. Born in 1945 in Gwalior, where his father was a musician to the royal family, he made an early debut giving his first solo recital at the age of 12 in 1958. He represents the sixth generation of his family to inherit a classical tradition that goes back through his father, the late Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan, to the era of the court musicians of the Mughal Empire.

Raga Marwa - Kushal Das
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-kushal)
Kushal Das learned the sitar from his father Sri Sailen Das (a disciple of Lachman Bhattacharya and Ravi Shankar) and his uncle Sri Santanu Das, disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He combines musical depth and maturity with imagination and virtuosity. On this disc, he plays the surbahar (a rare form of 'bass' sitar) to the service of Marwa, a raga of dusk, accompanied by tabla and tampura.

Ay Ay Lolo - Menwar
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-menwar)
An accomplished musician, self-described prophet and rebel, the singer-songwriter Menwar acts as spokesman for the Creole minority in Mauritius. With his band Sagaï, he draws from the tradition, notably sega, adds his own modern touches, including a strong element of guitar driven 'Afropop' a la Fela Kuti, in a reflection on his outlook on life.

Musiques metisses - various
$13.99
(cdRoots# hm-metisses)
This CD journeys with seventeen artists discovered at the festival Musiques Métisses (based in Angoulême, France). They come from Madagascar, Reunion, the Comoros and Mauritius, and exemplify both tradition and change. Featured artist include Jaojoby, Nathalie Natiembé, Rajery, D'Gary and Mikidache.

Serendipity - Studio Pagol
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-pagol)
A mix of Indian techno, pop, and even cocktail music features a wild cover of The Beatles Tomorrow Never Knows (TNK) with a remixed upbeat tempo Bollywood style. Numerous artists from widespread horizons collaborated on Serendipity from Moroccan singer Shamal'hia to Bengalese singer, guitarist and keyboard player John Liton Baroï. The result of this fusion is an album that blurs the lines between musical genres.

Faryad - Masters of Persian Music
$special order
(cdRoots# hm-persian2)
Mohammad Reza Shajarian (vocals), Hossein Alizadeh (tar), Kayhan Kalhor (kemancheh) and Homayoun Shajarian (tombek) certainly qualify for the tile of 'masters'. This 2 CD set of live recordings is a brilliant follow-up to their astounding Without You.

North India - Raga Darbari - Lalith Rao
$12.99
(cdRoots# hm-rao06)
North Indian vocalist Lalith Rao presents two ragas from the Hindustani classical tradition, accompanied by harmonium, tempura and tabla. An exponent of the dhrupad style, the oldest genre within the tradition dating back to the 14th century. The booklet contains bilingual notes including a long interview with the artist. Rao is a disciple of Pandit Rama Rao Naik and Ustad Khadim Husain Khan, both of the Agra-Atrauli gharana.

Raga Bhairav - Partho Sarothy
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-sarothy)
Sarod player Partho Sarothy studied with Ustad Dhyanesh Khan (son of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan) and with sitar legend Ravi Shankar. he now performs regularly in Indian and world concert circuits. An exponent of the Maihar gharana, Sarothy presents a performance of Bhairav (a raga on the morning, in the spirit of the ancient dhrupad genre), accompanied by tabla and tampura.

Sitantelman - Ti Fred
$18.99
(cdRoots# hm-tifred)
The record label says: Maloya, the music of the creole people of the small island of La Réunion, seemed in danger of dying out. Castigated as the music of slaves, linked to their African past and to voodoo tradition, the Maloya was officially frowned on and received no state support. Recent years have seen a revival of interest, led by Daniel Waro - the father of Maloya - and a number of younger performers have come forward. The Maloya rhythm is beaten out on local drums - the rouler, piker and bob. Ti Fred, born Fred Belhomme, appeared as a percussionist in the ground-breaking Daniel Waro band. he supplies ecstatic vocals to the mix of bangers and shakers.

Dancing in the Light - Lakshmi Shankar
$18.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv468049)
Within the classical music traditions of North and South India, the human voice is the most repsected instrument. Conversely, the mark of a master instrumentalist is the ability to evoke the power, suppleness and nuance of a great singer. And within the pantheon of great South Asian vocalists, few names kindle such intense admiration and reverence as that of singer Lakshmi Shankar. Lakshmi Shankar has a special affinity for the Hindu devotional songs called bhajans. The emotional core of this recital is Lakshmi's exquisite evocations of love (be it earthly or divine) and its darker twin: the torment of being separated from one's beloved. On this recording - co-produced by Michael Brook - she sets traditional poems (including two by Mirabai) to her own improvised melodies, accompanied by Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla, Pandit Ramesh Mishra on sarangi, and Suniti Bergman on tanpura.

Divine Inspiration - Aruna Sairam
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv468074)
Indian vocalist Aruna Sairam performs the Carnatic music of South India. Deeply rooted in the region's temple culture with its emphasis on devotional song, Carnatic music stretches back to ancient times and is organized around the system of melodic 'ragam' and rhythmic 'talam' (equivalent to the ragas and talas of Hindustani music). Sairam unites poetry, language, and music from across centuries and from across India itself in nine songs that vary in structure, pace and mood, written by nine poets of different periods and many languages, accompanied by violin, tampura, hand cymbals and a variety of hand drums.

Sleepless Nights - V.M. Bhatt / Matt Malley
$12.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv468097)
Indian classical musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and his 'Mohan Veena' (an instrument he designed - a modified slide guitar for playing Indian modes). Matt Malley is the songwriter who co-founded the pop group, Counting Crows. Malley developed an interest in North Indian classical music and is a friend and student of Bhatt. Bhatt says, "In my view, music is the melody for life. The seven musical notes carry all the diverse shades of love and this musical album is an endeavor to spread the message of love and harmony all over the world. In the contemporary world, love is the only emotion which needs to be experienced and appreciated, and Sleepless Nights propagates this sacred emotion." Malley adds, "I hope that our record will put at least one more brick in the bridge between the East, West and all races of the world." Listen to Rainbow In My Heart and Listen to Sleepless Nights.

Samaagam - Amjad Ali Khan, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, David Murphy
$16.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv468102)
Sarod master Amjad AliKhan opens with three ragas, followed by the orchestral work Samaagam conducted by Murphy.

Anatomy of a Coup - Sacha Silva
$12.99
(cdRoots# mw-002)
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

Pentecost - Sacha Silva
$16.99
(cdRoots# mw-003)
The globe trotting ensemble returns with a vibrant but subtle new recoding that fuses the various members roots in the music of India, Andalusia, contemporary classical and much more. In keeping with their artistic sensibilities, this CD is currently packaged in gorgeous a limited-edition package wrapped in raw canvas cloth printed with lyrics and artwork. Click to listen to more.

Love Trap - Susheela Raman
$12.99
(cdRoots# nar-raman-love)
'Love Trap works because it places all of its varied elements (Tuvan throat singing, Greek clarinet, jazzy sax etc.) around Raman's distinctive reinterpretation of Southern Indian Karnatic song. Whatever else is going on, her musical personality is always centre stage.' - fRoots

The Raga Guide: a survey of 74 Hindustani ragas - Various
$special order- please e-mail me
(cdRoots# nim-raga)
Joep Bor's definitive guite to the raga, a 4 CD set with an accompanying 196 page book.

Sarod Traditional Music from India - Aditya Verma
$15.99
(cdRoots# os-15)
Distinguished sarod player Aditya Verma, accompanied by Vineet Vyas on tabla, performs two dynamic evening ragas. This digitally recorded disc contains a 16-page booklet.

Sanjog - Subroto Roy Chowdhury and Madhuri Chattopadhyay
$18.99
(cdRoots# rd-8058)
Pure Indian music played by three masters of their respective instruments. These recent recordings have a startling freshness and immediacy, performed by volinist Madhuri Chattopadhyay, sitarist Subroto Roy Chowdhury and Sankha Chatterjee on tablas.

Mystic Sarod - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-8093)
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (sarod) with Sabir Khan (tabla) perform Raga Desh / Durga (Ragamala) - time: 55:00

Kushal - Shahid Parvez
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-8102)
The Indian sitarist in a live recording in 2004 at Turin, Italy's Gong Festival. This is a performance of 'Raga Shyam Kalyan' accompanied by Sankha Chatterjee on tabla.

Bow to the violins - Lalgudi G J R Krishna and Lalgudi J Vijayalakshmi
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-8105)
Carnatic violin music from South India, acompanied by MV Chander Shekar (mridangam), and AS Sankar (ghatam)

Gayaki Ang - Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-8106)
Sitarist and singer Shujaat Husain Khan plays a northern Indian style called gayaki ang, which is a playing technique that pays homage to the human voice. He is accompanied on these recordings by Pandit Sankha Chatterjee on tabla.

Violin Soul - South Indian Classical Music - Lalgudi G Jayaraman
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-8121)
Of the four tracks, three represent an homage to a legend of Carnatic music, Thyagaraja (1767-1847), who enjoys an almost saint-like reverence in Southern India as author of over six hundred kritis, a genre of hymn that is regarded as fundamental to the individual's spiritual enlightenment. Closing the CD is "Kamalaambaam", another classic this time by Muthuswamy Dikshitar (1775-1835), a thirty minute instrumental cavalcade, proving once again his ability to modulate his violin to imitate the sound of the human voice.

Gems of Thyagaraja - Balamuralikrishna
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-balam)
Carnatic vocal music from southern India, accompanied by violin, mridangam, tampura. This recording is a selection of masterpieces by the mystic, Thyagaraja (1767-1847) who spent his entire life immersed in spiritual reflection and intensive musical practice.

Khayals - Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-khayals)
Accompanied by Rajashekhar Mansur - vocals, Baban Manjerekar - harmonium and D.R. Nerurkar - tabla. Less antique and austere than the dhrupad, Khayals is probably the most popular and well-known form of Hindustani vocal music. Essentially open and sweepingly 'romantic' in character, its semi-classical status permits the interpreter to adopt a less formal approach and therefore to give freer range to his emotions in improvisational passages.

Singing Violins - Lalgudi G Jayaraman
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-lalgudi)
Violinist performs classical music of south India, accompanied by violins, mridangam and kanjira.

Live in Madras - Dr N Ramani
$special order - please e-mail
(cdRoots# rd-madras)
South Indian Classical Music for flute, accompanied y veena, violin, mridangam, gatham and kanjira

Magnificent Melody - Ustad Shahid Parvez
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-parvez)
Sitarist Ustad Shahid Parvez performs Darbar (of the royal court), a famous night raga, accompanied by Anindo Chatterjee, tabla.

Regal Resonance - Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-regal)
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902-1968) sings two northern Indian ragas, accomanied by voices, sarangi and tablas: 'Raga Behag - Khayal - Vilambit in Ektaal' and 'Mishra Behag - Thumri - Tri Taal.'

Golden Shadows - Ustad Faiyaz Khan Sahib
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-shadows)
Fourteen tracks originally recorded by North Indian singer Ustad Faiyaz Khan Sahib between 1935 and 1948 accompanied by a group consisting of second voice, harmonium, tampura and tabla, digitally remastered.

Shruti (audio CD/video CD ROM set) - Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-shruti)
Performing two ragas along with a number of devotional hymns Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay unleashes a formidable vocal talent cultivated through long years of study with singing maestros such as Chinmoy Lahiri and Sri Kamal Bandyopadhyay. With a three octave vocal range Sangeeta employs her amazing technique in dizzyingly acrobatic renditions of these pieces.

Together (2 CDs) - Dr N Ramani and Hariprasad Chaurasia
$21.99
(cdRoots# rd-together)
In India, the term Jugalbandi refers to a duet between master musicians. Here the concept takes on new meaning as the Hindustani tradition from the North and the Carnatic of the south, represented respectively by Hariprasad Chaurasia and Dr. N. Ramani in duets on the bansuri or venu flutes, accomanied by mridangam and tabla.

Veena - E. Gaayathri
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-veena)
South Indian classical performances on the veena, accompanied by K.V. Prasadh (mridingam ) and Venkatraman (tampura).

Native Signs - Sharma, Rahul
$12.99
(cdRoots# sense-028)
Forty years after Shivkumar Sharma introduced the Persian hammered dulcimer (santoor) into classical Indian music, his son, Rahul, keeps its string ringing.

VOICE OF INDIA - KHAN, RASHID
$12.99
(cdRoots# sense-032)
VOCAL

SPIRIT OF BENARES - MISHRA, CHANNUAI
$12.99
(cdRoots# sense-041)
The record label says: Channulal Mishra is a gifted,versatile vocalist with a rich sonorous voice and wide ranging repertoire.He is a musician of deep knowledge,intense lyricism and spiritual depth

Dhyaan - Shaukat Hussain Khan
$14.99
(cdRoots# sense-042)
The record label says: Shaukat Hussain Khan has emerged as one of the leading exponents of the Agra Atrauli Gharana.Blessed with a melliflous voice ranging over three octaves,he is performer of exceptional merit. Vocal - Shaukat Hussein Khan, Tabla - Vinod Vaishnav, Sarangi - Liaquat Khan, Harmonium - Shishirchandra Bhatt. Performances: 1. Alap; 2. Bada Khayal in Vilambit Ektaal (12 beats); 3. Chotta Khayal in Madhya Teentaal (16 beats)

AANAND - SHAH, RUPANDE
$14.99
(cdRoots# sense-043)
The record label says: Rupande Shah has a major contribution to the development of cultural and music institutions in Gujarat.This live recording from Saptak Festival is an example of her dedication and inspiring performance

SHIKHAR - CHAURASIA, HARIPRASAD
$14.99
(cdRoots# sense-044)
BANSURI

Pure - Chakrabarty, Kaushiki
$14.99
(cdRoots# sense-047 )
Winner of a BBC 3 World Music Award this year, Ajoy Chakrabarty's daughter and student, Kaushiki, is being hailed as the most talented young Indian singer to appear in a long while.

SHEHNAI - SHANKAR, DAYA
$14.99
(cdRoots# sense-053)
SHENAI

Sadhana - Rajan and Sajan Mishra
$14.99
(cdRoots# sense-058)
The record label says: The hallmark of Rajan and Sajan Mishra is superb intonation, beautiful imagination and yet a traditional approach combining old compositions with their own original music. The Mishra Brothers use their amazing vocal range and technique to produce sublime Indian vocal music

A Sacred Space - Ronu Majumdar
$14.99
(cdRoots# sense-059)
Ronu Majumdar - Bansuri ; Durga Prasad - Pakhawaj ; Partho Sarathi Mukherjee - Tabla ; Shridhar Partha Sarathy - Mridangam ; Vilas Pednekar - Tanpura

Samjanitha - U. Shrinivas
$12.99
(cdRoots# sst-36281)
Electric mandolin in classical and modern Indian style, featuring guest John McLaughlin.

Orientation: Egypt, India, Senegal - Thione Seck
$17.99
(cdRoots# st-orient)
At the same time that Youssou N'Dour was formulating his Egypt project, former Star Band de Dakar and Orchestra Baobab star Thione Seck was creating an even more adventurous exploration of the relationship between south and east, Orientation. Recorded between 1999 and 2002, and produced by Ibrahima Sylla and François Breant, more than 40 Egyptian, Indian, French and Senegalese musicians were involved in this project. HIGHLY recommended!

The Golden Voice of Bollywood - Asha Bhosle
$10.99
(cdRoots# super-bhosle)
A compilation of 14 film pieces by the great Indian singer singer includes 'Ab to Mile Hai' from the film 'Caravan'; 'Yeh Hai Reshmi Zulfon Ka Andhera' from 'Mere Sanam' and 'Do Lafzon Ki Hai Dil Ki Kahani' from 'The Great Gambler.'

Raga Rasa - That Which Colors the Mind (2 CDs) - Kartik Seshadri with Bikram Ghosh
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4325)
Sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri explores variations of mood and color (rasa) in four extended ragas. Seshadri has built a wide following among Indian music aficionados who admire his rich tonal sensibility, expressiveness, and extraordinary rhythmic intricacy. Packaging includes a 2-CD set with 40 pages of text on the history of Indian music by acclaimed MIT musicologist George Ruckert.

Illuminations - Kartik Seshadri
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4326)
Performances of two ragas by Sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri, recognized as one of India's outstanding musicians and a student Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Live at Oberlin - Kartik Seshadri
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4327)
Music for sitar. Raga Bhimpalasi (Alap, Jor, Jhala and Gat in Sade Gyarah) and Raga Mishra Mand (Gat in Teentala 16 beats)

Guruvandhana - Kartik Seshadri
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4328)
A tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar's 80th Birthday - Raga Madhuvanthi (Alap, Jor, Jhala and Gat in Rupak Tala); Raga Sarang: Mallika (Aochar and Gat in Teentala); Raga Vachaspathi (Aochar and Gat in Teentala and Ektala)

Music From The Shrines Of Ajmer And Mundra - Topic World Series
$19.99
(cdRoots# topic-911)
Classical and popular nuabat recorded at festivals and weddings in Northern India. An indispensible record of a unique outdoor tradition of music.

Music Of Makran - Topic World Series 916
$19.99
(cdRoots# topic-916)
MIDDLE EAST/INDO-PAKISTAN : This remote coastal area's musical tradition and fusion of cultures has developed over centuries. Vocal and instrumental genres demonstrate a high level of musicianship and improvisational artistry, and much of this selection is performed during healing ceremonies as music designed to aid the state of trance. Adopting "another way of listening" will be highly rewarding.

Drumming and Chanting In God's Own Country: The Temple Music Of Kerala In South India - Topic World Series
$19.99
(cdRoots# topic-922)
Recordings in and around the Hindu temples of Kerala in Southern India between 1995 and 1997, which demonstrate the vast range of performance genres. The huge percussion orchestra performances, the ancient styles of devotional singing, and the small music ensembles featuring rare traditional instruments like the huge C-shaped horn, the kombu, are some of these electrifying styles.

Voices For Humans, Ancestors And Gods: A Musical Journey Through India's Interior (East And North East) - various
$19.99
(cdRoots# topic-933)
This acoustic journey starts in Eastern India, and travels up the Ghat mountain range, into the plains of Western Bengal. In the North East it enters the Assamese river delta and finally climbs up to the Himalayan highlands. This musical journey roughly follows the real journey of the sound recordist Rolf Killius, who has been documenting Indian music for the last ten years. This selection comprises regional music cultures (bargit, odissi, bhajan, Baul and loko geet), music of the minstrel balladeers (Daasari, Maasti and Baul) and music of the Adivasi cultures (Saora, Deori and Monpa).The collection focuses on what many believe to be India's primary melody instrument - the voice. It includes many incredibly rare performances including those of the Adivasi, the original inhabitants of India. Most of the performances are accompanied, variously, on thumbra (3 string lute), drums, jenjurungrai (lute), cymbals and other percussion, violin, tambura, murali flute, etc etc.

Percussion Rituals of Kerala, Vol. 1 - Kshetram Vadyam - various
$17.99
(cdRoots# vde-971)
Recordings from the Musee d'ethnographie in Geneva's 'Archives internationales de musiques populaire' series. See the complete series.

Percussion Rituals of Kerala, Vol. II: Tayambaka - various
$17.99
(cdRoots# vde-972)
Recordings from the Musee d'ethnographie in Geneva's 'Archives internationales de musiques populaire' series. See the complete series.

Live For the Moment - Willy Schwarz
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File under: rootless cosmopolitan. For his groundbreaking first solo CD, Willy assembled 40 players, from India's master musicians to American virtuosi Howard Levy and Paul Wertico, to produce (with Warren Senders) what Rolling Stone called '...a many-layered fusion of folksong-writing, social criticism, as well as eastern wisdom, of Irish, Indian, and Caribbean blasts – all with disarming innocence'