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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.
Thanks- Cliff, cdRoots

I carry a selected group of titles from Innova, the adventurous recording company that is run by The Minnesota Composer's Forum.

Stilling Time: Traditional musics of Vietnam - various Vietnamese artists
$temp out of stock-15.99
(cdRoots# innova-112)
American musician Philip Blackburn travelled to Vietnam in late 1993 to record the village music of the nation and came home with a remarkable portrait of a culture both deeply reverential of the past and yet still dynamic and growing.

Mahkato Wacipi (2CD set) - Lakotah and Dakotah artists
$19.99
(cdRoots# innova-547)
This two-disc set brings together traditional songs, dances, and stories from the native peoples of southern Minnesota in the form of a two-day Wacipi (or Pow-wow).

Once upon a time in Chinese America - Fred Ho
$15.99
(cdRoots# innova-550)
Combining music, theater and fantastic Chinese martial arts, Once Upon a Time in Chinese America is a heroic 17th Century martial arts legend of the betrayal of the legendary Shaolin Temple by a renegade monk. It is composer Fred Ho's action-adventure music/theater/ballet epic.

Ruby - Marc Anderson
$15.99
(cdRoots# innova-557)
A percussionist with a global perspective but a unique personal style, Anderson has created a record finally worthy of the oft-butchered term world fusion. Working with an unusually diverse group of musicisans from world, folk, jazz and experimental backgrounds, Anderson's dream-like creations are thoroughly unique.

On the sensations of tone - Tom Heasley
$15.99
(cdRoots# innova-566)
California Bay Area-based Tom Heasley is an internationally active composer, performer, tubist, improvisor and recording artist whose compositions for electro-acoustic tuba create 'a rich and sonorous aural experience that flies in the face of all the dumb cliches about what tuba music is.' From cathedrals to bars, from barns to conservatories, Heasley is…the ambient tubist.

Live in Florence - Naftule's Dream
$15.99
(cdRoots# innova-572)
a live concert performance by one of the most agressive and innovative of the 'new Jewish fringe' bands

Afrijazz - Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng
$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

Habanera, A Soundwalk Through Old Havana, Cuba - Philip Blackburn
$14.99
(cdRoots# innova-204)
What better way to get to know the intimate details of a culture than through your ears and your shoes? Environmental sound artist Philip Blackburn ambled through Old Havana, a city full of sounds. Blackburn's path takes us past alleys, buildings and streets where you can hear Fidel waffling on and on, cigar black-marketers, flamenco dancers, kids playing, Santeria and Catholic chanting, and the nightly canon fire. Wear headphones for the full binaural effect and turn out the lights (the CD cover glows in the dark) and walk with Blackburn through Havana 2004.

Outer Circles - Victoria Jordanova
$15.99
(cdRoots# innova-614)
An astonishing talent, more than just a harp player. Her music is haunting and heartbreaking. The tones are surreal, eerie, barely discernable as a known instrument at times. The main piece, 'Outer Circles' is a about the 9/11 tragedy. Dark, brooding, yet with a strange and shimmering beauty illuminating hope underneath it all. The second work mixes things like church bells with harp and electronics. These ancient-modern instruments meet to create depth and warmth. A unique, earthy yet other-worldly experience.

Songs of Sunlife: Inside the Didjeridu - Douglas R. Ewart
$15.99
(cdRoots# innova-594)
A deeply spiritual yet innovative approach to this ancient aboriginal instrument is at the heart of the composition and performance philosophy of Ewart's work, whether it is as a soloist or when joined by poet Louis Alemayehu, percussionist Steve Goldstein and bassist Adam Lane.

Flying Dragon: Traditional music for an imaginary nation - Gao Hong
$temp out of stock-15.99
(cdRoots# innova-595)
Composer musician Gao Hong plays the pipa, a four-stringed pear-shaped Chinese lute. A native of China, and a familiar face on the international concert scene, she has brought along sitarist Shubhendra Rao, percussionist/tabla player Ty Burhoe, flute virtuoso James Newton, and Japanese shakuhachi player Yoshio Kurahashi.They merge culture, time and space into a contemporary exploration.