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Live in Paris - Mahmoud Ahmed
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-ahmed-live)
The king of Ethipopian roots pop captured live in 1994

Berber Blues - Cherifa
$16.99
(cdRoots# hm-berberblues)
An Amazigh (Berber) poet and singer, Cherifa Kersith sings in her regional dialect from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. A stripped down, traditional approach is used, the call and repsonse of the lead and backing singers framed by lutar (lute) and frame drum, on 6 extended pieces (all but one about 10 minutes long).

Dezeo - Consuelo Luz
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-dezeo)
Chilean-Cuban singer with Basque and Sephardic roots that come together in a unique 'new world' sound.

The Doudouk - Beyond Borders - Levon Minassian
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-doudouk)
After Levon Minassian journeyed to Armenia in search of his roots, he decided to devote himself to playing the Doudouk. He is now considered the world's undisputed master of the instrument. He has performed all over the world, in concerts or for recordings for composers such as Peter Gabriel (cameos on the albums Secret World, Passion and Us), Jean-Claude Petit, Ravi Shankar and Manu Katché. He is also much in demand for film music (Verneuil, Scorsese).

Ballads and popular songs - Esat Ruka and Ensemble
$16.99
(cdRoots# hm-esatruja)
Albania

Voice of Mesopotamia - Farida and the Iraqui Maqam Ensemble
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-farida-mes)
The art of Iraqi maqam reached its ultimate refinement during the golden age of the Abbasid dynasty in Baghdad, a key city on the borders of the Arab, Turkish and Persian worlds. Used by classical and popular musicians, it was not only favored by the local aristocracy in their music rooms, but also used at religious celebrations and Sufi ceremonies. Unusually, it is sung here by a woman accompanied an ensemble playing santur, a hammer dulcimer, and the four-stringed djoza

The Father of Rai - Bellemou
$16.99
(cdRoots# hm-fatherrai)
The Algerian classic is available again, with the master musican of rai in some of his best recordings.

Arabo-Andalusian Sufi Songs - Ensemble Ibn Arabi
$17.98
(cdRoots# hm-ibnarabi)

Songs and Music from Georgia - Idjassi
$15.99
(cdRoots# hm-idjassi)
Idjassi's repertoire reveals the joyously authentic music of an urban ensemble. Her music is based on Turkish or Iranian tunes, as well as pieces that imitate one of the oldest and most typical forms of Georgian polyphonic folk music. Idjassi accompanies herself on the garmoni (accordion) and a traditional three-string lute - a symbol of joy, and characteristic of the eastern part of Georgia. Her vocal art has made her one of the best ambassadors of a tradition she inherited from her family and chose to enrich with high-level musical studies.

Une Fanfare Tsigane (A Gypsy Brass Band) - Kocani Orkestar
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-ld-kocani)
The classic Long Distance label recording is now available again, full of the raw accordion, brass and percussion that has made Naat Veliov and his band the standard bearers of the tradition.

Macar - Melike
$13.99
(cdRoots# hm-makar)
Melike breathes new life into the old troubadour songs by creating a Turkish folk style that belongs to the young generation of today. It is a meeting of musicians each with his own roots and background, who come together in the context of Turkish folksongs, influenced and adapted by the Arabic, Turkish, European Jazz and Brazilian idioms they provide. The project was conceived like a novel about Macar and the war.

Mazarana - Asif Ali Khan and Party
$9.99
(cdRoots# hm-mazarana)
A promising singer from Pakistan, who studied with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, comes from a long line of qawwals and is a grandson of the legendary Santoo Khan. The clarity of his voice and his authentic sincerity to the Sufi tradition mark him out as a valuable new name in Qawwali, whhile hsi inventive approach makes him a name to watch for.

Ragas in the Punjab - Mazhar Shagan
$special order-please e-mail me
(cdRoots# hm-mazharshagan)
Hindustani classical music, a legacy of the historic Mogul Empire, has developed over the entire northern part of the Indian sub-continent from the twelfth century right up to modern times. Based in Lahore, Pakistan, Mazhar Shagan is one of a small group of modern musicians who have managed to preserve the essence of these age-old ragas, untouched by certain modern Western influences thanks to Pakistan's relative isolation. Shagan is also one of the rare instrumentalists to perform Hindustani classical music on the rebab and the mandolin.

Nebbiu: Sacred Chants - Tempvs Fugit
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-nebb)
Tempus Fugit caused a sensation at the 2002 Calvi Festival of Polyphonic Music. The group was singled out not only for its unusual vocal technique, but also for its innovative repertoire from the Nebbiu region of Corsica, the result of extensive research by ethno-musicologist Corinne Bartolini. This new CD includes prayers for Holy Week, a 16th century Genoese processional song and the Vultum Tuum Mass, a Roman office from the very earliest times with a slight Byzantine touch, conceived as a depiction of the Virgin's face in sound.

Down by the River - Musicians of the Nile
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-nile06)
For 30 years the Musicians of the Nile, from Luxor in upper Egypt, have traveled the world performing their traditional gypsy music, based on the sound of the rababah (horse-hair stringed fiddle) and testimony to an ancient Bedouin tradition. The group continues to act as guardians of their timeless tradition, continually renewing their art.

Religious Gipsy Songs - Tekameli
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-tekameli)
The Gypsy canticle performed by this band of siblings represents a sound similar to the classic French/Spanish sound of voice and guitar ensembles like the Gypsy Kings (without the gloss).

Santeria - Sacred Drums - Wemilere
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wemiiere)
Wemilere (Yoruba for party) brings together some of the best Cuban musicians who play music in the African tradition. Led by Roman Diaz, one of the island's greatest rumberos and a true master of Cuban percussion, Wemilere takes us right to the heart of Cuban music and its African roots. This CD features a program of bata drums from the Santeria, rumba and music of the Abakua secret society.