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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

Welcome, friends of Mabel!
Here's a few titles in the cdRoots catalog from North America and the western isles of Europe that might interest you. Be sure to search the whole catalog for hundreds more recordings of folk music from around the world.
While I do not stock a lot of the traditional American music titles that Mabel did, I am more than happy to special order any titles you may need. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests. - Cliff

Bellemeade Sessions - Michael Hurley - 17.99
Some rough and tumble sessions by Hurley and a few friends made between between 1994 and 1998 are, as Hurley puts it, 'a return to the Land of Lo-Fi.' It's the real (raw) deal.

From Now On - Michael Doucet - 16.99
Solo fiddle, fiddle-plus-one, and solo accordion from this longtime Beausoleil fiddler and popular ambassador of Louisiana good-timerie. Cajun, Creole, blues, gospel, and more: "New Orleans," "Chere Evangeline," "Le Two-Step de Basile," 16 more tracks. With 28-page booklet.

How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone?: Vol. 1, 1928-1934 - Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell - 29.99
4 CDs with 95 tracks of early citified blues from this popular piano/guitar duo: "How Long, How Long Blues," "Naptown Blues," "Christmas in Jail," "Papa's on the House Top," "Midnight Hour Blues," "Mean Mistreater Mama," and much more. Essential listening

Testament - Peter Lang - 16.99
IN 2008 my favorite guitarist releases another beauty: a 15-cut homage to early blues, played on tenor, 6- and 12-string guitars. Tunes by Elizabeth Cotten, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Sylvester Weaver, Leadbelly, plus traditional material: "I'm Satisfied," "Guitar Rag," "Keep Your Hands Off Her," "Delia," "Buckdancer's Choice," "Stackolee," "Nobody's Business But My Own," and more

Sea of Reeds - Accordion Tribe - 17.99
Bratko Bibic, Lars Hollmer, Maria Kalaniemi, Guy Klucevsek and Otto Lechner bring their accordions together in new compositions for anything from solo to quintet arrangments that defy categories and regional influence. Recorded inHollmer's famous 'Chicken House' studio in Uppsala, Sweden.5 Accordions, No Waiting! Highly recommended.

Notefalls - Guy Klucevsek and Alan Bern - 17.99
In 2000, accordionist Klucevsek recorded for the first time with Alan Bern, widely known through the Jewish group Brave Old World. The two met again to play original compositions written for dance companies and found common ground in such genres as tone poems, songs with folk and jazz elements, and sound sculptures that play with reverb and special room reflections.Guy Klucevsek: accordion, piano; Alan Bern: accordion, melodica, piano, MIDI keyboard

Alliance - Afrissippi - 13.99
The second round for this allianceof Senegalese roots and Mississippi blues, and every bit as solid as the first. Guelel Kumba - guitar, vocals, Eric Deaton - electric guitar, Kinney Kimbrough - drums, Justin Showah - bass, Papa Assane M'baye - percussion, Jeff Callaway - trombones Listen

BD Blues (2 CDs and Book) - Charley Patton / R. Crumb - 19.99
Available again: You might already know the music, but this is a unique opportunity to see it as well. Robert Crumb has written a biography in words and drawings and presents it in a full-color, hardcover book. 2 CDs cover the legendary blues master's music, 31 pages of graphics and text (in French only) tell his story. Highly recommended!

Soul Science - Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara - 17.99
Buzzing bass lines, no-holds-barred guitar licks, tough but playful rhythms, searing fiddle riffs, percussive groundswells and ancient-rooted vocals, Soul Science is less of a cross-cultural collaboration than a fascinating dispatch from an entirely new nation.Evoking the blues from several continents, American rock 'n' roll, a hot Sahel afternoon and desert evenings, Justin Adams (electric and acoustic guitars, Tamashek lute, percussion, banjo, vocals) and Juldeh Camara (lead vocals, one-string fiddle, West African banjo, percussion) and the tight rhythm section of Salah Dawson Miller (percussion) and Billy Fuller (bass), have achieved a synthesis instigated by centuries of history refracted through the kaleidoscope of the information age. Already an international sensation, Soul Science was nominated for "best album" in the "Culture Crossing" category at the annual BBC World Music Awards, and was selected among the "top 100 albums of the year" by both fRoots and Songlines magazines. Highly Recommended

Restless Urban Primitive - Oliver Schroer - 17.99
Quite unlike his Stewed Tomatoes project, this new recording is a personal musical travelogue, a series of improvisations and experiments based on the Canadian violinist's travels to England to Turkey and Scandinavia and back to Quebec and California.

and the Stewed Tomatoes - Oliver Schroer - 17.99
A wonderfully quirky Candian fiddler and his band take on all genres and concoct a completely original dish. Schroer leads on violins, David Woodhead on bass, Rich Greenspoon on drums, Ben Grossman on percussion and saz, David Travers Smith on trumpet with Colleen Allen on saxophones, blues harp by Carlos del Junco, pianist Casy Sokol, and guitarist Rich Pell. Special cameo appearances by Finnish accordionist Maria Kalaneimi and South Indian master drummer Trichy Sankaran.

Live in Louisiana - BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet - 15.99
In commemoration of the band's 30th anniversary, the band presents the first live recording tracked in the heart of Cajun and Creole country. 12 songs from across the band's wide-ranging repertoire and a number of rarities from the group's expansive songbook are all performed live at the Lousisiana Crossroads festival in January, 2007.

Trad. - Barry Phillips - 16.99
On Tråd American cellist Phillips tackles traditional Scandinavian fiddle tunes and original pieces with Vasen's Olof Johansson on nyckelharpa, and Olof Gothlin on fiddle. String ensembles for solo and duo cello, trios and quartets, plus a bit of percussion and pipe organ.

Fairbault, Minnesota 1939 - Oscar Hamry - coming soon
Oscar Hamry (Ola O. Reishagen) was the son of Ola Gudmundson Hamre from the tenant farm Hamro, belonging to Midtre Hande in Vestre Slidre. He was born in 1884, and spent his childhood years with his parents at Hamro. He had two brothers, also named Ola. Around 1900, one of the brothers bought the farm Reishagen. After a while Ola moved in there and adopted the farm's name. His other brother emigrated to the USA while still quite young and settled in Minnesota. In 1912 Ola married Ambjørg Sårrbu from Vang. They immediately emigrated to America, and later had a daughter.

A Man About A Horse - Steve Tibbetts - 16.99
American musician's eighth ECM release continunes his explorations of sound and aural space

Djamano - Laye Sow - 19.99
OK, it has been done before, and done well, so why should you listen to another Malian-blues collaboration? Perhaps because this one really works well, because the players are excellent, no one tries to steal the show, and the songs are always the primary focus of this collaboration between Senegalese singer and guitarist Laye Sow and American guitarist Richard Caswell and American bass/percussionist Steve Marshall. No flash, no funk, no pyrotecnic displays of gadgetry and wizardry, just some musicians getting together to share their roots and diversity.

The Act of Being Free in One Act - Richard Hunter - 14.99
Innovative harmonica works by one fo the US' best players.

The Second Act of Free Being - Richard Hunter - 14.99
The American harmonica player's second recording of original material and standards.

Live in Frankfurt 82 - Bitter Funeral Beer Band w Don Cherry, K. Sridhar - 17.99
A remarkable concert recording of innovative trumpeter Cherry and sarod master Sridhar, joined by a stellar cast of Swedish, African, American musicians including Bengt Berger, Atsimevu, Anita Livstrand, Matthias Helldén, Christer Bothén, and many more.

Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm - 16.99
The drummer and vocalist's first solo, studio recording in 25 years, an all-acoustic release, is a most welcome sight for me (and all of you who loved The Band). Brian Mitchell on piano and accordion, Byron Isaacs on bass, Glenn Patscha on pump organ and George Receli on percussion. with a guest vocals by Buddy and Julie Miller. Listen!

Dans les airs - Le Vent Du Nord - 16.99
The Québec band plays innovative yet traditional music from the region, with Simon Beaudry (guitar, vocals); Nicolas Boulerice (hurdy-gurdy, piano, pianoaccordion, vocals); Réjean Brunet (acoustic bass, diatonic accordion, piano, vocals); Olivier Demers (fiddle, foot tapping, mandolin, vocals). Excellent, as they always are!

Anger and Marshall with Väsen - Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Vasen - 16.99
The self-dubbed "Duo" of American jazz-roots join forces with the Swedish trio of Olov Johansson (nyckelharpa), Roger Tallroth (guitar) and Mikael Marin (viola) for a shared look at their resppective roots.

Mandolin Boogie - The Armstrong Twins - 10.98
Stars of radio, records, and TV, the Armstrong Twins performed on the Louisiana Hayride, KXLA Pasadena, CA, Cliffie Stone's Dinner Bell Round Up and his legendary TV show "Town Hall Party." For the first time on CD the sound of their classic country brother duets featuring their first recordings from the late forties to the early fifties, and a reunion session in 1979. And a nice price, too!

Fulani Journey - Afrissippi - 15.99
Things like this are just too irresistible: a Senegalese musician moves to Oxford Mississippi, meets up with some local blues talent and before you know it, a new band is born. Guitarist Guelel Kumba is joined by Eric Deaton (of the RL Burnside Band) and local legends, The Taylor Grocery Band, with a special bonus video that includes a guest appearance by the MC5 legend, John Sinclair. highly recommended

From the Inside - Stacy Phillips - 13.99
The archduke of dobro is joined by Jon Sholle, Ken Kosek, Tony Trischka, Evan Stover and others. "Stacy Phillips hits almost every high point on this new release ("From the Inside), from klezmer to Hawaiian to bluegrass to Western Swing. This album is just damn beautiful, and if I don't write about it hear, you may miss it. Phillips has a masterful touch on one of my favorite instruments. . . gentle, totally fluid, totally present practitioner of American roots musics. [GRADE: A+]" - The Klezmer Shack

Duo - Bidaia - 13.99
Basque composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Mixel Ducau and Californian singer-songwriter and hurdy-gurdy player Caroline Phillips come back for their second recording as Bidaia, now a duo, with a repertoire that includes original compositions and traditional Basque songs. The Basque alboka and ttun-ttun are combined with acoustic guitar, hurdy-gurdy and bamboo clarinet to offer a strong second look at their original approach to the tradition.

From Mali to America - Cheik Hamala Diabate and Bob Carlin - 15.99
The meeting of clawhammer banjo ace Carlin and west African griot Diabate, master of the ngoni of Mali connects the dots between the 5-string banjo and its African ancestors. With special guest Solo Tounkara on guitar. Extensive notes on the artists and the tunes in English and French.

Sweet Warrior - Richard Thompson - 16.99
The Brit guitar hero and cynical songwriter returns with a full blown electric album, finally. Nothing new under the sun, RT just simply continues to pour forth with dark wit and solid music. What else can I say? I am addicted.

Rise Up! - Klezmatics - 12.99
The LONG awaited return of one of the genres most innovative and challenging bands

Fragmenti - Paris to Kyiv - 16.99
The 2005 release by this Canadian based, Ukraine inspired global music ensemble. Marvelous music, a first rate ensemble of Julian Kytasty, Richard Moody, Paul Yee, Christian Dugas, Alan Schroeder and Rodrigo Muñoz and of course, the voice of Alexis Kochan.

Amid the Noise - So Percussion - 18.99
The New York City percussion ensemble breaks out of their "Bang on a Can" composers fix and perform their own original material. This CD/DVD finds So members Treuting, Adam Sliwinski, and Lawson White experimenting with glockenspiel, toy piano, vibraphones, bowed marimba, melodica, tuned and prepared pipes, metals, a wayward ethernet port, and all kinds of sound programming conceived as an audio accompaniment to Jenise Treuting’s films of street scenes in Manhattan and Tokyo.

Midnight Prayer - Joel Rubin Ensemble - 15.99
Rubin is one of the leading performers of instrumental klezmer music and has spent the last 14 years in Germany and Eastern Europe researching and performing the old Russian Jewish klezmer tradition.He is joined on this marvelous recording by a great group of musicians, including Kálmán Balogh, Ferenc Kovács and David Chernyavsky.

World's on Fire - The Crooked Jades - 15.99
A potent mix of all-acoustic old-time mountain instruments (banjo, guitars, jews harp, fiddle, double bass, etc) and modern edge, this band writes their own material in a style that at first seems to be in the tradition, but on closer listening reveals a sharp, contemporary approach to lyrics and playing style.

New Words - Novas Palavras - Mike Marshall and Hamilton de Holanda - 16.99
Two plucked string masters (bandolim, guitars, mandolin, etc) meet and exchange cultures by exploring the works of Jacob do Bandolim, Garoto, de Holanda, Nazareth, Pascoal, Pixinguinha, old bluegrass standards and original songs by Marshall and Bela Fleck.

The Player: A Retrospective - David Bromberg - 12.99
The guitar player's guitar player, Bromberg forged a unique path with his first recordings. This is a collection of the best of those, and includes brilliant work like 'Sammy's Song," "Sharon", "The Holdup," and "Dehlia" as well as a good dose of his humor, and some traditional songs, too. If you wore out your old LPs, here's the replacement.

Flying Saucers - Mad Tea Party - 13.99
True Americana by a quirky crew from North Carolina delve into old blues, hokum and folk tunes, with a touch of coutry pop music from the 20s and such. Ami Worthen (vocals, ukulele), Jason Krekel (vocals, guitar, fiddle, and kazoo) and Lora Pendleton (vocals, bass) recorded this little gem of American roots in their home in North Carolina and the energy and spontaneity overflow in every tune, from the clever novelty of "Flying Suacers" to the warmth of the old country standard, "Walking on the Kings Highway." I was priveleged to have these folks on my radio show in CT in 2005 and fell in love with their personable and witty approach to all kinds of American roots music. Highly recommended.

Rub That Rhythm - The Bluelights - 14.99
They call it 'Roots Music In Overdrive' and while this might be a jug band in some sense, they have moved past the strict definition in this new recording, offering rock, rockabilly and R'n'B in the mix, as well. Folk and blues legend Eric Von Schmidt calls them 'absolutely the best since Kweskin's Jug Band... traditional music in overdrive.'

Courage and Patience and Grit - Great Big Sea - special order
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."

Bubbemeises:Lies My Gramma Told Me - David Krakauer, Socalled and Klezmer Madness - 17.99
Clarinetist Krakauer strikes again, as he teams up with Jewish hip hop beat architect Socalled and the ensemble Klezmer Madness!, remixing Hasidic chant, klezmer tributes to James Brown and all manner of musical merriment. It's not your old Jewish bubbe's music anymore.

Ethiopiques 20: Live in Addis (2 CDs) - Either/Orchestra - 16.99
The 10-piece jazz orchestra from Boston, in a 2 CD set recorded live in Addis with a number of great Ethiopian performers including vocalists Bahta Gebre-Heywet, Michael Belayheh and Tsedenia Gebre-Marqos, saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya and percussionist Mulatu Astatqe. Inspired by the great Ethiopian pop and jazz of the '60s and '70s, they bring a full array of modern jazz and Afro-Cuban innovations to an Ethiopian repertoire. Unusual, to say the least.

Every One Tells a Story - The Real Stormin' Norman - 14.99
Best known for his work in the 70s are the pianist, composer and second voice in the legendary NYC band Stormin' Norman and Suzy, Norman Zamcheck returns with his 2006 solo release of new songs.

Vishnu - Robert Macht - 15.99
Innova_mcf Vishnu blends Macht's playing of the tuned bronzed gongs, xylophones and calf skinned drums from Java, known as the gamelan, with the lyric-coloratura voice of Hyunah Yu. Sandip Burman (Indian tabla), John Wubbenhorst (bamboo flute) and the group Global Percussion add to the spicy concoction.

Mahkato Wacipi (2CD set) - Lakotah and Dakotah artists - 19.99
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
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
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
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
a live concert performance by one of the most agressive and innovative of the 'new Jewish fringe' bands

East Flatbush Blues - Andy Statman - 17.99
A 2006 followup (after 25 years!) to the legendary Flatbush Waltz by mandolinist Andy Statman. Crossing seamlessly across genres, from American jazz, blues, bluegrass to folk and klezmer, he relentlessly searches for new ideas. This new recording has traditional folk and blues, and some stark, original songs.

Awakening From Above - Andy Statman - 17.99
This 2006 release by the mandolin (and many other instruments!) master CD focuses on the meditative and ecstatic centuries-old melodies that lie at the heart of Jewish music. Spare arrangements, loose improvisation and expressive depth are in evidence throughout the recording. In solos, duets and trios, he galvanize the klezmer roots with jazz and other folk and ethnic styles to create his own unique Jewish instrumental music.

Bahamut - Hazmat Modine - 15.99
On my list of quirkly originals, this crew just moved towards the top. Duel harmonicas, guitar, trumpet and a drum/tuba rhythm section back vocals of real originality, while guests add Romanian cimbalom, electric banjitar, contrabass sax, claviola and bass marimba, while a gang of genuine Tuvan throat singers round it all out. Totally unique.

Gloryland - Anonymous 4, Anger and Marshall - 18.99
A sequel to their American Angels, Gloryland delves into traditional American folk music, joined by n Darol Anger (violin, mandolin) and Mike Marshall (mandolin, guitar, mandocello). Lyric folk songs, religious ballads, shape-note tunes and gospel hymns are given new interpretations in a mix of traditional and classical vocal styles.

Fenci's Blues - Shtreiml and Ismail Fencioglu - 15.99
The third recording by the wonderful Canadian based klezmer ensemble led by harmonica player Jason Rosenblatt explores ancient connections with Turkey, via the work of Turkish udist Ismail Hakki Fencioglu.

Chasing Grace - The Henrys - 15.99

Wood That Sings - Various Native American - 12.99
Indian Fiddle Music Of The Americas

Soon Be Time - Bruce Molsky - 16.99
Molsky's first truly solo recording, alone on fiddle, guitar, banjo and vocal, explores the roots of Appalachia, Delta blues, Ireland and eastern Europe. Essential listening for anyone who loves traditional music, performed by one of its best contemporary champions.

Traveling Chamber Blues Show - Corky Siegel - 15.99
I heard Corky Siegel's Traveling Chamber Blues Show on the radio (WPKN in CT) one night and it just bowled me over. It was weird, it was funky, it had grit and class. Here is the famous blues harp and piano man, joined by a string section (cello, violins, viola) and percussion on one of the most unexpected CDs of the year 2005. Listen

A Ballad for Many - Don Byron and Bang on a Can - 17.99
The record label says: After years of live collaboration, the acclaimed clarinetist shows off his talent as a composer on his new CD. The disc is dedicated to ground-breakers, with large-scale works dedicated to one-of-a-kind comic/satirist/star Ernie Kovacs, and to the Tuskegee Airmen, the famous African-American WWII-era fighter squadron.Recorded by Byron long-time producer Tom Lazarus, it features the Bang on a Can All-Stars at their best, negotiating breathtaking cello-piano duets, rocking out with one of Byron’s great grooves. This CD creates a unique opportunity to hear Byron’s music interpreted by a group other than his own.

The Protocols - Hank Sapoznik and the Youngers of Zion - 16.99
Old time Yiddish music — hot fiddle tunes, forgotten ballads, introspective instrumentals and snappy Second Avenue vaudeville songs performed with anmmediacy evoking the coziness of the parlor and the raucousness of the dance floor. Deeply rooted in traditional Yiddish music, the Youngers of Zion make it their own, playing with an easy sense of ownership and understated virtuosity. Singer and tenor guitarist Henry Sapoznik is joined by Mark Rubin on bass and tuba, and fiddler "Cookie" Segelstein in a 'live in the studio' recording of great energy.

Dogie Music - Skip Gorman and the Waddie Pals - 16.99
Old timey music from the American west by Skip Gorman and pals Ruthie Dornfeld on fiddle, Mary Burdette on bass, Tom Sauber on banjo, fiddle and mandolin and Patrick Sauber on accordion and mando. Sweet old tunes familiar and un, played with love and spirit.

See You In A Minute - Berger, Knutsson, Spering, Cherry, Cherry - 17.99
Bengt Berger, Jonas Knutsson, Christian Spering, Eagle-Eye Cherry and Neneh Cherry in an international homage to the late, great Don Cherry

Flesh and Armor - Liam Bailey - 15.99
Pure pop with American roots - not my usual catalog addition, but I make exceptions for musicians with a wry outlook, an unusual voice and a certain sense of production restraint. Liam and his team of musicians have all of this working for them, so if you have the occasional, selective soft spot for intelligent pop music like I do, you might want to give this one a listen.

Plea for Peace - The Afro-Semitic Experience - 15.99
This African-Jewish jazz alliance offers a unique perspective, both musically and philosopically. Using tools expected and unexpected (bass, horns and drums are met by dobro, violin, African percussion and clarinet) they make a music that will grab the ear of mainstream jazz and Jewish fusion fans because no matter the genre, it is genuine, original and surprising.

Zarana: Ragtime Banjo - Jean-Marc Andres - 16.99
1997 recording by the French banjo master performs compositions from the early greats of ragtime including Joe Morley, Alfred Cammeyer, Emile Grimshaw, Fred van Eps. Accompanied by pianist Philippe Yvron.

Songs of the Volcano - Papua New Guinea stringbands and Bob Brozman - 14.99
American guitarist Bob Brozman travelled to Papua New Guinea and recorded (and played with) the Rabaul community’s local stringbands. The package also features a full length, behind the scenes DVD documentary of the making of the album.

Dominos - Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys - 12.99
A "dual-disc" (2 sides, one CD, one DVD) by one of Lousiana's premiere contemporary/folk bands. DVD contains interviews with the band, and performances of "Ardoin Medley," "Marie Has Died," "Sweet Dreams" and "Wait Till I Finish Crying."

American Primitive Vol. II: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939 - various - 26.99
2 CDs, 50 tracks with a 72 page booklet - a collection of obscure commercial recordings of early Americana: the NuGrape Twins, Bayless Rose, the Salty Dog Four, Geeshie Wiley, the Mississippi Moaner, Blues Birdhead, the Bubbling Over Five, Pigmeat Terry, Mattie May Thomas and many others

Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows, 1926-1937 - various - 24.99
2 CDs, 48 old-time classics in a nicely designed trifold digipak and a well-illustrated 72-page booklet with extensive notes, period photos and much more. A musical document of the old-time medicine shows, with Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett, Pink Anderson, Sam McGee, the Memphis Sheiks, Emmett Miller, Carolina Tar Heels, Henry Thomas, Mainer's Mountaineers, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Charlie Poole and many others

Carnival Conspiracy - Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars - 17.99
The third and most subversive of the brotherhood's recordings. Read on.....

Our worlds beyond - Elemér Balázs Group with Charlie Mariano - 17.99
The Hungarian percussionist and drummer is joined by his jazz ensemble and the American saxophonist Mariano.

Hold Me To This (...plays Radiohead) - Christopher O'Riley - 17.99
Pianist O'Riley plays 14 songs by Radiohead. Go figure!

Time Was Time Is - Ray Barretto - 17.99
Barretto takes Latin-Jazz back to its roots, and then combines it with the vocabulary of today, and with his septet present a new twist in the ever fertile dialogue between New York and the Caribbean on this 2005 release.

Ballads: 1997-2000 - Omar Sosa - 17.99
It makes me crazy how under-rated and unknown pianist Omar Sosa seems to be. While better known for his high-energy, percussive piano style, he has also a profound sense of expression in a more lyrical realm. This collection of ballads, taken from four of his early recordings are full of romanticism and grace, richly melodic jazz with a Latin heart.

Pandoukht - David Yengibarjan and Frank London - 17.99
David Yengibarjan - accordion; Frank London - trumpet; József Barcza Horváth - bass; András Dés - percussion; with guest guitarist Gábor Gadó.

The Star Chamber - Industrial Jazz Group - 16.99
The ensemble says ' Not that kind of industrial. This one is way more fun!' I heard their Gross Fugue on the radio (WPKN, in Connecticut) and was positively blown away by it, and immediately put it in the catalog. They skirt the edge of a 60s noir jazz style, but ultimately, they are so far beyond categorizing that it is silly to try. Adventurous and unique.

Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues - Odetta - 13.99
The 60's recording that impacted a generation of folk and blues singers, reissued with 4 extra tracks

Le Nozze di Carlo - Le Nozze di Carlo - 11.99
Their premise is that they make 'ethnic and psuedo-ethnic music.' Perhaps, but then, we all take ourselves too seriously, so why not? This quartet from New York plays accordion, bass, sax and guitar, they all sing, they have a good time playing old Italian folk songs, modern Italian pops, Irish and pseudo-Irish ballads, polkas, sea chanteys, jazz odysseys, mini-operas, and 'the occasional game of croquet.' Relax and enjoy.

The Well-Tampered Accordion - Guy Klucevsek - 16.99
The centerpiece of composer/accordionist Guy Klucevsek’s new solo recording is a collection of 12 short pieces that consist of etudes, preludes, chorales, songs without words, dances and a fantasy. In his most ambitious solo composition to date, inspired by J.S. Bach’s 'The Well-Tempered Klavier,' Klucevsek draws on all the elements of his previous music and ventures into new territory as well: hints of Bartok, Copland, Gottshalk, Eastern European folk music, Middle Eastern melodies and minimalism. Features 'Accordion Misdemeanors,' which Klucevsek wrote to accompany E Annie Proulx’s novel Accordion Crimes, and 'Four Portraits,' inspired by Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer-winning novel The Hours.

Atom Bomb - Blind Boys of Alabama - 13.99
More traditional gospel from this great singing group, plus some quirky covers of pop tunes like Spirit in the Sky, Prsence of the Lord and the 1950s cult country tune, Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb.

...and friends - Wu Man - 16.99
..and the friends are a pretty interesting group - the Chinese pipa master and singer is joined by American Lee Knight (banjo, dulcimer, mouth bow, voice), Ukrainian Julian Kytasty (bandura, sopilka, voice) and Bugandan harpist James Makubuya (endongo, adungu, voice) in a global song circle that includes traditional folks songs from each region.

Freshet - Freshet - 16.99
You can't really assemble a much better acoustic music group than this collaboration of Finnish and American musicians: Ruthie Dornfeld on fiddle, Petri Hakala on mandolin, John Miller on guitar and Tapani Varis on bass and overtone flute. They move effortlessly between Finn and American folk, swing and jazz (and a touch of bossa nova, samba, choro!) in a trans-continental, trans-oceanic music fest. (This ensemble was originally called Helsinki Express.)

Ways of the World - Ruthie Dornfeld, Joel Bernstein, Keith Murphy - 16.99
Folk tunes from Appalachia and Texas played by Ruthie Dornfeld -fiddle, viola; Joel Bernstein -harmonica, banjo; Keith Murphy -guitar, vocals

Brother Moses Smote The Water - Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson and Kathryn Farmer - 17.99
Klezmer meets gospel: the one and only Klezmatics, with renowned gospel artists Joshua Nelson and Kathryn Farmer, breathe new life into songs from both the Jewish and African-American heriage to tell a story of inspiration and social action, while weaving a revelatory dialogue between cultures and musial styles. Their first live album, recorded during the HeimatKlänge at MuseumsInselFestival in Berlin, Germany, includes 8 new and 2 classic songs.

Troubadour - Mesut Ozgen - 15.99
Classical guitarist Özgen presents a varied selection of music for the instrument in a series of compositions inspired by folk music, by an equally varied group of composers from around the world.

Princesa de la Naturaleza (Nature's Princess) - Maria Marquez - 13.99
The US-based singer from Venezuela finally hits the mark on this 2004 recording. Acompanied by a great band (including Omar Sosa, John Santos and Gustavo Ovalles) and self-producing a set of unusual and often unexpected arrangements, Marquez has found the right framework for her unique and beautiful voice, flirting with folk, jazz and even a touch of the avant garde. Even an old chestnut like Besame Mucho gets a new lease on life in the hands of this able ensemble and this first class vocalist.

Hummingbird - Jeremiah McLane and Ruthie Dornfeld - 16.99
This unique duo is pulling together disparate influences from around the world and making a roots-based music that often borders on the avant garde. Dornfeld's fiddle and McLane's accordion weave and diverge in unique and creative ways.

Selwa - Choying Drolma + Steve Tibbetts - 15.99
Tibetan Buddhist nun and singer Chöying Drolma and American guitarist/recordist Steve Tibbetts' second recording together.

La Linea (Border) - Lila Downs - 16.99
Border forges a bridge between cultures and time. It's a collection of stirring songs inspired by border life, the plight of migrant workers, and the hardships endured by indigenous peoples. Accompanied by pre-Colombian and Mexican folk instruments, Downs infuses jazz, gospel, and hip hop influences into traditional cumbias, creating powerful music in any language. The artist dedicates this recording to the Mexican migrants, to the spirits of those who have died crossing the line.

Days of Awe - David Chevan w/ Afro-Semitic Experience and Frank London - 15.99
David Chevan and The Afro-Semitic Experience has been amazing audiences all over Connecticut and the northeast for a number of years (and lately, also around the world). Trumpeter Frank London joins the ensemble on this 2003 release that reinterprets 'meditations for Selichot, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.' It's an astounding work of musical art, innovative, spiritual and musically adept at merging tradition and innovation, ancient melodies and jazz.

A Ferd - Spaelimenninir i Hoydolum - 13.99
On Á Ferð, the Faroese-American band Spælimenninir í Hoydølum are captured in live recordings from USA, Scotland, Orkney and the Faroes. Originally released in 1984, reissued on CD.

Backwards into the Backwoods - Stian Carstensen - 16.99
The Norwegian musican and composer's 2004 release, his second under his own name for Winter and Winter recordings is an exciting and innovative work, in keeping with his long time experiments with Farmer's Market and other projects he has been a part of or spearheaded. he explores uniquely southern American music in a truly Norwegian, avant garde way

Sanctuary - Charlie Musselwhite - 16.99
The great blues harper with Ben Harper, Charlie Sexton, the Blind Boys of Alabama. (2004)

The Early Years - The American Cafe Orchestra - 16.99
The swinging American/Danish American Café Orchestra has collected some of their best earlier recordings on this CD. Listen to the American and Scandinavian tunes played by the American fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld, the Danish guitar player Morten Alfred Høirup and the Norwegian bassplayer Anders Hofset and you will feel a happy magic. Guest musicians: Pelle Lindstrom - Harmonica, percussion, vocal ; Peter Gorm Sørensen - Fiddle ; Hans Leonardo Pedersen - Saxophone

Mareas - Juan Carranza - 16.99
Costa Rican born guitarist Juan Carranza merges traditional and new flamenco with an undercurrent of Latin and North African rhythms on this collection of ten original songs. This is no slick pastiche a la Gipsy Kings, but rough and ready roots music played with great energy and skill, delivered with passion and creative spark.

Jump for George - Imaginary Homeland - 15.99
This is one of those 'what can you say?' sort of recordings. Composer, saxophonist, and percussionist David Rogers, percussionist Mark Stone, violinist Marlene Rice and funky bassist Matt Pavolka have found the non-existant link between Appalachian string bands, Ghanian percussion, downtown jazz and host of other unrelated ideas that miraculously fit together as if they had the deepest of ethnomusical roots.

American Angels - Anonymous 4 - 17.99
Anonymous 4's natural and decidedly non-classical approach to the roots of American music. This collection features 18th-century psalm settings from rural New England, 19th-century shape-note and camp revival songs from the rural South and some of America's best-loved gospel songs.

Seventh and Trade - Clare Fader and The Vaudevillains - 16.99
Singer and writer Clare Fader and company are back with their second release, and it is, if anything, weirder, darker and more quirky than the first. It's part cabaret, part Jaques Brel, perhaps a skittering dose of The Doors without the amplifiers and leather. The Vaudevillains: Aaron Bachelder, drums; Andy Mabe, upright bass; Brad Cokendolpher, guitar; and Mary K. Elkins, cello.

Omar Sosa and Adam Rudolph - Omar Sosa and Adam Rudolph - 17.99
A collaboration between Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and Los Angeles-based percussionist Adam Rudolph.

Guitar - Peter Lang - 14.99
11 new songs by this mid-western American string wizard, all new for this 2003 release, his first in many years. Most pieces are performed on the 12-string guitar.

Margot Leverett and The Klezmer Mountain Boys - Margot Leverett and The Klezmer Mountain Boys - 16.99
Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett joins forces with today's stars of klezmer and bluegrass to explore the shared musical spirit of two genres literally worlds apart. Appalachian tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe, some newly discovered, and the resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, melancholic and footstomping. Featuring bluegrass legends such as Kenny Kosek on fiddle, Barry Mitterhoff on mandolin, with special klezmer guests including Frank London and The Klezmer Brass Allstars, Michael Albert and many more.

Beautiful Isle of Somewhere - Geoff Muldaur - 17.99
The great and often quirky jazz-blues singer and guitarist in a live performance in Bremen, Germany. Muldaur’s new interpretations of mostly classic blues, folk, jazz and gospel material reach a rare kind of intensity and depth. Both of his duo albums with ex-wife Maria are considered certified roots music classics and his name is inseparable from the history of the American folk and blues revival, but rarely has Geoff Muldaur sounded better than on this particular album. It’s a remarkable comeback after an 18-year-absence from the music business by a wonderful artist delivering acoustic roots music built to last.

Work and Pray: Historic Negro Spirituals And Work Songs From West Virginia - Various artists - 16.99
38 field recordings from 1949-1953. Railroad work chants, ancient spirituals, hammer songs, slave-era songs, more. A collection of varied and powerful African-American music from Appalachia.

Going Elsewhere - The Clayfoot Strutters - 16.99
The Clayfoot Strutters are a self-styled 'New England-based Contradance Jam Band' who specialize in fusing the modes and melodies of traditional American immigrant music, progressive pop and modal jazz harmonies with' dance-floor grooves from the Latin, Swing, Afropop and Zydeco/Cajun worlds. Members are fiddler, songwriter, and producer Pete Sutherland, Jeremiah McLane on accordion and keyboards, and drummer, vocalist and guitarist Lee Blackwell. Special guests often include: Peter Davis, who plays clarinet, sax, piano, and guitar, bassist Dave Grant, and banjo and flute player Mark Roberts.

Maudite Moisson! - Le Vent du Nord - 17.99
Step dancer/accordionist Benoit Bourque (Matapat) and singer/guitarist Bernard Simard join pianist and hurdy-gurdy player Nicolas Boulerice and fiddler Olivier Demers in a recording of what they call 'new traditional music from Québec.'

The Danubians - The Danubians - 16.99
Amy Denio, Pavel Fajt, Csaba Hajnoczy and Gaby Kenderesi

Songs of my People - Peter Garcia and The Garcia Brothers - 13.99
From San Juan Pueblo, in Northern New Mexico, comes a sound rich with history and honor for the living Earth. San Juan has been an active ceremonial center for seven hundred years and Songs Of My People is a collection of music to accompany ceremonial dances. The solo and group songs are sung by men with deep, penetrating voices and the instrumentation consists mainly of double-sided drums and gourd rattles.

Solidarity, It Can't Be Beat - The Solidarity Singers - 15.99
In the economic and political times that are on the horizon, it's probably more important than ever that the average folks stick together and sing. That's what The Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Choir are doing, adapting classic songs of labor and liberation to the new times; the age old folk-process in action. It's neither slick nor what you'd call professional, but homespun, genuine and personal.

Mahima - Debashish Bhattacharya and Bob Brozman - 16.99
Two renowned slide guitarists (from India and the US) meet and merge their talents and ideas into a new musical sound.

Puerto Angel - The Henrys - temp out of stock-15.99

Tokyo - The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - temp out of stock-15.99
More of that infamous rock and roll insanity from the king of the outside pop scene, Norman Odam, friend and inspiration to a generation (including David Bowie, whose Space Oddity gets The LegendaryStardust treatment on this new recording).

Live in Chicago - The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - temp out of stock-15.99
What can you say about The Ledge?

Atlas Travel - Don Rooke - temp out of stock-16.99
The solo release by composer, guitarist and all around swell guy Don Rooke from The Henrys is an exercise in sonic spaciousness, aural elbow room and capricious experimentation.

Haricots Sont Pas Sales - various - temp out of stock-16.99
Live sessions made in Louisiana in the 1970s, in Acadia and Evnageline. Some of the greatest Cajun musicians of the era captured in true local spirit. Artists include Bee Fontenot, Canray Fontenot, Dewey Balfa, Will Balfa, Rodney Balfa, Burkman Balfa, Sherley Bergeran, Alphee Bergeran, Bee Deshotels, Ed Deshotels, Terry Bearb, Nathan Abshire, Alphonse 'Bois sec' Ardoin, Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, Preston Manuel, Wallace Lafleur, Terry Bertrand, Ambroise Thibodeaux, Jack Léger.

8 Armed Monkey - KTU - temp out of stock-16.99
Finnish accordionists Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen (Kluster) join Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn (percussion and guitar from King Crimson and duo TU) for a round of agressive, loud and utterly unclassfiable new music.

From Sweden to America - Various - temp out of stock-17.99
Swedish Emigrant Songs: Amerikavisor - Historic recordings from Sweden and the US about emigrants and immigration. All are vocal works, folks songs about the joys and hardships

Weatherhole - Michael Hurley - temp out of stock-16.99
More snock, complete with a band and, as always, some great, quirky songs.