Abrecaminos - Maria Salgado
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-salgado07)
María Salgado returns to her Castillian roots, mixing them with Eastern and Sephardic elements and new compositions in a splendid work of delicate turns and elegant musical arrangements, embossed with the peacefulness of Bierzo.
Xoriek 17 - Mikel Laboa
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-laboa06)
On his 17th recording, Mikel Laboa pays tribute to the writers who have inspired him and delves into the metaphorical world of birds, with a decidedly jazz orientation to the music.
Komunikando - Os Diplomaticos
$9.99
(cdRoots# boa-diplomaticos)
'Os Diplomaticos have been going since 1989, getting mixed up quite early on with Mano Negra and subsequently Manu Chao. Put them in a bracket that runs from those names to Madness - accordeons, brass, punky ska rhythms, catchy upbeat rootsy songs... guest appearances from Susana Seivane's gaitas, Uxia's vocals, African female vocal group Batuko Tabanka, members of Berrogüetto and many more...' - fRoots
Musica para minivelas - German Diaz
$12.99
(cdRoots# gal-x132)
Concierto en Directo: Etnosur, Encuentro de Culturas - Eccentric Sound System
$13.99
(cdRoots# yy-eccentricdvd)
PAL format DVD - 90 minutes of concert performances plus 40 minutes of extras. In Spanish
Río de los canasteros - Diego Amador
$10.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv468081)
Flamenco-influenced jazz pianist Diego Amador's powerful yet fluid piano is heard in interplay with guitars and vocals, and percussion and palmas. Guests include guitarist Tomatito, legendary cantaora La Susi, guitarist Raimundo Amador, bassist Carles Benavent and Argentinean guitarist Luis Salinas, offering the atmosphere of a juerga, an informal jam session where anyone can join in and anything can happen. Each of the nine tracks creates an all-night urban back-room gathering, offering the Iberian musical bliss known as duende.
Eterno Navegar - Uxia
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv498024)
The 2008 release by the remarkble Galician singer Uxía is rooted in her native Galicia's tradition, but pulls together the music of Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde and making them her own. Produced by Uxía and Paulo Borges, the Portuguese pianist and composer from Azores Islands, these tracks showcase Uxía's melodious and intimate voice in a perfect set of 15 settings. The Lusophone musicians who contribute to this exploration include Sara Tavares, Tito Paris, Jon Luz, Zeca Medeiros, Julio Pereira, João Afonso, Paulo de Carvalho and Ruben Santos, Anxo Quinto Pinto and Quim Farinha. Highly recommended.
Kantuketan - Basque Country (2 CDs: regular price 36.99) - various
$21.99
(cdRoots# hm-basque06)
Two CD set presents Basque singing from several generations and styles, a mixture of 'wild songs' without words, formal choral singing, improvisations, pastorals and more modern song forms; it portrays an art that has been able to keep up-to-date without losing any of its poetic force.
Qawwali-Flamenco (2CDs + DVD: regular price 42.99) - Faiz Ali Faiz Ensemble, Miquel Poveda
$22.99
(cdRoots# hm-ac114)
A meeting between the Pakistani Sufi tradition of Qawwali and Spanish Flamenco, the double album was recorded live at the Fes Festival of Sacred Music, Morocco, in June 2005. Faiz Ali Faiz leads his Qawwali Ensemble, while two singers, Miguel Poveda and Juan 'Duquende' Cortes are joined by guitarist Juan 'Chicuelo' Gomez to form the Spanish contingent. The set includes two CDs (total time 2 hours 20 minutes) and a multi-standard DVD which features includes a 'Making of' segment (17 minutes) and concert footage from the Fes Festival (55 minutes).
Encuentro - Flavio Sala and Juan Lorenzo
$17.99
(cdRoots# rd-3011)
Flavio Sala, born in Campobasso, and Juan Lorenzo, a flamenco guitarist who has studied in Sevilla, and who has played with such great artists as Andrea Bocelli, Mario Reyes (Gipsy Kings), Al di Meola and Pino Daniele, seek a common ground on which the classical tradition and the flamenco legacy can thrive, experimenting and defining a new guitar language inside of classical Venezuelan themes, Granada flamenco, and jazz-like improvisation.
Terregada - Psalite, Lidia Pujol, Miquel Gil
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-terregada)
The ensemble Psàlite join Catalan vocalists Lídia Pujol and Miquel Gil in a powerful exploration of the Spanish voice, lightly accompanied. The songs are traditional, the execution artful, the overall effect is chilling and gorgeous.
Zambúllete - Michio
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-zamb)
The true globalista: a guitarist born in Germany of Japanese ancestry presents bulerías, tangos and soleás (with vocals on some songs by Alicia Carrasco). The pedigree is surprising, the music is wonderful.
Tren directe - Andana
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-andana)
A hard-rocking young Catalan folk band from from Spain.
Duo - Bidaia
$13.99
(cdRoots# bid-1)
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.
Martins4 - Martin, Taylor, Carthy and Simpson
$16.99
(cdRoots# sst-martins4)
Four guitarists- Juan Martin (flamenco) and Martin Taylor (jazz) plus scions of the Brit folk scene Martin Carthy and Martin Simpson - recorded live together at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow.
Taxi - Antonia Font
$16.99
(cdRoots# medi-font)
Antònia Font is a great folk-rooted rock band from Catalunya, Spain. This is a CD recording, plus a free DVD video (PAL format). The music is fresh and charming, with hints of Brazilian pop and folk, great Catalanian poetry and folk and a strong sense of absurdity and subtle humor. The sweet humor comes forth on the free DVD video included, a short musical film called "Acronia i col-lapse del Dr Polanski," a story of 19th century space travel, robots, moon rabbits and ultimately, romance.
Raixa - Maria del Mar Bonet
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv498027)
For more than 40 years, Maria del Mar Bonet has been one of the major voices of Mediterranean music. Born in Palma de Majorca, she moved to Barcelona at the end of the 60's and formed part of what was called "La Nova Canco" (The New Song), an artistic movement that emerged during the final years of General Franco's dictatorship. Other famous members of the movement are Joan Manuel Serrat and Lluis Llach. This CD (the name of a garden in Majorca), was recorded in concert at Plaça Del Rei Barcelona and celebrates Bonet's 25th year of concerts in this venue.
Riyad al-hubb, musiques d'al-Andalus - Al Arabi, Lefeuvre, Delgado
$19.99
(cdRoots# hm-riyad)
Available again: A collaboration of musicians from Spain, France and Morocco give new meaning to trans-Andalus, with a blend of orth African, Occitan and just pure non-geographic ingenuity.
The Bagpipe - Various Artists
$9.99
(cdRoots# ly-bagpipe)
Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and Galicia. Uillean pipes from Dublin, Highland bagpipes of Scotland, and others are featured with jigs, marches and a rare vocal performance of Canntaireachd.
20 - La Musgana
$15.99
(cdRoots# mr-musgana20)
20th anniversary celebration by one of Spain's best known folk-roots ensembles; compilation of earlier recordings
Nömadak Tx - Oreka Tx
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv468085)
"...a brilliant project - more the spiritual and musical heir to Junkera's Maren... the duo visit with nomad musicians in a variety of countries Mongolia, India, Morocco, a Western Saharan refugee camp in Algeria, and Scandinavia and the result is an unforgettable visual and musical experience, somewhere between Baraka, Latcho Drom, and Buena Vista Social Club. In their travels, they create txalapartak (the plural form) out of ice, stone and wood, showing the many possibilities of their ancient instrument. In doing so, they form global links of friendship between small and marginalized peoples. Oreka TX meet with and perform with a diverse array of musicians, many with traditions as old and unknowable as that of the txalaparta itself. Basque instruments such as the alboka mix with singers and musicians of many lands." - David Cox, RootsWorld - NOTE: this is the single CD US release (no extra CD or DVD) - Listen
La Puertos de Oreinte:La Musica de Al-Andalus - Omar Sarmini, Ensemble Al-Ruzafa, Hames Bitar
$17.99
(cdRoots# amv-145)
Aleppo is an important trading city and communication cross-point where the most pure traditions of Arabic song and chant have been preserved. The most characteristic expression of this music is the vocal improvisations or layali, through which the complete doctrine of maqam was developed into a form of choral music, the qad, related to the muaxaha genre, very well-known in al-Andaluz. Vocal master Omar Sarmini and an ensemble of some of the world's finest interpreters of music in the al-Andaluz tradition perform this intimate, deeply spiritual yet exciting music
Músicas Populares de la Guerra Civil - Brigada Bravo and Díaz
$17.99
(cdRoots# gal-nube1009)
Antonio Bravo (guitars and live looping) and Germán Díaz (zanfona, caja de música): Music, like all art, is not a question of numbers or tools, but of talent. If one is a virtuoso of the instrument - and Bravo & Diaz certainly are, it is a great start, but only a start. More than virtuosity is the capacity to transmit emotion, to evoke feelings with notes. To use as traditional melodies to elaborate sophisticated variations perceives pathway between the cult and the popular that, since the Renaissance, musicians have sought out. Bravo and Diaz have chosen from a popular Song Book of the Spanish Civil War and use it as ae departure point to a more modern work. In jazz, that "classical" music of XX Century, they have recreated the melodic schemes of a once mythical time to make sound them unexpected and new.
Ajvar and Sterz - Natasa Mirkovic-De Ro and Matthias Loibner
$17.99
(cdRoots# gal-nube1004)
Nataša Mirkovic-DeRo is a folk, rock, jazz, opera singer and ethnomusicologist from Sarajevo, Bosnia; Matthias Loibner is a truly innovative hurdy gurdy player from Austria, founded of the band Deishovida and has worked with Ross Daly. They interpret old songs and instrumental pieces from the Balkans - wedding music, dances, ballads, romances, drinking songs, children’s songs and lullabies - and give them exciting, new life but with respect for traditional roots. The duo received an Austrian World Music award in 2005.
el canto de la mulata rusa - Finis Terrae
$17.99
(cdRoots# gal-finis06)
Finis Terrae combines music from from Celtic and Latin American cultures with jazz and the nueva cancion tradition. They are known for their unexpected to forays into surprising realms, and this CD is no exception. The song of the Russian Mulato is the story of an imaginary circus that an immigrant girl, feeling marginalized by her schoolmates, invents.
En Concert (CD and DVD) - Miquel Gil with Savinna Yannatou
$20.99
(cdRoots# gal-gil07)
An epic event: the meeting of two great European singers, and backed by an incredible ensemble made of Primavera en Salonico and Orqestra Arabe de Barcelona. CD and DVD (PAL format, playable on computers and most DVD players). Highly recommended.
Katà - Miquel Gil
$17.99
(cdRoots# gal-gil-kata)
On Kata this Valencian singer discovers the geological layers of Levante, Andalucía, Mallorca and Catalunya, travelling over these countries and the Spanish Mediterranean seaside to create a unique and personal sound. Rough of voice, but elegant in execution, this recording is one of the more important to come from Spain in 2004.
Canciones Tradicionales de Catalunya - Maria Laffitte
$17.99
(cdRoots# gal-laffitte)
A collection of songs recorded live and 'on location' in Barcelona. Laffitte is an authentic trovadora who specializes in singing traditional songs of Catalunya, Spain.
...Canta a Diamantina Rodriguez - Anabel Santiago
$17.99
(cdRoots# gal-anabel)
This young Spanish folk singer from Asturias takes on the daunting challenge of singing the works of the octogenarian tonada singer Diamantina Rodríguez, accompanied by jazz pianist Jacobo de Miguel, accompanied by guitars, button accordion and some remarkable percussionists. The CD is produced by Lee Wolfe (Asturiana Mining Company) and provides a powerful crossover that takes this music back to its folk roots.
Deus et diabolus - Al Andaluz Project
$-coming soon-17.99
(cdRoots# gal-andaluz)
The Spanish/Sephardic musicians of L'ham de Foc join Estampie, a German group known for its dedication to medieval music, in a recording made at the Dominican monastery of La Cartuja de Cazalla, near Sevilla and explore medieval Sephardic, Arabic, and Christian traditions.
Quimeras - Juan de Lerida
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-cm2741690)
Juan De Lerida and his family left Spain during Franco's regime, but he never lost touch with his Gypsy roots. He taught himself guitar at the age of four by copying what he heard on flamenco recordings. By his tenth birthday, he was playing at weddings and his career had begun in earnest. Surprisingly, this is his first album (made at the age of 40!). He had been a kind of local legend, well known in his own community. But word eventually got out, and now the world can appreciate De Lerida's unique blend of flamenco, tinged with jazz, world music and even classical flavors.
Ninonaninón - La Orquestina del Fabirol
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-fabirol06)
The 2005 release by this unique band from Aragon, Spain, that inhabits a previous century in both its source material and its instrumentation. the use instruments both modern and ancient, including hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes (gaita de boto), accordion, some unusual regional percussion and reed instruments (chiflo and fabirol), guitars, mandolins, mandolas, all accented by great singing. This is a 'children's recording' of sorts, with a light and airy feeling but not much in the way of the sugary whining we have come to expect from the genre. Mostly it is lively, Aragonese period music, marvelously played, with wit, spirit and great musicianship.
Gente Paseando por la calle - Finisterrae
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-finis)
A multi-culti band based in Spain features musicians from US, Chile, UK, Spain and Argentina in a rich mix of traditional Spanish/Latin music and modern jazz, folk and pop influences.
La Sardana - Cobla Sant Jordi Ciutat de Barcelona
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv498021)
The cobla is a traditional music ensemble of Catalonia. It is generally used to accompany the Sardana, a traditional Catalan folk dance, danced in a circle. In Barcelona, capital of Catalonia, in the summer time, one can often see cobla performances in open outdoor squares, with dozens of Catalonians mixed with tourists dancing the Sardana, their purses and backpacks placed on the ground within the circle. Cobla Sant Jordi Ciutat de Barcelona (the official cobla of the city) is one of the best Catalan groups that plays the traditional Catalan Sardana. The group was formed in 1983 and with this recording they are celebrating their 25th anniversary.
Effecto - Faltriqueira
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-falt06)
The Galician band's second release (2006) presents another interesting take on traditional sources, and on this one they expand beyond their home to other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.
Cuba le canta a Serrat (2 CDs) - various - Cuba
$22.99
(cdRoots# medi-serrat2)
The Catalan songwriter is paid unique homage by a group of Cuban musicians on this wonderful recording. Sometimes the connections are obvious, at other times surprising and revealing, and the overall set is sure to please both Spanish and Cuban music fans. This edition includes 2 CDs with 21 tracks.
Yedid Nefesh - Amant de mon âme - Trio Harel
$17.99
(cdRoots# alp-511)
The Judeo-Spanish repertory is one of richest and oldest of the Jewish musical inheritance. Sung in Hebrew, Araméen, Judeo-Spanish or Arabic, these poems and songs offer a call for reconciliation. Meirav Ben David-Harel (voice, percussion, chifonie), Yaïr Harel (voice and percussion), Nima Ben David (viola de gambe) with Michèle Claude (percussions).
Azulejo - Juan Carlos Romero
$18.99
(cdRoots# hm-498017)
Reissue of the flamenco guitarist's much praised 1997 début CD, which had very limited distribution, only in Spain, when it was released. The guitarist collaborated with such leading vocalists of flamenco as Enrique Morente, Carmen Linares and Diego Carrasco on this recording.
Alminares Mediterraneos - Caravasar
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-caravas06)
Alminares Mediterráneos is the second recording by the Spanish ensemble of strings (ud, violins, guitar, bouzouki), percussion (frame drums, riq, daf, darbuka, etc), winds (ney, flute, clarinet, etc) and keyboards (accordion, piano). They present a decidely modern, all-acoustic approach to new music, bordering on jazz (lots of improvisation) but clearly 'from the tradition,' whatever that tradition might be (Andalusia, Balkan, Magrebi, Turkish . It's east meets west with no pretense or apology.
Maimonides - Música Antigua, Sefarad
$17.99
(cdRoots# pne-580)
The golden age of Sefarad in al-Andaluz, sung in archaic Spanish and Hebrew. 14 works from the 11th and 12th centuries including selections by Shmuél Hanaguid ibn-Nagrella and Moshé ibn-Ezra. Performed by Jorge Rozemblum, voice, shofar, citola; Cesar Carozo, voice and viol; Eduardo Paniagua , voice, flutes, fhal, darbuga, tar and percussion; Wafir Sheik, laúd, darbuga, percussion; David Mayoral , dumbek, durbuga, daf, riq, cascabel
Ashod-Yam - Orchestre Andalou D'Israel
$17.99
(cdRoots# st-mgd-061)
Arab-Andalusian music as it might have been performed in Medieval Muslim Spain and then later in North Africa. The ensemble includes Jewish and North African musicians on percussion, 'ud, flutes, violin and other instruments.
La Cite Invisible -Rencontre a Casablanca - Achiary,Bacan/Bekkas,Lopez,Soler
$18.99
(cdRoots# nordsud-1115)
A live recording of a 2002 performance by European and north African artists spans tradition and the avant garde with nary a seam. A superb ensemble plays - Inès Bacan (voice), Benat Achiary (voice), Majid Bekkas (voice and guimbri), Pedro Soler (guitar), and Ramon Lopez (drums).
Piano Jondo - Diego Amador
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-amador07)
Flamenco piano? He calls it 'deep piano' and he pulls off the unlikely approach with passion and flair, giving a literal interpretation of the style, whether over-dubbed on several instruments or accompanied by Miguel Vargas on double bass, Luis Amador on percussion and Joaquín Grilo tapping and hand-clapping. Interesting, to say the least.
Eixos - Miguel Gil
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-gileix)
Miquel Gil goes on researching new textures, colors and ways to sing the lyrics written by young poets in Catalan language. This trip includes texts by Enric Casasses, Manel Rodríguez Castelló, Feliu Ventura. Guest musicians include Manel Camp, Joan Garriga, David Pastor, Borja Penalba..., and of course Gil's regular band.
Tiempos de Mitos - Xuacu Amieva
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-amieva)
Gaitiero Amieva's project is a pastoral catalogue of Asturia. Amieva presents traditional tunes here about elves and evil, crop-damaging wizards as unrelentingly pleasant.
Bilbao 00:00h (Spanish import edition) - Kepa Junkera
$29.99
(cdRoots# res-bilbao)
This is the Ediciones Resistencia version, imported from Spain.
Habelas Hailas - Camerata Meiga
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-camerata)
spain, espana galicia bagpipes accordion europe
Faltriqueira - Faltriqueira
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-falt)
Female vocal quintet interprets Galician traditions (and a few Castilian and Portuguese songs, too). The 5 singer/panderitas are joined by a full complement of musicians on instrumentsboth modern and ancient, including Pascal Gaigne, Kepa Junkera and Oreka TX.
Agardando Que Pase Algo - Fia Na Roca
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-fia)
Using traditional Galician instruments like the gaita (bagpipe), tambourines and pandera as their centerpiece, Fía na Roca adds tin whistle, saxophone, bouzouki, fiddle, Indian percussion and piano to the mix to create a Euro-Celtic sound that is completely original.
Solisterrae - Pascal Gaigne
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-gaigne)
While there are references to Galician, Euskadi, French and other folk musical cultures, this is a purely contemporary, creative work performed by an ensemble of musicians of renowned skills; primarily acoustic ensembles of guitars, percussion, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, strings, flutes, harp, zither, and piano.
Suenos Sencillos - Pablo Guerrero
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-guerrero)
spain, latin guitar espana europe
el latido de memoria - Various Spanish Artists
$19.99
(cdRoots# res-latido)
compilation of roots music from Spain includes Kepa Junkera, Na Nua, Susana Seivane, la Musgana, Atlantica, Manuel Luna, Tejador. 2 CDs, 24 songs from all over the country
En Concierto - La Musgana
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-musgana-concert)
Live recording from the seminal Spanish folk ensemble La Musgaña
Lubican - La Musgana
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-musgana-lubican)
The original release of this classic Spanish recording
Ballads of the Sephardic Jews - Sarband
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-dor93190)
Originally released in 2002, this ensemble explores the roots of the Sephardic traditions on these 9 tracks. The online magazine Rambles calls it 'a fine piece of musical archaeology, providing an excellent sample of the cosmopolitanism of medieval Moorish culture.' And 'from the CD notes: 'The traditional songs characteristic of the Sephardic Jews were and still are to this day the romanzas in the Jewish-Spanish tongue - judezmo - which is today sometimes misinterpreted as ladino (a term which actually refers to translations from Hebrew into Spanish: ladinar) and corresponds to djudiyo in the Levante and haketiya in the Maghreb.'
Basque Fire - Betagarri
$17.99
(cdRoots# jaro-betagarri)
Basque ensemble performs an energetic, regional version of ska, punk, rock.
Cal - Son de la Frontera
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-frontera07)
The 'Sound of the Frontier' refers to Flamenco’s historical collision of North African and Roma (Gypsy) traditions, plus the group’s integration of Spanish-and-African derived Latin sounds from the Americas and Caribbean. This is their 2007 release, full of flamenco sounds and Cubano roots.
Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine: Las Cansos del Coms de Peitieus - Brice Duisit
$17.99
(cdRoots# alp-505)
Solo performances by Brice Duisit for voice and vièle à archet. These are presented in a spares, open performance, beautifully recorded to reveal both the beauty and the edge of the instrument and the songs.
The Spanish Recordings: Mallorca: The Balearic Islands, - Alan Lomax recordings
$ytemp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# roun-1769)
The 1952 Palma Folklore Festival was the springboard for Alan Lomax's six-month recording trip through Spain. From the exuberant music of the festival, he went on to record the island's ancient threshing and olive picking songs, raucous friction drumming, and tunes played by shepherds on moonlit, lonely hills.
Power Plant - Mad Sensi
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-sensi06)
A new double CD project by members of the Spanish reggae-band Canaman.
Lurra eta maitasuna - Pantxoa eta Peio
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-711)
Two great Basque singers, Peio Ospital and Pantxoa Carrere, sing of the opposing emotions of being Basque: the desire to be a peacemaker at home in his land and the struggle to be recognized as a people.
Galicia - Lomax recordings
$16.99
(cdRoots# roun-1761)
Galician songs for beating flax and cutting stones, wickedly barbed song duels, village pilgrimage songs, and popular dance tunes can be heard on these invaluable recordings made by Alan Lomax in remote villages of Galicia during the raw, cold winter of 1952. Lomax made these historic recordings in 1952 while traveling for months through Spanish villages during the Franco regime. Covering the breadth of Spain, these songs and dance melodies constitute a portrait of rural Spain's richly varied musical life, dispelling the common stereotypes of Spanish folk music.
Spain: Aragon and Valencia - Lomax Recordings
$16.99
(cdRoots# roun-1762)
An infectious collection of danced and sung jotas, archaic threshing songs, May courting songs, struck zither tunes, raucous shawms and lyrical strings, traveling down from the mountains of Aragón to the fertile coast of València. The Spanish Recordings Alan Lomax made these historic recordings in 1952 while traveling for months through Spanish villages, under formidable physical and political circumstances, during the Franco regime. Covering the breadth of Spain, these songs and dance melodies constitute a portrait of rural Spain's richly varied musical life, dispelling the common stereotypes of Spanish folk music.
Spain: Extremadura - Lomax Recordings
$16.99
(cdRoots# roun-1763)
From this home of balladry come sung tales of brave muleteers, kingly incest, and monks sneaking over convent walls; and the sounds of the pipe and tabor, women's strong voices over tambourines, and a shepherd's lone chant in his straw hut under the October moonlight.
Amorrua - Iker Goenaga
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-iker06)
The third album by Basque accordionist Iker Goenaga, who offers modern folk music with no apologies, mindful of tradition but full of youth.
Aulanulua - Leo Minax
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-minax06)
A Brazilian in Madrid, Leo Minax mixes up folkloric aspects from his native state of Minas Gerais with a guitar-rock attitude. Sixteen tracks, all original compositions and sung in Portuguese, with Minax on acoustic guitars backed by a band of guitar, bass and drums with guest musicians including Arnaldo Antunes of Tribalistas. The album comes with a DVD that includes a ‘Making of’ documentary and 7 tracks performed live in the studio.
La Paloma Negra - Kadril and Alumea
$17.99
(cdRoots# wbm-50)
Two ensembles, from Belgium and Spain, join forces in a musical trans-European express ride. Kadril is: Eva De Roovere (vocal, clarinet), Bart De Cock (bagpipes and nyckelharpa), Hans Quaghebeur (accordeon, keyboards), Harlind Libbrecht (dulcimer, mandolin), Peter Libbrecht (violin), Erwin Libbrecht (guitar, bouzouki), Dirk Verhegge (elec. guitar), Koen Dewaele (bass), Ron Reuman (drums) / Alumea is Sonja Palomo, Noëlla Palomo, Miguel Palomo (percussion) and Santiago Palomo (bagpipes).
Temas Profanos - La Musgana
$14.99
(cdRoots# mr-musgana)
Spain's La Musgaña plays traditional music of Central Spain, where Moroccans and Celts, Europeans and Africans have all left their mark, on traditional instruments including gaita (bagpipes), wooden flutes and hurdy-gurdy, and more contemporary instruments like fiddle, guitar, accordion. Dance tunes and love songs, ritual music and village celebrations, lullabies all find their way into the repetoire of this important ensemble. Based in Madrid and together for twenty years, La Musgaña ("the water rat") still features original members Jaime Muñoz and Carlos Beceiro, with newer members Jorge Arribas on accordion and Diego Galáz on violin.
Athar (Footprints) - Sameer Makhoul
$17.99
(cdRoots# st-mgd045)
Solo ud performances of traditional Arab music, ancient poetry and Turkish and Andalusian music.
Pau i Treva - Fàbregas, Martinotti, Torregrosa, Sette
$12.99
(cdRoots# fce-5359)
It means 'Peace and Truce.' A thousand years after the famous medieval edict, war has become again a sad reality. Music cannot change the world, but it can surely throw little signals of peace, of social cohesion and this is the hope of this musical project, which gathers together musicians from Piedmont, Occitania, Catalunya and Pais Valencia, each one carrying his own store of personal experiences: Jordi Fabrégas, Maurizio Martinotti, Renat Sette, Toni Torregrossa, Paul James and many more!
Aulanulua - Leo Minax
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-minax06)
A Brazilian musician in Madrid, Minax mixes up folkloric aspects from his native state of Minas Gerais with a guitar-led rock aesthetic. This 2006 recording is his musical response to the Madrid train bombings. Sixteen tracks, all original compositions and sung in Portuguese, with Minax on acoustic guitars backed by a guitar,bass,drums band and with a few guest musicians including Arnaldo Antunes, of Tribalistas. The album comes with a free, bonus DVD that includes a ‘Making of’ documentary and 7 tracks performed live in the studio.
Dub, Weed and Fyah (2 CDs) - Canaman
$18.99
(cdRoots# boa-canaman06)
Spain's premiere reggae band offers a 2 disc release in 2006, with a full 20 song album and a second disc of dubs, 'Cañaman meets Fatta.'
Florencio, O Cego Dos Vilares - Pancho Alvarez
$16.99
(cdRoots# boa-alvarez06)
A tribute to the blind fiddler of Galicia by the multi-talented singer and musician (10 instruments on this recording, including fiddle, bouzouki, concertina and percussion). Originally released in 1997.
The Pub Ibiltaria 10 - Oskorri
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-pub10)
Continuing its musical adventure, Oskorri presents the live recording of the concert given at Pío Baroja square of Bilbao on 21 December 2005. This is the tenth album that the band dedicates to Basque popular music. As in previous releases, the work includes the lyrics and scores of each song
marful - Marful
$15.99
(cdRoots# gal-marful)
This Galician folk band blends in a lot of different elements to create their debut recording - tangos, habaneras, pasadobles, jazz and the twist all find their way into this merging of rural roots and urban sensibility. The ensemble is fronted by vocalist Ugia Pedreira, with Pedro Pascual (diatonic accordion), Pablo Pascual (bass clarinet) and Marcos Teira (guitar). They present the music of Galicia in a whole new light, accompanied by Luis Alberto Rodriguez (percussion) and Xacobe Martinez (acoustic bass).
sin titulo - Rao Trio
$15.99
(cdRoots# gal-rao)
his Spanish trio of drums, bass and zanfona (hurdy gurdy) pushes the outside of the envelope with their thoroughly modern approach to folk music
Meridional - Contradanza
$15.99
(cdRoots# gal-contrad2)
This crew of songwriters and singers comes from Andalucía, and while they certain pay homage to the familiar roots, they are not traditionalists and they spike their southern sound with a global ambiance
Els Berros de la Cort - Els Berros de la Cort
$15.99
(cdRoots# gal-berros)
This is a Spanish street-theater ensemble, so the translation to the non-visual medium is a tricky one, but they succed quite well on this self-titled recording. They focus on Medieval music with period instruments, but approach it with a modern eye and wit, and this raw music really does give you a feeling for the streets it was born on.
Al lado del Mediodía - Aljibe
$18.99
(cdRoots# gal-aljibedvd)
A live concert recording by this well-known Castillian ensemble with special guests Eliseo Parra, Luis Bueno, Paco Díez, Norman Hernández, Jaime Medina, Juan Carlos Nuño. Free bonus - a DVD of concert footage included (PAL format)
eStar Alegre - Vicente Soto
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-soto05)
The Spanish singer performs his own interpretations of alegrías, bulerías and tangos, what he calls 'the most extroverted side of flamenco.'
Erre ke erre (1977/2002) - Hato de Foces
$17.99
(cdRoots# gal-hatodefoces)
A marvelous mix of old and new, folk and technology, with bagpipes, mandolins, percussion, bass and guitars, and on newer tracks, keyboards and good studio production, many with great solo and ensemble vocal work. This is a collection of their recordings from 1977 2002, through many changes in personel and style, offering a rich and broad spectrum of Spanish folk music.
Son, sones y soniquetes - Viguela
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-viguela)
Vigüela plays music from El Carpio del Tajo (Toledo) with en emphasis on the vocal traditions. On their third release, they put together a variety of traditional songs, songs from Castilla la Mancha and Extremadura. On one side they present original themes, but also show a special interest in work songs thet were used in the fields, all played with great rhythmic variety. They carry the richness of the local melismatic singing, accompained in a light instrumental arrangement, but with technical skill and a rich arrangements.
Exteriors - Yayo Caceres
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-yayo)
Argentine composer, accordionist and guitarist really challenges your preconceptions about chamame, tango and other folkloric traditions with a recording that is part roots, part avant art music and always surprising.
Cante Minero y de Levante - various flamenco
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-minero)
Miner's songs, traditional flamenco singing from the mines of Levant, Spain includes old fandangos, malagueñas, rondeñas, javeras, verdiales, cartageneras, tarantas, mineras, fandango minero, levantica and murciana.
Penas y Alegrias - Aljibe
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-aljibe)
The veteran six piece Castillian band, joined by a group of percusionists, explores the mediterranean from both sides
Mar de Fondo - Contradanza
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-contradanza)
The first recording by the Sevillian ensemble seeks to create new folk from Andalusia, balancing their new outlook with respectful approaches to the popular song book and the creative impulse.
Acumuer - La Orquestina del Fabirol
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-fabirol)
A unique ensemble dedicated to the modern music of Aragon, Spain, circa 1920. This presentation of dance hall tunes and folk dances is charming, witty and full of refined energy. They use all manner of tools in this endeavor: hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes (gaita de boto), accordion, some unusual regional percussion and reed instruments (chiflo and fabirol), guitars, mandolins, mandolas, all accented by great singing.
Piedra 1 - Karton Boulevard Imbérica
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-karton)
Karton Boulevard Imbérica is a singular name for a singular proposal: music invented from the pop music of the south of the Iberian Peninsula, Eastern Europe and of contemporary music and freejazz.
U - L'ham de foc
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-lhamu)
Organic - Miquel Gil
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-organic)
After his long career as a musician in legendary bands like Al Tall or Terminal Sur, the Valencian singer Miquel Gil has released his second solo album, combining Mediterranean music with ethnic rock and other contemporary twists. This is powerful vocal work from Spain.
Cantes Del Pueblo - Various Spanish Artists
$18.99
(cdRoots# gal-pueblo)
Musica tradicional española' presents recordings made all over Spain in the 1970s that document the country's folk music in the pre-folk-revival period.
Unima Verse - Rarefolk
$16.99
(cdRoots# gal-rarefolk)
The third recording by this Spanish band features a world-y mix of Asian, African, Mediterranean and other music in a folk-jazz-pop mix.
Awen Magic Land - Awen Magic Land
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-awen)
Carlos Soto (formerly of Celtas Cortos) and Maria Desbordes bring their flutes, whistles, reeds, accordions, bagpipes, and other traditional instruments to the edge of the machine age with a broad use of samplers, electrionics and studio recording to create a Celtic/Spanish music that never becomes mechanized.
Rough Guide to the Music of Spain - Various Spanish Artists
$10.99
(cdRoots# rough-spain)
Includes tracks by Javier Ruibal, Companyía Elèctrica Dharma, Luís Delgado, María Del Mar Bonet, Diego Carrasco, Ronda Segoviana and José Antonio Ramos with Pancho Amat.
Cantos de ida y vuelta - Familia Valera Miranda
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-miranda06)
Catalan Gypsy music has been largely influenced by Cuban music - the Compay Segundo song 'Sarandonga' has become so assimilated into Gypsy repertoire (as an essential wedding song) that few in Catalunya are aware of its Cuban origins. It is this song that provided the basis for this meeting of famed Cuban traditionalists Familia Valera Miranda from Santiago, Cuba with the Catalan Gypsy Tato (once leader of Tekameli, now of Kaloomé) and the flamenco singer/dancer Sabrina Romero. Ida y Vuelta, 'there and back,' explores the trans-migration of songs and musical ideas between Cuba and Spain.
The Spanish Recordings: Ibiza and Formentera: The Pityusic Islands - Various (Lomax)
$16.99
(cdRoots# roun-1770)
More recordings made by Lomax during his 1952-53 trips to Spain. In Ibiza's densely wooded hills and the isolated cliffs of Formentera, Alan Lomax recorded ancient flute and drum melodies and meditative or satirical songs punctuated by glottal trills. As far as I know, these are the only field recordings ever made in these islands.
Baile de libelulas - La Bruja Gata
$16.99
(cdRoots# res-bruja)
The Dragonfly Dance this band does moves carefully through a compositional bent a la Maria Kalaniemi (who accordionist Javier Palancar can compete with on every level of expertise!), the spirited energy of Kepa Junkera, touches of eastern European darkness and an overarching sense of sheer ebullience. The accordion dominates in this unique Spanish band, driven by percussion, bass and mandola, colored by zanfona, flutes, dulzaina, violin, clarinet and bass clarinet.
Un Sorriso Para Lembrar - Ca Lua
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-calua)
A rousing folk-rock sound from Galicia that is lively, unpretentious and exhuberant. The gaita is center stage, with local percussion, drums, bass, guitar and keyboards rounding out the sound. There's nothing experimental or flashy, and no real 'new ground' is explored. These are intepretations of a great tradition by musicians who have lived and loved it and are passing it along.
The Pub Ibiltaria 9 - Oskorri and the Pub Ibiltaria
$17.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-pub9)
The 2005 production and 9th installment of this well-loved sing-along series of popular Basque folk music. Includes 2 CDs, one with the songs in performance, one a sing-along disc, plus a booklet with lyrics in Basque and translations to French and Spanish.
Os Tempos Son Chegados - Na Lua
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-nalua-tempos)
This Galician ensemble offers a wide ranging view of the folk music world they live in, using old and new for inspiration and tools: gaita (bagpipe), whistle, accordion, bouzouki and guitar are augmented by sax, synth and percussion.
Viva quien sabe querer - Eliseo Parra
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-parra)
(Long Live He Who Knows How to Love), the latest recording by Spain's Eliseo Parra, is a sterling example of both successful contemporary presentation of traditional themes and the masterful use of diverse recording techniques.' - RootsWorld
Albeida - Rodrigo Romani
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-albieda)
Composer, Celtic harpist, guitarist and singer (and founding member of Milladoiro from Galicia with a small, contemporary folk ensemble. (Released in 2000)
Suena mi Tamboo - Tazajo Tamboo
$17.99
(cdRoots# nube-1130)
Carlos Tález and Nestor Guitiérrez, founding members of venezuelan ensemble Huracán de Fuego present the Afro-Venezuelan drum on their first new duo project. Afro-Venezuelan percussion mixed with guitar,bass and piano, are focus on new forms without forgetting its roots. The deep voice of Carlos Tález and powerful percussion of Nestor Gutierrez lead the band through traditional sounds, melodic songs, drum fantazias and a little calypso, reggaeton and cumbia to keep things spicy.
Live in Spain - Skyedance
$16.99
(cdRoots# cul-skye-live)
Back in stock: One of the best known Celtic bands joins forces with some of Spain's best roots artists for an interesting and wide-ranging concert. Guests from Spain include Mercedes Péon, Hevia, Jose Manuel Tejedor, Kepa Junkera, Mikel Laboa and Oreka TX
Patrimoniu - Asturiana Mining Company
$18.99
(cdRoots# ss-asturiana)
Back in stock: Asturian contemporary folk group includes the gaitiero (bagpiper) Alberto Varillas
Romances judeo-espagnols - Ensemble Lyrique Iberique
$17.99
(cdRoots# led-13017)
the ensemble recreates the sound of traditional Sephardic songs using 'eastern' intruments (zarb, oud), which were present as early as the 13th century in Spain. The period pieces given 'period' performances.
dan_txa - Tomas San Miguel and Txalaparta
$17.99
(cdRoots# musi-2)
Composer, acordionist and pianist Tomás San Miguel explores the rythms and modes of the ancient Basque melodic-percussive txalaparta with a definitive jazz outlook, joined by a small ensemble of txalaparta, flutes, keyboards, guitar and percussion (drum kit, frame drums, jaw harps and more). Some of it harkens back to 90's Kepa Junkera in its global energy, but for the most part, Miquel and his ensemble chart their own personal path. (CD and booklet.. shipped without jewel box)
Hayam Hagadol (The Great Sea) - Naguila
$16.99
(cdRoots# led-13210)
2005 recording by the Sephardo-Andalusian ensemble Naguila. Cantor André Taïeb and singers Fouad Didi and Mohammed Zeftari perform music influenced by the art of the malouf of Constantine and the Sephardic tradition, and of the songs from the musical tradition of Granada. The musicians are André Taïeb, vocals; Mohammed Zeftari, violin and vocals; Fouad Didi, oud and vocals; Pierre-Luc ben Soussan, darbouka and daff.
Son de la Frontera - Son de la Frontera
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-frontera)
With pounding flamenco footsteps over thunderign guitars, Son de la Frontera's music is balanced between genres even while breaking them down. Famenco falsetas soar over the sounds and rhythms of Venezuelan, Colombian, Cuban, and Argentinean dance forms, punctuated by the tres, a hybrid descendent of guitar and lute developed by guajiros.
Jardin de Myrtes: Mélodies andalouses du Moyen-Orient - Michèle Claude and L'ensemble Aromates
$17.99
(cdRoots# alp-515)
Arab-Andalousian poems performed by an ensemble of Middle Eastern string instruments fuses modern harmony with twelve traditional Arabic classical muwashsha songs. An eclectic group of singers and instrumentalists trained in a variety of schools, perform on traditional instruments.
de ayer manana - Eliseo Parra
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-parra05)
Eliseo Parra has been rewriting the folk music of Spain for a long time now, imbuing the folklore and traditions of the Iberian Peninsula, the forgotten lore and ancient music, and revitalizing it with his own special sense of modernity. He sings in Castilian, Catalan, Galician and Basque on de ayer mañana (from yesterday, tomorrow), joined by stellar musicians including members of Alboka and Josean Goikoetxea.
Abenduak 29 - Jabier Muguruza
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-mug29)
The 2005 release by this Basque songwriter and singer offers fragile vocals, a gentle, almost disappearing accompaniment on guitar, accordion and other small instruments. Muguruza has been described as 'a cantautor of infinite gentleness,' 'a tenuous voice that modulates with subtlety... lyrics fly with the fine irony of the mundane" and 'an ironic, subtle and intensely poetic vision.' This is gentle, simple pop music in the mold of Gil and Veloso.
Cantigas de Santa Maria - Johannette Zomer and Antequera
$17.99
(cdRoots# alp-501)
The Crusade against the Albigensians (in southern France) forced many musicians to take refuge in Spain. Collected by King Alphonse X, these cantigas are directly inspired by these artists as they adapted to their new situation in Spain. Zomer and the ensemble Antequera have explored these works and give them a unique, semi-formal presentation (classical? early music?) that has life and energy.
Nadal - Marina Rossell
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-rossell05)
Music for the Christmas holiday from one of the great voices of Catalan Spain.
Stura - Llangres
$17.99
(cdRoots# llangres)
An Asturian band emphasises the Celtic connection in its instrumentation (flute, harp, bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and bodhran), but remains distinctly Asturian in its concept and delivery. With guests on bouzouki, bass, tambor, percussion and midi-guitar on a few tracks, the pallette is broad. Most of the songs are instrumental, but a few include vocals, including a track by the excellent Marta Elola.
Dimanche a Bamako - Amadou and Mariam
$17.99
(cdRoots# none-bamako)
The Malian husband and wife duo return, joined by producer/participant Manu Chao on their 2005 release, a rich and colorful recordign of mali roots and modern touches.
Touring Bari (Girando Barí) - Ojos de Brujo
$27.99
(cdRoots# hm-ojosdvd)
The hot Spanish band captured on video during their Bari tour of 2005, recorded during concerts in Barcelona, New York, Philadelphia, Bogotá and Cuba. Apart from the 90 minute concert, the DVD it also includes a documentary about the band, four music videos, the requisite 'the making of' footage and an interview. It also contains a poster of the band. NTSC video, all regions. Language: Spanish; Subtitles: Spanish, Catalan, English and French. Audio Dolby Digital
Lau Anaiak - Alboka
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-anaiak)
Basque accordionist Joxan Goikoetxea and Irish multi-instrumentalist Alan Griffin (whistle, gaita, alboka, flutes) are Alboka. On this 2004 release they present instrumentals and songs, some based on old traditionas and some originals, all acoustic and decidely contemporary.
Turbilhao - Zezo y Vanessa
$17.99
(cdRoots# nube-turbo)
Turbilhâo is the first (2005) recording by the duo of guitarist Zezo Ribeiro and the rich voice of Vanessa Boraghian, accompanied by Juan Jamie Leite on upright bass and occasioal contributions from the great Brazilian accordionist Oswaldinho. The feel is breezy and romantic, a mix of north-eastern Spain, a bit of flamenco, and many classic Brazilian elements, sometimes 'in the tradition' and other times in a more contemporary jazz approach.
Nuba al-maya - Ibn Baya
$17.99
(cdRoots# pne-630)
Joined by Omar Metioui and Eduardo Paniagua, the Moroccan ensemble Ibn Báya (which also includes Spanish artist Luis Delgado) explores 'musica andalusi" from the 11th and 12th centuries on 'Núba al-maya.'
Valencia, Cant d’estil - various - Spain
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-estil)
Cant d’estil are sung outside, especially on hot summer nights in Spanish Valencia (they is largely specific to this region). It is the adornment, the style, of these pieces that make them unique; demonstrating bravura is part of the art. Here, various singers are accompanied by a small rondalla (ensemble) in simple, earthy performances recorded in 2003.
Orgia - Jaume Sisa
$17.99
(cdRoots# medi-sisa)
Jaume Sisa was an important part of Musica Dispersa and is a folk-rock artist with a very idiosyncratic style. His first album Orgia was a prime example of psychedelic rock - the Spanish way - with Sisa followings his whim much like Incredible String Band. The vocals and harmonica playing is a little indebted to Bob Dylan, but a lot stranger. Elsewhere there are kazoos, piano, tablas, recorders, snippets of tapes, and even occasional strings and brass. The same year, 1971, that Musica Dispersa was released, he also put out this great solo album. Crazy acid folk with lots of humour and weird vocals by Sisa himself.
Barnabe - Regional Barnabe
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-wv498007)
'Old school' choro performed by a trans-oceanic ensemble from Brazil and Catalan Spain, solidly acoustic, totally creative, beautifully played.
Borboreo Juan Carmona, guitar / Duquende, vocal / La Negreta, vocal / Isidro Muñoz, dir. - Juan Carmona
$18.99
(cdRoots# led-13173)
Discopolis (Radio Three) - Various Spanish Artists
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-discopolis)
An interesting and personal collection of what is going on in the ever so vaguely defined roots music scene in Spain, put together by Spanish Radio 3's DJ José Miguel López. Includes Radio Tarifa, Susana Seivane, Tomás San Miguel, El Coro Samaniego, Oreka TX, Kepa Junkera, Luís Delgado, Itri Moraima brothers, Albert Plá with Jaleo, Kike Perdomo, Eliseo Parra, L'Ham de Foc, Rasha, Alboka, Berrogüetto, Ignacio Scola, Gregorio Paniagua, Rita Marley, Hijas del Sol, Suso Sáiz, el Orfeón Donostiarra and the Ikastola de Irún Children's Choir.
Discopolis 5000 - various
$16.99
(cdRoots# boa-disco5000)
Another unique collection of tracks and collaborations made for Spain's Radio 3 includes Spanish performers Niña Pastori, Ana Belén and amp; Víctor Manuel, Celtas Cortos, Xosé Manuel Budiño, Rosana, Radio Tarifa, Os Diplomáticos, Enrique Morente, Pedro Iturralde, Uxía, Berrogüetto, Kepa Junquera, Cañamán and a long list of others in collaboration with who collaborate with artists and authors from other latitudes including Hijas del Sol (Equatorial Guinea), Djavan Gasparian (Armenia), Marcia Grifiths (Jamaica), Batuko Tabanka, Bela Fleck (US), Jacky Molard (Brittany) and Julio Pereira (Portugal).
Karidadeko Benta - Karidadeko Benta
$17.99
(cdRoots# elkar-benta)
Manic Basque roots music led by 'bertsolari' vocalist Jon Maia and a band of clarinets, trumpet, saxophone, oud, guitars and percussion
A María Teresa Vera - Various
$17.99
(cdRoots# nube-vera)
A tribute CD to one of the most influential woman of traditional Cuban music. Contemporary performances by Gema y Pável, Jacqueline Castellanos, Omara Portuondo, María Salgado, Argelia Fragoso, Martirio, Uxía, Caridad and Reinaldo Hierrezuelo.
Battango - Lewis Trio
$17.99
(cdRoots# nube-lewis)
A trio of violin, piano, and bass (joined by a percussionist and vocalist on some tracks), this Cuban/Spanish ensemble plays with Carribbean sounds and a touch of the avant garde in a freewheeling jazz-roots experiment on Battangó
La sal de la Vida - Maria Salgado, Uxia and Rasha
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# nube-vida)
Three great singers from Sudan, Castile and Galicia
Isabel I, Reina de Castilla - La Capella Reial, Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI
$19.99
(cdRoots# hm-isabel05)
Remezclas de la casa: - Remixes from Barí - Ojos de Brujo
$13.99
(cdRoots# hm-ojosx)
Featured are remixes from this Spanish group's turntablist DJ Panko, including 'Calé Barí' 'Tiempo de Drumba' and a 7-minute reinvention of Quien engaña no gana' (Cheats Never Win). The six-track collection also features a remix from Ojos de Brujo's gypsy guitarist (and break-dancer!) Ramón Giménez
La Paloma Negra - Kadril and Alumea
$17.99
(cdRoots# wbm-50)
Two ensembles, from Belgium and Spain, join forces in a musical trans-European express ride. Kadril is: Eva De Roovere (vocal, clarinet), Bart De Cock (bagpipes and nyckelharpa), Hans Quaghebeur (accordeon, keyboards), Harlind Libbrecht (dulcimer, mandolin), Peter Libbrecht (violin), Erwin Libbrecht (guitar, bouzouki), Dirk Verhegge (elec. guitar), Koen Dewaele (bass), Ron Reuman (drums) / Alumea is Sonja Palomo, Noëlla Palomo, Miguel Palomo (percussion) and Santiago Palomo (bagpipes).
Grabaciones Discos Pizarra: Ano 1930-40 - El Sevillano
$14.99
(cdRoots# medi-922)
Antonio Perez Guererro (El Sevillano) was a football player and one of Spain's noted singers of bulerias and fandangos, eventually singing with the 'Opera Flamenco' as well as with other noted performers fo the time including Caracol and La Nina de los Peines. These recordings from the 30s and 40s have been nicely remastered for this new series from Discmedi, Spain and all tracks feature Niño Ricardo on the guitar.
Romero - Juan Carlos Romero
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-romero04)
Romero presents subtle and elegant flamenco-style guitar music performed by Andalucian composer Juan Carlos Romero. Over the course of his career, Romero has played with some of the greatest Spanish artists. He also collaborated on the film soundtracks for Carlos Saura’s Sevillanas and Flamenco. This is the guitarist's second solo album and he brings in fine collaborators in singers Estrella Morente and Arcángel. The album pays tribute to guitarist Niño Miguel, the source of much of Romero's musical inspiration. Moreover, he ventures to embellish some of his compositions with gospel voices and the Arab lute.
Papeleria Rocio (objetos de escritorio) - Manuel Luna y Brena la Musica
$15.99
(cdRoots# res-luna04)
Roc and iacute;o's Stationary Shop (writing materials) is sort of a reissue of Luna's Los galles de Londres, with re-mixed and remastered tracks from the original LP recording, plus many newly recorded versions of other songs made in 2004. Luna explores his childhood memories and does some musical experimentation on the traditions of Cantabria in Spain with an acoustic ensemble of gaita, panderadulzaina, hurdy-gurdy, fiddle, percussion, bass, accordion and more, as well as an imaginative, light touch with electronics and recorded effects.
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).
Landalan - Oskorri
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-land)
1995 recording by this most famous Basque ensemble
Quebec - Joseba Tapia
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-quebec)
Under the title, Québec, hamalau kantu independentziarako (Québec, 14 Songs of Independence), Tapia transports us to a little singing club, all with arrangements for live playing with violin, bass, guitar and Basque (diatonic) accordion. Joseba Tapia’s voice reflects the concerns of a people, their joys and their anguishes. The CD, the insert and of course, the music, come out in a very state-of-the-art and elegant presentation. Arranged and prduced by Pascal Gaigne.
Spanish Recordings: Basque Country: Navarre - Lomax Recordings
$16.99
(cdRoots# roun-1773)
Sung poetry in the ancient Basque language as well as the sounds of the Navarrese jotas, pipe and drum ensembles, and the irrintzi, the reverberating cry that marked the culmination of Alan Lomax's sojourn in Spain. Recorded by Alan Lomax and Jeannette Bell. Remastered to 24-bit digital from the original field recordings.
The Spanish Recordings: Basque Country: Biscay and Guipuzcoa - Lomax Recordings
$16.99
(cdRoots# roun-1772)
These rare recordings offer improvised sung poetry in the ancient Basque language - deep-voiced fishermen's harmonies and clear women's voices from the valleys and mountains - as well as the sounds of the region's traditional alboka horn, pipe and drum ensembles, and the irrintzi, the reverberating cry that marked the culmination of Alan Lomax's sojourn in Spain. Recorded in 1952 by Alan Lomax and Jeanette Bell. Remastered to 24-bit digital from the original field recordings.
Cale Calé - Taller de Compás de Almanjáyar
$17.99
(cdRoots# taller-1)
A marvelous group of seasoned experts and young, energetic newcomers have formed a beautiful ensemble of hard edged, dynamic, voice-and-percussion-driven flamenco.
Xacobeo '04 - Various artists
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-xaco)
An imaginary and musical journey down the legendary Camino de Santiago brings together artists from many parts of Spain and Portugal (and a sidetrip to France). This collection includes performances by Na Lúa, Pancho Alvarez, Kepa Junkera, La Musgaña, Bagad Kemper, Rodrigo Romaní , Alboka and Gaiteiros De Lisboa.
Arran: cultura de resistencia 2 (2CD set) - Various artists
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-arran2)
A 2 CD set with 41 tracks by a wild assortment of Spanish bands and artists. Rock en espanol by Banda Bassotti Fermin Muguruza - Pirat's Sound Sistema - Gadegang - Net Flanders - Malos Vicios - Skarnio - - La Caixa Fosca and more.
Oscuria/Siento - Ginesa Ortega
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-ortega)
Now both brilliant recordings by this Spanish singer are available in a 2 CD set, at a single CD price.
Daquipaya - el Combolinga
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-daquipaya)
While their roots-to-rock sound might remind you of Ojos de Brujo or Lo Jo, this Spanish band runs the gamut of rumba, reggae, bits of flamenco, jazz and smart pop, and comes down on their own unique spot in the musical spectrum. Markos - lead vocals, guitar and compositions; Guillermo Domercq - percussion, flute and voice; Cesar Diaz- Bajo and vocals coros; JJ Calzas del Pino - guitar, and vocals; JL Martin - drums, percussion and vocals; additional musicians contribute keyboards, accordion, percussion and a lot of horns.
Airea - Ibon Koteron
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-airea)
The master of the Basque alboka a daring and unusual concept album that offers this simple yet powerful reed instrument in a wild array of presentations and settings. It focuses on reeds not only from Spain, but from around the world: the duduk of Armenia, the liru and mänkeri of Finland, the launeddas of Italy and la tsambouna (the skin of a goat with all the orifices and legs sealed except for two, similar to a bagpipe in sound). Produced by Kepa Junkera, it features a great supporting cast including Gilles Chabenat, ETXAK, Iñaki Plaza and Ruben Isasi, Kepa Junkera, Roston Kuchichian, Heikki Syrjänen, Pekka Westerholm, Faltriqueira, Ruper Ordorika, Soledona and Andrea Pisu.
Homenatge al Misteri d'Elx - La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Jordi Savall
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-elx)
Homage to the Mystery of Elche is a mystery play that is celebrated by the townspeople of Elche (or Elx, located in Valencia, in southeastern Spain) to mark the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its origin goes back to medieval times. The Mystery re-enacts the death, assumption and crowning of the Virgin Mary. It is the only work of its kind that has been performed virtually without interruption from the Middle Ages to the present day. Music directed by Jordi Savall, and featuring the soprano soloist Montserrat Figueras.
el rey del cante gitano - Agujetas
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-aguj)
The real deal: flamenco without the fluff by the brusque voice of Manuel Agujetas and the impeccable giutar of Curro de Jerez in a a pure flamenco session in the Cava del Agujetas of the La Soleá tavern. There they performed in classic improvisational style the fandangos, seguiriyas and bulerías that are the soul of Jerez.
Obrigado - Gaiteiros Treixadura
$15.99
(cdRoots# medi-trex)
The Galician pipers and drummers are joined by pandereteira group Donicelas of Salceda de Caselas.
Rom i Cafe - Urbalia Rurana
$15.99
(cdRoots# medi-romicafe)
Agusti Vidal, violon, clarinette - Amadeu Vidal, accordion diatonique, flute, derbuka, voice - Joan Josep Garacera, percussions - Toni Torregrosso, guitar, mandola, voice - Ximo Caffarena, soprano sax, flute, voice, Josep Amiorola, violin and voice, with Eduard Casals, vielle à roue and Josemi Sanchez, dulcaina
Lua Meiga - Avalon
$16.99
(cdRoots# medi-avalon1)
The first recording (2001) by 6 women who are bringing the voice and panderetas back into the forefront of Galician folk music.
O Nino do Sol - Milladoiro
$16.99
(cdRoots# medi-milla-nino)
The 2003 release by one of Spain's most influencial new roots ensembles continues their work of bringing the gaitas, zanfonas, harps, flutes, accordions, strings and percussion of their Galician tradition into the new century with style, grace and a fine ear.
Enegarren postala - Jabier Muguruza
$14.99
(cdRoots# res-postale)
This pop recording from Basque Spain sits on the border between folk-ballad and schmaltz, I know, but this is just such a great voice that I am willing to forgive the sometimes overly-lush production just a bit. Muguruza has been described as 'a cantautor of infinite gentleness' by El Periódico. El País de las Tentaciones says he has a tenuous voice that modulates with subtlety and the lyrics fly with the fine irony of the mundane. And El Pais says 'it is an ironic, subtle and intensely poetic vision.'
Zume de Terra - Xose Manuel Budino
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-budino04)
2004 release by the Galician bagpiper Xosé Manuel Budiño is cutting edge roots music.
Ondas do mar de Vigo - Na Lua
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-nalua-ondas)
1997 classic release by Na Lua is back in stock again.
Feitizo - Na lua
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-nalua-feitizo)
On their 7th disc Na lúa delves into the world of maxico in Galica. Their contemporary mix of Celtic, Galician and other European folk music influences is really at its height on this 1999 recording, in a subdued, elegant mixture of acoustic textures and some of the strongest vocals the band has exhibited yet. This band (playing gaita (bagpipe), reeds, flute, accordion, guitar, bass and percussion) has been working together since 1980.
Bari - Ojos de Brujo
$15.99
(cdRoots# hm-ojos)
From the moment it starts, there's no doubt that this is an album of now. Energetic, assertive and joyful, it does what you want a record to do: it changes the mood and makes life seem full of possibilities. Reaching back to flamenco and rumba, grabbing handfuls of hip hop, dub and modern-sounding drum licks and bass lines (but not drum-and-bass!), the group makes forward-looking music that could definitely have been made only in Spain and probably only in Barcelona.' - Charlie Gillett, BBC
Desertore - Oskorri
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-desertore)
The 2003 release by the legendary Basque ensemble
Rodasons - various
$16.99
(cdRoots# medi-rodasons)
Celebrating 10 years of folk music on Catalonia Regional Television (Spain), with songs from Miquel Gil, Maria del Mar Bonet, Jaume Arnella, Uc, Al Tall, Al Mayurqa, Traginada, Primera Nota, Casellas Sextet Folk, Grup De Folk, David Cervera, El Pont D'arcalís, Pau I Jordi, Pascal Comelade and Gerard Jacquet, Càlic, Quico Elcelio, El Noi I El Mut De Ferreries, Urbàlia Rurana and Maurizio Martinotti, Música Nostra, Les Violines
Els Temps Encara Estan Canviant 2 - Grup de Folk
$16.99
(cdRoots# medi-grupfolk2)
A group of classic (mostly American) folk and neo-folk political and social songs of the 60s and 70s, performed by some of Spains presitgious folkies including Maria del Mar Bonet, Pau Riba and Jaume Sisa. Inlcudes tunes from Dylan, Guthrie, Ste. Marie. Includes Rock My Soul, Universal Soldier, The Hour That My Ship Comes In, THis Land is My Land, We Shall Overcome, Clementine.
Mano Negra: Illegal - various
$temp out of stock
(cdRoots# boa-illegal)
A wild and energetic tribute to the legendary Spanish roots'n'rock of Manu Negra, 20 tracks by 20 bands that capture the mania, energy, politic and humor of the originals, and in a few cases, surpass them. Rock, ska, jazz, folk and a dozen hybrids-and-hyphens prove the strength of the Spanish rock movement in the new century. Includes tracks from Fermin Muguruza, Yuri Buenaventura, Skunk, Percubaba, Ska-P and more.
Galicia No Tempo - Milladoiro
$16.99
(cdRoots# medi-milla1)
A suite that commemorates 1000 years of Galician history through the music of one of the regions most repsected ensembles.
Iacobus Magnus - Milladoiro
$16.99
(cdRoots# medi-milla2)
St. James was one of the apostles of Jesus Christ, and is supposededly buried in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. This is a unified series of songs built on the music of Galicia. In a collaboration with The English Chamber Orchestra, the Spanish folk ensemble mixes both styles in an original 'folk orchestral suite'
Gallaecia Fulget - Milladoiro
$16.99
(cdRoots# medi-milla3)
'Bright Galecia' was composed to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Santiago de Compostela University by this well known Spanish folk ensemble, released in 1995.
Gazelle - Kol Oud Tof Trio
$17.99
(cdRoots# st-tof)
The 'voice ud drum' trio brings together distinct Moroccan Jewish repertoires: Spanish women's songs from northern Morocco, Haketia, the Ladino of the Jews of Northern Morocco; songs in the Jewish Moroccan Arabic dialect; Moroccan Jewish liturgical music; and classic Andalusian songs in Hebrew. Singer Esti Kenan-Ofri is accompanied by Armand Sabach (oud) and Oren Fried (percussion)
Amaraun - Amaraun
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-amaraun)
Amaraun is a band from Durango; its members define the music as 'a spider´s web ('amaraun' in Basque) that we have spun with the threads of tradition and creation, using the tools of jazz and the freedom that improvisation always offers.' The oboe is the soloist instrument of this quartet, joined by drums, bass and piano.
The Pub Ibiltaria 4 - Oskorri and the Pub Ibiltaria
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-pub4)
Volume 4 of the well-loved sing-along series of Basque music- 2CD set includes a book with lyrics to song along with
Corazon de Brief - Maite Dono
$17.99
(cdRoots# boa-dono)
This Galician singer has produced an interesting album of songs, (accompanied only by pianist Manuel Gutiérrez) that skirts the edges of Kate Bush, Tori Amos and other female singer-songwriters. She is a published poet of some renown in Spain, and also involved in the theater, which is evident in her dramatic delivery of her songs. Nothing earthshaking in the presentation here, just an unadorned, emotional performance by a great singer.
Auskalo - Alaitz and Maider
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-alaitz-auskalo)
Triki pop' (after the accordion used in much of the music, the trikitixa, played by Maider Zabalegi and the accompanying panderoa of Alaitz Telletxea), and these two women and their ensemble are the youthful embodiment of the music. It's tinged with rock and jazz, yet somehow still hold onto enough of the Basque folk roots from whence it came to remain truly local music in sound, lyric and attitude.
Alboka eta Trikitixa - Maurizia, Leon and Basilio
$15.99
(cdRoots# elk-basilio)
spain spanish basque euskal herriko herria euskadi euskal
Etxahun: 1907-1979 - Etxahun
$15.99
(cdRoots# elk-extahun)
spain spanish basque euskal herriko herria euskadi euskal
Kalejira Al-Buk (1994) - Kepa Junkera
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-junkera-albuk)
Eguzki begi - Laja eta Mikel
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-laja-mikel)
Triki accordionist Iñaki Garmendia 'Laja' and panderista Mikel Alustiza in their 2002 release of Basque folk music
Sentitzen naiz - Maixa
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-maixa)
Basque singer and her small band (piano, guitars, accordion, bass and drums) produce a sweet, simple folk-pop sound.
Infernuko Hauspoa - Kepa, Zabaleta and Motriku
$15.99
(cdRoots# elk-motriku)
spain spanish basque euskal herriko herria euskadi euskal
Pub Ibiltaria 5 - Oskorri
$17.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-pub5)
Pub Ibiltaria 6 - Oskorri and the Pub Ibiltaria
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-pub6)
the Pub Ibiltaria 7 - Oskorri and the Pub Ibiltaria
$15.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-pub7)
The 2003 production of this well-loved sing-along series of Basque music
Ura - Oskorri
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-ura)
The legendary Basque ensembles 2001 release, produced by Kepa Junkera
Ero - Tapia eta Leturia
$15.99
(cdRoots# elk-tapia-ero)
Triki 1: Diatonic Dynamite - various Basque melodeons
$15.99
(cdRoots# elk-triki1)
The names you know: Kepa Junkera, Tapia and Leturia, Zabaleta and Gozategi, plus more triki duos you haven't heard of yet.
Triki ta Ke - Triki ta Ke
$15.99
(cdRoots# elk-trikitake)
Triki-pop! This Basque band blends together their own local trikitixa accordion music with a rock-pop backing of guitars, drums and bass and creates a Euskadi-swamp-pop sound that echos Cajun, conjunto and Celtic while remaining true to the local attitudes.
Haatik - A. Zubiria
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-zubiria)
A marvelous voice and a deep knowledge of traditional Basque song merge in a contemporary work with touches of rock and jazz.
Contravento - Fia Na Roca
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# fnr-contravento)
New Galician folk music played by some of the rising stars of the region: accordion, bagpipes, flutes, guitars, mandolins and great vocals carry the message.
Brigadistak Sound System - Fermin Muguruza
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-fermin02)
From The Basque Country to Havana, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Rom, Barcelona and Back Euskera, the language of the Basque people, is unique in Europe and so is Fermin Muguruza. A traveller in the name of culture, politics and global resistance he voyaged across the seas to record this album with the International Sound Brigades incl. Manu Chao, Desorden Público, Todos Tus Muertos and many more.
FM 99.00 Dub Manifest - Fermin Muguruza
$17.99
(cdRoots# hm-fermin1)
Cap a Cel - Marina Rossell
$16.99
(cdRoots# hm-rossell-cap)
Rossell is rediscovering the great old songs of Catalan and reinterpreting them with a unique vision, a deep respect of the old ways and one foot solidly in the future. Accompanied by a small acoustic ensemble, she sings these songs with a freshness and vitality that is subtle, charming and occasionally disarming.
Susana Seivane (debut recording) - Susana Seivane
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# gl-seivane)
Galician gaita player's first recording features backing from some of Spain's best: Xose Ferreiros, Kim Garcia, Sonia Lebedynski, Xose Liz, Brais Maceiras, Beto Niebla, Anxo Pintos, Laura Quintillan, Rodrigo Romani
Soinugorri - Iker Goenaga
$16.99
(cdRoots# elk-504)
1998 recording by the wonderful and under-rated basque accordinist and songster.
Egizu Lo: Lotarako kantak - vasrious - Basque
$temp out of stock-15.99
(cdRoots# elk-712)
Basque traditional lullabies
Alaitz and Maider - Alaitz and Maider
$temp out of stock
(cdRoots# elk-alaitz1)
Arditurri - Juan Mari Beltran
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# elk-arditurri)
Juan Mari Beltran is an essential name in the field of popular music and instruments in Spain's Basque region. He presents a music both ethnic and contemporary, beautiful, strong and musical record produced with all his heart and strength.
Ganbaran bai (Urolako trikitixa) - Imuntzo Eta Beloki
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-beloki)
The renowned pair of Basque accordionists has collected songs historic accordionists from the Urola region (Gipuzkoa), playing them with the same spontaneity and freshness of their predecessors. Along with the two essential instruments (the diatonic accordion and the tambourine), Imuntzo and Beloki have used a series of instruments currently not in use, such as bottles, the case of the accordion or the kettledrums.
Orhiko Xoria - Juan Mari Beltran
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-beltran06)
Beltran made a huge impression on me with his 2002 recording, Arditurri. Now he presents fifteen new themes recorded under the direction of Suso Saiz. This ethnic album features traditional songs and Beltran's own compositions, performed with a small ensemble on many traditional instruments
Euskal Herriko Compilation (2 CD set) - Various Basque Artists
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# elk-eh1)
Music from the Basque Country: An excellent 2 CD set at a very good price includes Oskorri, Ganbara, Mikel Laboa, JC Perez, Kepa Junkera, and a dozen other artists you don't know but ought to.
Gipuzkoako danztzak (2 CDs) - Various Basque
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-gipu)
This double CD album presents the most popular txistu repertoire for the traditional dances of Gipuzkoa. The songs are performed primarily by the municipal band of txistu players of San Sebastian and conducted by Jose Ignazio Ansorena, but the album also includes the collaboration of the municipal bands of Oñati, Zumarraga, Tolosa, Berastegi, Lizartza and others.
Hiri (City) - Kepa Junkera
$temp out of stock
(cdRoots# elk-hiri)
2006 release by Basque trikitixa (diatonic accordion) master Junkera and a bevy of guests including Patrick Vaillant and Melonious Quartet, Mercedes Peon, Ibon Koteron, Enzo Avitibile, Andy Narell, Bulgarka, Glen Velez, Eliseo Parra, Gilles Chabenat, Xose Manuel Budino, Tactequete and dozens of other musicians from around the world.
Txikitxuterik - Iker Goenaga
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-iker-txik)
In much the same vein as his more famous compadre Kepa Junkera, Iker Goenaga swerves between folk and pop, adding fine touches of local instrumentation and folk singers while still producing a pop sound that crosses boundaries with ease. Guests include Xabier Leturia on panderoa and Jon Mujika on txalparta.
Leonen orroak - Junkera, Kepa and Koteron, Ibon
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-junkera-ibon)
The alboka is a type of double clarinet made of cow horns, a double-bored pipe and cane reeds that is unique to Basque heritage. Here Koteron's alboka is accompanied by Junkera's diatonic accordion, tambourine, and txalaparta.
Lau eskutara - Junkera, Kepa and Pereira, Julio
$temp out of stock-15.99
(cdRoots# elk-junkera-p)
A brilliant teaming of the Basque accordion legend and the mandolin/guitarist from Portugal in acoustic duets of music from both places
Triki up - Kepa Junkera, Zabaleta eta Imanol
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-junkera-trikiup)
Big band trikitixa from the most famed Basque accordionists around, Kepa Junkera, and his co-conspiritors Inaki Zabaleta (trikitixa) and Imanol Urkizi (panderoa), backed by a full blown band of electric guitars, drums, bass, saxophone, harmaonica, and more.
Quercus Endorphina - Oreka TX
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-oreka)
The txalparta (a wooden-plank balafon) is a Basque tradition that dates back centuries. Here two young players and a an international cast of musicians recreate and expand the tradition. Produced by Kepa Junkera
Doktor Do Re Mi eta Benedizebra - Oskorri
$temp out of stock
(cdRoots# elk-oskdoc)
The well-known Basque folk group presents a recording of 23 mostly traditional Basque children's songs. Not a 'talk down to the kids' kind of a recording, rather Oskorri does the same kind of music they do for adults, full of the same mix of guitars, accordions, txalaparta and fiddles, simply going to the younger listener with whimsical (in Basque) lyrics and a real sense of humor that comes through even if you do not speak the language. They are joined by a chorus of children on a number of the tunes, which might even encourage your kid to learn a little of the language!
25 kantu urte (2 CD set) - Oskorri
$temp out of stock-19.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri25)
An epic 2 CD live concert by this well-known Basque band includes many guests including Martin Carty, Pedro Guerra, Patrick Vaillant, Tapia and Leturia, Mikel Laboa, Kepa Junkera, Fermin Muguruza and Gabriel Yacoub
Marijane kanta zan - Oskorri
$temp out of stock
(cdRoots# elk-oskorrimj)
A children's record from the Basque super group and a cast of young singers joining in. Comes with a small graphic novel (what we used to call a 'comic book') with the lyrics and musical staffs.
Plazarik Plaza - Oskorri
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-plaza)
The Pub Ibiltaria 3 - Oskorri and the Pub Ibiltaria
$temp out of stock-15.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-pub3)
Volume 3 of the well-loved sing-along series of Basque music - 2CD set includes a book with lyrics to song along with
The Pub Ibiltaria 8 - Oskorri and the Pub Ibiltaria
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-pub8)
The 2004 production of this well-loved sing-along series of Basque music. Includes 2 CDs, one the songs, one a sing-along disc, plus a booklet with lyrics in Basque
Vizcayatik ... Bizkaiara - Oskorri
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-oskorri-viz)
The 2002 release from this most famous Basque band is a folkier affair than their previous release, Ura, but in taking a less progressive road thay may also bring back the real essence of the music in this much more folk-oriented set of tracks produced by the band and Eliseo Parra. Guests include the usual suspects: Parra, Kepa Junkera and Michel Bordeleau (La Bottine Souriente) head the list.
Gau giro - Kupela Taldea
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-taldea06)
The triki trio of Zabale (accordion), Larrañaga (tambourine, voice) and Berastegi (percussion) specialise in Basque popular festivals, a tradition deeply rooted in the Urola area (Gipuzkoa), where they come from. They naturally combine trikitixa (Basque accordion music) with verse, inviting us to dance
Bizkaiko kopla zaharrak - Tapia eta Leturia + Amuriza
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-tapia-amuriza)
Joseba Tapia (diatonic accordion and vocals) and Xabier Bersaluze 'Leturia' (pandero - tambourine ) are among the most repsected musicians playing Basque music today. With a backing ensemble of voices, mandolin, guitars and foot-stomping percussion, they present a series of folk stories and dances collected from the oral tradition and passed on for generations. This is the sound of Euskal Herria.
Xiberoko Kantuak - various
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-xib)
Xiberoko Kantüak is a selection of original recordings of traditional songs from Zuberoa performed a capella by the best Zuberoan voices of the last century. These songs were recorded from the fifties onwards by Ximun Haran, who released them in vinyl format with the name Musée du Disque Basque.
Xiberoa / La Soule: chants et traditions - Various Artists
$temp out of stock-15.99
(cdRoots# elk-xiberoa)
Hain Zuzen - Tapia eta Leturia
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# elk-zuzen)
A 2002 live recording of one of the best known Basque triki/panderoa duos. Recently joined by Arkaitz Miner and Txus Aranburu, the pair has become a quarte with violin and piano. They have recorded these live performances of old and new songs in their Navarre village.
Suda, suda, fabirol!! - La Orquestina del Fabirol
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# gal-fabirol1)
The 1996 recording by this ensemble dedicated to the folk music of Aragon. Utilizing hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes (gaita de boto), accordion, some unusual regional percussion and reed instruments (chiflo and fabirol), guitars, mandolins, mandolas, all accented by great singing, they recreate an unusual era of folk-popular music in Spain.
Alma de Buxo - Susana Seivane
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# gl-seivane-alma)
The 2001 recording from the Galician gaita (bagpipe) master who brought the music to the forefont. Includes guest appearances by Kepa Junkera and other leading lights of the Spainish music scene
Esnalar - Llangres
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# llangres2)
The second recording (2005) by a wonderful Asturian quintet. On this new release they have added a vocal component, with the great voice of Esther Fonseca now fronting the band of flutes, bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, fiddle, mandolin, guitars, percussion and cello.
Alfonso V el Sabio: Cantigas de Viola de Rueda - Musica Antigua, Eduardo Paniagua
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# pne-740)
The viola de rueda was the Spanish hurdy-gurdy which, in this set of cantigas, is accompanied by a variety of instruments and voices. Eduardo Paniagua has invited an unusual variety of guest artists, including guest musicians from popular world and early music ensembles groups La Musgaña, Radio Tarifa and Kambala along with multitalented medieval instrumentalist Luis Delgado to join viola de rueda player Jota Martínez and members of Musica Antigua.
Lorius - Alboka
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# res-alboka)
Basque ensemble with special guest Marta Sebestyen
De S. Antonio a Maisi - Pancho Amat
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# res-amat)
spain latin espana europe
Oihan - Bidaia
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# res-bidaia)
An innovative, all-acoustic ensemble from Basque Spain offers a unique and creative vision for both their local roots and the greater world beyond. It's a highly modal experience, driven primarily by vpoices and traditional Basque instruments - alboka, ttun-ttun (an instrument similar to a zither, but played with a stick as a percuussive effect), combined with acoustic guitar, piano, hurdy-gurdy, Moroccan darbouka and Andalusian cajon.
Si te contara - Javier Colina
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# res-colina06)
Featuring Pancho Amat, Tata Güines, Changuito, this new recording by the Spanish double bass expands his jazz activity of the '80s, and his pioneering flamenco-jazz work in the 90s. This is his first album under his own name, and he presents a septet bringing contemporary jazz to the Cuban son.
Sao - Jerez-Texas
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# res-jereztexas)
Somewhere on a curve of classical, folklore, flamenco and jazz lies Saó, a recording by the French-Spanish trio of Ricardo Esteve (flamenco guitar), Matthieu Saglio (classical cello) and Jesús Gimeno (jazz percussion).
Maren - Kepa Junkera
$not-available-temp out of stock
(cdRoots# res-maren)
The 2002 issue from the Basque accordion legend is every bit as adventurous as his highly acclaimed Bilbao 00:00h. Working with a core band of Angel Unzu, Blas Fernandez, Harkaitz Martinez, Igor Otxoa and Venezuelean artist Julio Andrade, he adds his usual roster of guests expected and surprising: Hevia (with his electronic bagpipe), Gilles Chabenat (hurdy-gurdy), Ibon Koteron (Basque alboka), Maria del Mar Bonet, and as previously, Malagasy valiha player Justin Vali.
Las Seis Tentaciones - La Musgana
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# res-musgana-seis)
An all instrumental album by this influential Spanish ensemble includes the use of gaita charra y tamboril (3-holed flute and double headed drum, played by one musician) gaita de fole (bagpipes) and trikitixa (diatonic accordion), clarinet, santur (hammered dulcimer), bagpipes, accordion, darbuka (goblet-shaped drum), bendhir (tambourine), and bajo (bass), cistro (cittern) and electric keyboards.
Patchwork - Jerez-Texas
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# res-patchwork)
Recorded in Valencia, this 2007 release features 11 tracks with guests including Ester Andújar, Isabel Julve, Josep Aparicio "Apa" and Abdoulaye N'Diaye as singers, Carlos Sanchis on acordion and the percussionist Osvaldo Jorge, joining this Spanish folk-jazz trio of Ricardo Esteve (flamenca guitar), Matthieu Saglio (cello), and Jesús Gimeno (drums).
Isue - Mercedes Peon
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# res-peon)
The Galician recording of 2000, by an excellent singer, composer and musician with a stunning band.
Iaie - Lydia Pujol
$temp out of stock-17.99
(cdRoots# res-pujol)
Singer and songwriter from Spain offers a sparse, lyrical series of songs, rich in language and expression, accompanied by piano and a small ensemble.
Tactequeté? (CD and DVD set) - Tactequete
$temp out of stock-19.99
(cdRoots# res-tac)
A percussion-focused ensemble from Catalonia, Spain (formerly known as Guaraná) that mix music with a wry humor, sometimes subtle, sometimes not. They use marimba, mbira, drums, tuned plastic tubes, hardware, toys, bullroarers and such, add flutes, whistles and other such things for color, use folk, jazz and pop for inspiration, and then pretty much fall into a musical category of their own. The bonus DVD is a concert set, well filmed, subtle and actually a pretty interesting look into the sound making process. DVD is PAL format.
Texadores de Suaños - Tejedor
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(cdRoots# res-tejedor)
The Asturian folk group (and family) Tejedor is composed of José Manuel (Asturian bagpipes, low whistle, flute), Javier (button accordion, gaita [bagpipes], flutes) and Eve Tejedor (percussion and voice). This is a rich mix of Asturian traditional music and new ideas. Produced by Phil Cunningham
Imaxes - Camaxe
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(cdRoots# wbm-054)
Camaxe is the name of a beach on the island in Galicia. This is the belgium-based ensemble's first recording (2005). The sound of characteristic instruments like gaita, pito and pandereita is merged with more common folk instruments. The compositions are inspired by the Galician tradition and played in arrangements in with diverse influences can be heard.
Llunaticos - Tejedor
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(cdRoots# res-lluna)
The Asturian folk group (and family) Tejedor is composed of José Manuel (Asturian bagpipes, low whistle, flute), Javier (button accordion, gaita [bagpipes], flutes) and Eve Tejedor (percussion and voice). On this 2003 release they are joined by Kepa Junkera, James MacKintosh, Ibón Koterón, Igor Medio and Oreka TX.
Els Camells No Prenen Cafe - Aisha
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# gal-camells)
If there really is 'world fusion' out there, this is the band. A group of Catalan musicians pulls in all manner of sources: Arabic, Indian, Sevillian, eastern European, jazz, pop, and a heaping dose of irreverence. Voice, violin, percussion and bass are the roots sounds, with zanfona (hurdy gurdy), kora, more percussion.
El Diablo Cojelo - La Musgana
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(cdRoots# gal-musgana)
The Castillian folk group's best album features instruments not traditionally associated with the music: gaita de fole (bellows pipe), bagpipe from the Sierra de Madrid, dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, lute, fiddle, etc. This, their first album, includes traditional tunes from Madrid, Castille and Leon along with their own compositions.
Al sol de la hierba - Barahunda
$temp out of stock-16.99
(cdRoots# gal-barahunda1)
From Spain, their debut recording: Sephardic roots and a modern flair combine in an acoustic exploration of the ancient and the new. Helena de Alfonso: vocals, Manuel Carro: bagpipes and flutes, Miguel Casado - strings, José Luis Escribano: percussion, Jota Martínez: zanfona (hurdy-gurdy). Guest artists include Javier Paxariño, Quique Almendros and Jaime Muñoz (of La Musgaña); Javier Palancar and Rafa Martín (of La Bruja Gata); Pablo Pascual and Pedro Pascual (collaborators with Xosé Manuel Budiño).
M´enfango - Dúmbala Canalla
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# gal-pae0061)
A wild and rambuctious band, this Barcelona-based band combines the traditional music of the Balkans with traditional Catalan music, swing and klezmer, the music of the Eastern European Ashkenazi Jews. The present a raucous festival music full of rich, often circus-like melodies.
Trikitixa. Basque melodeon gems - Various Basque accordion artists
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(cdRoots# elk-trikitixa)
Trikitixa. Basque melodeon gems Bilduma
Bizipen gose - Triki Ta Ke
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(cdRoots# elk-bizipen)
A selection of vital Basque music and suggestive voices interwoven through effective rhythmic games and melodic delicacies of the guitars and the triki, the small diatonic accordion. Triki ta ke are back with their second recording of interesting and danceable triki-pop.
la ruta de la seda - Caravasar
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(cdRoots# res-caravasar)
The Spanish ensemble brings the music of North Africa, the Mediterrannean and the Middle-East together into a vibrant, wholly original acoustic music, based on rhythm and melody rather than ambient "mood" (the death of most of what passes for 'world fusion' these days). It is subtle, yet still compelling and potent, with echos of folk, intimations of jazz and delivered with virtuoso performances.
Desnuda - Anabel Santiago
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(cdRoots# gal-nube1008)
La tonada, the traditional Asturian vocal music, translated to the 21st century. With the same impressive intensity as the legendary singers of that ancestral style, Anabel Santiago creates new musical settings in which her unique voice unfolds: from contemporary rock, pop and folk sounds to surprising cover versions of La Chicana and Johnny Cash: if Janis Joplin were Asturiana, she would probably sound like that. Her latest album strips off conventions and opens up her music to other styles like tango or country music (like Johnny Cash´s "Folsom Prison Blues"). A unique songer with a special approach to her music.
Música i cants sefardís d'Orient i Occident - Aman Aman
$temp out of stock until 2010
(cdRoots# gal-aman)
Mara Aranda and Efrén López of the well-received Spanish ensemble L'ham de Foc have brought together a number of musicians to explore Sephardic music under the name of Amán Amán. They maintain their forward vision on these tracks, as they traverse Sephardic turf in Greece, Turkey, the Balkans and Spain.
Música Na Maleta - Tejedor
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(cdRoots# res-tejedor07)
The Asturian group offers eleven new compositions and one traditional Asturian jota with a totally modern approach. In addition to the contribution of the late Igor Medio (guitars and bouzouki), they are joined James MacKintosh (percussion), Faltriqueira (voices), Mike McGoldrick (flute travesera), Jhon Joe (bodhram), Héctor Braga (cello and zanfona), and many others. Asturian music with strong roots in both Spain and Ireland, with universal appeal; this is an important release for 2007.
Cor de Porc - L'ham de Foc
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(cdRoots# gal-porc)
The third recording by this Spanish band finds them deeply immersed in the music of Greece, the Balkans and the Adriatic.
Canco de dona i home - L'ham de Foc
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(cdRoots# gal-ham)
8 musicians from Valencia, Spain mix traditional ideas with contemporary root/fusion music and include influences from Spain with the Middle East, India, Australia, Greece and North Europe
Jewish-Spanish Songs from Thessaloniki - David Saltiel
$temp out of stock-18.99
(cdRoots# rien-14)
Sephardic songs from Salonica, Greece, sung by one of the more respected vocalists from the folk-music side of the genre, and accompanied by a fine ensemble of ud, quanun, violin, frame drum and lyra.