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Traditional Crossroads

Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues - Odetta
$16.99
(cdRoots# yy-odetta)
The original 60's recordign that impacted a generation fo folk and blues singers, reissued with 4 extra tracks

Zmiros Project - Zmiros Project (Frank London, Lorin Sklamberg and Rob Schwimmer)
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-zmiros)
Klezmatics founders Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg, and pianist Rob Schwimmer present the mystical repertoire of Jewish 'zmiros' singing.

Volumes 4 and 5 (2 CDs) - Tanburi Cemil Bey
$17.99
(cdRoots# tc-bey-45)
Renowned for his contributions to the suite forms known as pesrev and saz semai and also through improvisations (taksims) on tanbur and kemençe, Cemil Bey has been the benchmark for modern Turkish composers and performers. These recordings from 1910 to 1914 include taksims, some of Cemil Bey's best compositions, and rare collaborations with great early 20th-century Turkish singers and instrumentalists. All have been digitally remastered using the state-of-the-art CEDAR system.

Udi Hrant - Udi Hrant
$temp out of stock
(cdRoots# tc-4265)
In the tradition of the ud, there is no one quite like Udi Hrant. His style was personal, impeccable and passionate, his power on the instrument was remarkable, and these 1950 recordings show all of this beautifully. Born in the last stages of the Ottoman Empire, the blind Armenian musician is considered one of the greatest masters of the 12-stringed, fretless lute. Previously unissued, these tapes were recorded in New York during his tour to the United States in 1950.

The Fish Are Praying For Rain - Theodosii Spassov Trio
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-spassov)
Theodosii Spassov has gained an international reputation for his virtuosic improvisations and innovative Balkan-jazz arrangements. His trio of kaval, piano, and drums weaves Bulgaria's famous crooked rhythms and cascading melodies into the jazz idiom.

The Art of Taksim - Goksel Kartal
$14.99
(cdRoots# tc-4267)

The Art of Klezmer Clarinet - Margo Leverett
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-margo)

Tatyos Efendi Vol 2: Vocal Masterpeices - Kudsi Erguner Ensemble
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-4278)
Featuring vocalist Melihat Gulses

Tatyos Efendi Vol 1 - The Kudsi Erguner Ensemble
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-4277)
Erguner's ensemble performs the works of one of the great composers of Ottoman music.

Second Avenue Square Dance! - Margot Leverett and The Klezmer Mountain Boys
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4339)
Clarinetist Leverett and the band expand their repertoire beyond bluegrass and klezmer to rock, jazz, Latin and American music while continuing their unique, hybrid interpretations of standards made famous by Bill Monroe and Dave Tarras, Second Ave. Guest appearances by electric guitarist, Jorma Kaukonen, Hazel Dickens, Tony Trischka, Darol Anger, David Grier, Mike Marshall, David Licht, Hankus Netsky, Carlos Oliviera, Dudley Connell, Ronnie Simpkins, and Bobby Shankin.

Scattering Stars Like Dust - Kayhan Kalhor
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4288)
Kayhan Kalhor is a native Iranian who now lives in NYC. He is a virtuoso player of the kamancheh, the so-called spike fiddle of Asia. It is played while seated cross legged on the ground, and held and bowed cello style. It has four strings and is about the length of a violin though the body is much smaller, resembling that of an nineteenth century gourd banjo. In the twentieth century the European violin began to replace the kamancheh, but it has begun to experience a revival, due, in part, to great players like Kalhor. Besides an extensive background in Iranian classical and folk music, Kalhor studied Western art music in Italy and Canada and, in this album, applies some classical techniques to the traditional" art music of his native country. These include occasional vibrato, quadruple time, staccato phrased passages, and general bravura passages meant to impress. His short, fast bowings are extraordinary, reminding me of the "butterfly" bowings of South Indian violinists like L. Shankar. He coaxes all mann

New Colors in Bulgarian Wedding Music - Yuri Yunakov Ensemble
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-yunakov2)

Music of Armenia - Shoghaken Ensemble
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4334)
A musical journey through historic Armenia featuring traditional instruments such as duduk, kamancha, ud, kanun, kaval, d'hol and vocal styles of Armenian music. one of Armenia's most important traditional folk ensembles performs troubadour love songs, urban ballads, shepherd's tunes and traditional dances with great virtuosity and musicality.

Midnight Prayer - Joel Rubin Ensemble
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-4332)
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.

Marko Melkon - Marko Melkon
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-4281)
Oud player "Marko" Melkon Alemsherian was an important early artist of Middle Eastern and belly dance music in the United States. An ethnic Armenian born in Turkey, he settled in America in 192 and popularized middle eastern in the New York cabaret scene of the era.

Live in Germany - Kalman Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-4333)
Kálmán Balogh is probabky the best known cimbalom player in the world, having toured everywhere and played in a variety of settings and styles. His Gypsy Cimbalom Band has never been more energetic than on this live concert recording, collaborating with classical, jazz and folk musicians in a program of traditional tunes transformed into artful, modern dance music that he calls Gypsy Jazz.

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

Ghetto Tango: Wartime Yiddish Theater - Adrienne Cooper and Zalmen Mlotek
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-ghetto)
Singer Adrienne Cooper, one of the world's most acclaimed singers of Yiddish vocal music, and Zalmen Mlotek, a leading figure in Yiddish musical theater, present ghetto songs collected during and after the second world war.

Ciftetelli - Laco Tayfa
$16.99
(cdRoots# tc-6002)
Turkish Rom (Gypsy) improvisation, regional folk music, Istanbul fusion....Clarinetist Hüsnü Senlendirici leads one of Turkey's best-known experimental Rom/Turkish ensembles, Laço Tayfa, in driving renditions of Turkish dance standards. Very Hot!!

Balada - Yuri Yunakov Ensemble
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-yunakov1)

Ask Me No Questions - Djivan Gasparyan
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-4268)
Duduk master Gasparyan is featured here performing Armenian folk songs and melodies from Armenia's pagan and Christian traditions.

Apricots from Eden - Djivan Gasparyan
$15.99
(cdRoots# tc-apricots)
Gasparyan is featured here performing Armenian folk songs and melodies from Armenia's Pagan and Christian traditions.