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Most of our CDs have been imported from Europe or Asia. They are not all shrink-wrapped, and I am not going to con you by wrapping them here just to make you think they have been sterilized in America. I guarantee that the CDs and the contents are all brand new and in perfect condition. Whenever I can, I use recycled shipping materials. They may not look as pretty on the outside, but they save money and keep the trash dumps a little bit emptier.
Thanks- Cliff, cdRoots

Qwade Wulf - Wolfgang Meyerings Malbrook
$17.99
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The Great Polka Swindle - Polkaholix
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The band says: 'No Polka - no fun! Without Polka there is no TexMex, no Merengue, no Ska, no Punk, no - I don't know what. Firstly: no Rock'n Roll. - What, you didn't know that?' Well, they do it all... and more, with high energy, great musicianship and lots of attitude.

Kalmuk (CD) - Kimmo Pohjonen
$17.99
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Power of the Moon - Talking Water
$17.99
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Kerstin Blodig and Ian Melrose's latest project has quite a pedigree including Clannad, Sally Oldfield, John Lord, Farfarello, Norland Wind and Kelpie. These two musicians, well-known in the Celtic and Scandinavian world-music scene, are here a true pop-rock band at last, with no apologies.

Trollsang - Kerstin Blodig
$12.99
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Less is more: this contemporary German artist sing and and plays excellent, punchy acoustic guitar, and presents a solo recording that focuses on both, with only some small accompaniment on 4 of the 12 tracks by Kristine Heboll (Denmark - fiddle), Ian Melrose (whistle), Peter Jakk (bass) and Urs Fuchs (percussion). Ancient themes rooted in northern European and Nordic mythology and history, modern guitar grooves... this is the best she has done to date, made more powerful by less production.

3 Nights - Zulya and Children of the Underground
$17.99
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With roots in Russia and a Tartar family heritage, Australian singer and writer Zulya Kamalova is a globe-spanning artist, with a singular viewpoint and a musical style all her own. This is her fourth recording, and her first to include songs in English as well as Russian and tartar. With a solid band that is equally taleneted and capable of realizing her vision, Zulya's 2007 recording is a winner.

The Waltz Of Emptiness (And Other Songs On Russian Themes) - Zulya
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Zulya strays from the oil fields of Tatarstan and finds herself on (and under) the chaotic streets of Moscow. With her new band, The Children of the Underground, Russian expate Zulya presents an all-original, Russian-language album about home and homelessness; belonging and freedom; difference and indifference; public transport and walking alone. A great voice, creative arrangements and great musicians make this a recommended recording.

Fel es Egesz (2 CD set) - Transsylvanians
$16.99
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Fél es Ègesz is the 6th CD by this powerful Hungarian roots'n'rock band. They describe the 2 CD set as 'Hungarian Speed Folk - two sides, different pulse frequencies- CD 1 is for stagedivers, CD 2 is for slowfolkers. Bastard arrangements of Bartók and Rimski-Korsakow, an excerpt from a Hungarian rock-opera, Jimi Hendrix' rock-classic 'Fire,' and the infamously legendary film-song "Gloomy Sunday." And the two greatest Hungarian poets of the 19th century, Arany János und Petöfi Sándor, are invited to the party. Tradition revitalised with the power of rock and the freedom of punk.'

Klezmer at the Cotton Club - Helmut Eisel and Band
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The German clainetist and his band perform a 'what if' and recreate what klezmer might have sounded like if it had been nurtured at NY's most important jazz emporium. It's fine stuff, and the band us more than up to the task, featuring Michael Marx on guitar, Stimme Stefan Engelmann on double bass, Nino Deda on accordion and Jochen Krämer on drums and percussion. They cover klezmer classics, jazz and blues standards (Handy, Ellington, Calloway) and Eisel's originals (like Rondo alla Klez) are stand-outs on this excellent recording. The sound is unique, and it swings like crazy.

prasti music - Schal Sick Brass Band
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The 2006 release by Schäl Sick Brass Band, a multi-culti band from Germany, features their usual blend of Balkan, Scandinavian, central and eastern European music, but it all comes together like never before. The lineup of guests adds to the fun, including appearances by Kristi Stassinopoulou (Greece), Andreas Grötzinger (Sweden), Anna Lindblom (Sweden), Fethi Ak (Türkyie), Stathis Kalyviotis (Greece), Mustapha Zekirov (Macedonia), and Serdar Yayla (Turkey).

Live in Berlin - Transsylvanians
$17.99
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More 'Hungarian speedfolk' recorded live in concert. Utter madness from the east European folk-rockers.

Empires and Us - Steve Skaith
$17.99
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Former Latin Quarter frontman Steve Skaith leads a politically charged folk-rock ensemble with Javier Gámiz - Lead guitar and backing vocals, Beto Tenorio - Bass, and Ricardo Serrano - Drums.

Gryning - Svanevit
$17.99
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Swedish folk music with a distinctive 'ancient' feel to it, performed by a quartet on vocals, mandola, mandolin, fiddle, flute, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle), drums, harp, Swedish bagpipes and Medieval bagpipes.

elusive / Waltz of Emptiness (2 CDs) - Zulya
$32.99
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Get 2 CDs by one of our most popular artsts for a special price.

The 25th Anniversary Concert (NTSC - DVD) - Oysterband
$27.99
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Taped in December 2003 at 'The Forum' in London with special guests June Tabor, Chumbawamba (an acoustic assemblege) and James O'Grady. 18 live performances plus bonus material including their brilliant B and W video of NY Girls recorded on the Staten Island ferry. This is the NTSC edition for North American and other regions

The 25th Anniversary Concert (PAL - DVD) - Oysterband
$28.99
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Taped in December 2003 at 'The Forum' in London with special guests June Tabor, Chumbawamba (an acoustic assemblege) and James O'Grady. 18 live performances plus bonus material including their brilliant B and W video of NY Girls recorded on the Staten Island ferry. PAL (European) format only

The Big Session Volume 1 - Oysterband and friends
$17.99
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In May of 2004 Oysterband were joined for live sessions in London, in front of a small audience by a mighty cast - June Tabor, Phil Beer and Steve Knightley, Eliza Carthy and Ben Ivitsky, Jim Moray, James O'Grady and visiting American-gothick originals The Handsome Family, and they performed all sorts of familiar and unfamiliar material together over the three nights. These 15 tracks are from those concerts.

Sanger fran 63 N (Europe edition) - Triakel
$15.99
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The trio of Emma Härdelin, vocals, Kjell-Erik Eriksson, fiddle and Janne Strömstedt, harmonium return with Sånger från 63° N, a marvelous 2004 release of trim, solid and rough-hewn folk music from Sweden.

Igen! - Transsylvanians
$17.99
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They call it 'Hungarian speedfolk' and it does have velocity. This mostly-acoustic ensemble's high-octane brand of folk encompasses the eastern and western with ease and attitude.

elusive - Zulya
$16.99
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Contemporary music from the steppes of Tatarstan. Zulya Kamalova creates and album of exquisite songs inspired by both the music of the world and by her own Tatar heritage. Accompanied by a sparse, ingenious ensemble (of everything from Tartar fiddle and jews arp to accordion and bass), this is an artful, beautiful recording.

Aloukie - Zulya
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From a musician with roots in Russia, Tartarstan and Australian, Zulya sings original and traditional songs in her Tartar dialect, accompanied by a diverse, global ensemble of kora, oud, bouzouki, piano, litungu, jaw harp, kalimba, tuba, flugel horn, sax, tabla, ghatam, violin, accordion, and others. This is her 2000 release.

für José Afonso - various
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Jose Afonso (1929-1987) was a leader in the creation of a political songs (canção de intervenção) movement against the totalitarian regime of Portugal leading up to the 1974 revolution. This collection gathers together an excellent group of artists under the direction of Julio Pereira to pay contemporary tribute to this master of the Portuguese nova canção.

Malbrook - Wolfgang Meyering
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German multi-instrumentalist and composer Meyering brings together an ensemble of German and Nordic musicians to produce a unique recording, an exploration of the links between 'low' German and Scandinavian language and music. While this sounds like a scholarly approach, the music is anything but; it is a dark, raw, raucous clash of mandola, mandolin, hurdy gurdy, German and Swedish bagpipe, Bohemian/German harp, flutes, fiddles, percussion, sound samples and more.

Jungfruburen - Två Fisk och en Fläsk
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Gutsy, rootsy folk rock from Sweden, fronted by sometimes sweet, sometimes raw vocals.

Kesh Mesh - Schäl Sick Brass Band
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Huria - Sanna Kurki-Suonio
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Another powerful work by the singer who helped bring Hedningarna to international fame, Huria is a follow-up to Sanna Kurki-Suoni's acclaimed Kainuu, a duo project with Riitta Huttunen, this 2007 release pushes the boundaries of their exploration of Karelian folk music with a stronger, more contemporary trio project, joined by Karelian multi-instrumentalist Jari Lappalainen.

Love Letters and Russian Satellites - Stabi, Hardelin, Hertzberg and Hallberg
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Quite a line-up of artists: Kersti Ståbi, Emma Härdelin, Johanna Bölja Hertzberg and Katarina Hallberg join forces to present songs from Halsingland, Sweden in a pristine setting of voices and acoustic instruments on Kärleksbrev och ryska satelliter. They are joined by a number of guest instrumentalists including members of the Swedish ensemble Draupner.

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

Rimfaxe - Gjallarhorn
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The new CD (2006) from this innovative and agressively creative Finnish new-roots ensemble

Burlesque - Bellowhead
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I have tried to tone down the prose to write this description, but what can I do? This is a remarkable recording, a shock to the sytem. fROOTS' Colin Erwin calls it "Astonishing!" It's Brecht meets Childe in Copeland's backyard, chats with Coltrane and dances with brass monkeys. This 11 piece band of notorious trad-arr hipsters (including Spiers and Boden and Benji Kirkpatrick) plays accordions, fiddles and such, punched into high gear by brass band and strings, and all manner of exceptional strangeness ensues. It's all traditional, in a sense, but like nothing you have heard before. Bonus: the package is a small, lovely hardcover book with lyrics, photos (wild!) and more.