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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham Hill Records
We began with music from Norwegian musician, Øystein Sevåg.
* My World Beat intro theme song since it's release in 1995

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Oyster Band
Here I Stand
This is the Voice
Street of Dreams
A Last Glass
Omnium Records
Oyster Band Website
(England)

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Equation
Hazy Day
Kissing Crime
Strange Love
Putumayo Artists
Equations music bridges the gap between English folk and pop; in the tradition of Fairport Convention and Pentangle.

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Anam
Riptide
title track
Mo Chailin Donn (My Brown-haired Girl)
Green Linnet
Anam website
(Scotland)

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The Tannahill Weavers
Epona
Lord Drummond
The Braes O'Glennifer
Green Linnet
Scotland's Tannahill Weavers fourteenth album.
Tannahill Weavers website

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Niamh Parsons & the Loose Connections
Loosen Up
Clohinne Winds
Closer to You
The Briar and the Rose (words & music, Tom Waits)
Green Linnet
Niamh Parsons' Website

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Annbjørg Lien
Baba Yaga
Loki
Iriandia
January
Northside
Norwegian Hardanger fiddle virtuoso weaves a modern tapestry from ancient sounds and Nordic myth in an expansive sound architecture. Annbjørg Lien says that "Behind every traditional hardanger fiddle tune there is always a story, always a fairy tale, and you actually tell the stories when you play the fiddle."
Annbjørg Lien's Website
World Beat - Pick of the Month

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Sorten Muld
Mark II
The Man and the Elf-girl
Perils of the Sea
Northside
Denmark's Sorten Muld blend traditional Nordic ballads, some of them hundreds of years old in a fusion of ancient and modern sound architecture with Ulla Bendixen's vocals whispering and soaring at the center of the mix.

Mark II went gold in Denmark and won two Danish Grammies.

Check out the Sorten Muld website (very cool indeed)

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Hoven Droven
More Happy Moments with Hoven Droven
Herr Hillebran
Northside
Hoven Droven Website
Sweden's Bad boys of folk/rock

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Kepa Junkera
Bilbao 00:00h
Fali-Fali
Alula Records
Basque accordianist Kepa Junkera collaborates with an all-star cast of international musicians to create a contemporary vision of Basque music.A world music best-seller in Europe. Kepa Junkera plays the Basque accordian called the trikitixa.

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Nicolas Carter Galland & Son Del Sur
By the Light of the Moon
Ritual de Primavera (Ritual of Spring)
Trico Productions
Nicolas Carter Galland (612) 537-3765

Nicolas plays the Paraguyan Harp, the favorite and most respected of all Latin American harps for it's vibrant sound and versatility.

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Gustavo Santaolalla
Ron Roco
Pampa
Nonesuch Records
Multi-instrumentalist, Gustavo Santaolalla plays charango, ronroco, maulincho, pipes, tin whistle, harmonica, guitar and guitarron

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Ashwin Batish
Sitar Power I
Bombay Boogie (Radio Edit)
Batish Records
As from the Live recording from the Winnepeg Folk Festival

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String Glamour
Yu Hong-Mei
Dancing Music of Amis Tribe
Wind Records
The two string Chinese violin known as the Er-Hu

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Taj Majal & Toumani Diabate
Kulanjan
Queen Bee
Kulanjan
Hannibal
Taj Majal's Website
Kulanjan explores the common ground between the blues and the great musical traditions of Western Mali. Kulanjan brings these two great traditions full-circle in the fusion music two well-known proponents on opposite sides of the Atlantic, Taj Majal and Malian Kora master Toumanin Diabate.

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Everton Blender
Rootsman Credential
Ghetto People Song
Why Do We Have to War
Heart Beat
Blend Dem Publishing
recorded in Kingston Jamaica

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Oliver Mtukudzi
Tuku Music
Dzoka Uyamwe
Putumayo Artists
( Zimbabwe )

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