We'll be hearing an eclectic blend of music beginning with music from Ireland
and Scotland, England, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Basque region of Spain, Native
American , Navaho and Hopi, Tibet, Australina Digeridoo, and an Afrian Fusion
featuring Malian Kora master, Toumani Diabate along with one of my all time
favorite musicians, Taj Majal.
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
Déanta (Ireland)
Whisper of a Secret
Two Days to Go
Willie and Mary
Green Linnet
With the lovely vocals of Mary Dillon
Anam
Riptide
Riptide (reels)
Green Linnet
Anam website
(Scotland)
Equation
Hazy Day
Strange Love
Putumayo Artists
Equations music bridges the gap between English folk and pop; in the
tradition of Fairport Convention and Pentangle.
vocals by: Kathryn Roberts
William Coulter
Celtic Requiem
Dol na mBan san Ár
Windham Hill Records
Niamh Parsons & the Loose Connections
Loosen Up
Clohinne Winds
Green Linnet
Niamh Parsons'
Website
Annbjørg Lien
Baba Yaga
Old Larry
W.
Northside
Norwegian Hardanger fiddle virtuoso,
Annbjørg
Lien weaves a modern tapestry from
ancient sounds and Nordic myth. Annbjørg Lien says that "Behind
every traditional hardanger fiddle tune there is a story, always a fairy tale,
and you actually tell the stories when you play the fiddle."
Annbjørg Lien's Website
Wimme Saari
Gierran
Biegganjunni (Whirlwind)
Gierran (Enchantment)
North Side
Finnish Sammi singer songwriter, Wimme Saari, expands on his ancient vocal technique,
known as "yoik" with electronic accompaniment
Hoven Droven
More Happy Moments with Hoven Droven
Vasen
Northside
Hoven Droven Website
Sweden's Bad boys of folk/rock
Kepa Junkera
Bilbao 00:00h
Maitia nun zira?
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.
Willy & Lobo
Wild Heart
Havana Breeze
Egyptian Oddessey
WillieAndLobo.com
Karnak
Karnak
O Mundo
Tinder Records
( Brazil )
Gypsy Kings
Compass
Recuerdo Apassionado
La Fiesta Comenza
GypsyKings.net
www.GipsyKings.com
Gerardo Nuñez
Jucal
Trafalgar (buleria)
Alula
Contemporary flamenco guitarist and composer
Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook
Black Rock
To the River
Realworld
Djivan Gasparyan is the foremost living master of the apricot wood, Armenian
duduk. As a professor at Yerevan Conservatory he has educated a whole generation
of duduk players and brought the instrument out of obscurity and into the international
music scene.
Yungchen Lhamo
Coming Home
Happiness Is...
Realworld
Yungchen Lhamo, escaped Tibet, by foot, over the Himalayas. On Coming Home she
sings her song of freedom and dedicated to His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
David Hudson
Digeridoo Spirit
Rainforest Wonder
Indigenous Australia
fax 61.2.9555.7070
An Honorary Australian Tourism Ambassador
Robert Mirabal
Alter-Native
Medicine Man
Warner Western
The Alter-Native Album From Robert Mirabal of the Taos Pueblo New Mexico.
Sharon Burch
Colors of My Heart
All is Beautiful
Canyon Records
Singing in both English and Navaho, Sharon Burch captures the beauty of traditional
Navaho ways and living. Her music expresses the simpliity and innocence of childhood
and the importance of the relationship of mother and child in the traditions
of the Diné
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 Toumani Diabate.
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