World Beat Playlist - KMSU: June 2001

Lúnasa
The Merry Sisters of Fate
Inion Ni Scannláin
Morning Nightcap
Green Linnet Records
Some lovely new instrumental music from Ireland by the Celtic band Lúnasa

Lúnasa website

Nyckelharpa Orchestra
Byss-Calle
Byss-Calles RidMarsch - "Riding March"
Northside
The Nychelharpa is also known as the Swedish keyed fiddle.
The music of the Nyckelharpa Orchestra is 100% pure Nychelharpa in all six sizes;
Nychelharpa, Kontrabasharpa, Silverbasnychelharpa, Tenornychelharpa, Altnychelharpa and Moraharpa

Steve McDonald
Highland Farewell
Highland Farewell
The End of the Earth
Etherean Music
Steve McDonald explores the soul-touching history of the demise of the Highland Clans. "The Clearances" saw the diaspora of Scotland's people to Nova Scotia, the United States, and down-under to "The Ends of the Earth" Australia and New Zealand

Hart-Rouge
A Nod to Bob - An Artists Tribute to Bob Dylan on his 60th Birthday
Dieu a Nos Cotes (With God on Our Side)
Red House Re cords
Hart-Rouge is named for their original home, a tiny French-speaking enclave in Western Canada

Hevia
The Other Side
Tanzila
Higher Octave
Jose Angel Hevia.com
The crystal clear and invigorating sounds of the Asturian Bagpipes

Wimme
Cugu
Cugu (Puppy)
Northside
Wimme Saari is the chief exponent of the ancient Sámi chant known as yoik

Karelian Folk Music Ensemble
From the Land of the Kalevala
Konstan Valssi / Konsta's Waltz
Gadfly Records
Igor Arkhipoff with Toive
Arto Rinne & Alexander Bykadoroff with Myllarit
The members of the Karelian Folk Ensemble come from Karelia, the land of forests and lakes, in Northwest Russia. Karelia encompases both sides of the Finnish/Russian border and is the birthplace of the Finnish Epic, The Kalevala.

Green Isac
Happy Endings
I Raised My Head
Eurock Records
Nordic music from the Norwegian duo, Green Isac

Lo * Jo
Bohême de Cristal
Brûlé la Mèche
Señor Calice
World Village

Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti
Tierra Prometida
Clickmusica.com
Click2music
Ramazzotti.com

Seba
Éwa !
Te Dekoum
Bladna
Tinder Records
Music from six Algerian brothers born and raised in Paris

Karunesh
Global Spirit
Call of the Tribes
Kubula Ma
Etherean Music
World Beat - Pick of the Month
A worldbeat fusion of ancient and contemporary sounds from India, Austrailia, Africa, Native American and the Mid East. This music reminds us that globalization entails vast cultural and musical implications as well as an economic impact

Orchid
Shao Rong
Bamboo Dance
Pacific Moon
Shao Rong plays the Chinese lute known as the Pipa an instrument said to have already existed during the Qin Dynasty in 221BC during the time when Emperor Shih Huang Ti brought the provinces together under one rule

Baird Hersey
Waking the Cobra
Between Sthira and Sukha
Waking-the-Cobra.com
Meditative chant designed to rouse ones chakra energy and guide its journey up the spine

Incendio
Misterioso
St. Margaret's Tears
Paras Recordings
Incendio

Delphine Tsinajinnie
Mother's Word
Shoe Game Song
Canyon Records
Delphine Tsinajinnie is one of the Nihookáá' Dine'é (which means "people of the earth" the Navaho name for themselves)

Jimmy Night Jr.
Navajo Healing Songs of the Native American Church - Vol 2
two healing songs 1&6
Canyon Records
The Native American Church, or Peyote Church had its origins in Pre-Columbian Mexico. Since the mid-19th century an intertribal religion, philosophy and ritual have developed around "Father Peyote." Healing songs differ from traditional peyote songs in that they feature vocals without drum and rattle accompaniment.

Gustavo Santaolalla
RONROCO
La Vuelta
World Circuit/Nonesuch
Multi-instrumentalist, Gustavo Santaolalla plays charango, maulincho, pipes, tin whistle, harmonica, guitar and guitarron and most importantly for this CD, the ronroco (a small guitar-like instrument with 10 ten strings, arranged in 5 pairs),

Soneros De Verdad
A Buena Vista: Barrio De La Habana
A Buena Vista
Narada World
New music from the Cuba

Chico César
Chico César
Paraíba Meu Amor
Se Você Viajar
Putumayo Artists
Chico Cesar creates brilliant contemporay music based on the contagious melodies and rhythms of Brazil

Africando All Stars
Mandali
Ntoman (vocals Salif Keita)
Sterns Africa
The vocals of Malian, Salif Keita accompanied by Afro-Latin super-band and chorus