World Beat Playlist - KMSU: April 2002

Women of Song
Celtic Mystique
Laura Powers - Circle of Stone
Pippa Marland - Bird of Paradise
Etherean Music

Mediaeval Baebes
Rose
I Am Eve
Luude Novella
L'amour De Moi
Nettwerk America
new music from London

Louise Hoffsten, Lasse Englund och Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Kära du
Kära du, jag är ju bunden
Det sorgsna hjärtat
Samsø Records

Chis Spheeris & Anthony Mazella
Brio
Dia del Sol
Essence Records

Missa Johnouchi
road to OASIS
Prayer
Pacific Moon
featuring the Li-Hua Ensemble
Missa Johnouchi comments that, in Japanese, the word "Kotodama" means the soul that is present in words. On "Road to Oasis" she has attempted to capture the spirit that is present in sounds.

Kitaro
An Ancient Journey
Daichi
Domo
A powerful masterwork... a musical journey exploring the remnant vibrations from the worlds of our ancient ancestors
(2 cd set)

Omar Sosa
Sentir
Manto Blanco
Ota Records

Peter Buffett

Triathalon
Bullroar
Peter Buffett.com
Original music from the film "Triathalon - Thorugh the Eyes of the Elite"
Composed by USA Triathlete, Peter Buffett
Endurance Films

Tulku
A Universe to Come
I Am (featuring Bernard Pomerance)
New Earth Records
New music from Jim Wilson & Tulku
Liner notes* "Thunder/Perfect Mind is one of 52 text fragments called the Gnostic Gospels. Found in Nag Hamadi, Egypt in 1945, its author is unknown. Some like to attribute the text to Mary Magdelene or her influence , because she is a major figure in the teaching of the Gnostics."
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Ariell
Conversations with Angels
Conversations with Angels
Paras Recordings
With this tune, Brazillian composer, Ariell invites you to sit back, relax, and mediate for five minutes...
to converse with the angels.

Terry Oldfield
Turning Point
Into The Blue
New Earth Records
New music from Terry Oldfield. Recorded on Cranmore Farm, Glouchester UK

Jeff Ball
Prairie Runner
Black Hills Stomp
Paras Recordings
Jeff Ball.net
FourWinds-trading.com

Xavier Quijas Yxayotl
Singing Earth
Dance for the Maize God
Canyon Records
Flutist Xavier Quijas Yxayotl of the Huichol people presents the mysterious sounds of Mayan and Aztec clay flutes accompanied by the ancestral drums and percussion of the peoples of Meso America.

Radmilla Cody
Seed of Life "Traditional Songs of the Navajo"
America the Beautiful
Canyon Records
The Diné people are connected to the land. They hold songs of loyalty and patriotism close to their hearts and say that there must be a cohesiveness of all Earth People. Radmilla Cody sings "America the Beautiful" in theDiné language as a tribute to the Navajo Codetalkers and veterans.

John Balint
Paradise Within
Lullaby
Blisswave Records
A lullaby featuring African vocals, dedicated to being in the moment...experiencing the perfection of here & now...

Pilot Guides
Globe Trekker "Music from the TV Series"
Mark Tayler - Cuban Rodeo
Hamar Girl - Nomad
RCA Red Seal
Pilot Productions

So Kalmery
Bendera
D.M.Crazy
Imane
World Beat - Pick of the Month
Tinder Records
New music from Congo sung in a variety of languages including Kiswahili, English, French, Swahili and Medinaterre, an ancient language dating back over 10,000 years. Kalmery's vibrantly emotive, appealing voice resounds with life. His preferred instrument is the acoustic guitar and his playing has been compared to Taj Mahal's blues-folk music.
**** Highest World Music ratings

Marcus James
Where You Wanna Be
Desert Flower
Firenze Records
Recorded in Bamako, Mali, West Africa
Perhaps Marcus James was inspired by Taj Majal's scholastic work, "From Memphis to Mali" whatever the inspiration it seems to have lead Marcus to the well.

African Icons of Power Vol. 1
Defeat the Enemy
MuslimGauze - Dogon Tabla
Hexagon Records
"Timeless Music Rooted in the Beat of Africa"