
Øystein
Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham Hill Records
Áine
Minogue
The Twilight Realm
Deandai, Deandai
Gloine an Beoir
Little Miller Records
Áine
Minogue
is a Celtic Harp Music scholar
Carmina
Weather in the Heart
Bird of Paradise
I&E Records
Artist website: Carmina
Carmina
is the Celtic contemporary singer songwriter duo of Rob King and Pippa Marland.
Sean
Grace
Celtic Voyage
Amhrán An Domhan
Sean Grace.com
A journey into a musical space where contemporary jazz meets Celtic rock.
Blackmore’s
Night
Beyond the Sunset - The
Romantic Collection
Durch denWald zum Bach Haus
Ghost of a Rose
SPV
Artist website: Blackmore's
Night
Next-up, new music, based upon 16th century melodies, from Ritchie Blackmore
and Candice Night.
Triakel
Songs from 63° North
Veit - Where d'ya think...?
Northside
Artist website: Triakel
New music from Jämtland
Sweden.
Väsen
Keyed Up
Bromander 100 års polska
Northside
Artist website: Väsen
Four great Swedish musicians: Olov Johansson on the nyckelharpa (a keyed
fiddle unique to Sweden), Mikael Marin on viola, Roger Tallroth on guitar,
and André Ferrari on an array of exotic percussion.
Rough
Guide / various artists
The Rough Guide to Fado
A tale of two cities: passion and elegance
Ana Moura: Amour Em Tons De Sol Maior
World Music.net
Sounds of the Portuguese Fado
Putumayo
World Music
Greece - A Musical Voyage
Melina Kana: Arnisi
Putumayo Records
Music from the legends and rising stars of the Greek popular song revival.
Erik
Marchand
Pruna
Pruna
Le Chant du
Monde/Harmonia Mundi/Accordes Croises
Twelve musicians, of diverse ethnicity, all whom are considered to be among
the best musicians from their respective cultures, come together to create
contemporary European fusion music.
Johannes
Linstead
Mediterranea
Tabú
Earthscape Music
Artist website: Johannes
Linstead
nouveau flamenco guitar style, Johannes is also a talented
multi-instrumentalist, playing piano, mandolin, bouzouki, bass, wood flute
and various percussion.
Ojos
de Brujo (eyes of the sorcerer)
Bari
Tiempo de Soleá
Harmonia
Mundi/World Village
"Recipients of 2004 BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music"
Ojo de Brujo fuses the driving rhythms of flamenco with hip-hip, funk, punk
and other stray sounds from the streets of Barcelona.
Lhasa
De Sela
The Living Road
Con Toda Palabra
Nettwerk
Artist website: Lhasa
De Sela
A song, en espanol, invoking an eerie mode of mystery and wonder. Lhasa De
Sela also sings in French and English, on The Living Road.
Javid
Gypsy Flame New Flamenco -
Vol II
Allegrais Persia
Artist website: Javid
Flamenco
Some excellent new flamenco compositions from San Diego based Flamenco Guitarist,
Javid.
Chief
Sonne Reyna - Steven Halpern
Healing Songs of Earth &
Sky
Ancestors' Song
Inner Peace
Music
Chief Sonne Reyna is a Nawal Eagle Clan Chief and traditional Sundancer, from
the Yaqui - Carrizo Coahuilteka Nation of North America. He facilitates traditional
ceremonies and empowers weomen and men to become natural healers.
Grundman
We are the forthcoming past,
take care of it
We are the forthcoming past
Non Profit Music
New Age and classical composer from Madrid Spain
All profits from this cd will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
Yoshida
Brothers
Yoshida Brothers II
Frontier
Domo
Artist website: Yoshida Brothers
Ryoichiro and Kenichi Yoshida began music lessons, at age five, on the tsugaru-shamisen,
an instrument with a three foot long body and three strings. IT is played
with a pick. A highly-charged world music fusion.
Anastacia
Azvedo
Amanaiara -
Senhora Da Chuva
Arrepiar (Getting Goosebumps)
Xaxado (For Lampiao)
Piranha Musik
Artist website: Anastacia
Azvedo
Amanaiara is the word for "Rain" in one of the pre-Columbian language
spoken in the northeast of Brazil.
(special guests on this album include Paquito D'Rivera and Yo-Yo Ma)
Bebel
Gilberto
Bebel
Jabuticaba
Six
Degrees Records
Artist website: Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto has been called the Norah Jones of bossa nova. She sings in
the melodic and romantic Brazilian tradition. Her mellow music is a relaxing
intoxicant.
Rough
Guide / various artists
The Rough Guide to Brazilian
Hip-Hop
the hip-hop generation: a new wave of talent
MC Partideiro: To Chegando
World Music.net
Some of the grittier sounds and funkier beats from Brazil's homegrown rappers.
We'll be hearing one of the milder tunes...
Rosa
Passos
Amorosa
Pra Que Discutir Com Madame
Sony
Classical
Artist website: Rosa Passos
World Beat Pick
of the Month
Rosa Passos is a singer/songwriter and guitarist, she is a native of Brazil,
with a sweet, warm voice, who is known as "a feminine João Gilberto."
Deep
Forest
Essence of the Forest
Sweet Lulluby (V 2004)
Epic Records
Sony Music
Izaline
Calister
Krioyo
Wow'i Kariño (Eye of Love)
Network
Krioyo, the name of this album comes from the Papiamento word for "Creole."
It is both a noun and an adjective refering to the language, food, and the
feeling that one gets from making something from your own roots. Krioyo is
a tasty pot of Creole music and culture from Izaline Calister's home island,
Curaçao.
Izaline Calister has been dubbed the Queen of Antillian Jazz, by the Dutch
press and Tumba Queen at Curaçao's annual carnival.
René
Lacaille
Mapou
Madina
Ogardanou
World Music.net
The title of this cd, Mapou, comes from the type of sugarcane grown on La
Réunion...it is the ultimate cane and represents something sweet, smooth
and sugary... highly perfumed and easy to eat.
The French were the first to colonize La Réunion, 130 years ago. Many
were freed slaves in 1848.East Africans, Madagascans, and Indians, Chinses
and Indo-Moslems. These populations merged over time and formed a Creole culture.
Sékou
Bembeya Diabaté
Guitar Fö
Biduman
Discorama/ Harmonia
Mundi
Sékou Diabaté is a master of the Mandingo guitar and co-founder
of Guinea's Bembeya Jazz, in 1961.
Etienne
Mbappe
Misiya
EeTo Kem
Discorama/ Harmonia
Mundi
New music from Etienne Mbappe, of Cameroon
Corey
Harris
Mississippi to Mali
Cohoma
Rounder
Corey Harris travels to Mali in
search of the roots of the blues. On Thursday September 9th, at 7:30 pm, Corey
Harris will perform in concert at the Hallings Recital Hall, on the campus
of Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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