Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham Hill Records

Rough Guides
The Rough Guide to Celtic Music
Skolvan: Bal Plinn Du Vertige (France)
Old Blind Dogs: Monymusk Lads (Scotland)
World Music.net
subtitle: harp, fiddle, flute & guitar: Celtic Connections

Moussu T e lei jovents
Madmemoiselle Marseille
Lo gabian
Pour de bon ils nous le font
Le Chant Du Monde/Harmonia Mundi

Putumayo World Music
Italian Café
Giorgio Conte: Cannelloni
Vinicio Capossela: Che Cossé L'Amor
Putumayo Records
Italian Café captures the post WWII era of La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) when fashion, celebrity and easy living ruled the day. Italian Cafés and night clubs bounced to a musical blend of traditional melodies and the new era's lively swing.

Ithikon Akmeotaton
Ti Tha Paisonme
Gia Kita Me Sta Matia
Mandoura
Octalogic Music Production
Artist website: ithikon akmeotaton
Greek musician Kostas Karagiozidis leads the group Ithikon Akmeotaton in a traditional Mandoura and we'll hear the song "Gia Kita Me Sta Matia" featuring lovely voice of Kristina Karnavou.

Oscar Reynolds
Rio De Luz - River of Light
Rio de Luz
Karumanta Music
Artist website: Oscar Reynolds
The 6th release of Bolivian composer, Oscar Reynolds. An all instrumental recording full of evocative South American rhythms and melodies. Exquisite music!

Putumayo World Music
Swing Around the World
The Cool Crooners of Bulawayo: Van Enkulu (Zimbabwe)
Triton: Mari Niça Swing (Mauritius)
Putumayo Records
The musical soundtrack for a global swing dance party

Rough Guides
The Rough Guide to Salsa Dance
Fruko Y Sus Tesos: Las Maracas (Colombia)
World Music.net
Salsa Grooves: musical pulse of Latin America

Sierra Maestra
Son: Soul of a Nation
Al Vaiven De Mi Carreta (Cuba)
World Music.net
Artist website: Sierra-Maestra.net
Sierra Maestra is Cuba's leading son group and are responsible for the revival of the son style, the bedrock of Cuban music.

Charanga Cakewalk
Loteria DeLa Cumbia Lounge
Chispas
Artemis Records/Triloka
Artist website: Charanga Cakewalk
Michael Ramos' contemporary Tex-Mex soundtrack for life at-home and on-the-road.

Agatsuma
Eternal Songs
Rainfall (Japan)
Domo
Hiromitsu Agatsuma plays Tsugaru-Shamisen

Thomas Barth
Beyond Black & White
What Draws Me To You
Artist website: Thomas Barth

Dechen Shak-Dagsay
Dewa Che- Universal Healing Power of Tibetan Chant
Namgyel-Ma
New Earth Records
Artist website: Tibet House
The Tibetan phrase "Dewa Che" means "the great peace." These mantras are sung as an offering of inner peace to promote the power of self-healing to listeners.

Celso Fonseca
Rive Gauche Rio
O No Para Trás
Six Degrees Records
Crammed
Artist website: Celso Fonseco
New music from Brasilian singer Celso Fonseca

Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto Remixed
Cada Beijo remixed by Thievery Corporation
Six Degrees Records
Ziriguiboom/Crammed
Artist website: Bebel Gilberto
Sixteen different DJs remix tunes from Bebel Gilberto's recent hit cd "Bebel." Nineteen tunes in all...

Midival Punditz
Midival Times
Morning
Six Degrees Records
The Midival Punditz are the first Indian electronic band to produce a large-scale release

Global Rhythm
World Music, Culture & Lifestyle
Kiran Ahluwalia: Vo Kuch
Global Rhythm - World Music, Culture & Lifestyle

Trilok Gurtu
The Trilok Gurtu Collection
Cherry Town
Times Square Records
Trilok Gurtu is a master of Indian music percussion and a composer who's music crosses the boundaries of Indian music into jazz, rock, classical and world music. Gurtu has received many prestigious awards including five Down Beat's Critics Poll for "Best Percussionist of the Year."

David Hykes
Harmonic Meditations
Times to the True
Sounds True
Music for the film "Travellers and Musicians"

Paul Avgerinos
Phos Hilaron
O Heavenly World
Magnatune
Artist website: RoundSkyMusic.com
Phos Hilaron "Gracious Blessing, Gladdening Light" is one of the oldest known Christian Hymns and is known to have been sung in the catacombs during the 2nd century.

John Martinborough
Coming Home
Higher Ground
Artist website: John Martinborough
John Martinborough is the son of an Adventist minister and has been singing in churches and public since age five. "Coming Home" is a prarfully sung collection of contemporary and historical songs, from traditional hymns to Negro spirituals and from anthems to reggae and gospel.

Te Vaka
Ki Mua
Pate pate
Warm Earth Records
Artist website: www.TeVaka.com
* fourteen songs and I dig them all *
Julie Foa'i
Warm Earth Records
Ph: +64 9 817 4639 - Fax: +64 9 817 3624
P.O.Box 60057, Titirangi, Auckland 7, New Zealand
World Beat Pick of the Month

Subaro
Speak in Tones
Douson Foly
Speak in Tones
Music from Bamako, NYC and Bahia come together on this double CD representing a three year collaboration featured over a hundred Thursday night concert/multimedia events and culminated in a performance held in Salvador do Bahia. "Douson Foly" is based on a Malian Hunter's song.

Noiseshaper
Rough out There
Walls of Silence
Sounds from the Roof
Artist website: Noiseshaper.net

Steel Pulse
Earth Crisis
Tightrope
Rhino
Artist website: Steel Pulse

Majek Fashek
Little Patience
Power of a Woman
Coral Music
Civil Defense Music
Artist website: Majek Fashek

Oliver Mtukudzi
Nhava
Hope
Heads UP
Global Rhythm - World Music, Culture & Lifestyle
The cover story of "Global Rhythm" magazine July 2005 vol. is titled, "Tuku's Got a Brand New Bag," subtitled"Oliver Mtukudzi Dispenses Truth and Hope." In the song "Hope," Tuku's song warns that "if you keep sleeping, you won't reap anything; if you stay snuggled in bed, time will leave you behind. You have to rise early and work, because time does not wait for anyone."

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