Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham Hill Records

Flook
Haven
Souter Creek
World Village / Harmonia Mundi
Artist website: Flook
World Beat Pick of the Month

The Muses
Passing Time
Cape Cod Girls
Artist website: www.renaissancechic.com
A Celtic group from Colorado featuring the vocals and the instrumentation of Tanya Brody and Matthew Gurnsey.

Sui Vesan
Merging With the Brook
Breeze in the Flute
World Village / Harmonia Mundi
Artist website: www.SuiMusic.com
Sui Vesan dedicates her music as a meditation to nature... the trees, and falling leaves, the brook and rushing waterfall.

Lorna Lee
Rendezvous
Tu Es Le Seul
Intentcity
French chanteuse, Lorna Lee, captures the Parisian spirit with songs of lovers and mystics, yearnings and romance...

Eric Kamen
Native Unit
Mykonos at Midnight
E*Traxxx
Artist website: NativeUnit.com

Cesaria Evora
Rogamar
Tiche
Modje Trofel
Bluebird
Artist website: www.Cesaria-Evora.com
Soulful new music from Cape Verde Islands most famous singer, Cesaria Evora.

Eliott James
Cinematic Life
Dolly
Wateree Recordings
Artist website: EliottJames.com

Nassiri
Love Sees No Color
title track (world mix)
Artist website: www.nassirimusic.com
A new record by Iranian musician Nassiri. This recording is also available in the Persian language, Farsi.

Zucchero
Zucchero & Co.
Muoio Per Te (with Sting)
Artist website: www.zucchero.it
Concord Records
Zucchero (Sugar) has been a European music sensation since the mid 1980's and has earned the respect and recognition of fellow musicians around the world who have performed duets with him. Miles Davis began the tradition.

Benise
Nights of Fire
Desperado
Fandango
Artist website: www.benise.com
Spanish Guitar virtuoso, Roni Benise leads a spectacular stage show including 50 dancers and performers, called "Nights of Fire." You can think of it as the "Latin Riverdance."
"Nights of Fire" has been shown on PBS and during April and May, "Nights of Fire" will be on nationwide tour, including a May 14th performance at the Minneapolis Orpheum.

Son de La Frontera
Nights of Fire
Buleria Negra Del Gastor
World Village / Harmonia Mundi
This record pays tribute to flamenco/Cuban fusion. The guitar and Cuban tres complement each other in both flamenco, and guajira styles.

Bebe
Pafuera Telarñas
Con Mis Manos
Artist website: www.labebebellota.com
EMI Latin
Bebe recently won a Latin Grammy as Best New Artist and is planning a spring tour of the U.S.

Tingstad & Rumbel
A Moment's Peace
Lucinda
TingstadRumbel.com
New from music from the guitar and woodwind duo, Tingstad & Rumbel.

Jeff Johnson
Vespers - Light into Light
Prayer of St. Francis
ArkMusic.com
Meditative music from Jeff Johnson and friends featuring the vocals of Janet Chvatal.

Jake Shimabukuro
Dragon
Floaters
Hitchhike Records
Artist website: www.jakeshimabukuro.com
Jake Shimabukuro is a modern master of the humble ukulele. Hearing the big sounds from this diminutive instrument, at the center of lush instrumental arrangements provides a case for the ukulele as an important world music instrument. Jake plays Kamaka Ukuleles and uses D'Addario strings.

Global Rhythm - March 06
UB40 - The Reggae Supergroup 25 Year Labour of Love
Lila Downs: Cumbia Del Mole
Global Rhythm - World Music, Culture & Lifestyle
Music from Lila Downs "La Cantina Entre Copa y Copa" (Narada Productions)

The cover story in the recently issued April "Global Rhythm" magazine is titled, "UB4o The Reggae Supergroup 25 Year Labour of Love" also covered this month are Trio Mocoto (Brazil), Emiline Michel( Haiti), Tom Ze(Brazil), and reggae musicians, Fantan Mojah, and Burning Spear.
Artists website: www.planet-buzz.com

Soundings of the Planet
Various artists
Celebrating 25 Year of Peace through Music
Dean Evenson: River on the Rocks
Soundings of the Planet

Rough Guides
The Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance
Soni Pabla: Dil Tera
Juggy D: Akheer
World Music.net
subtitle: tumbi, dhol, synthesizers and pounding dance rhythms

Kush Arora
Bhang Ragga - Dancehall Bhangra in Future DUb
Koi Ne Bole
KushArora.com
Bhangra dancehall music from Jamaica

Jai Uttal - Ben Leinbach
Loveland
Music for Dreaming and Awakening
Gopala Lulluby
Sounds True
Artist website: JaiUttal.com

Bombay Dub Orchestra
Bombay Dub Orchestra
Mumtaz
Six Degrees
Artist website: BombayDub.com

Six Degrees - Various artists
Traveler 06
BossaCucaNova: Eu Queiro Um Samba (Brazil)
Six Degrees

Putumayo World Music
Brazilian Lounge
Mundo Livre: Meu Esquema (Brazil)
BiD, feat. Seu Jorge: E Depois (Brazil)
Putumayo Records
Seductive Brazilian melodies and subtle electronica abound on this collection of contemporary chill-out music

Ziriguiboom
The New Sound of Brazil 2
Bebel Gilberto: Cada beijo
Crammed Discs
Six Degrees
New music from Brazil bubbling an' groovin' with the Ziriguiboom sound.

Brian Rolland
Dreams of Brazil
At Dawn
On the Full Moon Productions
Brazil-inspired acoustic music.
Artist website: BrianRolland.com

Apollo Nove
Res Inexplicata volans
Inexplicata
Crammed Discs
New music from Brazil, recorded in São Paulo, an' groovin' with the Ziriguiboom sound.

Armand and Angelina
Sacred Flute Journeys
Inca Dance
ArmandandAngelina.com
Armand and Angelina tour internationally performing their World Popera overture, a fusion of world, classical and popular influences.

Johnny Whitehorse
Johnny Whitehorse
Indian Pony
www.silverwave.com
Native American flute music from Johnny Whitehorse, who grew up in the traditional ways of Pueblo and Apache people from San Carlos AZ to Bakersfield CA. An interesting note...on closer inspection of the liner notes, it appears that Johnny Whitehorse is a character creation of Native American musician/composer Robert Mirabal

Michael Joseph
O-Glepi
Ancestor's Song
Songs for Native American Flute and guitar by Michael Joseph Ulery.
Artist website: www.mjosephu.com

Dream Art Science
Hydrogen Burning
title track
Artist website: costar.org/DreamArtScience
Earth Life Media
A San Francisco group producing what they call a cosmic spiral-tuned music cycle based on astronomical observations and Egyptian legend. Their Common Band MIDI source files are available on the web under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

Junior Kelly, Bounty Killer, & Capleton
The Good The Bad & the Blazing
Junior Kelly : All I Do
Bounty Killer : West Indies
Minor7Flat5

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