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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham Hill Records

Dremmwel
Lañs
Le prunier de pommes
Ar sac'hler - Ibil buez
Glazik
Mestr an Dans
Artist website : www.dremmwel.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/dremmwelbzh
In the Breton language Dremmwel means horizon. For the past twenty years Dremmwel have been playing local events that call for traditional dancing at festivals and venues in every corner of their native Britanny.
World Beat Pick of the Month

Nadia Birkenstock
Strange New Land
Shine
Laika-records
Artist website : www.nadiabirkenstock.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/nadiabirkenstock
Some beautiful new music from singer/songwriter and Celtic harper, Nadia Birkenstock.

Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter
Two Worlds One
The Selkie
New Earth Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/lisalynne
Harper Lisa Lynne and Swedsh Nyckelharpa player Aryeh Frankfurter.

Les Filles - various chantuse
Le Pop - le chansons de la nouvelle scène français
Constance Amiot: Clash Dans le Tempo
Artist website: www.lepop.de
Melanie Pain is called a Nouvelle vague singer... interesting... even more vague when one has little understanding of Francais, but these are all wonderful songs from a lovely group of chantuses.

Anaïs
The Love Album
J'sais Pas
www.anaisinyourface.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/anaisinyourface
Music from French songstress Anaïs.

Miguel Afonso
De Vuelta Al Baile
Canario
Camino Viejo Producciones
www.folkcanarias.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/miguelafonso
Artist website : www.miguelafonso.net
Miguel Afonso is a master accordianist playing with his group in Gran Canaria, Espana... more familiarly known as The Canary Islands.

Koskilleo
Fusión Flamenca - la isla
Koskilleo (alegrias)
Artist website : www.koskilleo.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/koskilleoflamencofusionjazzband
Next-up flamenco fusion music from the Barcelona band Koskilleo, featuring music by Joaquín Murillo and songstress Leo Cantante.

Neil Jacobs
American Gypsy
Kiss of the Gypsy
Artist website : www.NeilJacobs.com
American Gypsy features Neil Jacobs on 12 string guitar, Arkadiy Gips on violin and John Douglas on bass.

Warsaw Village Band
Infinity
Little Baby Blue
Barbes Records
Artist website : www.warsawvillageband.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/warsawvillageband
The music of the Warsaw Village Band is deeply rooted in music of Polish villages but the tune we are about to hear exudes funky soul. In explanation ... their Carpathian singers claim James Brown as a major musical influence.

Whispers of the Dragon
Gypsy
Black Abbey
MySpace: www.myspace.com/whispersofthedragon
Whispers of the Dragon describes their sound as dark Balkan music.

Vayo
Tango Classicos Y Tangos Nuevos
A media luz
Pantaleon Records
Artist website: www.vayoraimondo.com
Vayo collaborates with classic tango masters to recreate old tangos and to take the tango to new heights.

Federico Aubele
Amatoria
Te quero a ti
Este amour (featuring Natalia Clavier)
ESL Music
MySpace: www.myspace.com/aubele
next-up, romantic music from Buenos Aires, inspired by bolero and tango and vocals imbued a nostalgia for gentler times...

Oreka Tx
nömadak tx
saapmi
World Village / Harmonia Mundi
Artist: www.nomadaktx.com
The txalaparta is a percussion instrument closely tied to the Basque culture. It consists of planks of wood suspended by two stands covered with insulating material., It takes two players, each one holding a thick wooden sticks in a vertical position. This track was recorded in Mongolia and includes throat singing.

Fc Apatride Utd
Them
What an Occupation
MySpace: www.myspace.com/fcapatrideutd
Drum, bass and guitar Reggaee music from Belgrade City, Serbia. Try standing in their shoes and you may ask the same questions

Rocker-T featuring Joan Baez
LUV is the foundation
LUV is the Foundation (dance-remix)
Epiphyte Records
MySpace: www.myspace.com/rockertee
Dejavu, strike a chord as Joan Baez once again puts her voice in the service of love and peace.

Alice Gomez
The Healing Flute
Renweal
Talking Taco Music
MySpace: www.myspace.com/talkingtacomusic
Native American flutist, Alice Gomez performs healing ceremonies based-upon music of the wooden flute. We will be hearing a healing song caled "Renweal."

Fiona Joy Hawkins
Blue Dream
Feeling Sunshine
www.littlehartleymusic.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/fionajoyhawkins
Austrailian pianist Fiona Joy Hawkins on chilled-piano accompanied by didgeribone* on her composition, "Feeling Sunshine." A project produced by Will Ackerman. Recorded as a 70 minute single peice of music on a Steinway B, Blue Dream goes from quiet contemplative piano to full orchestral, to world sounds, rhythms, jazz influcneces and back again to the perfect "Bach' moment

The Idan Raichel Project
Within My Walls
She'eriot Shel Ha'Chaim (scraps of life)
Cumbancha
mySpace: www.myspace.com/theidanraichelproject
Idan Raichel joins forces with musicians from Cape Verde, Columbia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Morrocco to create an entrancing fusion celebrating peace through music.

Lawrence Blatt
The Color of Sunshine
Orange Blossom Honey
www.LawrenceBlatt.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/lawrenceblatt
San Francisco based guitarist, Lawrence Blat released his third album. It's a gem produced by William Ackerman.

Thunderbeat
Ancient Sky
Sands of Time
www.ThunderVisionRecords.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/thunderbeat
Sedona-based musician Thunderbeat looks to Egypt for new inspiration.

Culture Musical Club - Zanzibar
Shime!
Yangu Haikuhusu (My life is of no concern to you)
World Village / Harmonia Mundi
Music from Zanzibar, a spice island in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Tanzania. The band is named after the club in Stone Town in Zanzibar, where it rehearses. Their musical lineup includes oud, qanun (zither), accordion, three violins, dumbek (hand drum), rika (tambourine) and bass accompanying three lead singers: two women (Rukia Ramadhani and Amina) and a man, Makame Faki, all singing love songs.

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