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Davie BarnetA fine and varied collection of Celtic music played on harps, guitars, fiddles, mandolins, bagpipes, flutes, etc. This album is a snapshot of the living reality of Celtic musical traditions in today's world, presenting music from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Asturias (northern Spain), Wales and Galicia in a variety of sung and instrumental pieces. Info about each of the pieces. Total playing time: 72:00 min.

Ana Alcaide

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El Mondao

Branko Krsmanovic Group

Zhou Yu

John Duhan

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Chiriac / Fanfara Din Cozmesti

ViguelaVig?ela , hailing from Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), land of Don Quixote, take their tradition with sincerity and show it as a living music, full of joy. In 2014 Vig?ela started a review of their own approach to the styles and repertoires, to recover an archaic musical language that has been kept alive right up to present days. Temperamento is the glorious result.

Rash Behari Datta

Pablo Carcamo

Essam Rashad

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Deben Bhat tacharya

Michalis Terzis

Emad SayyahUpbeat and spirited bellydance compositions for dancers of all levels of skill. Twelve varied pieces, eight of them instrumental including two percussion solos. The songs: Inti malakeh, Yalla oum rakkesni, Ma'zoufat al wouroud, Samara, Fena Zena, Hizzi hazzi (Percussion solo), Salamaat min Loubnan, 'A Lallah t'oudi, Ishiriina, Raksa 'annab'a, Habibi inta, Khayyala mayyala (Percussion solo). Lyrics plus notes to each of the pieces.

Burning Bush

BhattacharyaHistorical, unrehearsed live field recordings of traditional music made in Thailand in 1973 by ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya. Extensive information, including historical backgrounds, notes about each of the pieces and descriptions of the indigenous instruments used, such as the Khawng wong yai (gong circle) plus beautiful colour photographs. A valuable cultural document and a rare collectors’ item.

Conolly / Dubliners / Hunt, Declan / Aran FolkA superb selection of Irish ballads delivered by some of the greatest representatives of Irish folk, e.g.The Dubliners, Declan Hunt, Terry O’Neill, Brier, Corrib Folk, Blackthorn and many more. The songs include such classics as The Boys of Killibegs, All for me Grog, Cuanla, Sing Irishmen Sing, Carnlough Bay, Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore and many others. Info about all the songs.

Kat?h Hidekazu, 加藤秀和The two masters of the Japanese shakuhachi, Hidekazu Katoh(shakuhachi, nishaku-issun, nishaku-yonsun) and Richard Stagg (shakuhachi), present atmospheric shakuhachi duets ranging from ancient to modern pieces. Extensive information with biographies of the artists as well as notes about each of the pieces.

Kolmanovskij / Russian Folk Ensemble Balalaika

V.AA fascinating array of ancient traditional as well as modern Chinese music played on tenor and bass ruan and pipa. Miao Xiaoyun is a virtuoso player of various Chinese lutes. On some of the pieces she is accompanied by the internationally acclaimed Chinese yangqin (dulcimer) player Professor Xu Pingxin. Artist biography plus extensive information about each of the pieces and the instruments.

Zhou Yu

V.AAn exciting collection of popular Israeli, Yiddish and Hassidic melodies. A very enjoyable listening experience! This album was recorded live at the international ‘Festival Mondial des Cultures de Drummondville’ in Canada, by group Adon Olam, headed by award-winning violinist Ilya Kuzinets, originally from St. Petersburg, Russia.

Vidal, Juanjo LopezGorgeous, listenable and danceable tangos, from ‘La Docta’ - Cordoba - in the heart of Argentina. Played ‘a la parilla’ (‘on the spot’), recorded in one take, with bandoneon, guitar and bass. The strong and emotional vocal performance of Juanjo Lopez Vidal completes the tangos, capturing the spirit with which the tango was born in the patios of the tenement houses of Buenos Aires.

Sevdalinka / Divanhana / Stojanoski, BiljanBeautiful, romantic but also spirited music of the Bosnian song genre Sevdah, which expresses a melancholy mood of passion, longing, saudade… much like Portuguese fado - ‘sevdah’ and ‘saudade’ sharing the same Arabic root word for a melancholy mood, ‘sawda’. Arranged for today’s tastes, incorporating traditional instruments.

Sevdalinka / Divanhana / Stojanoski, BiljanBeautiful, romantic but also spirited music of the Bosnian song genre Sevdah, which expresses a melancholy mood of passion, longing, saudade… much like Portuguese fado - ‘sevdah’ and ‘saudade’ sharing the same Arabic root word for a melancholy mood, ‘sawda’. Arranged for today’s tastes, incorporating traditional instruments.