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 ERIC WAINAINA: sawa sawa - Original music from Kenya's leading songwriter. Soaring guitar lines, pulsating drum rhythms and excellent vocals from a Kenyan who doesn't run. Lyrics in Swahili, English and Kikuyu. |   SHILELAGH LAW: together in the end - "The legitimate voice of urban postmodern Irish folk, like Run-DMC in a righteous throwdown with the Clancy Brothers"--The Irish Side |  SHIMSHAI: i sense your presence - Reggae-inspired grooves, smooth vocals and harmonies to soothe your soul, and uplifting devotional lyrics with a universal message of truth |  MANA: THE BAHA'I CULTURE GROUP: reflections on the life of the spirit - Songs (in English) in a range of styles featuring all of the quotes from Book 1 of the Ruhi Institute courses |  GOR MKHITARIAN: yeraz - An impassioned and beautiful Armenian acoustic album featuring a banjo, two guitars, dumbeg, and vox. Authentic and accessible New Armenian Folk Music. "Brilliant record...one of the best I've ever heard."- CD Baby President. |  SHILELAGH LAW: ...half the bottle down - Think Clancy Brothers on speed. Traditional and original Irish songs and tunes performed with reckless abandon; just try listening without downing a pint. |  RAHEL JASKOW: day of rest - A collection of songs for the Jewish Sabbath recorded in a unique way: one vocalist acting as a small a-cappella choir. Winner of the Just Plain Folks award for best ethnic album of 2001. |  DAVE STRINGER: japa - Sanskrit mantra chanting and kirtan that marries the mysticism of traditional Indian instruments, the devotional intensity of gospel, the live energy of a rock band and the improvisatory freedom of jazz. |  THE SKELS: stoney road - Celtic punk-rock from New Jersey that makes for a whiskey-soaked good time! |  MANGO BLUE: immigrant blues - A great new flavor in Afro-Latin and World music. Mango BLue's all-original repertoire offers a mix of Funk, R&R and Jazz with a strong Afro-Latin foundation. Hip music to listen, great music to dance. | | |||||||||||
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 BALI SOUTH: bali south - For the academic musician, musicologist, world music fanatic or just that person who likes to have counter-mainstream music to strike up fascinating party conversations, Bali South presents this bright and shimmering, metallic and layered gamelan music of the Peliatan and Tunjuk villages. Traditionally known for its fast, interlocking rhythmic patterns and breathless speed, much more so than Javanese gamelan, the dazzling quality of Balinese music is superbly captured in this 1970s field recording by ethnomusicologist, Gertrude Rivers Robinson, and the UCLA Ethnomusicology archive. |  CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: liberation - With a distinctive talent to embrace, intertwine and intricately weave musical styles from the Middle East, Greece, Spain, South America and the West, both individually and all at once, this Seattle-based group draws from widely-varied pockets of the world with band members so diverse as a Venezuelan folk singer, a colorful Broadway violinist, a flamenco dancer from Barcelona and the region's top percussion specialists. All of this talent and multi-cultural background culminates with truly a revolutionary sound; one can expect to hear didgeridoo, flamenco styles and doumbek in the same song. Not ignoring the popular music of the radio waves, their accessible sound is as brilliant and inviting as the Gypsy Kings or AfroCelt Soundsystem, but simply doesn't stop there. This is absolutely an incomparable fusion of vision and discipline. |  THOMAS MAPFUMO & THE BLACKS UNLIMITED: toi toi - Legendary musician and political voice, Thomas Mapfumo, known as the social conscience of Zimbabwe, delivers a stirring and invigorating album of African pop. Having inspired hundreds of other artists as well as the ability for music to influence and affect politics, Mapfumo has delivered another powerful release; we proudly call your attention to this high-minded album. If you're not familiar with his music, now is the perfect chance. |  SOLDIERS OF JAH ARMY: soja ep - If the words "Bob Marley," "UB 40" and "Steel Pulse" inspire a tingle in your brain and a prickling in your desire, this is the next addition to your decorated reggae collection. With its insightful, probing and reflective lyrics, calling out for veils of illusion to be breached, supported by some of the thickest grooves to make their way into our reggae collection in months, Soldiers of Jah Army deliver a no-brainer pick for any remote fan of reggae. This is the kind of reggae that takes every ounce of your attention - half of you is entranced in the beats while the other half is engaged in the dead-on, piercing, socially conscious verses. A must. |  TEPAKA: kÓrÓkÁn - With the growing popularity of the djembe in the West, this is essential listening for fans of this extremely vocal and often misunderstood instrument. For drum circle novices to West African-trained virtuosos, here is a fabulous CD to bask in the origins and traditional voice of such a rich instrument, born of the sacred sounds of the Mandeng people of Mali and Guinea. Accompanied by regional percussion and flute, the album takes the listener from the subtle to the celebratory. | | ||||||||||||||||
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