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(WBM21022)

Didier François and Marco Ambrosini 'Bela Bartok, 44 Duets for Violin on the Nyckelharpa'


Balkan folk music CD.
performing these classical compositions based on traditional melodies- on a traditional instrument (the nyckelharpa), they wish to mix these two musical aspects even more. The nyckelharpa is a violin-related stringed instrument with a keyboard, especially known for Swedish music. Even though they follow Bartok and the Hungarian tradition as far as interpretation and style are concerned, Marco and Didier wish to approach this music in a non-conventional way.

(CD5658641)

Blaz Lenger 'Podravino Moja Mila'


Balkan folk music CD.
Musicians:
Blaž Lenger - voice, double bass
Martin Bogdan - violin
Ivica Ignac - violin
Ivan Krupski - violin
Stjepan Franjic - bugarija
Antun Rabadija - cimbalom
Classic traditional Croatia folk music played on violin, cimbalom etc. 

(LYRCD7392)

Ali Ekber Cicek 'Turkish Sufi Music, Folk Lute of Anatolia'


Turkish folk music CD.
Musicians:
Ali Ekber Cicek - voice, saz or baglama (traditional Turkish folk lute).
'In the dry, sun-baked hills of Anatolia was born a folk music of passion and rhythmic energy. Musicians of the secretive Moslem Sufi sect adapted this powerful music for religious rites and created a lively, raw musical form. These songs are still a staple of popular music in Turkey, where Ali Ekber Çiçek is regarded as the premier interpreter of Sufi music. In his rendering, classic Sufi works become a showcase for startling technical prowess on the lute-like baglama and the emotive powers of his voice. This is a master's tour of a sophisticated musical form rarely heard west of the Bospherous.'

(CD407178)

Zoran Jovanovic 'Najveci hitovi'



Balkan folk music CD.
Label - PGP-RTS, Serbia
20 track compilation of songs made popular over the years in Yugoslavia by singer Zoran Jovanovic.

(WBM21032)

Vandor Vokal 'Rozsat Ultettem, I Planted Roses'


Balkan and Bulgarian folk music CD.
Vandor Vokal was established in 1990 from pupils of Klára Bodza, folk singer and music teacher of the "Nádasdy Kálmán" Music School in Budapest. The group has been actively involved in the music life of Hungary, performing in various folk music clubs, dance-houses and festivals, including the annual Dance-house Festival in Budapest, the Kaláka Festival in Diósgyõr, the Ost-West Festival in Kõszeg and the Vujicsics Festival in Szentendre.

(FA-052-2)

Makam 'a Part'

Balkan contemporary folk music CD.
Musicians: László Bencze - double bass, tambura, Chinese gong
Endre Juhasz - oboe, flute, kaval, reeds
Zoltán Krulik - guitar, celesta, gato drum, sheet bells
Peter Szali - tabla, sansa, Glockenspiel, tabla tarang
Szabolcs Szoke - gadulka, sarangi, ektar, sansa
Balázs Thurnay - kaval, marimba, gatham
Makám's music can be seen as a specialized branch of today's music with its own eclecticism. It is characterized by a synthesis of different organizational of forms, a special cohesion of influences of different kinds of musical inspiration and the result of studying contemporary music, archaic traditional music as well as the spontaneous improvisation of free music.

(WBM21044)

Klezmic noiZ 'Oode'


Balkan Klezmer music CD.
"Klezmic noiZ is a group of seven true-born Antwerp "di Gojim". Violinist Deben Benedict Van Damme founded the group end 1996. Their aim is clear: to bring their own interpretations of klezmer music from the Yiddish repertoire. Their city roots are injected with the Jewish heritage and transformed into succulent revelry and melancholic tunes. Just as their choice of music is not accidental, neither is there choice of instruments. With the violin as leading melodic instrument, the group harks back to the oldest traditions of klezmer music, long before the clarinet made her appearance in the traditional klezmer band. Flanked by the accordion and the soprano sax, the violin provides the instrumental basis for a modern interpretation of an old repertoire. This musical trio is supported by piano, bass and drums."

(CD407321)

Dobrivoje Pavlica 'Licke pesme i prela'


Musicians:
Dobrivoje Pavlica - voice
Nino Ognjenovic - accordeon
Nino Ognjenovic - arrangements
Instrumental ensemble led by Emil Antunovic
Label - PGP-RTS, Serbia
Croatian singer Dobrivoje Pavlica with accompaniment.
Contains the 27 minute Croatian folk music piece 'Licko prelo'. 

(CD3M1-2)

'New York Guaguanco' Various Artists


New York salsa dura music CD.
'... this collection is really tough as nails salsa played by big Latin bands with great vocalists and arrangements... It's a perfect musical snapshot of Latin New York in it's heyday'
STRAIGHT NO CHASER magazine
 'The origins of New York's brassy, rumba-laced pa'lante or salsa dura genre, 21 classic dance-floor hits from Charlie Palmieri, Joe Cotto, Wiso Pagan, Willie Rodriguez ..... the music cooks.' fRoots

(CD2009)

Jimmy Bosch '!A Millon!'



Latest release from New York's finest! Well known for his progressive jamming style Jimmy Bosch leads the pack with this new salsa dura release. From New York to Puerto Rico, all the salseros and salseras dance to the salsa of Jimmy Bosch.

(SICD2014)

Sexteto Alto Songo 'Raices Cubanas'


Vibes player and leader of Sexteto Alto Songo, Rafael Rosales, runs a music shop in Colombia and loves the old school salsa sound. His is also a lover of Cuban music and the sextet's first release is a swinging mixture of classic Cuban music and salsa dura.

(WBM21017)

Klezmic noiZ 'Davka'


Balkan Klezmer music CD.
Klezmic noiZ is a group of seven true-born Antwerp "di Gojim". Violinist Deben Benedict Van Damme founded the group end 1996. Their aim is clear: to bring their own interpretations of klezmer music from the Yiddish repertoire. Their city roots are injected with the Jewish heritage and transformed into succulent revelry and melancholic tunes. Just as their choice of music is not accidental, neither is there choice of instruments. With the violin as leading melodic instrument, the group harks back to the oldest traditions of klezmer music, long before the clarinet made her appearance in the traditional klezmer band.

(LYRCD7327)

'The Bagpipe - Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Galicia, and Canada'
Various Artists



Examples of bagpipe playing, mainly European, from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and Galicia and Canada. Uillean pipes from Dublin, the Highland bagpipes of Scotland, and others are featured with jigs, marches and a rare vocal performance of Canntaireachd, which is a vocal imitation of the bagpipe.

(CD745)

Bobby Q y su Orquesta 'Homenaje A Quisqueya La Bella, Merengues Con Clase'


Salsa music CD. The dance music Quisqueya is from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. Being a lover of this genre of music bandleader and Fania trumpet man Bobby Quesada decided to pay tribute to it. So he got himself some of the best latin musicians in New York, organised the arrangements and recorded this album.

(GD194)

(BGCD170)

(DVD10001)
DVD

(GD293)

(SICD2011)

Sonora Caney De Colombia 'Sonora Caney De Colombia'


Salsa music CD.
Charlie Gomez, Roberto Acosta, Linda del Castillo, Leo Caceres- Vocals
Josias Acosta, Orlando Acosta, Leo Caceres - Coros
Orlando 'El Chino' Acosta, Alvaro Hernandez - Trumpets
Over Lopez - Bass
Josias 'El Mono' Acosta - Piano, Keyboards, Guitar
Jose Aragon - Congas 
Pedro Tapia - Timbales
David Opsino - Guache
Eduardo Davila- Drum programming
Roberto Acosta - Guiro
Salsa dance music from Colombia.
Salsa Dura from Sonora Caney De Colombia, Colombian salsa band playing in the 'old school' salsa dura style. The band is led by Chino Acosta.

(SICD724)

Santiago Ceron 'Navegando En Sabor'


Salsa music CD.
Produced by Luis 'Perico' Ortiz. Classic salsa album from soneroSantiago Ceron, accompanied, as always, by the cream of the latin musicians in New York.
Sonero Santiago Ceron was born in Santo Domingo in 1940, and has been a singer with the orquestas of Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, Tony Pabon y La Protesta and the legendary Orquesta de Arsenio Rodriguez.

(3510)

Szilvási Gipsy Folk Band 'Folklore Beats You Up'

'Authentic gipsy music from Hungary.'
'With their second album, the Szilvasi Gypsy Band continues to enrich their style. Their music is lively and rousing, and from a folklore point of view - party music. As well as singing in both Gypsy and Hungarian language, the songs are accompanied by clarinet, tambourine, guitar, violin, cello and jug, the sounds of which remind us of the traditional Gipsy bands.' Finding new influences from other gypsy cultures, such as those from Russia, France, Spain as well as the Balkans, the Szilvási Gipsy Folk Band have created new possibilities in their arrangements of Hungarian Gypsy folk songs.

(B92CD307)

'Belgrade Coffee Shop 5' Various Artists


Compilation documenting the club scene is Serbia.
From record label B92:
"This series of compilations from B92 has achieved wide praise from fans and critics alike, significant and sometimes top positions on domestic charts while. It has received good distribution and sales successes followed throughout Europe. It provides the insider, edgy and underground access to the most vibrant creative talents of Belgrade's electronic music scene: Speed Limit, J.U.S.T., Jazzva, Vukan and Modern Quartet owe not a little of their track record their appearances on previous editions

(EDC721)

Mioara Lincan and Nelu Ploiesteanu 'Sa Petrecem Azi Ca Niciodata'

Romanian Gypsy music CD.
Musicians:
Mioara Lincan - voice
Nelu Ploiesteanu - voice
Ensemble led by Andreita Miron
Label - Electrecord, Romania.
Romanian singer Mioara Lincan in duet with Nelu Ploiesteanu accompanied by ensemble led by Andreita Miron.

(LYRCD7411)

R. A. Fish and Company 'Rhythmic Essence: The Art of the Dumbek''

R. A. Fish - solo dumbek
Traditional music from North Africa, the distinct rhythms of Arabian music. The Dumbek - the ancient drum of the Middle East used for the fundamental rhythms of belly dancing.

World-class percussionist R. A. Fish explores a myriad of rhythms performed on the small but powerful ancient drum of the Middle East. An electrifying odyssey into the realm of world drumming that includes the fundamental rhythms for belly dancing. A truly phenomenal sounding, all-digital recording. Some selections feature bells or flute.
"...marvelously expressive...the Dumbek carries the entire CD"