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Ayako Hotta-Lister presents exquisite and enchanting Japanese Koto music by Yatsuhashi Kengyo (1614-1685), Michio Miyagi (1884-1956), Rentaro Taki (1879-1903) and Mitsuzaki Kengyo (Edo Era 17th-19th Century).

Originating from Afro-American rhythms of the Caribbean and Latin America, salsa has become one of the world's most popular dance forms. This 'sauce' is hot and spicy, a mixture of ingredients which gives it great versatility. Salsa is an ever-changing sound that adapts to, but also creates, new fashionable styles. Elements of jazz, funk, rap, as well as further Caribbean influences such as soca and merengue, have recently been included, forming a newly distinctive and further adaptively resilient salsa. This collection highlights salsa music in some of it's most popular forms.

Fiesta Filipina is an album of traditional music from the various regions of the Philippines features music that accompanies ritual and ceremonial dances of the mountain dwellers of Luzon and the remote hinterland of Mindanao played with hand-held gongs, bamboo flutes, clappers and drums.Spanish influenced music with small mandolins and guitars rubs shoulders with the music of Filipino Muslims and their markedly different musical traditions.

An elegant selection of Tango masterpieces, from Piazzolla to the fiery fiddles of Gypsy tango, from Argentinean Milongas and Waltzes to modern Finnish Tango - some of the world's finest!

(2-CD set) Hawaiian music of the early 20th century exerted a considerable influence on all American popular music, from country-music to the blues. It was hawaiian virtuosos - artists almost without peer - who shaped the now famous slide-guitar style.

This new release features a wide and varied collection of Klezmer music, gathered from across the Americas and Europe. These songs represent a kaleidoscope of styles and instrumentations, from ethnic to jazzy and everything in between. The music exudes a special kind of charm, and a kind of melancholic exuberance, at once happy and sad, a kind of feel that only Klezmer can bring. Featured ensembles on this release include The Burning Bush, who specialize in music of the Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, London-based ensemble She’koyokh, Canadian trio From Both Ends of the Earth, and many more. This release was compiled by world music specialist Diz Heller.

• This 2 CD set from Arc Music contains a collection of Irish Music. • The 28 pieces range from the very traditional to today’s modern renditions, and they are presented by some of the finest exponents in the genre.

Golden Bough celebrates its 36th Anniversary as a Celtic Music trio this year. rooted in the traditional music of the seven Celtic nations (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, The Isle of Man, French Brittany and Spanish Galicia), Golden Bough has become a popular and in-demand group on both sides of the Atlantic. Since their formation in 1980, this trio of modern day minstrels has travelled great distances to numerous countries to bring their music to enthusiastic folk fans the world over. Bakcing themselves on an array of acoustic instruments - Celtic harp, guitar, octave-mandolin, mandolin, accordion, violin, penny-whistle and bodhran, they blend their voices in the pristine harmonies that have become a Golden Bough trademark. In the recording studio, as well as on stage, Golden Bough captures the essence and joy of traditional music. "The group has made a name for itself...Thus the two concerts on the weekend were sold out...They create, in a wonderful way, the connection between the old and the new world, not only musically, but also the spirit. Once in stride, they heated up the public and didn't get away without four encores." - Holsteinischer Courier, Germany

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An exciting and vibrant cross-section of Brazilian classics presented in today's arrangements. Excellent new and modern versions of songs that most will recognize.

Dave Swarbrick: English Fiddler

This live recording from 1968 of Shashi and Ravi Bellare will become a treasure for any tabla player. The compositions played are very rare and authentic. Both Shashi and Ravi play in a spontaneous and off the cuff fashion keeping the audience engrossed and on the edge until the sum of each composition. You will find yourself listening to this beautiful recording over and over again, each time finding something new.

Naxos World 2004 Sampler

I found the best singers and instrumentalists in Bikutsi Pop (my genre) in Yaounde, the town where I live in Cameroon, and started working with them on the songs, then I booked a professional studio, one of the best in the town, Studio Karel DC, for 12 days. We started the recording, using the programmed sounds with the background vocals and after three days we continued with the guitars and bass. We then took two days to edit those recordings before I recorded the lead vocals. I took three days for my leads, then a day for a break, which allowed us to listen to all this. Two days for the addition of my leads, then we prepared the mix. The genre I perform is Bikutsi Pop music. Bikutsi is a genre coming from the south province of Cameroon, and means "the hit of the floor," the dance of Bantu fighters. I add sounds to my music from South Africa and from some other African countries I visited while touring with another band I was in before starting to work on my solo album. These sounds, like flutes, xylophone, kora, etc., allow that new style to be appreciated by a larger number of people out of Cameroon and even Africa. The vocalists I used in this album were Lary and Henry-Georges, the bass guitarist was Gordon, and I did the guitars and the leads. The songs had been arranged by Mr. Isidore Modjo, Gordon and myself. I also helped Mr. Isidore Modjo in the production, as I myself am a sound technician.

Evergreen Club: Sunda Song

Electric Highlife: Sessions From the Bokoor Studios

Douduk - The Sound of Armenia

MOZART MEETS CUBA

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Music From Romania is the first release in a reissue series of recordings from the 1960s and 70s.

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2 CD compilation of the best music from Ecuador. Includes songs by Rosa Yamainch Mashiant, Pucara, Los Chagras, Estudiantina Quito, Esta Cultural Group and many more for a total of 41 tracks.