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ayde Mori - ayde Mori - $16.99

Asik Veysel - Asik Veysel (2 CD set) - $19.99
Of the asiks, or minstrels, that lived in Anatolia during the past century. Asik Veysel is one of the most reknown and often spoken of.

Kardes Turkuler - Dogu - $16.99

Maftirim - Maftirim: Judeo-Sufi Connection - $17.99

Balkan Messengers - Balkan Messengers - $16.99
Renowned Balkan accordionist Neskho Neshev and a band of drums, bass and violin kick open the Balkan sound with a jazzy edge and a lot of attitude

Yat-Kha - Yenisei-Punk - $16.99
The classic 1995 Tuvan fusion is now available again

Boban Markovic Orkestar - Live in Belgrade: The best trumpet of Guca - $16.99
LIVE, the quintessestial Balkan brass band hits it hard and fast, and prove why they are one of the most noted of the genre.

Gaiteiros de Lisboa - Macaréu - $17.99
The 2002 release from this unique Portuguese folk-rooted, but highly experimental, ensemble.

Mamar Kassey - Alatoumi - $16.99
The second release from this ensemble from Niger, still searing, rootsy and solid. Led by singer/flautist Yacouba Moumouni, the ensemble includes a fantastic choir, calabash, various local lutes, electric and acoustic guitar, bass, percussion and one-string fiddle.

Linda Thompson - Fasionably Late - $16.99
Her first new album in 17 years is a remarkable comeback, and includes guest appearances by Rufus Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Kate Rusby, Eliza Carthy, Van Dyke Parks, and Danny Thompson, with one track featuring guitar and vocals from Richard Thompson.

Annbjørg Lien - Aliens Alive - $16.99
Recorded live during her 2001 Norwegian tour, this recording includes tunes from all of her studio albums as well as new material. This is Annbjørg's first and only live CD. Once again she is joined by an all-star band, featuring guitarist Roger Tallroth of Väsen, as well as Norwegian guitarist extraordinaire Rolf Kristensen, Bjørn Ole Rasch on keyboards (of Bukkene Bruse), Hans Fredrik Jacobsen on wind instruments, and two percussionists: Rune Arnesen and Per Hillestad.

Spaccanapoli - Aneme Perze (Lost Souls) - $16.99

Various Spanish Artists - Rough Guide to the Music of Spain - $16.99
Includes tracks by Javier Ruibal, Companyía Elèctrica Dharma, Luís Delgado, María Del Mar Bonet, Diego Carrasco, Ronda Segoviana and José Antonio Ramos with Pancho Amat.

Sancto Ianne - Scapula - $16.99
Originating in the South of Italy, the band is Gianfranco Parente (guitar, accordion and vocals), Ciro Maria Schettino (guitar, violin, flute and mandoloncelle, vocals), Alfonso Coviello (tammorre [large Italian tambourine], tamburella, timpano and other percussion), and Gianni Principe (lead vocals and castenets).

Masters of Persian Music - Without You - $16.99
Hossein Alizadeh, Mohammad Shajarian, Kayan Kalhor and Homayou Shajarian

Krauka - Vikinga Sedur - $16.99
Krauka takes you back on a musical journey in time to an era when Norse culture blossomed in Europe.

Pape Fall and African Salsa - Artisanat - $16.99
From one of the Africando crew, a new recording of latin-Senegalese connections

Africando - Vol 1: Trovador - $16.99
The first recording by this African-Latin fusion supergroup

Africando - Tierra Tradicional - $16.99
The second recording by this African-Latin fusion supergroup

Andrew Cronshaw - On The Shoulders of the Great Bear - $16
British zither player with a wonderful cast of Nordic musicians produces sometimes ethereal, sometimes raw new acoustic music.

Pekka Lehti - Outo Voima - $16.99
Varttina bassist steps out of the roots music and into jazz, avant garde and other experiments in duets with Timo Alakotila (harmonium), Sanna Kurkio-Suonio (voice), Wimme Saari (vocal joiks), Arto Jarvela (violin), Jarmo Saari (guitar) and Riita Kossi (accordion). Unique new music from Finland

Markku Lepisto - Silta - $17.99
The Finnish accordionist best known for his continuing work with Värttinä, but also for ground-breaking work in the Finnish folk music scene with Progmatics, Katrilli and Pirnales, his recent duo recording with Petri Hakala , and the ensemble Doina Klezmer. This recording sees him in the company of some of Finland's best musicians, collaborating on a wide ranging groups of works both traditional and innovative.

ZetaBoo - MediZine - $15.99
Experimental music from Finland features bassist Pekka Lehti (Värttinä), Anna-Mari Kahara (accordion), Jarmo Saari (theremin, keyboards, vocorder, guitars) and Marko Timonen (drums, percussion). Quirky to say the least, this Finnish band drifts thru reggae, rock, jazz, folk roots and fronds and a distinctly late-60s, early seventies pop sound. The vocals are edgy, odd (and in Finnish), and everything develops a familiar feel that suddenly takes an unexpected turn.

Dan Ar Braz - Septembre Bleu - $13.99

Dan Ar Braz - Xavier Grall - $13.99

Dan Ar Braz - Borders of Salt - $13.99

Auffret, Anne and Baron, Jean - Sacred Music From Brittany - $15.99

Barzaz - An Den kozh dall - $16.99
Breton folk-roots and new music

Cocktail Diatonique - Cocktail Diatonique - $15.99
Accordeons from Brittany

Les Soeurs Goadec / The Goadeg Sisters - Ar C'hoarezed, The Legendary Voices of Brittany - $13.99
Grande dames of Breton folk singing

Oller and Company - Mondeolino - $15.99

La Squadra - Genoese Songs - $16.99
Men's singing from Genoa, Italy

Moh Alileche - Tradgedy/Tawaghit - a Tribute to Matoub Lounes - $15.99
Kabylia musi - traditional Amazigh Berber songs of North Africa

Nass Marrakech - Sabil 'a 'Salaam - $15.99
essential new gnawa music from Morocco

Kalle Almlof with Anders Almlof - Malungslek - $16.99

Kalaniemi and Alakotila - Ambra - $16.99
Duos for piano and accordion form two of Finland's most important musicians.

Blå Bergens Borduner - Bla Bergens Borduner (Blue Mountain Boys) - $17.99
Anders Norudde Stake, Ulf Karlsson, Göran Freddy Fredrikson and Stefan Ekedahl

Mats Eden - Avtryck - $16.99
Swedish melodeon and violin music

Mats Eden - Lackerbiten - $16.99
Swedish melodeon and violin music from Varmland, Sweden

Mats Eden - Milvus - $17.99
The ECM release by violinist Eden, with Jonas Simonson (flutes) and the Cikada String Quartet offers a different aspect of this brilliant Swedish composer and musician.

Mats Eden - Struling - $16.99

enteli - live - $16.99
Bengt Berger, tabla and percussion, Jonas Knutsson, saxophones and additional percussion, Ale Möller, multi instrumentalist, Johan Söderberg, keyboard maestro and extraordinary singer Lena Willemark. Daring folk -improvisation.

Hjarp Erik - Langt Jassbod - $16.99
traditional accordion music from Sweden

Ellika Frisell - Tokspolska with Sven Ahlback and Mats Eden - $16.99

Groupa - Imeland - $16.99
The Swedish supergroups 1995 recording, with Eden, Astrom, Simonson and Tina Johansson doing the percussion

Groupa w/ Lena Willemark - Manskratt - $not available
Probably one of the most important ensembles of the new Swedish folk movement is joined by one of Swedens most phenomenal singers. A classic recording!

Groupa - Utan Sans - $17.99
the seminal recording by this important Swedish band, with musicians Jonas Simonson, Mats Eden, Bill McChesney, Leif Stinnerbom, Hallbus Totte Mattson, and Gustav Hylen.

Lars Hollmer - Utsikter - $16.99
The avant garde of Swedish music is explained by this unique composer and accordionist.

Lars Hollmer - Vandelmassa - $17.99

Sofia Karlsson - Folk Songs - $16.99
The best recording out of Sweden in 2002, so far. Go listen!

Niss Kerstin - Trad - $16.99

Kip Peltoniemi - Minnesota Tango - $16.99

Eriksson - Nygards - Tallroth - Klacklek - $16.99
The band provides energetic, playful and danceable folk music. Sophia (fiddle), Anders (fiddle) and David (mandola) met on a folk music course at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

Björnlert, Löfberg, Pekkari - Mikaelidansen - $16.99
Rhythmic, danceable and playful music, with tunes from Östergötland, Småland, Öland and Gotland. The recordings show the result of many years of obstinate struggle to find the optimal concord between dance and music. Bengt Löfberg (fiddle), Pelle Björnlert (fiddle) and Erik Pekkari (zither, two-row accordion, fiddle) have recaptured a tradition by travelling two roads at once. One leading back to the music of forgotten, yet intriguing, spelmän. The other road pointing forward. Bengt, Pelle and Erik foster and develop the tradition working with great respect for the values they have uncovered during their search backward in time.

Pakkos Gustaf - Pakkoslater with Jonas Holmen and Ola Backstrom - $16.99

Lindh, Tallroth and Ohlsson - Pa Tre Man Hand - $16.99

Pinnin Pojat - Gogo 4 - $16.99
Arto Jarvela and Kimmo Pohjonen offer a curious series of duets that are at once folky and bizarre, for accordion, harmonica, fiddle, mandolin, nyckleharpa, voices and various unexpected instruments. Kip Peltoniemi offers guest vocals on his infamous Minnesota Tango.

Susanne Rosenberg - Uppa Marmorns Hoga Berg - $16.99
A fine Swedish vocal recording, emphasizing folk roots with a creative and sometimes unusual edge. This is the recording that led to the infamous Rosenberg 7 recording of 1999.

Simon Simonson's Quartet - Längs gamla stigar och färdevägar (Along Old Paths and Horse-tracks) - $16.99
The quartet is made up of Simon Simonsson and Ola Bäckström (fiddles), Ale Möller (bousouki, mouth organ and willow pipe) and Stefan Ekedahl (cello, bagpipes).

Agneta Stolpe - Anaros - $16.99
Agneta Stolpe (vocal) with Ola Bäckström (fiddle, bousouki, guitar), Per Gudmundson (fiddle), Lars-Urban Helje (double bass).

Swap - Mosquito Hunter - $16.99
The 2002 release, now available.

Lena Willemark - Windogur - $16.99
The Swedish folk diva in a much jazzier setting.

Claudio Puntin & Gerdur Gunnarsdottir - Ylir - $17.99
Claudio Puntin and Gerdur Gunnarsdóttir arrive with a highly unusual project - a musical topography of Iceland, an Iceland both observed and imagined, mirrored in legend and folklore. Music for reeds and violin and voices (ECM-import only)

Andromeda4 - Andromeda 4 - $16.99
Evan Harlan (accordion, piano), Andrew Blickenderfer (bass), Ima Jonsdottir (violin, glockenspeil), Adam Larrabee (guitar, mandolin)

Mapfumo and Smith - Dreams and Secrets - $15.99
A daring new adventure by Zimbabwean chimurenga master the the avant garde jazz artist

Thomas Mapfumo - Live at El Rey - $14.99

Thomas Mapfumo - Chimurenga Explosion - $14.99

The Johansons - Globus Dei - Paevakera - $16.99
Estonian folk music and contemporary songs

Jaak and Mart Johanson - Pohja Vahemang - $16.99
Estonian folk music and contemporary songs

Sofia Joons - Strand Rand - $16.99
Folk songs from the west coast of Estonia, performed with voice, bowed harp and fiddle, accompanied by Emma Hardelin, Toivo Somer and Janne Stromstedt

Alamaailman Vasarat - Vasaraasia - $17.99
The Hammers of the Underworld have been called Ethnic brass punk and kosher-kebab jazz. With pump organs, a horn section, drums and cello for a rhythm section, and a WHOLE lot of attitude, this band presents a unique, modern vision.

Avada Band - Ratt & Slatt - $16.99

Pancho Alvarez - Nas Cordas - $16.99
The strings' of this Spanish musician (a founding member of the ensemble Na Luá) are strung on violins, bouzoukis, mandolins. mandolas, banjos and guitars, augmented by minimalist synthesizers, lots of vibrant percussion, and healthy doses of accordion, flutes, and other instruments (including a visit from gaita and flute master Carlos Nunñez)

Anubia - Segredo a voces - $16.99
Eva Blanco, Maite Castro, Ana Blanco, Teresa Triáns, Patricia Blanco and Isabel Vilaseco are the voices of Anubía. Joined by a cast of brilliant musicians and produced by Pancho Alvarez, they create a rich, textured music that varies from earthy folk music to ethereal choral sounds. Much in the vein of the Finnish band Vartinna, Anubía mine the rich cultures that surround them, from Galicia to North Africa, from modern pop culture to the middle east, and turn it into something unique and often exquisite. The music is created by members of Na Luá, Berrogüetto, the Carlos Nuñez band on accordion, violins, gaita, keyboards, percussion and much more.

Berroguetto - Navicularia - $16.99
The first album by this Galician ensemble is a bit more low-key and folky than their acclaimed Viaxe por Urticaria, but it is still a gorgeous piece of work, with a stronger jazz flavor, but no dearth of genuine folk touches.

Berroguetto - Viaxe por Urticaria - $16.99
Probably one of the most raved about recordings to come from Galicia in the 90s

Berroguetto - Hepta - $17.99
The third album from one of the most acclaimed Galician bands.

Os cempes - Capitan re Os 100 Pes de luxo Musica de Galicia - $16.99

Os cempes - Circo Montecuruto - $16.99
Bagpipes, accordion, a brass band and a whole lot more coverge (collide?) in this weirdly wonderful Galician (Spain) ensemble

Maite Dono - Corazon de Brief - $16.99

na Lua - As Fases de Na Lua (Best of) - $16.99
Twenty years of new Galician folk in these 18 tracks by one of Spain's most important groups

Na Lua - Os Tempos Son Chegados - $16.99
This Galician ensemble offers a wide ranging view of the folk music world they live in, using old and new for inspiration and tools: gaita (bagpipe), whistle, accordion, bouzouki and guitar are augmented by sax, synth and percussion.

Eliseo Parra - Viva quien sabe querer - $16.99

Susana Seivane - Alma de Buxo - $16.99
The 2001 recording from the Galician gaita (bagpipe) master who brought the music to the forefont. Includes guest appearances by Kepa Junkera and other leading lights of the Spainish music scene

Martin Carthy - The Carthy Chronicles - $54.99
Epic 4 CD set. Click to read more!

Ulrika Boden - Valje & Vrake - $16.99
The vocalist for some of the country's most important young 'newly composed folk' ensembles (Sälta, Kalabra, Rosenbergs Sjua, Ranarim) has brought together some formidable talent to present ancient songs from the region of Ångermanland (her home) in beautiful, sometimes bold, new (acoustic) settings.

Draupner - Draupner - $16.99
Two young fiddlers and a guitarist/mandolist offer music of tradition and renewal, as they call it. Henning Andersson (fiddle), Göran Antonsson (standard fiddle and 5-string fiddle) and Tomas Lindberg (guitar and mandola) deliver unadorned and exciting music, new and old, from Hälsingland, Sweden.

Einarsdotter and Willemark - Senses - $17.99
Jazz pianist Elise Einarsdotter and singer Lena Willemark explore the Swedish folk and pop traditions via jazz

Enteli - Enteli - $16.99
Folk-jazz from Sweden

Envisa - Flod - $16.99
The group consists of three singers with different musical backgrounds who come together in folk music. With the voice their only instrument, they give folk singing a new look and stretch the limits of what you can do within vocal folk music. Envisa uphold the tradition and have one foot rooted in it, but they are also of their own times, willingly succumbing to present influences, and strive for the unpredictable in their break-neck improvisations. The repertoire takes in everything from pastoral choral melodies to heady dance rhythms, all with the same characteristic Envisa stamp on it.

Eter - Eter - $16.99

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 1-2 - The Medieval Ballad (2 CDs) - $29.99
The Nordic medieval ballad heritage is transmitted here through the medium of unique recordings. This double CD features 41 ballads, several in different versions.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 11 - Fiddlers From Five Provinces - $16.99
Performers: Pettersson, Svante / Huldt, Sigvard / Berndt, Carl-Eric / Isacsson, Richard / Sahlström, Eric (1912 - 1986)

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 12 - Songs Of Torndalen - $16.99
Swedish Tornedalen has long had a rich song tradition which was alive and vigorous even into the 1970s - thanks, in large measure, to Laestadianism, a religious movement where worldly things such as radio and television were seen as sinful and therefore prohibited. Here Swedish and Finnish cultures meet in ring games, love songs, satirical ballads, workers' songs and religious songs, all of which have been recorded in Tornedalen.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 13 - Nordic Folk Instruments - $16.99
Rysstad, Åni / Arfs, Erik / Jonsson, Elias / Jacobsen, Hans Fredrik / Bäckström, Magnus present sonfgs to show the variety of folk instruments in the tradition.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 14 - Folk Tunes From Jämtland / Vall--trall and Lapp-Nils later - $16.99
Performers: Näsström, Erik Axel / Löfström, Nestor / Mårtensson, Anders / Falk, Olle / Röst, Per Viktor

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 15 - Songs Of Sailors & Navvies - $16.99
These songs tell of sea journeys and railwaybuildings, of love and broken promises and of Georg Sjöman (George Sailor) whose comrades ate him up. Most are written by sailors and navvies, some by others who - more or less accurately - tell of their legendary ways of life. The recordings were made in the homes of elderly sailors and navvies - or other bearers of the tradition - in the 1960's and 1970's.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 16-17 - Folk Songs Rättvik, Boda & Bingsjö (2 CDs) - $16.99
On this double CD we hear Pers Erik and Pers Hans, Göras Anders and Leif Göras, Petters Erik, Påhl Olle, Blank Kalle and Blank Anders, Röjås Erik the elder and the younger, Röjås Jonas, Päckos Helmer, Pekkos Gustaf and Nils Agenmark.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 18 - Folk Tunes From Dala Floda, Enviken & Ore - $16.99
With the tunes from Enviken and Ore can be heard a close teamwork performance by four skilful players, Nils Agenmark (1915-1994), Pontus Berggren (b 1935), Påhl Olle (Olof Dyrsmeds, 1915-1987) and Alm Nils Ersson (b 1942). The fiddlers' quartet, which actually set a trend for other players, was recorded in 1971 by the Swedish radio producer, Matts Arnberg.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 19 - Blood, Corpes & Tears - $16.99
Chapbook songs and ballads (skillingtryck) tell tales of unhappy love and sudden death, crimes and passion, horrid mishaps, and all manner of other misfortunes.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 20 - Folk Songs & Tunes From Bohuslän - $16.99

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 24 - Chorales & Wedding Music From Runö - $16.99
For 600 years, right up to the beginning of the 1940s, a Swedish settlement existed on the island of Runö, off the coast of Estonia. There an archaic form of Swedish was spoken and many old customs and practices continued considerably longer than on the mainland.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 25 - Folk Music In Transition - $16.99
Original recordings of singers and folk musicians followed by their respective adaptations, beginning in the 19th century and continuing to the present day. Included are music and arrangements by Richard Dybeck, Hugo Alfvén, Hilding Rosenberg, Ingvar Lidholm, Jan W. Morthenson, Karin Rehnqvist, Johansson/Wallin/Hallberg , Folk och Rackare and Hedningarna.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 26,27,28 - Swedish Fiddlers from the Past (3 CDs) - $32.99
Documentary recordings of Swedish fiddlers made by ethnographer Yngve Laurell between 1913 and 1920 on old phonograph cyliders.

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 3 - Traditional Folk Music - $16.99
A survey of the whole breadth of Swedish folk music. Many of the recordings were made in the field - from 1942 onwards - in the summer pastures and in the homes of folk musicians and singers. Others reflect the Swedish folk music of the present day, partly in traditional form and partly in the vigorous mixture of musical styles developed during recent years. Among those contributing are Karin Edwards, Pelle Jakobsson, Eric Sahlström, Gössa Anders, Pål Olle, Susanne Rosenberg, Per Gudmundson and Marie Selander as well as folk music groups Norrlåtar, Väsen, Frifot and Hedningarna

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 4 - Adventures In Jazz And Folklore - $16.99
Performers: The Bengt Arne Wallin orchestra, / The Jan Johansson Quintet, / The Georg Riedel orchestra, / The Bengt Hallberg orchestra, / The Georg Riedel ensemble

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 5 - Folk Tunes From Orsa And Älvdalen - $16.99
Performers: Andersson, Gössa Anders / Åhs, Evert / Orre, Lars (1871 - 1954) / Fält, Gereon / Andersson, Elg Emanuel

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 6 - Rhymes & Lullabies - $16.99
Performers: Karlsson , Margit / Blom, Dagmar / Blom, Jenny / Söderberg, Nils / Trolle, Britta

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 7 - Harmonica & Accordion - $16.99
Performers: Jonsson, Elias / Jordahl, Per Ludvig / Danielsson, Nis Karl / Andersson, Ivar / Johansson, Gunnar

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 8 - Ancient Swedish Pastoral - $16.99
Performers: Karlsson, Anna / Lisslass, Elin / Edvardsson Johansson, Karin / Larsson, Tjugmyr Maria / Moraeus, Anna

Folk Music in Sweden series, volume 9-10 - Three Traditional Folk Singers (2 CDs) - $29.99
72 songs recorded by Swedish radio between 1952 and 1963, including jocular ballads, pastoral songs, love songs, drinking tunes, religious songs and songs of the sea. Sung by Lena Larsson (Gullo, Bohuslan), Ulrika Lindholm (Jamtland) and Svea Jansson.

Jojk - The Joik Box (Caprice) - $50.99
3 CDs and a 310 page hardbound book explores the ancient art of joiking, the Saami vocal art form

Moller, Willemark and Gudmundson - Frifot - $17.99
The first recording by this trio, from 1990, is still considered one fo the classic of the new-folk movement.

Frifot - Jarven - $16.99
Ale Möller, Lena Willemark and Per Gudmundsen created the ensemble Frifot to explore the roots of Swedish folk music in daring new ways

Gunnfjauns Kapell - Dansa laite - $16.99

Gunnfjauns Kapell - Volunde - $16.99

Hedningarna - Hedningarna (the first trio recording) - $16.99
The first, all acoustic trio recording by this now infamous Swedish folk ensemble

various Honduaran artists - Music of Honduras 1 - $17.99

various Honduaran artists - Music of Honduras 2: Garifuna Music - $17.99

Hook - Hook! - $16.99
The result of a project started by Magnus Gustafsson, to breathe life into old music collections from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Sagskara - Krook! - $16.99
In Varend in Smaland in the 17th and 18th centuries, there was a strong tradition of music with both unique features and links to the music of surrounding areas, which has inspired this album. The instruments played on this recording include fiddles, shawms, bagpipes, harp and drums, and this recording also introduces the Varend drum - a unique Swedish folk music instrument.

Hulling (Englenrecht, Hertzberg, Sjoberg) - Hulling - $16.99
The 1995 recording

Hulling - Hardhajen - $16.99
This is the second album from Hulling, a group of five young musicians. Ola Hertzberg on nyckelharpa , Dan Sjöberg on fiddle, and Johanna Bölja on vocals have been playing and singing folk music for a long time, while Jens Engelbrecht on guitar and bouzouki and Patrik Lindberg on percussion have a background of jazz, rock, Latin and funk. On this recording we hear how their skill at playing together has developed since their first album three years ago. Hulling's music consists of a varied selection of dance tunes, songs and ballads in arrangements full of new ideas. Johanna Bölja - vocals, Ola Hertzberg - nyckelharpa, Jens Engelbrecht -guitar, mandola, Dan Sjöberg - fiddle, hardingfela, Patrik Lindberg - percussion

Kalabra - Folka - $16.99
The second recording (2000) from this still young and growing Swedish new-folk ensemble. A harder edge than their first, but also a more mature sound

Young fiddlers from Dalarna - Kurbits: Vol 1 - $16.99
On Kurbits seven young folk musicians from Dalarna have the opportunity to show what the new generation of fiddlers and singers from Dalarna are capable of producing. Jonas Hjalmarsson, Anders Almlöf, Ida Täpp, Jenny Täpp, Zara Helje and Mattias Helje excel in a selection of fiddle solos, duets, trios and group playing. These are interspersed with songs by Sofia Sandén, whose voice has a rich and sincere tone. The tunes and songs are old and have passed the test of time, but in the hands of these adept young musicians they feel as fresh as ever.

Various Artists - Music from Mozambique - $16.99
From raw acoustic guitar and percussion to new popular studio recordings, Sweden's Caprice label comes through again.

Nåra - Nara - $16.99
Gunnel Mauritzson (vocal, tin whistle), Björn Ståbi (fiddle, vocal), Bengan Janson (accordion, vocal) formed this ensemblein 1997. Their music is rooted in Swedish folk music, and performed in a very personal way and with great warmth. This is their first CD as a group (2000). Roger Tallroth guests on 2 tracks (octave mandola, twelve-string guitar).

Tallroth and Johansson - Orsprang - $16.99
Swedish fiddlers

Erik Pekkari - Hogtryck! - $17.99

Lasse Sörlin, Greger Brändström, Ale Möller and Mats Berglund - Harjedalspipan - $16.99
Traditional Swedish music for the wooden whistle called härjedalspipa

Sagskara - Apelgra - $16.99
Traditional Christmas songs and tunes from Sweden

Sagskara - Anglarnas Sprak - $16.99
Sagskära is a traditional music group based in Smaland. On this album from 1992, Magnus Gustafsson plays the fiddle and sings, Toste Länne plays the fiddle, and Marie Persson plays guitar and harp and sings. Altogether a good, varied mixture of tunes and songs, most of which are from Smaland.

Sagskara - Skärvor - $16.99
Recordings made from 1984 to 1991. Magnus Gustafsson: fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, vocals, percussion. Erik Hector hummel , vocals. Per Olof Jakobsson: fiddle, mandolin, vocals, percussion. Gunilla Lundh-Tobiasson: vocals, accordion, recorders. Toste Lanne: fiddle, vocals. Marie Lanne-Persson: vocals, harp, guitar, crumhorn, percussion, various pipes and whistles. Torbjarn Nyqvist: guitar, fiddle, vocals.

Various Fiddlers - Till Eric - $16.99
A tribute to the music of Swedish fiddler Eric Sahlström by Johan Hedin, Ola Hertzberg, Olov Johansson, Anders Mattsson, Niklas Roswall and Marcus Svensson

Toxa - Toxa - $16.99
Great young acoustic trio from Sweden; fiddles. guitar, flutes and vocals delivered with directness and energy

Various Ugandan Artists - Music from Uganda 1: traditional - $16.99
traditional vocal and instrumental folk music from Uganda (limited stock available, please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery)

Vasen - Levande Vasen - $16.99
The live recording from one of Sweden's best acoustic ensembles.

Väsen - Vilda Vasen - $16.99
The 1992 recording from Sweden by Olov Johansson - nyckelharpas, Roger Tallroth - guitar and oud and Mikael Marin - viola; this is the record that brought them to international attention in 1992 and certainly was part of twhat launched the Nordic music revolution of the 1990's.

Agricantus - Ethnosphere - $19.99
new roots-fusion from Italy. 2 CD set

Arakne Mediterranea - Tretarante - $16.99
An association based in Martignano in the Southern Italian region of Salento dedicated to the preservation and diffusion of the traditions and folk cultures of Salento.

Rachele Colombo and Corrado Corradi - Archedora - $16.99
Rachele Colombo and Corrado Corradi and their musical support team have created a beautifully dreamy recording of Italian roots and global branches. Colombo's voice, guitar, synthesizers and percussion and Corradi's accordions create a lush atmosphere, supported by electric bass, piano, strings, percussion and voices. Colombo and Corradi are also members of the Venetian band Calicanto.

Calic - Attinde - $16.99

Calicanto - Venexia - $16.99
The Venetian group Calicanto is one of the most elegant of the new folk ensembles to come out of Italy. Venexia is a celebration and a remembrance, a commemoration of the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797. Like the city it honors, their music is cosmopolitan, a blend of Mediterranean cultures with a bit of an eastern attitude. Accordions, bagpipes, reeds, flutes, mandola, percussion and guitars cement the music with some beautiful vocals.

Calicanto - Laborintomare - $16.99
An exploration of the Venecian influenced music of the north Adriatic coast by one of northern Italy's most innovative and inquisitive ensembles.

Marcello Colasurdo - E Manco O Sole... - $17.99

Compagnons Roulants - Jan senso terro - $16.99

Mario Crispi - Soffi - $16.99
Sicilian musician Mario Crispi (one fo the foundign members of Agricantus) has researched the wind instruments of the world: the ney (Perisan, Turkish and Arabian), the selijefloyte from Lapland, the North African zummara, the Sardinian launeddas, the Egyptian arghoul, the Balkan clarinet, the Andean antara and sikus, the Turkish duduk, the Sicilian marranzanu, the Australian didjeridoo.

Sette, Matinotti et al - Dona Bela - $16.99
Ballads of the Piemont region of Italy

Ensemble Doppio Bordone - La Notte Di Natale - $17.99
Tradtional Christmas songs from Northern Italy

Epinfrai - Cercando - $17.99

Lucilla Galeazzi - Cuore di Terre - $16.99
Singer Galeazzi hails from Umbria in Italy, and comes to this recording with a deep traditional sense of the music. Probably best known in the US for her performances with Philippe Eidel's 'Mammas' project, she is also a veteren of classical, folk and new music. This 1997 recording was reissued in the wake of her new-found popularity, but it stands on its own. Accompanied by Massimo Nardi's guitar, percussion from Nicola Raffone, and Carlo Mariani on launeddas, a reed instrument with a drone much like a bagpipe. Guests supply a minimum of flute, clarinet or bass.

Lucilla Galeazzi - Lunario - $16.99
The 2001 album from this powerful Umbrian (Italy) singer brings with it both her recent folk-rooted energy and a bigger instrumental sound, featuring guitars, accordion, percussion, reeds, violin and viola . Fans of her tracks on the 1990's Mammas recording will love this full sound and of course, one of the great passionate voices of Europe

Paul James and Mark Hawkins - Horse - $17.99

Isola - Mundis Imaginalis - $16.99

Klezroym - Sceni - $17.99

La Lionetta - Ottoni & settimini - $16.99

Mazapagul - Piccolo Canto Nomade - $16.99
This Italy band from Emila-Romagna grabs folk music, reggae, salsa, jazz, spaghetti western sound track themes and what might be called art school music (i.e., Talking Heads) and toss it around like a musical rag doll. A big brass sound hallmarks this band, and the Blakna influences are pervasive and unique.

Nidi d'Arac - Tarantulae - $16.99

Various Artists - La notte del dio che balla - $17.99
The night of the dancing god is a reasonable translation, and an apt title for this diverse collection of Italian folk, roots, jazz and pop music. Originally put together as a travelling program to celebrate myth and rituals of the Italian past. the bands and artists involved are some of the best in the country: Agricantus, Daniele Sepe, Addosso Agli Scalini, RestArt and Nidi d'Arc supply contemporary edge to the project. Ambrogio Sparagna offers some phenomenal organetto (accordion). Director of the project was singer Teresa de Sio, a fine traditional singer. It's an impressive mix, wildly unrelated in style and yet intimately connected in spirit. Just listen to the amazing Tarantella Calbresse, a tour de force of roots and jazz by Daniele Sepe, and you will see the endless possibilities. – RootsWorld

Pamunt Rom Group - Pamunt Rom Group - $16.99
The Pamunt Rom Group includes Ionut Gugulan (accordion and vocals), Florin Barby (guitar and vocals) , Adrian Nan (stand-up bass), Castel Ciortan (accordion), and Laurentiy Dinca (clarinet), with Ciccio Merolla (percussion) and Riccardo Veno (soprano saxophone). The trademark sound is the furious interplay between the two accordions, or the accordions and the reeds.

le Picotage - Noel Nouveau Est Venu - $16.99
Music for the Christmas and winter season from southern France

Radicanto - Terra Arsa - $17.99

various Artists (soundtrack) - Amnesia (a film by Gabriele Salvatores) - $17.99
Includes original music for the film by Daniele Sepe, and songs by Macaco, Leonard Cohen, Corporate Avenger and Ojos De Brujo

Daniele Sepe - Conosci Victor Jara? (1996) - $17.99

Daniele Sepe - Jurnateri (2001) - $17.99

Daniel Sepe - Lavorare Stanca - $17.99
This contemporay collection of music by Italian composer/musican Daniele Sepe is as diverse as it gets. Traditional polyphonic singing, jazz, theater music, folk music and reggae all merge harmoniously in this rich, colorful and often disturbing portrait of a culture.

Daniele Sepe - Malamusica - $17.99

Daniele Sepe - Vite Perdite - $17.99

Daniele Sepe - Spiritus Mundi - $17.99

Daniele Sepe - Totosketches - $17.99

Daniele Sepe - Truffe and other sketches - $17.99

Daniele Sepe - Viaggi fuori dai paraggi (1996) - $17.99

Tancaruja - Isettande - $17.99

Tendachent - Ori Pari - $16.99
Tendachënt is a Piedmontese band formed 1997 as a natural evolution of one of the main revival-folk bands from Northern Italy, La Ciapa Rusa.

La Vija - La cadrega fioria - $16.99
Wonderfully played Piedmontese traditional music The group includes members from Cantovivo, La Ciapa Rusa, Compagnon Roulant, La Lionetta, Ensemble del Doppio Bordone and Tendachënt, joining experienced musicians and young newcomers.

Luisa Cottifogli - Aio nene - $16.99
Italian singer Cottifogli and her creative ensemble take tradition in daring new directions

Skyedance - Live in Spain - $16.99
One of the best known Celtic bands joins forces with some of Spain's best roots artists for an interesting and wide-ranging concert. Guests from Spain include Mercedes Péon, Hevia, Jose Manuel Tejedor, Kepa Junkera, Mikel Laboa and Oreka TX

The Danubians - The Danubians - $16.99
Amy Denio, Pavel Fajt, Csaba Hajnoczy and Gaby Kenderesi

Mansson Aberg - Spar - $17.99
contemporary Swedish music performed on flutes and lutes.

Trovesi and Coscia - In cerca di cibo - $16.99
duets for clarinet and accordion. Italy (ECM-2001)

Eel Grinders - Voyage - $17.99

Juan Mari Beltran - Arditurri - $16.99
Juan Mari Beltran is an essential name in the field of popular music and instruments in Spain's Basque region. He presents a music both ethnic and contemporary, beautiful, strong and musical record produced with all his heart and strength.

Maurizia, Leon and Basilio - Alboka eta Trikitixa - $15.99

Benito Lertxundi & Orkestra Sinfonikoa - Auhen Sinfonikoa - $15.99

Various Basque Artists - Euskal Herriko Compilation (2 CD set) - $18.99
Music from the Basque Country: An excellent 2 CD set at a very good price includes Oskorri, Ganbara, Mikel Laboa, JC Perez, Kepa Junkera, and a dozen other artists you don't know but ought to.

Etxahun - Etxahun: 1907-1979 - $15.99

Junkera, Kepa & Koteron, Ibon - Leonen orroak - $15.99
The alboka is a type of double clarinet made of cow horns, a double-bored pipe and cane reeds that is unique to Basque heritage. Here Koteron's alboka is accompanied by Junkera's diatonic accordion, tambourine, and txalaparta.

Junkera, Kepa & Pereira, Julio - Lau eskutara - $15.99
A brilliant teaming of of the Basque accordion legend and the mandolin/guitarist from Portugal in acoustic duets of music from both places

Kepa Junkera, Zabaleta eta Imanol - Triki up - $15.99
Big band trikitixa from the most famed Basque accordionists around, Kepa Junkera, and his co-conspiritors Inaki Zabaleta (trikitixa) and Imanol Urkizi (panderoa), backed by a full blown band of electric guitars, drums, bass, saxophone, harmaonica, and more.

Kepa, Zabaleta & Motriku - Infernuko Hauspoa - $15.99

Oreka TX - Quercus Endorphina - $16.99
The txalparta (a wooden-plank balafon) is a Basque tradition that dates back centuries. Here two young players and a an international cast of musicians recreate and expand the tradition. Produced by Kepa Junkera

Oskorri - Plazarik Plaza - $15.99

Oskorri - Pub Ibiltaria 5 - $15.99

Oskorri - Ura - $16.99
The legendary Basque ensembles 2001 release, produced by Kepa Junkera

Tapia eta Leturia + Amuriza - Bizkaiko kopla zaharrak - $16.99
Joseba Tapia (diatonic accordion and vocals) and Xabier Bersaluze 'Leturia' (pandero - tambourine ) are among the most repsected musicians playing Basque music today. With a backing ensemble of voices, mandolin, guitars and foot-stomping percussion, they present a series of folk stories and dances collected from the oral tradition and passed on for generations. This is the sound of Euskal Herria.

Tapia eta Leturia - Ero - $15.99

various Basque melodeons - Triki 1: Diatonic Dynamite - $15.99
The names you know: Kepa Junkera, Tapia and Leturia, Zabaleta and Gozategi, plus more triki duos you haven't heard of yet.

Triki ta Ke - Triki ta Ke - $15.99
Triki-pop! This Basque band blends together their own local trikitixa accordion music with a rock-pop backing of guitars, drums and bass and creates a Euskadi-swamp-pop sound that echos Cajun, conjunto and Celtic while remaining true to the local attitudes.

Various Basque accordion artists - Trikitixa. Basque melodeon gems - $15.99
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