REVIEW ARCHIVE Izaline Calister, Cura�ao Mustafa Kandirali, master of Turkish clarinet Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Ireland Marta Topferova. US, Czech, Latin Awen Magic Land, Spain Mike Marshall & Hamilton de Holanda, Brazil, US Ojos de Brujo, Spain Lobi Traore, Mali Sally Nyolo, Cameroon Kat Parra, Destani Wolf Orust, Sweden Truls �rpen, Norway di Volo and Bombardella, Italy The Monk's Music Trio Shtreiml, Turkey/Canada Knut Hamre and Benedicte Maurseth, Norway Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Bosnia Randy Newman, US Angel Parra, Chile Coro Bajolese, Italy Julie Fowlis, Ireland Quimbombo, Cuba Bivoac, France The Ipanemas; Marcos Valle; Andy Votel, Brazil Mamadou Diabate, Mali Bio Ritmo, US Manze Dayila and the Nago Nation, Haiti/US Andy Statman, US Maria Rojas, Sweden Enrico Fink, Italy Simone Guiducci & Gramelot, Italy Roby Lakatos, Hungary Marisa Monte, Cibelle, Ceu, Badi Assad, Brazil Mick McAuley, Ireland Klezmatics/Woody Guthrie, US Abnoba, Italy Azam Ali, Iran, US Mike McGoldrick, Ireland Lu (Luisa Cottifogli), Italy Shtreiml, North America YatKha, Tuva New Chicano roots (3 reviews) [ni:d], Sweden Novalima, Peru Ulf St�rling and Anders Henriksson, Sweden Mattisgard & R�ine, Norway C.C. Adcock, US Irish Folk, Trad & Blues: A Secret History (book review) Black 47, US Bradyaga, Belgium eccodek Turkoz and Koch - concert review Dr John, US Gai Saber, Italy Roberto DiSimone, Italy Milladoiro, Spain Classic Indian recordings rescued from oblivion Zia Fariddudin Dagar and Zia Mohiuddin Dagar - Live in Bombay, 1968 Sadanand Naimpally and Mohan Balvally - Live in Bombay 1967 Dr John, US Gai Saber, Italy Salif Keita, Mali Roberto DeSimone, Italy Milladoiro, Spain Cheik L� / Toumani Diabate, Senegal/Mali The Turtle Shell Band, Belize Pumajaw, UK Gigi, Ethiopia Niamh Parsons, Ireland Wa-Zimba, France/Madagascar Plektronite, Finland Hugh Tracey Recordings: Colonial Dance Bands Bulawayo Jazz Lou Dalfin, Italy June Tabor, England Think of One, Belgium Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwe Gai Saber, Italy Baluji Shrivastav and Re-Orient Eneida Marta, Guinea-Bissau Yungchen Lhamo, Tibet Liam � Maonla�, Ireland Kal, Roma-Serbia Massimo Ferrante, Italy Chill Out World: The Highlands Edition M�ldestad, Mj�lsnes, H�gemo, Norway Rusk, Norway Jord, Sweden Alan Stivell, France/Brittany Le Po�me Harmonique, France Genevi�ve Laloy, Belgium Les Fin'Amoureuses, France Renault and Laloy, Belgium Smadj Reem Kelani, Palestine Elena Ledda, Italy Tandarandan, Italy Addosso Agli Scalini, Italy Singing to the kids, in Basque Three from Palestine Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hassler Le Trio Joubran Wissam Murad Mikel Laboa, Basque Spain Cibelle, Brazil Eliseo Parra, Spain Fran�ois Lazarevitch, France Samite, Uganda Richard Thompson, UK Susan McKeown, US Whapweasel, UK Son de la Frontera, Spain Massimo Ferrante, Italy Zemog El Gallo Bueno, US C J Chenier, US Maria Kalaniemi, Finland Afrissippi, Senegal/USA Arab-European roots Sounds from a Bygone Era, Romania Dazibao. Belgium Eugenio Bennato, Italy Alan Lomax's Italian Treasury Rossano Sportiello, Italy Pauliina Lerche, Finland Cuba to Africa, various Afenginn, Denmark Brian Peters, England Ambrozijn, Belgium Music from Monetenegro Calicanto, Italy Planetary Jazz, Hungary Daniele Sepe, Italy Radicanto, Italy Katia Cardenal, Nicaragua Helen Rivero and Ian Blake, Australia Turlu Tursu, Belgium 'Dirty' music Congotronics Dengue Fever Fantazia, UK Ghorwane, Mozambique Claudia Bombardella, Italy Orkestina, Europe Benito Lertxundi, Spain (Basque) Various US artists Catch That Train & Testify! Charivari A Celebration of New Orleans Music Johnny Adams Afrissippi Trio Mio, Denmark Yves Francois, US Various Latin CDs Carli Mu�oz, with Eddie G�mez & Jack DeJohnette Sonido Isle�o Los Pleneros de la 21 La Cumbiamba eNeY� Mark Weinstein & Cuban Roots Omar Sosa Belize City Boil-up, Belize Great Big Sea, Canada Daby Balde, Senegal G�ksel Baktagir, Turkey Modern Traditions Ensemble, Brazil Corou de Berra, France Brave Combo, US Moacir Santos, Brazil Diana Baroni w/Sapuk�i, Spain/Peru Piccola Bottega Baltazar, Italy L'Ham de Foc, Spain Ashley Hutchings, UK Amadou Balake, Burkina Faso/Nigeria Paris to Kyiv, Canada/Ukraine Antequera, France/Spain Thione Seck, Senegal Ellika and Solo, Sweden/Gambia Levent, Turkey Shooglenifty, Scotland Urna, Mongolia Haugaard and Hoirup, Denmark From BakaBush, Belize Kriwi, Belarus Svøbsk, Denmark Viamedina, Italy Bantu & Ayuba, Nigeria/Germany Bruce Cockburn, Canada Spindel, Norway Tendachent, Italy Balkan Beat Box, US various, Jewish Global DVDs L'Arpeggiata, France/Italy Emmanuel Jal and Abdel Gadir Salim, Sudan St�bi, H�rdelin, Hertzberg & Hallberg, Sweden Hadley Castille, US Melonious Quartet, France Badi Assad, Brazil Zambush, Zambia Various Jewish artists Afro Celts, ? Rosie Ledet, US Harald Haugaard, Denmark Nederlands Blazer Ens Yunakov, Papasov, Ali, Neshev, Bulgaria Lechner and Tsabropoulos, Germany/Greece Budapest Music Center Faiyaz Khan, et al, India Sw�p, Sweden/UK Femi Kuti, UK Dominguinhos, Sivuca & Oswaldinho, Brazil Bugel Koar, France Romashka, US Bonga, Angola Vollenweider, ??? Women CARE, Africa/Norway Geitungen, Norway Dieneba Seck, Mali Llangres, Spain Kroke, Poland Daniel Ho, US Ozzie Kotani, US Cheb I Sabbah, France Pivari Trio, Italy Riccardo Tesi, Italy Tarujen Saari, Finland Dan�as Ocultas, Portugal Enrico Negro, Italy Brave Old World, US/klezmer Whisky Trail, Italy Alboka, Basque/Spain BNB, Norway Sula, Denmark/Scotland Munv�der, Sweden Stefano Saletti and Ikona, Italy Dierdre, France Lechner and Tsabropoulos, Austria/Greece Majorstuen, Norway John L. Handcox, US Snekka, Finland C�lic, Italy Music from Macedonia Oysterband (DVD), UK Regional Barnab�, Brazil/Spain Tafiychuk Family, Ukraine Fanfare Ciocarlia, Romania Atomik Harmonik, Slovenia Milladoiro, Spain Myhailo Hai, Ukraine La Chicana, Argentina Sussie Nielsen, Denmark Waldemar Bastos, Angola Shukar Collective, Romania Sofia Karlsson, Sweden Breaking the Silence, DVD, Afghanisatn Aspects of the Alboka, book, Basque Spain SonDeSeu, Spain Mose FanFan, Congo Warsaw Village Band, Poland Kadril, Belgium Shtreiml. Canada Manuel Luna, Spain Chichimeca, Italy Manuel Luna, Spain Suden Aika, Finland Lombardo, Pinti, Zambruno, Italy Pettersson & Fredriksson, Sweden El Pont d'Arcalis & Ariondassa, Spain, Italy Arto J�rvel�, Finland Maria Marquez, US Odd Bakkerud, Norway Carlo Muratori, Italy Lebeha Youth, Belize Kadril & Alumea, Belgium/Spain Ana Laan, Sweden/Spain Cuarteto Cedron, Argentina Tancaruja, Italy Willemark, Braten-Berg, Mazur, Nordic Ry Cooder, US Sim�n D�az, Venezuela Sv�ng, Finland Nistanim�ra, Italy Golden Afrique 1 Kerstin Blodig, Germany Rim Banna, Palestine Iva Bittova, Czech Rep. Luiz Bonfa, Brazil Quartey and Eden, Sweden Andrew Cronshaw, UK Bain and Cunningham, Ireland Jolie Vilaine, France Larsen and Larsen, Norway Enzo Avitabile, Italy Rachid Taha, Algeria Paris Combo, France Chalf Hassan, Morocco Chango Spasiuk, Argentina Oliviero Biella, Italy Linton Kwesi Johnson, UK Masters of Persian Music Lobi Traore, Mali Jens Com�n & Niklas Roswall, Sweden Runig, Scotland World Mankeri Orch., Finland Rokia Traore, Mali Flukt, Norway Bazar Bla, Sweden Aurelio Martinez, Honduras Susana Seivane, Spain Ostblocket, Sweden Irish Unplugged (DVD) Lou Dalfin, Italy Kahumoku and Daniel Ho, US Leil�a, Spain Hoven Droven, Sweden Asteriskos, Italy Ulf St�rling, Sweden Daby Toure, Mauritania Lomax - Basque, Spain Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Mory Kante, Ear & Eye: Encounters (book) Drolma and Tibbetts, Tibet/US Basque Country - Biscay-Guipuzcoa Paul Lingle, US Anastacia Azevedo, Brazil Dave Alvun, US Tummel, Sweden Shams, Afghanistan Brass Monkey, UK Faulkner, Turner, Torpy, UK Oysterband Big Session, UK Shirim Klezmer, Maurice Sendak Revelling Crooks, Germany Leroy Young, Belize F�a na Roca, Spain Rosa Passos, Brazil Gabriel Yacoub, France Imuntzo eta Beloki, Spain La Bruja Gata, Spain Sandy Lopicic Orkestar, Balkan Bismo / Haugen, Norway Tapia eta Leturia, Basque Spain �rik Marchand et les Balkaniks, Breton, Balkan Tri Muzike, Italy R L Burnside Lure, Sweden Epifani Barbers, Italy Transglobal Underground Kamel Nitrate Omara Portuondo, Cuba Tarika Jaojoby, Madagascar Johan Hedin, Sweden Psalite, Gil and Pujol, Spain Stepping Up, England Kardes T�rk�ler (DVD) Turkey Reel, Russia Lo'Jo, France Tinariwen, Mali/Tamashek Festival in the Desert (DVD) World 2004 Triakel (Sweden) Ulrika Boden (Sweden) Marianne Maans (Finland) 4 from Brazil Serras (Denmark) Bolstad and Granli (Norway) Fra Fra Sound (Netherlands) Ex-centric Sound Sys Oskorri (Spain) Antonello Paliotti (Italy) Fatang (Sweden) Arran El Combolinga (Spain) Steve Earle (US) Los Mocosos O-Maya (US) Larsson & Hjorth (Sweden) St�bi & Gudmundsson (Sweden) Cass Meurig (Wales-UK) Simona Barbera (Italy) Issa Bagayogo (Mali) La Moresca Antica Loened Fall George Sibanda Hotel Palindrone �valon Saikouba Badjie Uiscedwr (Wales) ZubopGambia (UK) Papa Wemba (Congo) Transsylvanians (Hungary) * Marina Rossell (Spain) Ojos de Brujo (Spain) * Ale M�ller Band (Sweden) David Darling/Wulu Bunun (US-Taiwan) Sukke (Germany) L'Occidentale de Fanfare (France) Lullabies from the Axis of Evil * Ibon Koteron (Spain) * Bukkene Bruse (Norway) * Kelitigui Diabate (Mali) * The Watersons (UK) * Lidia Pujol (Spain) * Canaman (Spain) Kryon (Italy) * Kalaniemi Trio (Finland) * Miquel Gil (Spain) * Susan Mckeown (US) Sgt Garcia Manu Negra Illegal * Tabule (Italy) * Oskorri (Spain) * Dallam Dougou Imaginary Homeland (US) * Balbarda (Spain) Le vespe (Greece/Italy) * Shoghaken - Harutyunyan (Armenia) * Bonga (Angola) Amestoy Trio (France) Methel & Lord (Italy) * Os Cemp�s (Spain) * Reiersrud, Jacobsen, Vajra (Norway/Nepal) * Kristine Heeb�ll & Trio Mio (Denmark/Sweden) * Andreas Aase (Norway) * Baltinget (Denmark) * Zulya (Australia/Russia) * Raun (Sweden) * Black 47 (US) Bhattacharya & Brozman (India/US) Mercedes Peon (Spain) * Aes Dana (Celtic/Italy) * Bratsch (Roma/France) Javier Ruibal (Spain) Slaid Cleaves (US) Susanne Rosenberg (Sweden) * New Judaica David Krakauer (US) Oi Va Voi (UK) Solomon & Socalled (US) Kila (Ireland) Ilgi (Latvia) * Enrico Fink (Italy) Carr and Roswall (Sweden/UK) Pancho Quinto (Cuba) Lila Downs (Mexico) Ivo Papasov (Bulgaria)* Cascade Folk Trio (US/Armenia)* La Lionetta (Italy)* Banda di Avola (Italy)* Elena Ledda (Italy)* Parisi and Pesti (Italy)* Afghanistan Untouched * Oumou Sangare (Mali) Jasraj (India) Dennis Brown (Jamaica) Ecos de Borinquen (US/Puerto Rico) Radio Tarifa (Spain) Rothenberg, Wieczorek, and J�rjendal (US/Estonia)* Super Uba (Dominican Republic)* La Orquestina del Fabirol (Spain)* Grey Larsen & Paddy League (US) Irish Flute& Tin Whistle (book) Thierry 'Titi' Robin & Gulabi Sapera (France/Roma) Lhasa de Sela (Canada)* Mats Berglund Trio (Sweden) * Wolfgang Meyering (Germany)* Karl Seglem (Norway)* Rusk (Norway)* Manuel Obreg�n y la Orquesta de la Papaya (Cent. 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Rodriguez Wolf Krakowski Naftule's Dream Tim Sparks Jenny Scheinman The Zmiros Project * The Book of Klezmer World Library - India L'ham de Foc (Spain)* Before the Revolution (Central Asia) Cuban Jazz: Chucho Vald�s Chuchito Vald�s Jr. Mayra Caridad Vald�s Kate Rusby (UK) Pablo Guerrero (Spain) Javier Ruibal (Spain) DJ Dolores + Orchestra Santa Massa (Brazil) Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI (Spain) Gjallarhorn (Finland)* Dilon Djindji (Mozambique) Harv (Sweden)* Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe) Etchno (Hungary) Winifred Horan / Liz Carroll (US) Gilberto Gil (Brazil) Si�n Phillips and Danny Kilbride (Wales) Modern Africa Youssou N'Dour (Senegal) Salif Keita (Mali) Lomax' Italian Treasury Liguria: Baiardo and Imperia Liguria: Polyphony of Ceriana Fairport unConventional Tinariwen (Mali) Gaiteiros de Lisboa (Portugal)* Nass Marrakech (Morocco) Gai Saber (Italy)* Yggdrasil (Norway)* Tarras (UK) Fairport unConventional Lomax recordings: Liguria (Italy) 4 Nordic Reviews Bukkene Bruse (Norway) Annbj�rg Lien (Norway) Sinikka Langeland (Norway/Finland) Paulina Lerche (Finland) Budapest Klezmer Band (Hungary)* Dazkarieh (Portugal) The Pack (England) Gerardo Nunez, Perico Sambeat et al (Spain)* Pipedown (Scotland) Tv� Fisk och en Fl�sk (Sweden)* Pancho Amat (Cuba) Herencia Afro Peruana (Peru) Boban Markovic Orkestar (Serbia)* Gunnel Mauritzson (Sweden)* Ustad Mohammad Omar (Afghanistan ) Oskorri (Basque /Spain) Yothu Yindi Foundation recordings (Aborigine / Australia) Enoch Kent (Canada /Scots) Alan & John Kelly (Ireland)* Rag Foundation (Wales) Samba Bossa Nova (Brazil) Am�lia Muge (Portugal)* B�sk (Sweden)* The Ukrainians Baba Yaga (Hungary)* Pina (Austria) Island Blues Projecto Africa (Mozambique) Korai �r�m (Hungary)* Fania (Senegal) Drums of Defiance (Jamaica) Banda Ionica (Italy) * Ciuma Salvi & Tombesi Trio (Italy) * Thanasis Papakonstantinou (Greece) Carmelo Salemi (Italy) * Cihat Askin (Turkey) Suryaniler/Syriacs (Turkey) Ellika & Solo (Sweden / Senegal) * Betti Zambruno & B�rtavela (Italy) * Eel Grinders (UK) * Yat-Kha (Tuva) Johnny B. 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Cormier (Canada) Concert review: Youssou N'Dour Mode Plagal (Greece)* Sviraj (US)* Italian Treasury Emilia-Romagna Abruzzo Odessa Klezmer Band (Hungary)* Haydamaky (Ukraine) Skaliero (France) Ojos de Brujo (Spain) Celso Piña (Mexico) George 'Toofie' Christian (Norfolk I.) Giuseppe Cusumano Earth Wheel Sky Band (Gypsy/Serbia)* Kalaniemi and Alakotila (Finland)* Fía na Roca (Spain)* Macaco (Spain / Latin America) Fermin Muguruza (Basque/Spain) World Library (Lomax): Yugoslavia Book/CD Review: Narcocorrido Sofia Karlsson (Sweden)* Lokua Kanza (Congo) Zar (Denmark) * Uyghur Musicians From Xinjiang Naguila (Sephardic /Europe-North Africa) Gunhild Tømmerås (Norway) * Orquesta La Moderna Tradición (Cuba-US) Cello Trio (Brazil-Germany) * Morricone & Murtas Savina Yannatou (Greece) René Lacaille & Bob Brozman (Reunion /US) Orchestre Andalou D'Israel Kepa Junkera (Spain) Issa Bagayogo (Mali) Matapat (Canada) Galinverna (Italy) Wazimbo & Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Mocambique June Tabor (UK)* Skyedance (Celts with Spaniards) * Frank and Anne Warner Recordings (US) Yuri Yunakov Ensemble (US - Bulgaria) * Kimmo Pohjonen (Finland) Africando (Senegal to NYC) Black 47 (US) Dou Dou N'Diaye M'Bengue (Senegal)* Nakaira (Italy) Ali Hassan Kuban (Egypt) Beer Songs (Latvia)* Haarla & Paivinen Puntin & Gunnarsdottir Archipelago The Rough Guide to Marrabenta Mozambique Thracian Rhapsody 2 (Bulgaria) Ferro Gaita (Cape Verde) Nara (Sweden) Pierre Akendengue (Gabon) Paul James & Mark Hawkins (UK) Fermin Muguruza (Basque-Spain) Antonio Paolo Pizzimenti (Italy) Piniartut (Greenland, Faroe Islands, Finland) Savina Yannatou (Greece) Radio Tarifa (Spain) Mama Sissoko (Mali) Alex Acuna y su Acuarela de Tambores (US) Marannan (New Zealand) The Tigers (US) Mats Edén (Sweden) Albert Zamora (US) B.E.V. (Italy) Susana Seivane (Spain) Music from Mozambique Abe Schwartz (US) Raul Malo (US) Lomax World Library: Romania Ulrika Bodén (Sweden) Oreka TX (Euskadi-Spain) Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble (US) Phil Garland (New Zealand) Us Not Them and Friends (Australia) Draupner (Sweden) Kalabra (Sweden) Gigi (Ethiopia) Kékélé (Congo)* Mostar Sevdah Reunion (Yugoslavia) Thanasis Papakonstantinou (Greece) * Ringo (South Africa) Serras (Denmark) * Maniacs vs. Sharkiat (Egypt and the world) Folk Ensembles From The Aginsk-Buryat Region Of Siberia Avleddha (Italy) * Under the Moroccan Sky: Fes Festival * Black Lodge Singers (US) Tha Tribe (US) Young Bird (US) Tancaruja (Italy)* Boris Kovac (Yugoslavia)* Radicanto (Italy)* Mabulu (Mozambique) Saïd Chraïbi (Al-Andalus) Victoria Hazan (US-Turkey) Moh Alileche (Algeria/US)* Mikveh (US)* Senan's Haggart (Australia) Rinken Band (Japan) Train Don't Leave Me (US) Agricantus (Italy) Susheela Raman (UK) La Furlancia (Italy)* Lucilla Galeazzi (Italy) * Ravi Shankar (India) Bushwahzee (Australia) Fantcha (Cape Verde) Zulya Kamalova (Russia / Australia) Aliakbar Moradi (Kurdistan) * Los Zafiros (Cuba) La Lionetta (Italy) * Greeks & Indians (Greece-India) Månsson Åberg (Sweden) * Eyuphuro (Mozambique) Rajery (Madagascar) Franco (Congo) Lo'Jo (France) * Picotage (France) * 10 Ft Ganja Plant (reggae) Gaitieros de Lisboa (Portugal) * Tim Eriksen (US) Maciré Sylla (Guinea) * Lunasa (Ireland) * Epinfrai (Italy) * Epinfrai (Italy) * Pekka Lehti (Finland) Leo Smith / Thomas Mapfumo (US/Zimbabwe) Michel Macais (France) Riccardo Tesi and Banditaliana (Italy) * The Blind Boys of Alabama (US) The Stripling Brothers (US) Music of Yemen Rasha (Sudan-Spain) Samba Mapangala (Congo-Kenya) Brian Peters and Gordon Tyrall (UK) * Alan Kelly (Ireland) * Compagnons Roulants (Italy) * Kalaniemi and Ahlback (Finn-Swede) * Di Grine Kuzine (Germany) * Sol De Nit (Spain) * John Whelan (US) Rachid Taha (France/Algeria) Yoshio Kurahashi (Japan) Old Blind Dogs (Scotland) Russian Gypsy Soul Anouar Brahem Trio (Tunisia) Lang Linken (Denmark) * George Mraz (Czech) Antonello Paliotti (Italy) * Chichi Peralta + Son Familia (Dominican Republic) Pharaoh's Daughter (US) ULC with Mads Vinding and Peter Rosendal (Denmark)* Martin Carthy (England)* Battlefield Band (Scotland) Bag o' Cats (Scotland)* Cuban Son, a tradition reinvented Tumult (Denmark) * The Lewis Trio (Afro-Cuban jazz) Gilberto Gil (Brazil) King Naat Veliov and The Original Ko�ani Orkestar * Desert Roses & Arabian Rhythms Fiamma Fumana (Italy) The Bill Hilly Band (Canada) O Samba & Os Sambistas (Brazil) John Garden and Earthly Delights (Australia) Abby Rabinovitz (US) Bijan Chemirani with Ross Daly (Persian /UK) Sheila Chandra (UK) Jack Ruby /Black Foundation (Jamaica) Traditional Irish Music in America The Rough Guide To The Music of Japan West Coast Mardi Gras Party Book Review:Mande Music Chinese music from the Solar series Fan Li-bin & Zhang Yi-cheng Wang Lien Luo Shou-Cheng Alamaailman Vasarat (Finland) Papa Noel (Congo) Zig Zag Trio (Bulgaria)* Numidia (Spain) * Aterciopelados (Colombia) Kalaniemi, Maans, Varis (Finland) * Hossein Behroozi-Nia & Pejman Hadadi (Iran) Peret (Spain) Sorten Muld (Denmark) Abed Azri� (Syria) Dangaa (Mongolia) Sharon Shannon & Friends (Ireland) An-Chang Project (Okinawa/Japan) Jack Costanzo (Cuba/US) Book: Workin' Man Blues: Country Music In California Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis (Scotland) Randy Armstrong(US) Bert Jansch (UK) Värttinä (Finland) Dan Gisen Malmquist (Sweden) * Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (US) Video review: Sacred Steel (US) New Music Australia The Borderers, The Cockies, Mango Jam, Colcannon, Hobson's Choice, David Hyams, and The Poachers Mercedes Peon (Spain) Burhan Öçal & the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble (Turkey) Asturiana Mining Company (Spain)* Sabreen (Jerusalem)* Lamento Borinacano / Puerto Rican Lament * Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars Pepe Vasquez (Peru) Carmen Gonzalez (Ecuador) Lalezar Ensemble (Turkey)* Anam (Ireland and UK)* Wailing Souls (Jamaica) Telek (Papua New Guinea) Perroches and Landreau (France) * Jez Lowe with the Bad Pennies (England) * Felpeyu (Spain) Carreg Lafar (Wales) Robin Huw Bowen (Wales) Mad Professor/Puls Der Zeit (UK-Germany) Dan�lo Perez (Panama) Compay Segundo (Cuba) Eliades Ochoa (Cuba) Mar�a Ochoa y Coraz�n de Son (Cuba) Orchestre Andalous D'Israel Tarab Ensemble and Yair Dalal (Israel) Se�n Tyrrell (Ireland) Paris Combo (France) Louis Chen (China)* Wang Yi-dong (China)* Cajun: Various Artists (US) Mesut Cemil (Turkey) * Lalezar Ensemble (Turkey) * Omar Faruk Tekbilek (Turkey) Vocal Music in Crete Matouqin (Mongolia)* Tim Sparks (US) The Rough Guide to Scottish Folk Music * Book Review: Cajun And Creole Music Makers Joe Townsend Band (UK)* Kayhan Kalhor, Mohammad Reza Shajarian (Persia) King Bruce and the Black Beats (Ghana) Arakne Mediterranea (Italy)* Flook (UK)* Gopal Shankar Misra (India) Keltik Elektrik (UK) Big Brazos - Texas Prison Recordings, 1933 and 1934 Lila Downs (US-Mexico) * Poncho Sanchez (US) The Devil's Swing: El Columpio Del Diablo (US-Mexico) Armando Garz�n (Cuba) Tito Puente (US) Hannu Saha (Finland) * Berrogüetto (Spain/Galicia) * Boni Gnahor� and the Attungblan Chorus (Ivory Coast) Melina Kana (Greece) Tartit (Mali) A Cumpagnia (France/Corsica) NeBa Solo (Mali) Van Morrison and Linda Gail Lewis (US) Pete Morton (England)* Kathryn Tickell (England) Walter Pardon Sam Larner (England)* Calennig (Wales)* Paris To Kyiv (Canada/Ukraine)* Oskorri (Basque/Spain) Saraca: Funerary Music of Carriacou * Harv (Sweden) * Silk City (US) * Megadrums (US/various) Chudoba (Poland) * Stian Carstensen/Farmers Market (Norway/Bulgaria) Geoff Muldaur (US) Rub�n Gonz�lez (Cuba) Los Cenzontles (US-Mexico) Kalindi-Ka (Guadeloupe) Alfredo de la F� (US-Cuba) Ernest Ranglin (Jamaica) Ibrahim Ferrer (Cuba) F�lix Baloy and the Afro-Cuban All Stars (Cuba) Omara Portuondo (Cuba) 422 (UK) * Capercaillie (Scotland) Solas (Ireland) Nyckelharpa Orchestra (Sweden)* Sweet Honey in the Rock (US) Buddy MacMaster (Canada)* Leon Rosselson (UK)* Sabah Habas Mustapha & The Jugala All Stars (Indonesia and beyond) Cosmic Voices of Bulgaria Tabla Beat Science (India and the world) Louisiana Red (US) Klezmer Conservatory Band (US) Terem Quartet (Russia)* Metropolitan Klezmer (US)* John McCusker (Scotland)* Balfa Toujours (US) * Candido Fabre (Cuba) Elio Reve Jr. y su Charangon (Cuba) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma (India) Virginia & the Piedmont :Lomax (US) M�sica Negra in the Americas Tai Tu Nam Bo(Vietnam) Rosie Ledet (US) The Music of Cuba: 1909-1951 ¡Cubanísmo! 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