World Music

Billed as Azzddine on the 2004 album Massafat (which is actually credited to Azzddine with Bill Laswell), Azzddine is Azzddine Ouhnine, a Moroccan oud player and composer based in Rabat. The Switzerland-based Label, which specializes in cross-cultural collaborations between African and European/American musicians, decided to produce a CD with him on the basis of a lo-fi recording of one of his

"Vande Mataram" became a Sanskit rallying cry for freedom in the early 1900s, as Indians protested against the partitioning of Bengal and its use as the title for the first international release by Ar Rahman, one of India's most popular contemporary recordings artists, is appropriate. Vande Mataram was released to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of India's independence from colonial

This 19-song compilation features a wide variety of artists from this small but influential island off the Senegalese coast. Opening with Cesaria Evora and an early tune, "Papa Joachim Paris," the album visits luminaries like Simentera, Paulino Vieira, and Tito Paris and introduces you to many less famous but deserving names. Real roots come from the Mindel Band with a raw violin and a perpetual

Track Listings -------------- 01. Jamila – Birds Of Earth 02. Razoof – Dub On The Beach (East Instrumental Mix By ZEB) 03. Blue Bedouin – Blue Night 04. REG Project, The* – Beijing Dreamin' (Yongmei) 05. Rabaz (2) – Eastern Breeze 06. Feeraz – Le Grands Sud 07. Murat Tugsuz* – Desert Dream AKA Uskander 08. Hosam Hayek – Give Me The Flute (Aa'tene Annai) 09. Naguila – Hammam 10.

Track Listings -------------- 01. Omar Faruk – I Love You 02. Mardo El-Noor – Mesopotamia 03. Amir Sofi – Amir (with Magic Finders) 04. REG Project* – Tatouage Oriental 05. Petrol Bomb Samosa – The Baghdad Groove 06. Naked Rhythm – Sudinaya 07. Mercan Dede – Souffle 08. Beirut Biloma – Revived 09. Blue Bedouin – Khan Of Asia 10. Ozgur Sakar – Abi-L Beka 11. Spirit Of Dubai –

Perennial blues road warrior Taj Mahal and Malian kora (harp-lute) ambassador Toumani Diabate join forces, blend textures, and intermingle idioms on this cleanly produced 12-song set, recorded in 1998 in Athens. Their common ground is best tilled on "Atlanta Kaira" and the title track, where the plucky filigrees and glittering tone of the kora sound right at home with Taj's darker, barking

The Banda Municipal de Santiago de Cuba is a brass band which remains true to the tradition of the Cuban brass band. La Banda Municipale De Santiago De Cuba 1 This debut record confirms that the time has come to discover another side of Cuban music, socially very rooted in its folk culture and in the history of its liberation. Released in 1997 on Buda Records. 01. La Comparsa 02. Reina

Khaled is the poster boy for the modern form of Algerian desert blues known as Raï. Certainly he's been its most successful modern exponent, the first to find success on the international stage. Born Khalidu Hajji Brahim in Oran, the traditional center of Raï, he was attracted to music from an early age, especially to Raï, which was seen at the time of the music of outcasts, drunks, and

Setrak And His Belly Dance Orchestra Belly Dance with Warda & Abdel Halim Hafiz Warda al Jazairia - The Rose of Algeria: She was born near Paris in Puteaux in July 1940. The youngest of five children. Her father, Mohammed Ftouki was one of the first Algerian immigrants to France, ran a hostel for migrant workers at Boulogne-Billancourt then became the owner of an Arabic music cabaret in the

Track List 01. Bent El Soultan 02. Helween Men Yomna Wala 03. Ya Msharni 04. Yallel Ya Basha Yaleel 05. Daret El Ayam 06. Tabla Al Mezmar 07. Howa Sahih 08. Bahlm Beek 09. Ana Fi Entezarak 10. Betsaal Leh Alaya 11. Samra Ya Samra 12. Lesa Faker HERE