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Various Artists: Classical Music Of Iran: The Dastgah System, Vol. 2

CD / Folkways / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Compiled and edited by Ella Zonis. Partially reissued in 1991 asstylecolor:#5C5C4D hrefhttp://www.folkways.si.edu/search/AlbumDetails.aspx?ID2294 SFW40039

Various Artists: Classical Music Of Iran: The Dastgah System, Vol. 1

CD / Folkways / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Compiled and edited by Ella Zonis. Partially reissued in 1991 asstylecolor:#5C5C4D hrefhttp://www.folkways.si.edu/search/AlbumDetails.aspx?ID2294 SFW40039

Various Artists: Spiritual Baptist Music of Trinidad

CD / Folkways / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Folk Music of Haiti (Music of Haiti, Vol. 1)

CD / Folkways / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

The 18 tracks heard on this 1951 release were originally recorded in Haiti by Harold Courlander. Secular and religious music, work songs, and trance songs are all presented here. On "Pile Pied'M: Ibo ...continue...

Various Artists: Songs from the British West Indies

CD / Folkways / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Music of the World's Peoples, Vol. 3

CD / Folkways / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Twenty-one short vocal and instrumental pieces from around the world are presented in an extremely diverse collection, the third of five volumes in this series....continue...
A very strong set. The selection comprises an exuberant Mexican folk-pop song; a British balladeer's gleeful tale of seduction; a Peruvian quena (flute) solo that represents perhaps the most authentic...continue...

Various Artists: Music of the World's Peoples, Vol. 2

CD / Folkways / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Continuing where Volume 1 left off, this album includes traditional musics of twelve different cultures, from Cuban to Sioux, Azerbaijani and Congolese. There are dances,...continue...
This set boasts a string of highlights starting roughly halfway through. It features an authentic Afro-Cuban rhumba; a solemn Finnish ballad; a modally ambiguous Ukrainian women's chorus (whose stride...continue...

Various Artists: Music of the World's Peoples, Vol. 4

CD / Folkways / 2009-01-01

Artists: Various Artists

Another excellent volume that collects a Pygmy song uncharacteristic enough to make me wonder whether this cut is mislabeled; a clangorous metal percussion ensemble from Borneo (said to be an imitatio...continue...