CDRoots
Unusual music from around the world
cdRoots is importing unusual new music from around the world, music that defies descriptions like folk, jazz or world music, and yet in some ways fits them all.
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ILGI: Seju Veju
Post-modern folk music from Latvia.
Recommended if you like Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon.
SABREEN: Ala fein
This art music ensemble from East Jerusalem forges traditional Arabic styles with baroque and western classical music, using traditional vocal styles and instruments (kanoun, kawal, oud) and western instruments (cello, bass, violin).
COLOMBO AND CORRADI: Archedora
Noted folk-roots artists in Italy. Members of the legendary Venetian band Calicanto. They gorgeously capture the sounds, songs and moods of both Venice and beyond.
Recommended if you like Tarantella, Spaccanapoli.CD price: $17.99
MERCEDES PEÓN: Isué
Galician singer and 'panderita' (percussionist) composes new songs and re-arranges traditional ones. "This is one of the major achievements of Isué, the creative fusion of technology and heritage."