Get REAL: Roman Edirisinghe's Awesome List
One Drum's Roman Edirisinghe shares his favorite CD Baby Albums with you!
Ever wonder what Roman listens to? No worries, my friend! This compilation of hot CDs is sure to blow your socks off, or get you to put them on, whichever suits you.
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DE LA BUENA: En Vivo Y Directo
With this debut album, De La Buena presents their own electrifying brand of Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz. Hammond Organ driven, brassy arrangements, and a killer rhythm section make this a must hear. This live recording comes to life before your very ears.
CD price: $15.00
BILL LASWELL W/ JAH WOBBLE: Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission
Ambient- Genre Breaking Heavy Dub- Laswell w/ Wobble-Bernie Worrell, Karsh Kale & Abdou Mboup.
CD price: $13.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS: CLEAR PATH INTERNATIONAL: Too Many Years: A Benefit for Clear Path International
Natalie Merchant, Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident, Jorma Kaukonen, Juliana Hatfield, Yonder Mountain String Band, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Samples, Philip Glass, Dark Star Orchestra, Ben Taylor, Sally Taylor, Rick Redington, & Jim Gilmour.
CD price: $12.00
THOMAS MAPFUMO/WADADA LEO SMITH: Dreams and Secrets
Voted one of the Best CDs of 2001 in the following publications JazzIz Magazine, #7 Best World Music CDs The Beat Magazine. #74 on Village Voice's Dean's List of 2001 #50 on WYSO, Ohio NPR #92 on the World Music Charts of Europe #18
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
ASTON "FAMILYMAN" BARRETT: Dub Obsession w/ Aston "Familyman" Barrett
Live Reggae Dub session with the master bassist and innovator... Aston 'Familyman' Barrett ...original bass player of Bob Marley and the Wailers, who created Bob Marley's "sound" along with his brother and drummer, Carlton Barrett.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
THOMAS MAPFUMO: Chimurenga Explosion
Winner of the 2001 AFIM Indie Award for Contemporary World Music...
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
BILL LASWELL: Dub Chamber 3
Incorporates Indian rhythms and tonalities, electronic jazz, drum and bass, ambient, hip hop and beyond. Heavy Dub. (ROIR)
CD price: $11.99
BABALOO: Punk Mambo!
Babaloo is the world's 1st punk mambo/hardcore juju band. a combination of mambo, rumba, soukous, ska, reggae, dancehall, salsa and punk.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BILL LASWELL: Roir Dub Sessions
"Laswell steps into the Dread zone, channels King Tubby's ghost & emerges with the most compelling testimony to date." - Magnet (ROIR)
CD price: $9.99
PADRE ENGO: zambia priest
SHAMANIC PRAISE SONGS TO THE MPUNGO-ORISHA, THE ANGELS, ANCESTORS, SPIRIT GUIDES, AND BANTU SAINTS OF THE HOLY KIMBISA AND PALO MONTE MAYOMBE SECRET SOCIETIES OF CUBA AND THE AFRICAN OCCULT UNDERWORLD OF NEW YORK CITY. A MUST FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN PALO
MP3 price: $13.00
THOMAS MAPFUMO: Live at El Rey
The first live release from "the Lion of Zimbabwe." This concert was recorded for Thomas Mapfumo's 50th birthday at the El Rey Theatre, Albuquerque, NM. It features a stripped-down version of the Blacks Unlimited.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
TOUBAB KREWE: Toubab Krewe
Blending Malian, American, and "Dirty South" influences into a sound all its own, Toubab Krewe "has set a new standard for fusions of rock 'n' roll and West African music," says Afropop Worldwide.
CD price: $12.97
ANTIBALAS: Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA - 7.5.03
This 2 CD show is a rousing evening with Antibalas, ("Anti-bullets" in Spanish) A 14-piece-plus collective carrying on the Afrobeat tradition begun by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
MP3 price: $12.00
TAMBOR FOR OBATALÁ - COMPLETE SESSION - 3 CD SET: Music Of Santería - A Live Afro-cuban Ceremony
Live afro-cuban cermonial music (santería) recorded in havana, cuba played on the sacred batá drums. Released by earthcds.
Recommended if you like Lazaro Ros, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas.
BILL LASWELL: Points of Order
Points of Order once again shows Bill Laswell's cultural intuition, leading the latest motions of both hip-hop and electronic music, while continuing his passion for dub, trance, and the ambient amalgamation of them all.
ANTIBALAS: Vancouver Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC - 6.26.03
This 2 CD Set is Antibalas at their fiercest and finest. Selected from the Vaults of Rockslide.com. Antibalas ("anti-bullets" in Spanish) is a 14-piece-plus collective carrying on the Afrobeat tradition begun by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
MP3 price: $12.97
TAMBOR FOR OBATALÁ: Music Of Santería - A Live Afro-Cuban Ceremony
Live Afro-cuban cermonial music (santería) recorded in Havana, Cuba played on the sacred batá drums. Released by earthcds.
Recommended if you like Lazaro Ros, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas.CD price: $16.00
BAKRA BATA: Get Up and Dance
American steel drum and percussion group fuses African, Latin, and Caribbean dance rhthyms to create sounds that make you Get Up and Dance. This band is like no other steel drum band you have heard before.
CD price: $18.00
CLAMNATION: Volume III: Malacology
Modern harmonic concepts merged with the rhythmic roots of jazz - trust us, its fun.
CD price: $11.50 / MP3 price: $11.50
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RAGANI: Om Mani Padme Om [Single Release]
Buddha himself will dance to this chant. Inspire your soul and taste the ecstasy of Om Mani Padme Om.
MP3 price: $2.99
ECHUN OKIRY: Güiro for Elegguá - Music of Santería, Live Ceremonial Afro-Cuban Music
Live Afro-Cuban ceremonial music. Recorded on location at a real ritual in Havana, Cuba. Released by earthcds.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
JOHN OSWALD/GRATEFUL DEAD: GRAYFOLDED 2CD w Booklet
"An extended time-warped psychedelic jam that is meticulously hallucinatory... GRAYFOLDED is literally a hundred or so great nights rolled into one extraordinary, extended high... two Cds' worth of gorgeous sonic orgami."
Recommended if you like Grateful Dead, John Oswald.CD price: $20.00
BILL LASWELL: Book Of Exit
World/Ethiopian/Laswell: "Book Of Exit", in essence Chapter 4 in Laswell's ongoing series of Dub Chamber & Sacred System albums, is a departure from the rib-rattling bass workouts of his previous 3 ROIR releases. Retaining many Dub elements.
CD price: $11.99
ANTIBALAS: High Sierra Music Festival - Quincy, CA - 7.6.03
This 2 CD Set is Antibalas at their fiercest and finest. Selected from the Vaults of Rockslide.com. Antibalas ("anti-bullets" in Spanish) is a 14-piece-plus collective carrying on the Afrobeat tradition begun by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Based in New York, the
MP3 price: $12.97
PIGEONS DU SABLE: Gnawa chants from Morocco
Ancient trance inducing chants of the Gnawas in Morocco. Released by earthcds.
Recommended if you like خا„د, Rachid Taha.CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
SOL E MAR: Percussion Avalanche
Covers music from all over Brazil and Cuba using wide range of authentic percussion instruments and digital technology.
CD price: $9.97 / MP3 price: $9.97
OBO ADDY: Okropong (Traditional Music of Ghana)
With inspiring vocals and sizzling percussion, Obo shares and celebrates the rich traditions of Ghana, West Africa
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
BAKRA BATA: Blessings in Disguise
This CD is great for relaxation or celebration. It combines the allure of steel drums with accomplished percussion work and a variety of guest instrumentation such as flute, mandolin, marimba, guitar, trumpet and mbira.
Recommended if you like Jimmy Buffett, Andy Narell.CD price: $18.00
BATA KETU: A Musical Interplay Of Cuba And Brazil
A musical interplay consisting of six acts. It tells the story of Yoruba music uprooted from mother Africa, transplanted in Cuba and Brazil, evolving separately over time, and then reuniting today.
Recommended if you like Los Muñequitos de Matanzas.CD price: $12.97
PADRE ENGO: Holy Grail: The Blood Of The Black Celt
Fusion of blues, rock, reggae, dub, trance, spoken word, trip-hop, hip-hop, goth, folk, funk, afro-cuban, haitian, celtic, middle eastern, and african.
MP3 price: $12.97
BILL LASWELL: Sacred System Chapter Two
World Music- New Dub. A mixture of Arabic, Indian and Bitches Brew jazz. ROIR.
CD price: $11.99
BILL LASWELL: Sacred System- Chapter One
Trance-Ambient- Heavy Heavy Dub. "Laswell steps into the Dread Zone, channels King Tubby's ghost & emerges with the most compelling testimony to date."- MAGNET (ROIR)
Recommended if you like Sly & Robbie, Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Mad Professor.CD price: $13.99
BAKRA BATA: Steel Drums and Percussion
This CD takes you to the Carribbean with the traditional sound of the steel drums on this upbeat selection of island greats and original songs. It doesn't matter where you are. You'll feel irie.
CD price: $18.00
REGINA SPEKTOR: Songs
Magical realism involving pickles, death penalties and hot baths... influenced by the anti folkers, the punkers, tom waits, bjork, mozart, and many others... a secret let loose.
CD price: $14.00
RAS AMERLOCK: Farther East
Student teacher of the art form of Dub time and space. Vintage tones from this time traveling to tommorrow.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BAKRA BATA: Adventures In Paradise
These songs, often requested by long time fans, are classic selections from the 1980s. Steel drums have never sound so sweet and strong as they are joined here with traditional percussion instruments from Brazil, Cuba, and Nigeria.
CD price: $18.00
BRIAN ENO: January 07003 / Bell Studies for The Clock of The Long Now
Ambient, experimental bell sounds.
ANTIBALAS: Club Soda - Montreal, QUE - 3.29.03
This 2 CD Set is Antibalas at their fiercest and finest. Selected from the Vaults of Rockslide.com. Antibalas ("anti-bullets" in Spanish) is a 14-piece-plus collective carrying on the Afrobeat tradition begun by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
MP3 price: $12.97
ANTIBALAS: The Mercury Lounge - New York, NY - 1.12.03
This 2 CD Set is Antibalas at their fiercest and finest. Selected from the Vaults of Rockslide.com. Antibalas ("anti-bullets" in Spanish) is a 14-piece-plus collective carrying on the Afrobeat tradition begun by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
MP3 price: $12.97
BILLY JONAS: Life So Far
neo-tribal folk / singer-songwriter
Recommended if you like Paul Simon.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
RAGANI -- YOGA MUSIC: Best of Both Worlds (Kirtan Cafe Vol. 1)
ONE OF CDBABY's TOP SELLERS. Turn your home into a living temple with kirtan (sacred yoga chants). Immerse yourself in rich vocals and delicious layers of world instruments. Great road music. You must hear these sound clips...
CD price: $16.95 / MP3 price: $16.95
SAMBA MAPANGALA & ORCHESTRA VIRUNGA: Virunga Roots Volume 1
Brilliant African pop and dance music from the golden voice of East Africa. Many of Virunga's greatest hits, rare and previously unavailable outside of Africa.
CD price: $10.95 / MP3 price: $10.95
BAKRA BATA: Music For Bad Guys
The distinctive style of steel drums and mastery of rhythms are combined with Pacific Northwest guest soloists on flute, French horn, alto and tenor saxophone, vibes and mandolin. This recording demonstrates Bakra Bata's widest musical range.
CD price: $18.00
JACK JOHNSON: Brushfire Fairytales
Jack's multi-platinum debut that was first released in 2000 on the tiny Enjoy label (now Everloving). Produced by JP Plunier (Ben Harper); includes "Flake" and "Bubble Toes."
CD price: $13.99
THOMAS MAPFUMO: Toi Toi
African Music Legend Thomas Mapfumo, social conscience of Zimbabwe.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97
RELIGIOUS MUSIC OF PALO MONTE: A Cajón Ceremony - Live Afro-cuban Music
Live afro-cuban palo monte cermony recorded in Havana, Cuba. Released by earthcds.
CD price: $16.00
KOKOLO: More Consideration
Innovative afrobeat, jazz, latin, and hip hop come together seamlessly on the perfect album to dance, relax, or meditate to. Features Fela Kuti drummer Jojo Kuo, jazz virtuoso Charlie Hunter, Project Logic's Mike Weitman and many more.
Recommended if you like Fela Kuti, Fania All-Stars.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
SAMBA MAPANGALA & ORCHESTRA VIRUNGA: Song and Dance
More great sounds from East Africa, as Samba Mapangala draws listeners to the dance floor with his soaring vocals and smooth melodies, flavored with the warm guitars of Virunga stalwarts Syran, Bopol, Caien and some new friends.
CD price: $10.95 / MP3 price: $10.95
THOMAS MAPFUMO: Chimurenga Rebel/Manhungetunge
This DOUBLE CD documents two years (2001 -2002) of recording. The songs on Chimurenga Rebel were banned in Zimbabwe in 2002.
CD price: $21.97 / MP3 price: $21.97
THOMAS MAPFUMO: Chimurenga '98
Music from the heart of the struggle and from one of African Music's pioneers.
CD price: $14.97 / MP3 price: $14.97