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Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 18 Dec 2010 06:15:41 | Comments : 0

Melina Kana, Thanasis Papakonstantinou & Ashkhabad - Loot
World | EAC | FLAC tracks+Cue+Log files - (330 MB) | MP3 320 - (125 MB) | Scans | 1998

"Loot" is the coming together of three distinct creative personas, of three distinct expressive forces;
Melina Kana, the most arresting voice that has come out of Greece lately...
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 16 Dec 2010 06:59:48 | Comments : 4

Purbayan Chatterjee & Kala Ramanath - Aavishkaar
World | EAC | FLAC tracks+Cue+Log files - (390 MB) | MP3 320 - (185 MB) | Scans | 2008

Purbayan Chatterjee is one of the most promising sitar players in India; and this sumptuous duet with the superb Kala Ramnath on violin is emotionally expressive, vibrant and delightfully exciting... everything a good Indian classical duet should be.
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 14 Dec 2010 13:31:49 | Comments : 4

Shankar - M.R.C.S
World | EAC | Wv+Cue+Log files - (230 MB) | MP3 320 - (130 MB) | Scans | 1991

Shankar, a violinist, singer and composer, teaches Indian Classical styles by incorporating them into Western musics. He has worked with many Western musicians, including Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed...
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 12 Dec 2010 21:43:24 | Comments : 1

Chemiranis - Qalam Kar
World | EAC | FLAC+Cue+Log files - (290 MB) | MP3 320 - (125 MB) | Scans | 2001

Djamchid Chemirani is considered to be one of masters Teherani's most gifted sutdents. When he moved to paris in 1961, he became the most active advocate for the Zarb outisde of Iran...

Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 08 Dec 2010 06:50:44 | Comments : 1

Ustad Bismillah Khan - Live at the Conway Hall, London
World | EAC | 2CDs | FLAC+Cue+Log files - (730 MB) | MP3 320 - (400 MB) | Scans | 1992

Certain instruments become indelibly linked with particular performers. In the Hindustani realm, the santoor is closely associated with Shivkumar Sharma and the rudra vina with Zia Mohiuddin Khan, but historically, perhaps the closest and most intimate association has been with Bismillah Khan and the shehnai...
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 05 Dec 2010 02:22:13 | Comments : 2

Ustad Rais Khan - Ragas Marwa & Bhairavi
World | EAC | FLAC+Cue+Log files - (350 MB) | MP3 320 - (210 MB) | Scans | 2000

The sitar style of Rais Khan is distinctive for its delicacy and his fine control, as well as for the tremendous speed of his tans. He relies on inspiration more than organisation; this can make his performances unpredictable, but at their best truly outstanding. This CD was recorded live at the intimate Kufa Gallery. and it's clear from the music that Rais had many inspired moments.

Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 03 Dec 2010 01:57:03 | Comments : 3

Putumayo Presents: Zydeco
World | EAC | FLAC tracks+Cue+Log files - (380 MB) | MP3 320 - (130 MB) | Scans | 2000

Zydeco is a satisfying survey of the fascinating fusion of French and African culture in Louisiana and features most of the genre's biggest stars including Clifton Chenier, Boozoo Chavis, Buckwheat Zydeco, Beau Jocque, Keith Frank, Geno Delafose, Chris Ardoin, Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, Queen Ida, and Zydeco Force as well as regional favorites Rosie Ledet, The Creole Zydeco Farmers and Jude Taylor.
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 02 Dec 2010 00:28:39 | Comments : 4

Ali Akbar Khan & Ravi Shankar - Greatest Jugalbandies
World | EAC | FLAC+Cue+Log files - (310 MB) | MP3 320 - (160 MB) | Scans | 2005

Indian Classical Sitar Sarod Duet Indian Raga World Music Ali Akbar Khan Ravi Shankar Greatest Jugalbandies aka Exotic Sitar Sarod
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Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 01 Dec 2010 10:16:16 | Comments : 2

Kitaro - Oasis
New Age | EAC | Wv+Cue+Log files - (280 MB) | MP3 320 - (130 MB) | Scans | 1996

Kitaro is one of the leading sound designers in the new age community. He is also one of the leading composers and performers. Oasis is one of his older albums (originally released on Pony Canyon Records in 1979)...
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 28 Nov 2010 07:34:54 | Comments : 5

The Meditative Music Of Pandit Jasraj
World | EAC | FLAC+Cue+Log files - (230 MB) | MP3 320 - (130 MB) | Scans | 2003

An exponent of the Mewati tradition which originated with the court musicians of the former princely states of Jodhpur and Bhopal, Pandit Jasraj has enriched his inheritance with a sweet and mellifluous voice, which is his natural endowment, and a prodigious and rigorous discipline, which is his act of will...
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 24 Nov 2010 13:55:54 | Comments : 5

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Shahbaaz
World | EAC | Wv+Cue+Log files - (320 MB) | MP3 320 - (130 MB) | Scans | 1993

Named for 13th-century Sufi master Qalandar Shahbaaz, Shahbaaz is Nusrat at his most intense--just look at the CD's cover photo: facial grimace, closed eyes, sweat on the forehead, raised hand, and the open mouth from which the greatest qawwali singing of the 20th century sprang forth for some 25 years before his death in 1997...
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 23 Nov 2010 23:23:48 | Comments : 0

Antonio Mairena - Actuaciones Históricas
Flamenco | 2CDs, Scans | 280 MB | MP3 320 kbps | 3% Recovery | 2005

The label RTVE Música has released two compact dicks with the cantes of Antonio Mairena, a unique figure in the history of flamenco singing, taken from material recorded by Spanish national radio broadcasts of live performances in various appearances at festivals and 'peñas' between 1970 and 1981.
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 22 Nov 2010 23:16:00 | Comments : 2

Putumayo Presents: World Groove (2004)
World | EAC | FLAC tracks+Cue+Log files - (310 MB) | MP3 320 - (110 MB) | Covers

Deciding not to pigeonhole themselves with any single culture to work from as a base, the folks at Putumayo this time have put out an album of groove music from a sector no smaller than the world itself. Despite this original statement though, the focus of the music lies in Europe and Africa, with some small bits of disruption. The phenomenon of dance music has its core in Europe...
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 21 Nov 2010 12:50:01 | Comments : 0

Amelia Cuni - Morning Meditation, a Dhrupad Recital (1995)
World | EAC | FLAC tracks+Cue+Log files - (360 MB) | MP3 320 - (210 MB) | Scans

Amelia Cuni was born in Milan, and lived in India for more than 10 years studying Dhrupad singing from renowned masters like Ustad Fahimuddin Dagar, Dilip Chandra Vedi and others. She has been based in Berlin since 1992, where she and sound designer Werner Durand were awarded Artist in Residence grants by the Podewil-Zentrum für Aktuelle Kunst (1999)...
Posted By : Jazzmen | Date : 14 Nov 2010 12:27:58 | Comments : 3

Ustad Fateh Ali Khan With Lahore's Greatest Musicians - Bandish (2004)
World | EAC | FLAC+Cue+Log files - (410 MB) | MP3 320 - (185 MB) | Booklet Scans

The idea of "Bandish" is to bring classical music to all, especially to the younger generation with full splendour of Ustad Fateh Ali Khan's voice. This is perhaps the first time that such classical compositions have been supported by orchestral arrangements played by the great musicians of Lahore, while keeping the purity of the raga intact...