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This edition of Hg #1242 includes travel to Israel, South Africa, China, India, Morocco, Macedonia, Ethiopia, with showcase of Romani, Serbian, First Nation, Malian, and Irish/American genres. Tk 11 I Already Have a Husband 4:21 Balafon Marimba Ensemble Putumayo Presents: The Best Of World Music, Vol.2: Instrumental

Cambridge History of World Music

April 17, 2018 - 12:30pm

This is a welcomed addition to my library of world music resources and finally in paperback! At this post , I'm just beginning to turn the first pages and really thrilled to read the text's connection with humanity's sacred, cultural, and ethnic expressions. This is a rich read that hints...

#1241 4.14.18 Live

April 13, 2018 - 1:00pm

This edition of Hg #1241 includes travel to Albania, Mexico, and Turkey featuring music by: Mambo Cósmico, Yonatan Gat, Saz’iso, Park Jiha, Irma Thomas & Dr. John, Ola Belle Read, Burkina Electric, and Capercaille with showcase of Brazilian, Afrobeat, Middle Eastern, New Orleans, African, and Middle Eastern sounds. Tk 1...

#1240 4.7.18 Encore Broadcast First Aired #1188 2.25.17

April 4, 2018 - 1:00pm

This edition of Hg #1240 features music by: Amadou & Mariam, Amina Alaoui, Natalie MacMaster, Afrocubism, Mansour Seck, Manuel Guajiro Mirabal, Elaine Elais, Ibibio Sound Machine, and Aurelio. Tk 2 Udadewetha 3:54 Shiyani Ngcobo Sound Of The World [Disc 2]

#1239 3.31.18 Live

March 21, 2018 - 1:00pm

This edition of Hg #1239 travels to South Africa, Findland, Cape Verde, Barbados, Portugal, and Britain with music by Shaluza Max, Cassie & Maggie, Lura, Cab Calloway, Capercaille, Yasmine Hamdan, Tuby Skinny, Kate Rusby, Chen Dacan Chinese Ensemble, and 17 Hippies. Soundbed: #668 Playlist Tk 14 Arranca en Fa, Sonora Caruseles, 4.11

#1238 3.24.18 Live

March 21, 2018 - 1:00pm

This edition of Hg #1238 features music from India, Ireland, Barbados, and Portugal with Australian Bebop Ragas, Big Davy, Baka Beyond, Edwin Bonillay, Burkina Electric, and Diya Ojo. Tk 2 Mbombela 5:13 Bholoja Putumayo Presents South Africa

#1236 3.10.18 Live Broadcast

March 10, 2018 - 1:00pm

This edition of Hg #1236 travels to India, New York, Norway, Cuba, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, France, Democratic Republic of Congo, the Caribbean, Middle East, Ireland, and Peru with music by Eva Ayllon, Battlefield Band, kate Rusby, Baka Beyond, Tony Allen, Charles Mingus, Wolfstone, Bonnie Raitt with Habib Koite, Mari...

Women In Music - An Anthology

March 2, 2018 - 11:00am

Among the many fine publications on women in music is Carol Neuls-Bates' anthology of source readings from the Middle Ages to the present, "Women In Music", published by Northeastern University Press, 1982. Championed as a core resource for scholarship and instuction. It rightfully belongs among today's field of scholarly texts...

The Rough Guide Phrasebooks

February 16, 2018 - 11:30am

The Rough Guides series of full-color dictionary phrasebooks are unrivaled, featuring over 5,000 words and phrases and free mp3 downloads of common travel dialogue scenarios. Each dictionary phrasebook includes an extensive two-way dictionary, a food and drink menu guide, and free audio downloads so you can perfect your pronunciation. Depending...

The Album by Grammy Award-winning Eighth Blackbird

February 14, 2018 - 11:00pm

Olagón: a Cantata in Doublespeak is the newest album from multiple Grammy Award-winning chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird. The project finds the innovative new-music sextet collaborating with vocalist Iarla Ó Lionaird of the Irish supergroup The Gloaming; Princeton-based composer-fiddler Dan Trueman; and Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon. A modern retelling...

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