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	LÅTAR II - SWEDISH FOLK TUNES Label: CAPRICE 21807 Our Price: $15.75 Quantity in Basket: none
JOHAN HEDIN & GUNNAR IDENSTAM A large church organ with an infinite number of celestial sounds, colours, and moods; a nyckelharpa, this genuinely Swedish folk instrument, as if sprung from the earth – an old being in itself. These instruments, played by two of our foremost conjurors of the instruments in question, in a wild but tender dance where earth meets sky, the ancient meets the brand new, and hardship meets joy. The prominent conjurors in question are of course the nyckelharpa player Johan Hedin and the organ virtuoso Gunnar Idenstam, and this album, Låtar II, is the duo’s second – their first album was released in 2004, also on the Caprice label (CAP 21733) – and is yet another innovative mixture of old Swedish folk tunes and newly written material. Their music is rooted in Swedish folk music but feels brand new, as the music is created and shaped in the encounter between these two innovators – it twists and turns along mysterious paths, dresses up in symphonic clothing, invokes sacred moods, swirls about in danceable polskas, and sings its lyrical melodies. In short, it is an invitation into a fantastic new world, or as the BBC writer Fiona Talkington writes in the album’s liner notes: “So step into this world of Gothic shadows, Baroque elegance, fiery furnaces and frozen summits, broken hearts and laughter, of tunes which were hummed by our grandparents, of sounds which they would flee from, but most of all give yourself up wholeheartedly to this inspired creation and dance and weep along the way.”
	MUSIC FROM VIETNAM 3 - ETHNIC MINORITIES Label: CAPRICE 21479 Our Price: $15.75 Quantity in Basket: none
VARIOUS ARTISTS Vietnam’s Long History At The Point Of Intersection Between Different Political And Cultural Spheres Is Refected By The Large Number Of Minorities Living In Different Parts Of The Country, Especially In The Higlands To The North And West. Today These Regions Present An Extraordinary Linguistic And Cultural Mosiac Of Immense Variety. The Present Cd Is A Sample From That Copious Treasury, Most Of Which, Regrettably, Has Yet To Be Documented. The Contents Include A Number Of Examples Of The Fantastic Rhythmic Music Played On Tuned Gongs By The E-De People In The Central Highlands, As Well As Other Exciting Instrumental And Vocal Instruments.
	MUSIC FROM UGANDA 3 - MODERN ECHOES OF KAMPALA Label: CAPRICE 21555 Our Price: $15.75 Quantity in Basket: none
BIG FIVE James Muwanga, Drummer; Giles Warugaba & Ded Majoror, Guitar; Master Musicians Of Uganda Group; Albert Ssempeke, director Kampala The Capital Of Uganda, Is A City That Is Now Throbbing With Life Again After Many Difficult Years. And Once Again It Has Plenty Of Music, With Bars, Clubs, Discos And Hotels Rhythmically Vibrant With Everything From Modern Rap To Traditional Folk Music. Much Of The Music Is Rooted In Two Of The Country’s Many Fantastic Musical Cultures: Baganda, From The South, And Teso, From The Northeast.
	MUSIC FROM GUATEMALA 2 - GARIFUNA MUSIC Label: CAPRICE 21631 Our Price: $15.75 Quantity in Basket: none
Various Artists In a way, one can say that the music on this CD derives its origin from dramatic events that took place more than two hundred years ago. for it was then that the british family conquered the island of St.Vincent in the west indies and moved by force practically the whole populace. The Garifuna’s music is unique irresistable, swinging and charcterized by the African heritage and the soft rhythms of the west indies.
	MUSIC FROM HONDURAS - GARIFUNA MUSIC Label: CAPRICE 21638 Our Price: $15.75 Quantity in Basket: none
LAINIQI MUA; BARUDA; FARM BOYS TRIO ET AL Featuring traditional music from the village of Triunfo de La Cruz, as well as modern dance music “punta rock” which is a celebration of rhythm based on traditional rhythms. Lastly West Indian Calypso rhythms can be heard to an even greater degree. Music from the english speaking island Rotan off the coast is given a presentations by the informal musicianship of the trio Farm Boys.