ARTIST ... Origin
Title  Duration
(Album) [Label]

Thierry 'Titi' ROBIN .... France
Mehdi 8'00
(Payo Michto) [Silex]
The title is a reference of the mixture of gypsy and non-gypsy (payo) musicians who collaborate on this concert recording.

Mario LATTUADA & Robert BRATETICH .... Australia
(a) Evolution 4'43
(b) Nubian's Dance 4'42
(El Fuego) [independent]
A very spanish-flavoured new release from two fine Melbourne guitarists.

RADIO TARIFA .... Spain
(a) Rumba Argelina 3'20
(Rumba Argelina) [World Circuit]
(b) Las Cuevas 5'07
(Temporal) [World Circuit]

ANDALUSIAN ORCHESTRA of TANGIER & Juan Peña LEBRIJANO .... Morocco / Spain
El Anillo 4'35
(Encuentros) [Globestyle]
The title refers to the encounter between the distinct Arabic and Spanish musics.

La CAITA .... Spain
El Pájero Negro 8'42
(Latcho Drom - Soundtrack) [Le Bande Son / Virgin]

Khalifa Ould EIDE & Dimi Mint ABBA .... Mauritania
Waidalal Waidalal 6'14
(Moorish Music From Mauritania) [World Circuit]
This piece was composed by Eide's father, and begins with three verses in praise of the prophet. A brilliant disc of music rarely recorded. Moorish musicians in Islamic Mauritania are known as iggawin, comparable to the Griots of Mali. The first half of the disc features the ardin (a 14 string relative of the kora) and the tidinit, a small lute similar to the ngoni. The electric guitar comes into play later. This piece features clapping as you would hear in Gnawa music from Morocco.

Maleem Mahmoud GUINIA ....Morocco
Salat Anbi 8'17
(Trance of Seven Colours) [Axiom]

Mahmoud AHMED ....Ethiopia
Ohoho Gedama 4'37
(Ere Mela Mela) [Hannibal]

T'BOLI people of Mindanao .... Philippines
(a) Bendaly - Call of the cicada 1'44
(b) Lendungan SIMFAL - Gongs of the Lemchak Man 1'42
(c) Sol AYAW - Cackling mnaul bird 1'44
(Utom: Summoning the Spirit - Music in the T'Boli Heartland) [Ryko]

Choying DROLMA & Steve TIBBETTS .... Tibet / USA
Om Pana Phem 4'23
(Chö) [Ryko]

Forrest FANG .... USA
A Shaman in Pursuit of Chabui's Image 8'02
(Folklore) [Cuneiform]

Kazue SAWAI & Hiromi OHTA .... Japan
When I Was Eight 6'03
(Eye to Eye) [Republic]

Fahmi Alwial HADI .... Indonesia
Zapin: Cari Hiburan 7'02
(Melayu Music of Sumatra and the Riau Islands) [Smithsonian Folkways]
Recordings by Philip YAMPOLSKY

Hukwe Ubi ZAWOSE and the MASTER MUSICIANS of TANZANIA .... Tanzania
Sote Tulifurahia 6'36
(The Art of Hukwe Ubi Zawose) [JVC Japan]
Stunning music. Intricate polyrhythms and delicate instruments, including giant kalimbas.

S. E. ROGIE .... Sierra Leone
Recipe for Truth and Lasting Happiness 3'57
(Best of S. E. Rogie) [Playtime]