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The Rough Guide to the Music of Morocco
Various Artists
World Music Network
World Music Network
The North African nation of Morocco possesses a diverse music scene, where traditional and popular styles collide and collude. Sacred and secular concerns are omnipresent. Gutty strings and nasal, resonant singers wend their way through sweet-sour...
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The Rough Guide to the Music of Nigeria and Ghana
Various Artists
World Music Network
World Music Network
With 400 ethnic groups in Nigeria alone, The Rough Guide to the Music of Nigeria & Ghana (from the Rough Guide series) covers a vast canvas. So it's no wonder--and probably a sensible idea--that Fela Kuti, the Nigerian singer best known in...
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South African Legends
Various Artists
Putumayo World Music
Putumayo World Music
It was the South African sounds on Paul Simon's Graceland that first brought world music into the spotlight, and from there it's continued to shine. This album doesn't try to be The Indestructible Beat of Soweto ; instead, it covers a wider...
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Afro-Latino
Various Artists
Putumayo World Music
Putumayo World Music
A well chosen compilation of 12 songs, "Afro Latino" features artists from both sides of the Atlantic, including some based in the USA. The marriage of African and Cuban rhythm and tradition is incredibly fertile, witnessed by the many different...
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Yoruba Drums from Benin, West Africa
Various Artists
Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways
Benin, West Africa is the home to several Yoruba religious cults based on a pantheon of gods. Overlapping rhythms embedded with symbolic religious meanings are played by a variety of drum ensembles including cylindrical bata drums, hourglass-shaped...
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Anthology of World Music: The Music of Islam and Sufism in Morocco
Various Artists
Rounder Select
Rounder Select
This beautifully laid out program of music displays both the ambiguity and power that music expresses in Muslim society in Morocco. Starting with a call to prayer and a singing from the Quran (the two types of music sanctioned by the fundamentalist...
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Rough Guide to North African Cafe
Various Artists
World Music Network
World Music Network
Any Frenchman worth his pedigree should be quick to point out that it was the French who invented cafe music, a style of late-19th- and early-20th-century pop that originally blended light opera, local folk, chanson, and even silent film scores....
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Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East
Various Artists
World Music Network
World Music Network
The Rough Guide To World Music: Africa & Middle East highlights the dynamic and ever-changing world music scene, and is released in conjunction with the latest edition of the book that has become known as the `World Music Bible'. From Afro-beat...
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Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania
Various Artists
World Music Network
World Music Network
Tanzania is the new music capital of East Africa and from the spice islands of Zanzibar to the shores of the great lakes, The Rough Guide To The Music Of Tanzania explores the diversity of the country's culture as expressed in its popular music....
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