Italian Treasury: Lombardia is the latest release in the Alan Lomax collection. Alan Lomax and Diego Carpitella’s historic 1954 recordings from Lombardy run the gamut…
Italian Treasury: Lombardia, from the Alan Lomax Archives
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Chichi Peralta Returns Mixing Caribbean, African and Brazilian Beats
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Showcase of Les Boukakes at WOMEX 2005
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New World Music Digital Downloading Site to Be Presented at WOMEX
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New Ladysmith Black Mambazo Album and US Tour in 2006
Heads Up International has announced its first release of 2006, Long Walk to Freedom. In 1986, Paul Simon introduced the musical genius and boundless spiritual…
Soul Yatra-Indian Jazz Ambassadors
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Southeast Asia
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