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Deliciously Moody and Potently Reflective Dirtmusic
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Tony Duncan Native Son (Canyon Records CR-7203, 2013) Native Son is a beautiful solo flute album of original and traditional Native American music by Tony…
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Dub Colossus Addis to Omega (Independent Records Limited, 2014) Most of us here at World Music Central have followed with interest the albums by Dub…
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Sondorgo Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks (Riverboat Records, 2014) Forget all the violin saturated Hungarian music you’re used to because Sondorgo’s latest release Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks is…
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Mark O’Connor MOC4 (Mark O’Connor Musik International, 2014) American violin maestro Mark O’Connor has performed a wide range of musical genres in the past decades,…
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Various Artists Celebrate Brazil – Songs from Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Porto Alegre (ARC Music EUCD 2505, 2014) The title indicates that the…
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