I launched my MusicRepublic blog to share my passion for the great traditional and folk musics of the world, very much at risk of being lost or forgotten.
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This mellifluous live album by the towering 20th-century sitar virtuoso Nikhil Banerjee, featuring his extraordinary free-flowing emotion, depth, nuance and vitality, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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These formidable 1962 “hard Gospel” tracks by the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, featuring a trance-like, fluid and sensuous collective intensity and interlocking vocal rhythms and harmonic tension, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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The delicate and contemplative Sundanese Suara Parahiangan ensemble from West Java, featuring gamelans and a suling flute, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Indonesia #Java #Bandung #Degung #Music
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This captivating 1979 LP of Ukwuani (Ndokwa) traditional music from southern Nigeria, featuring Obodo Uka Mba & His Igele Group Obiaruku, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Nigeria #Ukwani #Ndokwa #music
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This classic 1969 album by T.R. Mahalingam, the most famous 20th century Carnatic flautist, featuring his innovative, mellifluous flute playing, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Carnatic #South Indian #flute
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This stately, historic LP of Tibetan Buddhist Rites from the Monasteries of Bhutan, featuring chanting monks, long trumpets and oboe-like shawms, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Bhutan #music #Buddhist Rites
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This precious 1974 album of Iranian classical Persian music by the great kamancheh master Ali-Asghar Bahari, featuring his poetic and vocal-like musings, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Persian #Iran #Iranian #music
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This terrific 1974 album by the great Dhrupad rudra veena master Z.M. Dagar, featuring his deep, slow, spiritual musings, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Indian music #Dhrupad #Dagar
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This exquisite album by the great master of Constantine Malouf Arab-Andalusian music from Algeria, Mohamed Tahar Fergani, featuring a soft, sophisticated and contemplative ambiance, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#algerie #algeria
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This abstract and stately album of North Korean folk music on the French BAM label, recorded in the late 1950s, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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This abstract and stately album of North Korean folk music on the French BAM label, recorded in the late 1950s, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#NorthKorea
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These 1965 recordings of authentic Bulgarian village music recorded by Deben Bhattacharya, featuring complex rhythms and fascinating harmonies, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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This remarkable 1967 LP by Carnatic veena virtuoso Chitti Babu, featuring his dazzling, expressive and soulful vocal-like playing, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Indian music #Carnatic #veena
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This fluid and sensuous album recorded around Lake Manyara in northern Tanzania by David Fanshawe in the early 1970s, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
#Tanzania #music #Lake Manyara
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This classic 1971 album showcasing the art of Egyptian taqâsîm melodic improvisation, with vocals, oud lute, qanun zither, ney flute and percussion, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Egypt #maqam #Arab #classical Music
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This rare record by the flamboyant vocalist Rajab Ali Khan, who greatly influenced singers like Amir Khan with his lightning-fast and fiery melodic phrases, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#India #Hindustani #Khayal
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This mellifluous 1974 album by the legendary Victor Uwaifo of a modern rendition of traditional Ekassa music, featuring electric guitars, brass instruments and percussion, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Nigeria #Benin City
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These unique 1960 recordings of the Cuna and Tucano peoples of Colombia, featuring abstract and otherworldly flutes and voices, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Colombia #Colombian #Indígenas #indigenous #Pueblos Originarios #music
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