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OUR 20 NEWEST ITEMS!


CANTOS AFROCUBANOS
Volume 6: Cantos a Yemaya
50 songs, 3 CDs and a 80 page book to learn many songs for Yemaya. Songs are presented in call and response with coro, first with bell and then with bata. Great package!
Released by Luca Brandoli.

$50


CANTOS A LOS ORISHAS
Cuba's Yoruba traditions with some of Eastern Cuba's most respected percussionists and singers bring you you some of the best quality Orisha music recorded today.
Released by Luca Brandoli.

$14


RITUAL MOUNTAIN MUSIC OF
NORTHERN THAILAND
Rare documents of six minority ethnic groups recorded by reknowned ethnomusicologist Gerald Dyck between 1967 and 1971. 2 CDs with 102 page musical PowerPoint slideshow and 29 page booklet in pdf format.
Released by Earthcds Partners.

$23



CANTOS DE PALO
You asked for it, you got it. Many extended cuts of Palo music recorded in Santiago de Cuba. Featuring the best of the best. Great quality and very powerful!
Released by Luca Brandoli.

$14



CANTOS AFROCUBANOS
Volume 5: Cantos a Shango
50 songs, 3 CDs and a 70 page book to learn many songs for Shango. Songs are presented in call and response with coro, first with bell and then with bata. Great package!
Released by Luca Brandoli.

$50



CANTOS AFROCUBANOS
Volume 3: Cantos a Oshun
50 songs, 3 CDs and a 72 page book to learn many songs for Oshun. Songs are presented in call and response with coro, first with bell and then with bata. Great package!
Released by Luca Brandoli.

$50



LUCUMI - THE RUMBERO OF CUBA
Tony Gatlif brings us epic scenes as young rumbero Michael Herrera Duarte (Lucumi) stars in this film with Cuban legends Tata Guines & Pancho Quinto. Beautiful cinematography coupled with great drumming and dancing...you'll love watching this one!
A Tony Gatlif Film.

$25

home use only

$60

public, school,
library use



CANTOS AFROCUBANOS
Volume 3: Cantos a Obatala
50 songs, 3 CDs and a 60 page book to learn many songs for Obatala. Songs are presented in call and response with coro, first with bell and then with bata. Great package!
Released by Luca Brandoli.

$50



CANTOS AFROCUBANOS
Volume 2: Cantos a Ogun
50 songs, 3 CDs and a 60 page book to learn many songs for Ogun. Songs are presented in call and response with coro, first with bell and then with bata. Great package!
Released by Luca Brandoli.

$50



CANTOS AFROCUBANOS
Volume 1: Cantos a Elegua
50 songs, 3 CDs and a 60 page book to learn many songs for Elegua. Songs are presented in call and response with coro, first with bell and then with bata. Great package!
Released by Luca Brandoli.

$50


OMI ARABBI: Live in Havana
- at the Proyecto La California
Afro-Cuban folkloric performance recorded live in Havana, Cuba. Great examples of bata, guiro, rumba, bata-rumba with plenty of live energy!

Released by earthcds.

$17



GONG MONG SUUNG
Sword Dances & Courting Songs of
Chiang, Mai, Thailand, 1969
Historic, 30 year old 'lost footage' from Thailand on DVD with plenty of extras including an audio commentary by Gerald Dyck coupled with an audio CD makes this package a priceless piece of history.
Released by Earthcds Partners.

$36



MUSICAL HERITAGE OF N.E. THAILAND
Vol. 1: Forgotten Lam Genres
First CD of field recordings made by Terry Miller in 1973-74, in various provinces of Northeast Thailand, a mostly Lao-speaking region commonly known as Isan, featuring singing styles that were once the essence of vocal music in Isan and Laos.
Released by Earthcds Partners.

$17



MUSICAL HERITAGE OF N.E. THAILAND
Vol. 2: Puppet Theater in Isan
When these recordings were made in 1973, Isan shadow theater was still popular, though not prominent and virtually unknown outside Isan. Featuring the khaen free-reed mouth organ, a pair of small bronze cymbals, a drum, male and female singers & spoken dialogue.
Released by Earthcds Partners.

$17



MUSICAL HERITAGE OF N.E. THAILAND
Vol. 3: Ritual Voices - Spirit-Curing Ceremonies, Rocket Festival
& Buddhist Chant
Music designed to move spirits: to summon spirits to visit the sick and heal them, to give life anew to the extinguished mortal spirits of those involved in political uprisings, and to penetrate the souls of festival-goers and lift their spirits in collective hope for a good harvest. All of this music was recorded during authentic ritual practices.
Released by Earthcds Partners.

$17




LA COMARCA FIJA DE LIBORIO
(The Real Comarca of Liborio)
- Disappearing Religious Popular Music
from the Dominican Republic
A close and personal look ingto the music of Comarca. Comarca is said to have been the very music Olivorio Mateo, the most important curandero and messianic leader in Dominican history, used for healing. Documentary film with beautiful footage and included full length audio CD in a 2 disc set.

Released by Earthcds Partners
This DVD/CD set is for personal use only and is not licensed for library use or public/academic showings.

$36


This is the licensed version for library use and/or public/academic showings.

$275




HAVANA CENTRO:
Cuba's Musical and Spiritual Underground

Close and personal look into religious and popular musical styles in Havana Centro as well as dance and scenes of everyday life.
Released by Paul Johnson Films.

$20


Drumming for Dagomba Chiefs
Historic recording of Dagomba drumming from Ghana on 2 CDs. Insert includes transcriptions of all rhythms, key proverbs with translations, extensive notes & photos.
Released by earthcds partners.

$23



Sorie Kondi: Without Money, No Family
Studio recording of blind musician Sorie Kondi in Tintafor, Sierra Leone. Proposed by Pa Sorie himself, an album that stands to become an all-time favorite.
Released by earthcds partners.

$16



MUSIC OF SIERRA LEONE, Anthology
Collection of songs from the first seven volumes. A perfect introduction giving you one or two samples of each volume and some extras that you won't find anywhere else.
Released by earthcds partners.

$16



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