2007-09-10
In the early 20th century, many composers drew their inspiration from folk music, often borrowing from Gypsy music to create theur vision o f an exotic, exuberant Orient. Things have now been turned around, as the Taraf have taken hold of works by Khachaturian, Bartok, de Falla, Albeniz, Ketelbey and more, and have re-gypsified them.
Amadou and Mariam
Dimanche a Bamako
SHAWN LEE'S PING PONG ORCHESTRA
World of Funk
CORNELIUS
Sensuous
YOUNG DUBLINERS
With All Due Respect: The Irish Sessions
The Paradise Bangkok Molam International
21st Century Molam
VARIOUS
Rhythms Del Mundo
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