This CD gives a taste of Vietnamese music. Vietnam has over 60 different minorities besides the Vietnamese population, which holds the majority, with three distinct regions, North, Centra...
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The Court at Hue was the last in a succession of Vietnamese dynasty which preserved the rituals and music that had existed at least since the founding of the Ly dynasty in the 11th centur...
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Imagine going to a small village in Vietnam, Bali, Romania or Cuba, recording talented musicians who weren't necessarily professional recording artists and putting the recording on CD. Th...
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Greatly admired among his peers during his short life, and highly acclaimed by blues aficionados, J.B. Lenoir was a singular blues artist and a prolific songwriter. The Evidence Records r...
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The Chilean group formed in 1965 writing lyrics inspired by social issues related to its country and combining them with autochthonous musical arrangements. In 1966, the band came in firs...
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This recording was originally released on vinyl, and, as part of the ESP catalog, eventually fell into the treasure chest of material passed around amongst an international cartel of labe...
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World Music Discoveries: Vietnam/Hmong - The Art of Attraction features many examples of the folk music from Hmong culture. The video also explains how deeply this music resonates within ...
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Violinist Billy Bang is equally at home whether performing heady, modern-jazz-style improvisation or when churning out a straightforward swing vibe within mainstream contexts. Here, saxop...
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Songs for the Spirits examines the Vietnamese practice of communing with spirits through music and performance. During rituals dedicated to a pantheon of indigenous spirits, musicians per...
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A thematic record revolving around 12 anti-Vietnam War songs recorded by McDonald through the years and accompanied by a fleet of musicians. The blues figure in heavily: "Foreign Policy B...
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As much a penetrating and painful lesson in American history as it is a fantastic set of vintage, obscure soul, Does Anybody Know I'm Here? Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 62-72...
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Violinist Billy Bang's series of recordings about his Vietnam experiences have helped him open up and purge some demons, and they have resulted in some superior music. On this set, he per...
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The 2009 self-titled debut by Seattle's Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, was an attractive, if nowhere near completely realized, shambolic intro to a talented group of musicians. On it they p...
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From Saigon: the sounds of sonar, tank caterpillars and machine-gun fire overshadow a schoolchildren's math lesson and a prayer for peace prayed by a monk; we observe American soldiers bl...
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An anthology that includes "modernized ethnic music" from Hanoi as well as hat cai luong music from the south, hat quan ho antiphonal songs from near Hanoi, hat cheo theatre of the north,...
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Music from North and South Vietnam: Sung Poetry of the North, Theatre Music of the South from Folkways RecordsOriginal Publication Date: 1971Genre: World
Paperback version of the Second Edition of the very popular first book by the same euridite author and acknowledged expert on the music of the war. Expanded text, more pictures, larger di...
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Music in High Places, the ultimate international music and travel adventure series, takes top recording artists to the most ancient sites on earth. Each expedition takes music's biggest a...
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