Musics of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Instruments

Various Artists

For centuries, musicians from all parts of the world have crafted musical instruments using locally sourced materials. Nineteen examples of the music performed on these instruments make up the Musics of the Earth: Astonishing and Rare Instruments from the UNESCO Collection. The result is a dazzling array of instrumental music representing the music of peoples on the continents of South America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific archipelago of the Solomon Islands.

The liner notes, in English and French, provide brief background information about each of the selections.

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This album is part of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music. More than 125 albums are being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to make the series publicly available, including a dozen never-released albums of musical traditions from around the globe.

Track Listing

101	CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Music of a guardian spirit	n/a	3:57
102	BENIN: Music in praise of Oru Suru (extract)	n/a	4:21
103	NIGER: Pakapaka (extract)	Mahamuudu, Hamma, Abdullaay	1:30
104	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Nzombi (Music for the return from a hunt) (extract)	n/a	0:58
105	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Eci ameya (Song for the cult of the twins)	n/a	1:48
106	SUDAN: Al Shammasha	Sayid Abdul Rahman and his group, Madbis clan, Ganis Village, Berta Tribe	2:02
107	YEMEN: Hakfat (extract)	Ismail Mohammed Khoureissan, Mansour el Qasaba	3:46
108	AFGHANISTAN: Chahârbaiti	Abdullah	2:46
109	BADAKHSHAN: Uyman tartur, Oyimcha, Takanja dandun nars (I love your little teeth) (extract)	Kanchi Bek	1:15
110	UZBEKISTAN: Hafif-i segah	Matrasul Matyakubov	4:45
111	KURDISH MUSIC: Mawal wa raqsa (extract)	Hamo Hassan Ra'sho, Mohammed Ahmed Ra'sho, Hussein Mohammed Ra'sho	4:18
112	INDIA: Svara Mandala	Svami Dr.R. Parvatikar	3:08
113	LAOS: Lot Fay Tay Lang (The train goes down the track)	Thao Salilath	3:11
114	VIETNAM: Improvised prelude in the modal nuance Bac of the Bac mode followed by the two short pieces of Binh Ban Van and Kim Tien	Nguyên-Vinh-Bao, Tran Van Khê	3:26
115	CAMBODIA: Bât Phléng Khlong & Saray Andèt (extract)	Srey-Kim	3:09
116	JAVA: Tarawangsa (extract)	Pak Supria, Pak Amat	4:53
117	BALI: Gambang Suling (extract)	Lebah, leader	4:53
118	SOLOMON ISLANDS: Faa ta gwouna	Au Sisile Panpipe Ensemble	1:52
119	BRAZIL: Aije (The sound of the bull-roarers)	The Bororo	1:54