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Music from the Dominican Republic, Vol. 3: Cradle of the New World
1976
Music of Cuba
1985
The Cuban Danzón
1999
L. H. Corrêa de Azevedo: Music of Ceará and Minas Gerais
1997
The Steel Drums of Kim Loy Wong
Kim Loy Wong with The University Settlement Steel Band
1961
Le Jazz Trinidad
Rupert Clemendore and His Band
1956
Folk Music of Cuba
1995
Carnaval in Cuba
1981
¡Come Bien! Eat Right!
José-Luis Orozco
2015
Black Music of Two Worlds
1977
Holiday Songs Around the World
Catherine Slonecki
1994
This Is Rhythm
Ella Jenkins
1961
Caribbean Limbo Music
1963
The Joy of Belly Dancing
George Abdo and His "Flames of Araby" Orchestra
1975
¡Soy Salvadoreño! Chanchona Music from Eastern El Salvador
Los Hermanos Lovo
2011
¡Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Música Vallenata
2008
Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic
La India Canela
2008
Imaginaries
Quetzal
2012
Quelbe! Music of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Stanley and The Ten Sleepless Knights
2016
A Ti, Colombia
Ivan Cuesta y sus Baltimore Vallenatos
1993
Junkanoo Band: Key West
Junkanoo Band
1964
Boricua Roots: Raíces Boricuas
Sandra Roldán
1978
Tex-Mex Dance Music: Saturday Night San Antonio
Frank Corrales, Ben Tavera King, and Los Polkeros
1982
Edgar Kendricks Sings for the Very Young
Edgar Kendricks
1976
Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues
Sarah Webster Fabio
1976
Viva Puerto Rico Libre!
1978
Puerto Rican Music in Hawaii
1989
New York City: Global Beat of the Boroughs
2001
¡Parranda! Venezuelan Carnival Music
La Sardina de Naiguatá
2012
¡Muévete! Songs for a Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
José-Luis Orozco
2020
Somebody Give Me Direction
Kevin Roth
1976
Kingdom Come
Cha Cha Shaw
1979
Dominican Republic: La Hora Está Llegando! The Time is Coming!
Expresión Joven, Los Macetongos
1974
Mary Lou's Mass
Mary Lou Williams
2005
Merengue Alegre
Joaquín Díaz
2002
A Night at the Tropicoro
Lito Peña and His Orchestra Panamericana
1959
Fast Folk Musical Magazine (November 1995, Vol. 8, No. 5): Undercurrents: The Hudson Valley Musician's Alliance
1995
The Mermaid's Purse: Live at Chatham College 1976
Entourage Music and Theatre Ensemble
2022
Quisqueya en el Hudson: Dominican Music in New York
2004
Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan and Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora
2021
Zoning
Mary Lou Williams
1995
cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins
2004
Puerto Rico: ¡Algo se quema allá afuera!
Estrella Artau
1975
Un Son Para Mi Pueblo: Songs from the New Nicaragua
Luis Godoy and Grupo Mancotal
1983
Art of the Descarga
The John Santos Sextet
2020
Together to the Tune of Coltrane's “Equinox”
Sarah Webster Fabio
1977
Reelizations
Barton Smith
1980
Puli Toro Sings Favorite Hispanic Songs
Puli Toro
1985
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Good Manners for Children
Edgar Kendricks
1976
Noora ya Noora (Noora's Dance)
George Abdo
2002
Hay un País en el Mundo (There Is a Country in This World)
Estrella Artau
1975
La Tinajita
Ivan Cuesta y sus Baltimore Vallenatos
1993
La Casa En El Aire
Ivan Cuesta y sus Baltimore Vallenatos
1993
Play it Momma
Mary Lou Williams
1995
Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy)
Mary Lou Williams
2005
Canto a mi patria (I Sing to My Homeland)
Los Hermanos Lovo
2011
La moneda (The Coin)
Los Hermanos Lovo
2011
Cadenas (Chains)- paseo
Ivo Díaz, Orangel "El Pangue" Maestre
2008
El Rancho (The Ranch)
La India Canela
2008
Duérmete (Go to Sleep)
Quetzal
2012
Somos Asiáticos
Nobuko Miyamoto feat. Martha González, Gabriel González, Cava González Miranda
2021
Toom-Bah-Ee-Lero
Cathy Fink
2004
God Is
Tommy Brown and the Gospel Now Singers
1980
We're Gonna Tear Down the Iron Bed
Junkanoo Band
1964
Key Lime Beat
Junkanoo Band
1964
Counting from One to Ten
Edgar Kendricks
1976
Boss Soul
Sarah Webster Fabio
1972
Ya Gameel (Arabic Love Ballad)
George Abdo
2002
Amor en la Guerrra (Love in the Struggle)
Expresión Joven, Los Macetongos
1974
Algo Se Quema Allá Afuera (Something Is Burning Out There)
Estrella Artau
1975
Guerrillero, Guerrillera (Guerilla Fighters)
Estrella Artau
1975
Río Manzanares (Manzanares River)- parranda
La Sardina de Naiguatá
2012
Lo tuyo no va (Yours Doesn't Make It)
The John Santos Sextet
2020
Tah-Boo
Ella Jenkins
1957
Teenager
Lito Peña and His Orchestra Panamericana
1959
Tea for Two
Lito Peña and His Orchestra Panamericana
1959
Queen Mary
Stanley and The Ten Sleepless Knights
2016
Contrariedad
Noel Hernández
1978
A blanco y negro (In Black and White)- paseo
Riquelme Carrillo
2008
14 Mission
The John Santos Sextet
2020
Mr. Zip
Cha Cha Shaw
1979
I Was a Ghetto Child
Sandra Roldán
1978
Antonia
Sandra Roldán
1978
Dry Bones
Kevin Roth
1979
Let's Count from 1 through 20
Edgar Kendricks
1976
Quien Sabe
Lito Peña and His Orchestra Panamericana
1959
Señorita from San Juan
Lito Peña and His Orchestra Panamericana
1959
Atahualpa
Pieles Rojas de Paramonga
1999
Los Vecinos Oyen
Luis Días
2001
Hilly Yoro
Ali Farka Touré with Afel Bocoum
2003
Don’t Walk Deh
Stanley and The Ten Sleepless Knights
2016
Los Cinco Hermanos Presos
Noel Hernández
1978
La Salvadoreña (The Salvadoran Woman)
Los Hermanos Lovo
2011
Aunque me duela perderte (Even Though It Pains Me to Lose You)
Los Hermanos Lovo
2011
Matilde Lina (paseo)
Ivo Díaz, Rafael Salas
2008
Las Siete Pasadas (The Seven Passages)
La India Canela
2008
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The long, winding, and confusingly numbered road to La India Canela’s house | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2011
Rainbow Artists | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2010
Ella Jenkins: A Life of Song | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2011
A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
2011
Having Our Say: The Music of the Mardi Gras Indians
2013
Celebrating Trinidadian Steelband Music!
2010
Spirits Across the Ocean: Yoruban and Dahomean Cultures in the Caribbean Brought by the Slave Trade
2016
Caribbean Beats and Blends
2010
Bonkers for Bailecitos in Bolivia
2013
Gateway Experiences in the Music of North India
2013
You Can Didjeridu It: Experiences with Australian Aboriginal Music
2012
They're Ghana Love It!: Experiences with Ghanaian Music for Middle School General Music Students
2012
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