A 19-title, 24-compact disc collection of field-recorded traditional music which transports the listener directly into the homes, the villages, the fields, the festivals, the celebrations and the ceremonies of the people of the world. No stages. No studios. No special effects. All recordings are complete with photos, maps and notes written by the original recordists.
 

MCM3000 Music of the Earth Sampler CD

EAST ASIA
MCM3001 Mongolia: Living Music of the Steppes

SOUTH ASIA
MCM3002 India: Traveling Artists of the Desert, The Musical Culture of Rajasthan

WEST ASIA
MCM3003 Afghanistan: On Marco Polo's Road, The Musicians of Kunduz and Faizabad
MCM3004 Georgia: The Resounding Polyphony of the Caucausus
MCM3016 Turkey: Echoes of Anatolia: Music from Istanbul

SOUTHEAST ASIA
MCM3012 Indonesia: Jegog, The Rhythmic Power of Bamboo
MCM3014 Thailand: Ceremonial and Court Music from Central Thailand
MCM3019-24 Indonesia: Wayang Golek, The Sound and Celebration of Sundanese Puppet Theater

NORTH AFRICA
MCM3005 Egypt: Echoes of the Nile: Aspects of Egyptian Music
MCM3017 Tunisia and North Africa: Musical Arabesque

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
MCM3018 Ghana: Rhythms of the People
MCM3011 Madagascar: Awakening the Spirits Music in Tromba and BiloTrance Rituals
MCM3013 Tanzania: Music of the Farmer Composers of Sukumaland
MCM3006 Uganda and Other African Nations: Feasts of the Savanna
MCM3008 Zambia: The Songs of Mukanda

EUROPE
MCM3010 Hungary/Romania: Descendants of the Itinerant Gypsies


AMERICAS
MCM3015 Ecuador and Colombia: Marimba Masters and Sacred Songs
MCM3009 Peru/Bolivia: The Sounds of Evolving Traditions


OCEANIA
MCM3007 The Solomon Islands: The Sounds of Bamboo

"A very impressive series." - j.poet, Pulse! Magazine


"It will be up to those of you on the radio to make the power and glory of this music get to the ear of your listeners, unadulterated and full of energy." - Cliff Furnald, CMJ

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