Folk/roots/world music which doesn't fit in either of the previous items: 35 9 Folk & Roots: Continental Europe and the Mediterranean 40 14 Folk & Roots: Scandinavia and the Baltic lands2 responses total.
Mickey and I had a great listening session with the October edition of FRoots Radio (http://www.frootsmag.com and grub around for the radio shows). The lead track of the show was the best thing from an artist I hadn't heard of before. Ethiopian music; I dug out a link and wanted to put it in here for Mickey. http://www.networkmedien.de/html_e/products_pages/specialprojects_pages/zio n_roots.html
I have always been partial to gamelan music from Indonesia. The sound of the gongs and the complex rhyythmic patterns are very moving to me.
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