This gorgeous Sundanese music from Java, featuring a suling flute and three zithers weaving dreamlike and sensuous musics behind the vocalists’ heartfelt poetic musings, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2021/04/indonesia-indonesia-java-sounda-musique.html

Java – Pays Sounda – Musique et Chants Traditionnels – Disques Alvarès LD 110

Indonesia Java - Traditional Sundanese music

This electrifying 1985 album by the Nigerian king of Fuji music Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, featuring awesome fast-tempoed multilayered percussion and his majestic voice, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2021/07/nigeria-sikiru-ayinde-barrister-his.html

Superiority - SKOLP 030

Sikiru Ayinde Barrister - Nigeria Yoruba Fuji music - Superiority SKOLP 030

These riveting recordings of Tibetan Gyuto chants – with intense vibrations of deep drone-like low-harmonic chants and timeless transcendent spiritual music – is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2022/05/tibet-china-india-gyuto-tantric.html

Chants Secrets des Lamas Tibétains – Dewatshang DEW 1 (Cassette)

Tibetan Secret Chants  - Yamantaka Mandala Initiation Chant

These 1959-1960 recordings, featuring fascinating ritual music by the Fang people of Gabon during Bwiti and and Mbiri cults, with eight-string ngombi harps, singing and percussion, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2022/09/gabon-music-from-equatorial-microcosm.html

Gabon – Music from an Equatorial Microcosm – Fang Bwiti Music (with Mbiri Selections) – Albatros VC 0708

Fang Bwiti Music from Gabon recorded 1959-1960

This terrific 1992 LP by the king of Yoruba Fuji music Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, featuring his magnificent voice, awesome fast-tempoed percussion, Juju guitars and electronic sounds, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2023/10/nigeria-nigeria-sikiru-ayinde-barrister.html

Nigeria - Sikiru Ayinde Barrister - Fuji Explosion

El Feth  6738 (Vinyl 7 inch / 45 RPM)

Ahmed Khelifi خليفي أحمد – El Feth 6738 (Algeria)

This excellent 1967 LP by sarod master Sharan Rani, who became the first major female Hindustani instrumentalist, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/07/india-inde-sharan-rani-musique.html

Sharan Rani (sarod) – Raga Yaman Kalyan

These seminal 1955 recordings of the music of the indigenous peoples of Brazil, including the Kapayo and Yawalapiti of the Mato Grosso, are available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: 
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/07/brazil-bresil-bresil-musique-indienne.html

Brésil Musique Indienne – Collection du Musée de l'Homme – Contrepoint MC 20-137

Vintage Brazilian indigenous people mix

This essential anthology of Kurdish music on the legendary Bärenteiter-Musicaphon label, featuring vocals, the blur flute, duduk, zurna and tenbur lute, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/08/kurdish-kurde-kurdish-music-musical.html

Kurdish Music – Bärenteiter-Musicaphon – BM 30 SL 2028 

Kurdish traditional Music mix

This exquisite album published in 1965 by the Dagar Brothers, Nasir Moinuddin & Nasir Aminuddin Dagar, featuring their deep, timeless, sensuous telepathic singing, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/08/india-inde-dagar-brothers-nasir.html

India – Dagar Brothers – Alap - Raga Darbari Kanada

This lyrical and spirited album by a village ensemble from Bukovina in northern Romania, recorded between 1936 and 1956, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/09/romania-roumanie-ansamblul-lui-sidor.html

The Traditional Folk Music Band: II Bucovina – Electrecord EPE 02164 

Romania - Traditional folk music from Bucovina

This brilliant album from the Maihar gharana sitarist Nikhil Banerjee, featuring his extraordinary free-flowing mastery of melody and rhythm, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/09/india-inde-nikhil-banerjee-raga-soheni.html

His Master's Voice – EASD 1377

Nikhil Banerjee (Sitar)– Raga Soheni (1972)

This first LP by the great sarangi master released in 1955, featuring abstract and sensuous flights with the bowed instrument’s rich earthy sonorities, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/09/india-inde-ram-narayan-plays-sarangi.html

Ram Narayan – Plays Sarangi – Solomon's Mines – SME 4

Ram Narayan – Plays Sarangi – Raga Asavar / Raga Des – Solomon's Mines – SME 4

This excellent panorama of traditional drumming music from various Ghanaian ethnic/cultural groups, including the Akan, Ashanti, Ewe and groups from the northern regions, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/10/ghana-musica-cerimoniale-e-celebrativa.html

Eric Agyeman - I Don't Care - 1978

GHANA Musica Cerimoniale e Celebrativa / Ceremonial and Commemorative Music – Albatros – VPA 840

Ghana Ceremonial and Commemorative Music

This essential anthology of Albanian music recorded in 1965 on the Topic label, featuring a rich palette of intense, fluid, abstract and quirky sounds, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/10/folk-music-of-albania-topic-records.html

Folk Music of Albania – Topic Records – 12T154

Albanian Traditional Music Mix

This traditional Afghan music LP published in 1968 on the great Bärenreiter-Musicaphon label, featuring various lutes, bowed sarindas, zurna oboes, flutes and drums, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/10/afghanistan-afghanistan-unesco.html

Afghanistan – Unesco Collection – Bärenreiter-Musicaphon – BM 30 L 2003

Afghanistan Traditional Music Mix 1968

This fascinating Sufi brotherhood music from northeastern Morocco, featuring sung poetry carried by two spellbinding flutes weaving eerie sonorities and trance-like rhythms, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/11/morocco-maroc-ferka-jilaliya-zine.html

Sufi music - Ferka Jilaliya / Zine Mohamed Tangephone 484

This essential compilation of eminent Carnatic artists, including D.K. Pattamal, recorded in stereo by Alain Daniélou in the early 1950s, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/11/india-inde-inde-du-sud-les-grands.html

South Indian Classics Mix

This excellent record by the Nigerian Fuji master Kollington Ayinla, featuring his powerful voice and hypnotic polyrhythms, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2024/11/nigeria-nigeria-kollington-ayinla-his.html

Kollington Ayinla –  Emi No O Jo – KRLPS 9  / Nigeria Fuji Music

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MusicRepublic Afghanistan - Rabab,  Tabla and Tampura (excerpt)

This fantastic album by Apala king Haruna Ishola from Nigeria, featuring his poised, mellifluous voice and dazzling percussion, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2018/12/nigeria-nigeria-haruna-ishola-his-apala.html

Star Records SRPS 32

Haruna Ishola (Yoruba Apala music from Nigeria) Egbe Obanibasiri (Oyo)/Irohin Mecca-Medina

This wonderful LP of Sundanese Gamelan Delung, which features delightful suling flute, recorded in West Java in 1972, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/01/indonesia-indonesie-sunda-gamelan.html

Sunda - Collection Musique du Monde 5 – Galloway Records GB 600 524 B

Sunda Gamelan Degung A3 Lengser Midang

Wonderful early 1976 Fuji recording by Sikiru Ayinde Barrister and his Golden Fuji Group from Nigeria. Gorgeous vocal harmonies and awsome percussion work. This great LP is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2018/03/nigeria-sikiru-ayinde-barrister-his.html

Fuji Exponent

Sikiru Ayinde Barrister - Yoruba Nigeria  – Fuji Exponent Vol. 8 - Bisimilahi

This superb LP of music by the Gnawa and Aissawa brotherhoods recorded in Morocco in 1975 is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2018/08/morocco-musique-confrerique-du-maroc.html

Musique Confrérique du Maroc - Les Possédés d'Allah – BAM LD 5897

Morocco Gnawa music - Uqba - voices and gumbri

This great album by Apala master Ayinla Omowura recorded in Nigeria in 1980 is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2018/07/nigeria-ayinla-omowura-his-apala-group.html

25 x 40 – Africa Song Ltd - NEMI (LP) 0515

Nigeria - Ayinla Owomura - Yoruba Apala Music -Koni Suwa Se

This excellent album of Urhobo music from Nigeria’s Delta region by Johnson Adjan and his Opiri Group of Orhokpo, featuring Adjan’s powerful voice, harmonically-rich backing vocals and mellow rhythms, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/03/nigeria-johnson-adjan-and-his-opiri.html

Me Ra Ighorokpe - MELP 006

Urhobo Music from Nigeria - Johnson Adjan and His Opiri Group of Orhokpo

This excellent LP from the King of Apala Haruna Ishola, featuring his commanding voice and some of the finest polyrhythmic percussion playing ever recorded, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/05/nigeria-nigeria-haruna-ishola-his-apala.html

Haruna Ishola & His Apala Group – Star Records SRPS 31

Nigeria – Haruna Ishola – Star Records SRPS 31

This inspired 1975 album by Yoruba Fuji master Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, featuring his commanding voice, gorgeous backing vocals and wonderful multilayered percussion, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/08/nigeria-nigeria-sikiru-ayinde-barrister.html

VOL 6 – African Songs Ltd – AS33-L

Sikiru Ayinde Barrister – Vol. 6

Onye Egbula Onye Agbata Obi Ya

Nigeria - Oriental Brothers - Ibo Highlife - Ozo Wu Iwem

This fascinating Ibo Highlife album featuring Stephen Osita Osadebe’s mellifluous voice and inspired polyrhythmic grooves exemplifying the fascinating fusion of Highlife and traditional Ibo music, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/11/nigeria-chief-stephen-osita-osadebe.html

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