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Performing on the oud (the Arabian short-necked lute) and the tar (the ancient single-skinned frame drum of the upper Nile), along with his gentle voice and original compositions, Hamza combines the subtleties of Arabic music with the indigenous music of his native Nubia. www.hamzaeldin.com

  Self-managed, self-produced and the head of her own record label, award-winning "eclectic Celtic" singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt has sold nearly ten-million records worldwide. Her recording history, which now spans a decade and a half, includes six full-length studio albums and a two-album live recording. www.quinlanroad.com
 

The famous Japanese percussion ensemble KODO lives and trains on Japan's Sado Island in 25 acres of thickly-forested land. Click for tour information, workshops, and history. http://www.kodo.or.jp/

  Frank Macchia's GALAPAGOS SUITE is a contemporary jazz suite in six movements featuring such jazz luminaries as pianist Billy Childs, guitarist Grant Geissman, trombonist Bruce Fowler, and flautist Valarie King.
www.frankmacchia.net
 

The "Ta Ke Ti Na" technique works equally for professional drummers and total beginners. It is a radically new vision of rhythm training that supplements existing knowledge with new approaches to create an inexhaustible source for learning drums, arranging, and composing music. www.taketina.com

  Mickey Hart: Grateful Dead drummer, Planet Drum percussionist, composer, author, historian, and board member at the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function at Beth Abraham Hospital, NYC. http://www.mickeyhart.net/
 

Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, is a percussion and vocal ensemble that explores the heritage and rhythms of West Africa through original arrangements and compositions invoking ancient traditions of the drum. http://www.inanna.ws/

  The Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress are preserving important collections of historical recordings of spoken word and music. Included in these collections are hundreds of thousands of recordings from every state in the U.S. and from around the world, including music, songs, poems, and speeches that have inspired artists, leaders, and communities over the generations. www.saveoursounds.org
  News, features, reviews, new soundtracks, composers (interviews and articles). www.soundtrack.net
  Filmtracks.com offers news about soundtrack releases, reviews, Academy Awards listings, sound files, sheet music, pub;ications, and links. www.filmtracks.com
  You name it, they have it. Listen to classical, rock, reggae, world, latino, any style of music at Mp3.com.


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