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I launched my MusicRepublic blog to share my passion for the great traditional and folk musics of the world, very much at risk of being lost or forgotten.
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These fascinating recordings of the Touareg nomads and Sub-Saharan Africans in the Hoggar Mountains, in the Algerian Sahara, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Touareg #Touareg #Music #Hoggar #Algeria #Algérie
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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This LP of Javanese court gamelan, featuring enthralling, interwoven clusters of gongs, xylophones, drums, suling flute, rebab violin and eerie voices, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Indonesia #Java #Gamelan #Music
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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This dazzling sonic showcase of flutes and trumpets across the Islamic world—from Uganda and Morocco to Turkmenistan, Iran, and Pakistan—is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Music #Islam #Flutes #Trumpets #traditional
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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These amazing cassettes by the incomparable Hindustani vocalist Amir Khan, showcasing his deep, mellow baritone voice expressing intensity, sensuality, creativity and glowing majesty, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:

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September 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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These enthralling traditional and folk musics of Liberia recorded in 1954, featuring vocals, drums, horns, harps and balafons, are available for Flac and MP3 downloads on my blog:
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#Liberian music #African music #Folkways
August 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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These compelling tracks recorded in Central Anatolia, Turkey, in 1960, featuring zurna oboes, ud and saz lutes, a kaval flute and a kemence violin, are available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Türkiye #Anatolian #music
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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"My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write. I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard."

John Cage
September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992
August 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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This seminal 1958 double LP release of the music of the Dogon people of Mali, featuring riveting funeral rituals and mask dances, is available for Flac & MP3 download on my blog:
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#Mali #Malian music #Dogon people #musique malienne
July 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This excellent compilation of the Hindustani Thumri genre, with legendary vocalists Siddheshwari Devi, Bhimsen Joshi, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Nazakat & Salamat Ali Kahn and Rasoolan Bai, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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INDIA – PAKISTAN Raag Rang Berang – Thumriyan-Light Classical Vocal – EMI STC 5040
INDIA – PAKISTAN Raag Rang Berang – Thumriyan-Light Classical Vocal – EMI STC 5040,   released in 1980 (Cassette) I am delighted to share th...
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July 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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This stunning album of traditional Thai piphat ensembles, with oboes, xylophones, gongs and drums, and solo bowed fiddles, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Thailand #Thai #piphat ensemble # music #Fine Arts Department
July 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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This album of authentic Maasai music from Kenya, featuring enthralling syncopated polyphonic call-response vocals, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:

#Kenya #Maasai

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June 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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This unique panorama of Carnatic music, featuring 20th century greats like Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, M.D. Ramanathan, Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, and Madurai Mani Iyer, is available for Flac and MP3 dowload on my blog:
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#India
May 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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This superb Bärenreiter-Musicaphon anthology of traditional Igbo music from eastern Nigeria, recorded between 1963 and 1975, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Ibo #Nigerian #traditional #music
May 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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This music of the Pitjantjatjara People from the Central Australian desert during dreamtime corroboree ceremonies recorded in the 1950s, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Australia #Aboriginal #people
May 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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This essential panorama of Village Music of Bulgaria recorded in 1968, featuring stunning a cappella singing, gaida bagpipes and kaval flutes, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Bulgarian #village #music
BULGARIA Village Music of Bulgaria - A Harvest, a Shepherd, a Bride – Nonesuch H 7234
BULGARIA Village Music of Bulgaria - A Harvest, a Shepherd, a Bride – Nonesuch H 7234 , recorded in Bulgaria by Martin Koenig and Ethel Rai...
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May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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This fantastic Mossi LP performed by the Larlé Naaba’s music group published on the legendary CDV label in Burkina-Faso in 1975, is available in Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Burkina-Faso #traditional #music #Mossi #Moré
BURKINA-FASO Le Larlé-Naaba et sa Troupe Folklorique – Les Trésors du Mogho – Disques CVD 003
BURKINA-FASO Le Larlé-Naaba et sa Troupe Folklorique – Les Trésors du Mogho – Disques CVD 003, 1975 (LP) The Larlé Naaba Abga (...
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May 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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The haunting sound of shakuhachi flutes, played by Zen Buddhist monks in Kyoto with each note representing a resonant, meditative breath, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Japan #Zen #shakuhachi flutes
May 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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This rare 45 RPM released in 1967, which exemplifies Zia Mohiuddin Dagar’s inspired deep, slow and meditative Dhrupad on the seldom-played Rudra veena, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#India #Indian music #Dhrupad
May 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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David Fanshawe’s recordings of the music of the Wagogo people from Tanzania, featuring multilayered abstract complexity, fluid polyrhythms, and telepathic collective performances, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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May 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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This heavenly Sundanese music from West Java, featuring Sulaeman’s suling flute and zither recorded in 1975, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Indonesia
May 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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This precious LP, recorded in 1962-1963, offering a rare glimpse into the fascinating music from the Persian Gulf, including stunning trance-like singing by pearl divers, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Bahrain
BAHRAIN – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Pêcheurs de Perles et Musiciens du Golfe Persique – OCORA 42
BAHRAIN  – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Pêcheurs de Perles et Musiciens du Golfe Persique – OCORA 42, recorded by Poul Rovsing Olsen, 1962-1963 (...
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May 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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This superb rare LP by the fiery Apala master Ayinla Owomura, featuring his deep, authoritative voice, powerful backing vocals and spellbinding, multilayered percussions, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Nigeria #Yoruba
NIGERIA Ayinla Omowura & his Apala Group – His Master's Voice Vol. 2 – HNLX 5085
NIGERIA Ayinla Omowura & his Apala Group – His Master's Voice Vol. 2 – HNLX 5085, 1971 (LP) We now share a second rar...
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May 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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This excellent early Bimsen Joshi LP recorded in 1961, featuring his powerful voice, dazzling improvisation techniques, and fluid creativity, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Indian music #Hindustani #Kyal
INDIA Bhimsen Joshi – Raag Lalit and Raag Shush-Kalyan – His Master's Voice – ECLP 2264
INDIA –  INDE Bhimsen Joshi  – Raag  Lalit  and  Raag  Shush-Kalyan   –  His Master's Voice  – ECLP 2264 , 1961 (LP) Bimsen Jos...
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May 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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This excellent 3-LP Korean traditional music collection, featuring folk and court music, poetic songs, and religious shamanistic music, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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#Korea #National Classical Music Institute #Seoul
KOREA (SOUTH) National Classical Music Institute conducted by Kim Ki Soo – Jigu Records (Seoul)
KOREA (SOUTH) National Classical Music Institute conducted by Kim Ki Soo – Jigu Records (Seoul),   (3 LPs) This collection of discs is ...
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May 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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This thrilling anthology of traditional music from the Central African Republic recorde in the mid 1960s, featuring vocal polyphony of the Ba-Benzele Pygmies and other cultures, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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May 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM