Bestelling Artists from Asia on Calabash Music

One Giant Leap

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

A musical odyssey combining up-close & personal performances by stunning artists like Baaba Maal & the Mahotella Queens.

Lei Qiang

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

Lei Qiang is a master player of the erhu, a two-stringed violin-like instrument.

Borte

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

An extraordinary mixture of the vocal art of Mongolian herdsmen and traditional western jazz.

Ay-Kherel

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

Excellent, traditional music from the steppes of Tuva!

Liu Fang

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

The pipa is a four-stringed pear-shaped instrument that resembles the lute, and is one of the world's oldest instruments. Liu Fang has mastered this instrument and traveled the world performing.

Pham Duc Thanh

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

This Vietnam-born, internationally acclaimed dan bau player now lives in Montreal and is known as one of the world's leading exponents of traditional Vietnamese music.

Distant Voices

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

go on a pleasant wander through the voices of the five continents. For all lovers of vocal music.

Ancient Chinese Music

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts combine Tibetan Buddhist chants with atmospheric soundscapes of guitar and percussion

Sabah Habas Mustapha

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:04 -0600

"sublime..moves easily from moody upbeat workouts to ballads as fragrant as frangipani flowers..This must be the tightest band in Bandung." - John Clewley, Songlines, UK

Nominated for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2001 !

Placed in the Top 20 Best Albums of 2000 International Critics Poll in FRoots Magazine !