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Preview 10 tracks of this percussion/dance ensemble (also called "Les Ballets Africains des Guinée, or the National Ballet of Guinea) from Guinea, West Africa. You'll hear djembe (drums), kryin (sticks on wooden tongue drums), and other percussion instruments.

'This exquisite recording finds one of the most gifted percussionists in Latin music today working in what is perhaps his true element - the Santeria liturgy. The spiritual power of this Afro-Caribbean religious ceremony, sung in Yoruba to the accompaniment of a three-man percussion bata is awesome, but it is the intense articulation of rhythm that makes this music so devastating, incredible.'-JD Considine,Musician Magazine'A wonderful album - absorbing, mesmerizing, beautiful and fun, graceful and sensual. It draws ou into a space and reality all its own, with a mood and flow quite distant from the everyday and yet hauntingly familiar. I found myself playing it over and over...' - City Paper (Washington DC)'Is a stone soul picnic, so party down. If you're going to buy one record this summer, here is one that, in the words of Hebrew National, answers to a higher authority.' - Glenn O'Brien, Interview Recorded in August 1985. Personnel: Milton Cardona (vocals, percussion); Steve Berrios, Hector Hernandez (bata); Jose Fernandez (percussion); Amma Dawn, Teresa Gomez, Sandra Wiles, Linda Evans (background vocals).

Konnakol (also spelled konokol) (Tamil: கொன்னக்கோல்) is the Carnatic music - South Indian classical - performance art of vocal percussion. It is also a comprehensive language of rhythm which allows the composition, performance or communication of rhythms

Trainings and workshops for percussionists, composers, musicians, dancers, educators, therapists, managers, facilitators, activists, and anyone who is interested in applying percussion, drumming, and rhythm in his or her work.

Masala is a world drum and percussion ensemble from Victoria BC Canada. Our aim is to create a dynamic rhythmic experience that infuses events with energy and joy.

Démonstration de Sam qui fabrique, joue et vend ses flûtes Peuls Djoliba shop Toulouse (FR) ------------------------------------- >> http://djoliba.com >> http://boutique.percussions.org >> http://www.youtube.com/user/samyflute

All about the Berklee School of Music in Boston MA USA. Wish, wish, wish with all my heart I could go. Wish I HAD gone when I had the youth, the money... Is 58 too old? Hmmmmm.

The name of this percussion instrument - the derbukka - comes from the arab root verb "derb" which means "to beat". Hence the persian name of the instrument "zarb" as the z is pronounced somewhere between the z and the d. The player of a darabukka is called derebki.

Latin Percussion (LP) mini-bio and photo of the widely-renowned, highly-sought conga drummer, Giovanni Hidalgo.

Mini-bio and photo by LP (Latin Percussion)

Swirls of gypsy jazz viola and funky percussive cello and bass. Ljova's a fantastic composer, arranger, and performer. Check this glorious and emotional classical Eastern-European avant-garde jazzy stuff! ljova-heatmeup.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)

The quijada (jawbone of a donkey or burro) is a great "guiro-type" percussion instrument. It's a rather large jawbone, fully-toothed. The variety of sounds a Quijada player can get is pretty thrilling (to me, anyway).

Okay Temiz is an accomplished musician who plays all sorts of percussion instruments that he has either collected or crafted over the years in a style of his own and can skillfully transform even the simplest ryhthms into a whole new set of sounds.

Globe trot non-stop from dance to trance in contempo percussive fusion mixes of ancient instruments, kaleidoscopic musical styles from Africa, New York's underground, Europe and the Middle East

Démonstration de Sam qui fabrique, joue et vend ses flûtes Peuls Djoliba shop Toulouse (FR) ------------------------------------- >> http://djoliba.com >> http://boutique.percussions.org >> http://www.youtube.com/user/samyflute

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