From the 1889 “National Dances” trading card set. This is the “fandango” card. #worldcultures #Nationaldances #dance

TOUMANI DIABATE & THE SYMMETRIC ORCHESTRAKora lessons from the master, recorded live at WOMAD 2008, Taranaki, New ZealandA kora is built from a large calabas... Kora Playing by TOUMANI DIABATE & THE SYMMETRIC ORCHESTRA

youtu.be/UfRUH2fKUgA?... When I was teaching world-music classes, the kora was always one of the students’ favorite instruments. But it was hard for them to figure out how it was played. Starting around 1:12 of this video, Toumani Diabate shows you how the magic is made. #kora #worldmusic #Mali

1889 “National Dances” trading card for the Highland Fling #dance #worldcultures #tradingcard

Kepa Junkera eta Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoak 2010eko otsailean Kursaalean eskaini zuten kontzertuko irudiak. KEPA JUNKERA - Gaztelugatxeko martxa

youtu.be/UYT76vb6-T4?... Kepa Junkera brings his sunny melodies and his Basque accordion, the trikitixa, to the symphony orchestra. The wooden percussion instrument is a txalaparta. #worldmusic #Basquemusic #accordion #symphonyorchestra

A jaunty 1889 “National Dances” trading card, “hornpipe (male)” #worldcultures #19thcentury #dance

This clip shows Iraqi Oud master Munir Bashir (1930-1997)and his son Omar Bashir playing in the Arabic scale of Rast. Munir Bashir had a doctorate in musicology from Budapest, and was in constant rebellion against the misinterpretation of this music and it's use for commercial ends. He has been credited with restoring credentials to a music that has become debased through bending to the tasters of colonial nostalgia. Clip is from: http://www.mikeouds.com/ Munir & Omar Bashir- Maqam Rast

One of the great masters of the ‘ud, the late Munir Bishir, with his son Omar performing a taqsim (improvised intro in free rhythm) in the Maqam “Rast“ #Worldmusic #Arabmusic #’Ud
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Another from the 1889 “National Dances” trading card set, this one depicting the bolero. #tradingcards #19thcenturyviews #dance

Prayer Huun Huur Tu at Philadelphia Folk Festival, Aug 2006

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The Tuvan band Huun Hur Tu performing at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 2006. The group has toured the US several times, doing much to introduce their native instruments and the khoomei (“throat singing”) vocal approach to Westerners. #worldmusic #tuva #khoomei

An 1889 trading card set called “National Dances”(issued as a promotion by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company), gives us an idea how some Americans viewed world cultures in this long-ago era. This card represents “Gitana (Female)”. I’ll be putting
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Tom Bingham Ashwin Batish (“Sitar Power”) introduces and demonstrates the double-headed Indian drum, the dhol. Some of you who are veterans of my old Musics of the World class may recognize this drum from our...

Mumbai-born California-based sitarist, percussionist, educator Ashwin Batish introduces and demonstrates the double-headed Indian drum, the dhol. #worldmusic #Indianmusic #drum

Lithophone in Tay Nguyen, Vietnam - A traditional instrument of Raglai peopleThis special kind of musical instrument was originally made from rock or stone.I... Lithophone in Tay Nguyen, Vietnam

The Vietnamese Dan Da, a lithophone, i.e., a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by struck stones. These stones are tuned to different pitches, and played in the manner of a xylophone. youtube.com/watch?v=trTD...

About the didgeridoo: http://www.oddmusic.com/didgeridoo Aboriginal artist and musician Jeremy Donovan playing didgeridoo. For more information about Jeremy, his artwork, music, and live multimedia presentations, please visit: http://www.jeremydonovan.com.au/ Didgeridoo - Jeremy Donovan, Aboriginal Artist

Indigenous Australian musician Jeremy Donovan, a master of the didgeridoo, a hollowed-out eucalyptus branch with no keys or valves, which the player manipulates solely through his mouth , blowing a continuous stream of exhalation through circular breathing. youtu.be/9g592I-p-dc?...

About the didgeridoo: http://www.oddmusic.com/didgeridoo Aboriginal artist and musician Jeremy Donovan playing didgeridoo. For more information about Jeremy, his artwork, music, and live multimedia presentations, please visit: http://www.jeremydonovan.com.au/ Didgeridoo - Jeremy Donovan, Aboriginal Artist

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Parte da Índia e do Paquistão nas comemorações do Jubileu de Ouro, Pandit Ravi Shankar, acompanhado por sua filha Anoushka Shankar, tocar ao vivo para a BBC ... Ravi Shankar e Anoushka Shankar Live Raag Khamaj (1997).wmv

Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar in 1997. The master passing on the torch to his 16-year-old daughter. youtu.be/zWTa7g32Ql4?...