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I need a recording of percussion composer Zivkovic “Tropical Feel”?

I need a recording of “Tropical Feel” by Nebojsa Zivkovic off of the book “Funny Mallets 2.”

I’m sorry to say that there does not appear to be a recording of this piece available.

Recording Percussion—from Hal Leonard Recording Method, Book 2—2nd Ed.

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Getting Started on Drums Featuring Tommy Igoe DVD – Setting Up / Start Playing $13.23 Tommy Igoe brings his 25 years of teaching and playing experience to bear, creating the first DVD for beginner drummers! He takes you on a journey that starts with taking a brand new drum set out of the box and gets you started making music right away. Setting Up! (Part 1) is dedicated to understanding your new drums. All of your drums and hardware, along with Tommy’s unique “Power Square” concept…

The 25 Thunderous Classics $1.52 …

Tune Buddies – Percussion [VHS] $11.95 …

The Ultimate Beginner Series: Drum Basics Step One [VHS] $3.10 Drum Basics – Step 1 From Warner Bros. Ultimate Beginner Series comes Drum Basics – Step 1 with Sandy Gennaro A member of the Drummers Collective in New York and an experienced studio and live drummer with such artists as Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett and may others, Sandy Gennaro is nationally renowned as a teacher and player Drum Basics covers all the first steps that a beginning drummer needs to star…

Mike Portnoy: Liquid Drum Theater [VHS] $18.06 2-video boxed set documents Portnoy’s innovative drumming style. Volume One features music by Liquid Tension Experiment. Mike performs eight songs and breaks down parts from each, focusing on how to develop a toolkit of fills and patterns. Volume Two focuses on the music of Dream Theater, and deals with odd time signatures, double bass techniques, soloing, and much more. Both instructional drummin…

Animusic – A Computer Animation Video Album (Special Edition) $13.50 Watching Animusic is like being mesmerized by the world’s most elaborate Rube Goldberg devices: You’re so astonished by their ingenuity that you can’t look away. This “computer animation video album” is the brainchild of Wayne Lytle, a progressive-rock keyboardist and 1988 graduate of Cornell University’s Program of Computer Graphics. Modifying techniques originally applied to the visualization of…

Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials $14.28 GROOVE ESSENTIALS – DVD Movie…

Flurry for Winds and Percussion – Concert Band $6.00 Features:Level 2. Strong melodic material developed with superb craftsmanship make this a powerful work for the intermediate band. Table of Contents: Publisher: Alfred Composer: John Kinyon Catalog Number: 2224 Pages:  …

Major Minors Majestic Marc $4.50 Attention aspiring drum majors of the world! Can you guide the courageous cat, Major Minor, through this whimsical musical adventure?In a town where marching bands are prevalent and everyone is looking to be the best,Major Mike Minor is fairly ambivalent towards marches despite hailing from a long line of illustrious Drum Majors. After his parents present him with a “special” baton that magically…

4 Caribbean-South American Ensembles $69.95 Performers and audiences alike will love these four original works for medium-advanced high school or college-level percussion ensemble. Fun to play and exciting to listen to, each piece can be performed individually, or all four played together as a suite. Written for 9 players but playable with as few as 7 (or augment the ensemble to include several more players). Full-performance CD is included!

A Rainbow in Curved Air $9.99 After several graph compositions and early pattern pieces with jazz ensembles in the late ’50s and early ’60s (see “Concert for Two Pianists and Tape Recorders” and “Ear Piece” in La Monte Young’s book An Anthology), Riley invented a whole new music which has since gone under many names (minimal music — a category often applied to sustained pieces as well — pattern music, phase music, etc.) which is set forth in its purest form in the famous “In C” (1964) (for saxophone and ensemble, CBS MK 7178). “Rainbow in Curved Air” demonstrates the straightforward pattern technique but also has Riley improvising with the patterns, making gorgeous timbre changes on the synthesizers and organs, and presenting contrasting sections that has become the basic structuring of his works (“Candenza on the Night Plain” and other pieces). Scored for large orchestra with extra percussion and electronics, some of this work’s seven movements are: “Star Night,” “Blue Lotus,” “The Earth Below,” and “Island of the Rhumba King.” ~ “Blue” Gene Tyranny, Rovi

Boyarina Morozova – Study Score $74.95 Choral opera in two parts for 4 soloists, SATB chorus, trumpet, timpani, and percussion. The life and torment of Boyarina Morozova and her sister Princess Uruzova. Premiered 2006, Moscow. Russian text based on The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum and The Life of Boyarina Morozova. Libretto by the composer.

Brazilian Rhythms for Drum Set and Percussion $29.95 Spice up your percussion rhythms and grooves with this book/CD pack by Brazilian native Alberto Netto! Learn to play the most popular and influential Brazilian rhythms on both traditional percussion instruments and on the drum set. The vital techniques and styles covered include: hand percussion; Samba; Forro; Carnaval rhythms; Afro-Brazilian rhythms; sacred music and more. Includes a glossary of Brazilian Portuguese terms and instruments, and a CD to help both the novice and experienced player perfect this rhythmic language.

Celtic Air and Dance No. 2 $40 Written in a style similar to Michael’s popular Celtic Air and Dance, here is another terrific setting of Celtic tunes arranged for very young bands. This arrangement opens with a beautiful and flowing version of the familiar air Danny Boy. The setting concludes with the lively Star of the County Down featuring the percussion section and a dance-like melody. Dur: 2:50

Christine [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] $16.98 Christine, based on Stephen King’s novel about an unusual kind of car repossession, was taken by John Carpenter from book to screen in a blazingly short time. Rather than bypassing his usual methods, as he did with The Thing, Carpenter once again chose to do the score. The original soundtrack released from the movie was a brief affair indeed, offering up a small selection of rock & roll tunes used in the movie, plus a short selection (“Christine Attacks,” here with the subtitle “Plymouth Fury”) from Carpenter’s score. As it is, this Tangerine Dream-influenced, mechanically pounding number is probably the best thing in the score, highly visual, threatening, and relentless. As with the best of Carpenter’s work, it’s enough to haunt your dreams for a few days — a property shared by the scores for Halloween and The Fog (both on Varese Sarabande). Christine, though, suffers from a very rushed situation. Rather than having the time to craft something new, Carpenter reached back into the bag and pulled up variations on old themes. As a result, you can hear a variety of familiar elements in here, from the high-pitched synthesizers designed to make you quiver to revised score elements from Escape From New York, Halloween, and The Fog. The arpeggiated theme from Halloween is barely disguised in terms of musical structure (he builds on the same structure) while the forceful percussion-based pulse of the chase-type music is straight out of Escape From New York. In terms of the recording, the music sounds a little unfinished, and equalization isn’t the best, though hiss has been reduced to an inaudible level. The highs tend to be inconsistent, the lows, probably because of the synthesizers (sounding as though Carpenter’s Prophet V and Xs were giving way to Yamaha instruments) either on the feathery side or a little softer than they should be in the punchier parts of the score. For all the problems and weaknesses of this score, though, it still manages to rank above They …

City of Evil $17.98 Avenged Sevenfold’s first two albums had a clear influence from heavy metal, but the California combo also freely incorporated emo, screamo, and post-hardcore elements. The mixing and matching meant 2003′s Waking the Fallen had as many sighing harmonies as it did harmonized guitar freakouts. And yet City of Evil, the band’s third record and Warner debut, is absolutely rife with the imagery and pacing of classic metal. Look at that artwork. It features a skeletal swordsman flying a steed with steaming nostrils over the urban inferno of the title; tattoos, demons, and a skull with flapping wings adorn the lyric book. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal influence is immediate and prevalent, from the maniacally rippling percussion throughout to the triumphantly whining lead guitars in the chorus of “Blinded in Chains,” or the soaring melody in “Burn It Down” that meets its match in Metallica-styled verses. The downshifts into guttural roars are largely gone, replaced by better-integrated atmospheric stretches or the tighter songcraft of a track like “Bat Country,” which intersects punk and pop influences in a manner similar to My Chemical Romance. At over seven minutes, “Wicked End” is a late-album standout. Vocalist M. Shadows rips through couplets like “We’ve grown in numbers, six hundred sixty-six/War breaks, a sign of the end, eternally expelled/Look to the sky for knowledge, the stars align tonight,” guitarists Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance trade off blistering solos, and there’s a full choral interlude in the center, complete with an angelic host and sighing cellos. Which is all totally metal, and refreshingly unmarred by attempts to fit too many jumbled genres in. City of Evil’s ballads are a little trite, and even its double-bass raging doesn’t necessarily break new ground. But Avenged Sevenfold gets all the pieces right, and sound like they’re having more fun here than in the scattershot approach of the first couple records. ~ Johnny Loftus, Rovi

Closer to Closed $8.99 Their first new material since their breakup in 2000, Closer to Closed finds emo icons Braid reopening the book after over a decade apart. Unlike some reunion albums, it? s clear that some time has passed for this band. While the sound is by no means stale, it doesn? t have the same edge that the band became known for during their heyday, at times feeling more like an extension of Hey Mercedes than a proper Braid release. With just three new songs, as well as a cover of Jeff Hanson? s ? You are the Reason? (which features J. Robbins on piano and percussion), it? s as if Braid is limbering up before launching into something new, working out the kinks and getting comfortable with being a band again. On a longer album, this kind of pre-game stretching would? ve been hard to swallow, but the EP? s brevity, and the angular and beautifully syncopated ? Universe of Worse,? makes the whole thing easier to handle. ~ Gregory Heaney, Rovi

Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra $49.95 HPS 863

Elegy for Beach Friday $29.98 With its interplay of tension and release and electronic tones suggesting spacious darkness and points of light, Bee Mask’s Elegy for Beach Friday could have easily been named after one of its other tracks, ? The Book of Stars Vibrating.? Either way, this re-edited and remastered collection of tracks recorded over the course of 2003 to 2010 by Chris Madak is often fascinating. The dense, glistening drones of opening track ? Deducted from Your Share in Paradise? could easily be mistaken for something by Emeralds’ Mark McGuire; like McGuire and similar contemporaries, Madak is comfortable reaching back to the sounds of electronic music? s earliest days as well as those of ? 70s experimenters with touches such as the bubbling percussion on ? Causes and Cures? and the evocative minimalism of ? In the Karst Interior.? However, Madak is as skilled as any of his forebears when it comes to layering subtly morphing textures and moods. ? …So That We Each Wander Through a True Elysium? begins an alternately tense and soothing industrial thrum like a huge generator in a wet, cavernous room; it continues to ? Askion Kataskion Lix Tetrax Damnameneus Aision,? which tops it with chittering synths that suggest hive-minded aliens or insects talking to each other as the hum grows increasingly ominous. Along with dark moments like these and foreboding album closer ? Scarlet Thread, Golden Card? are correspondingly beautiful tracks. ? The Book of Stars Vibrating? bursts into twinkles that sound like a hundred music boxes playing at once, while the gorgeous ten-minute epic ? Stop the Night? seems to shoot a long-wave melody into space, where it reflects and refracts into rays upon rays of luminous electronic tones. Elegy for Beach Friday sounds so fully realized as an album that it? s hard to believe this music comes from so many years and different releases, but this introduction to Madak? s work should have newfound fans looking for more. ~ Heather P…

i need a good website that has the complete book of forbidden city by william bell?

i have to do a report on this book and every library ive checked for it doesnt have anymore copies and i have to complete the book before this friday, its due this friday! please help i need a site that has the complete book that i can read it online

The book is too recent a publication to be printed online.

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Wilton 2104-6667 12 Piece Cupcake Decorating Set $5.68 Create all kinds of fun cupcake designs perfect for celebrations or everyday treats! Includes star tips 1M (rosettes, stars, and drop flowers), star tip 22 (zigzags, pull-out stars), round tip 12 (outlines, dots, messages), and Bismarck tip 230 for exciting filled cupcakes, plus 8 disposable bags, and an instruction booklet. 12 pieces total! Made in USA/Imported….

Wilton 2104-2546 53 Piece Supreme Cake Decorating Set $17.99 Choose a set of decorating tools for the beginner or the experienced baker. Complete with all you’ll need to transform your simple layer cake or cookies into a work of art….

Back to Basics 286 5-Piece Home Canning Kit $7.69 All of the Back to Basics essential canning tools in one simple kit. Includes: Canning Funnel, Jar Wrench, Jar Lifter, Kitchen Tongs, and Magnetic Lid Lifter….

Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast) $10.82 Track Listings:No One Mourns the Wicked – Cristy CandlerDear Old ShizThe Wizard and I – Idina MenzelWhat Is This Feeling? – Kristin ChenowethSomething Bad – William YoumansDancing Through Life – Michelle FedererPopular – Kristin ChenowethI’m Not That Girl – Idina MenzelOne Short Day – Kristin ChenowethA Sentimental Man – Joel GreyDefying Gravity – Idina MenzelThank Goodness – Kristin ChenowethWond…

Essential Leonard Cohen $7.90 This two-disc retrospective traces the Canadian bard’s musical maturity from poet and novelist who sang a little to multidimensional artist whose oracular vocals and increasingly rich arrangements are every bit as compelling as his verse. Even when Cohen came to prominence through the 1960s songcraft of “Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” the “folksinger” tag never really fit. Later highlights ranging…

Abbey Road (Remastered) $10.00 BEATLES THE ABBEY ROAD (EDICION LIMITADA)…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Complete Season Three [Blu-ray] $30.00 The “Clone Wars” goes back to the original Star Wars film when Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker that he was once a Jedi knight the same as your father and that they fought together in the Clone Wars. Since that moment fans have been obsessed with what the clone wars were. This new TV series takes place immediately after the events of Star Wars-Episode II: Attack of the Clones. The s…

Alien Anthology [Blu-ray] $52.62 Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 10/26/2010 Rating: R…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Complete Season One [Blu-ray] $39.95 Star Wars The Clone Wars: Season 1 (Blu-ray) The “Clone Wars” goes back to the original Star Wars film when Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker that he was once a Jedi knight the same as your father and that they fought together in the Clone Wars. Since that moment fans have been obsessed with what the clone wars were. This new TV series takes place immediately after the events of…

Silverhill 20 Piece Tool Kit for Apple Products $9.99 New from Silverhill Tools is a useful kit that helps with doing many of the routine tasks associated with Mac ownership, including accessing memory slots or opening housings. Includes 5 screwdrivers: Pentalobe size 1, Pentalobe size 5, flat, phillips, and Triwing. Includes 9 L keys: 3 hex keys and 6 star keys. 2 Spudgers. Sim adapter kit for reducing your SIM to a microsim, including SIM ejec…

.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 2: Networking Library, Reflection Library, and XML Library $59.99 This is a complete, authoritative, and truly useful reference for every .NET developer. It covers every aspect of .NET Framework library by providing concise descriptions with just the right number of examples. I would not start development of any significant .NET project without having this book on my bookshelf. Max Loukianov, Vice President of Research and Development, Netpise Inc.

.NET Patterns: Architecture, Design, and Process $39.99 The complete software developer’s guide to working in .NET environmentsPraise for .NET Patterns:”Was both insightful and comprehensive. It’s great to see these patterns presented within the context of many architectural dilemmas facing the vastly interconnected enterprise.

.NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide $41.59 &a> Using COM Components Within the .NET Framework Using .NET Framework Components from COM Designing Good .NET Framework Components for COM Clients Designing Good COM Components for .NET Framework Clients The scope of the book is just about everything related to using “unmanaged code” in the .NET Framework.

.NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide $51.99 The focus of the book is on COM Interoperability (since it’s a much larger subject), and the heart of the discussion is broken down into four parts:Using COM Components Within the .NET FrameworkUsing .NET Framework Components from COMDesigning Good .NET Framework Components for COM ClientsDesigning Good COM Components for .NET Framework ClientsThe scope of the book is just about everything related to using “unmanaged code” in the .NET Framewor

.NET-A Complete Development Cycle $47.99 Praise for .NET–A Complete Development Cycle “Excellent step-by-step walkthrough of software development with .NET for architects and programmers.

10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver 4, Adobe Reader $9.59 This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version.Because most people don’t have the luxury of sitting down, uninterrupted for hours at a time to learn Dreamweaver, this Ten-Minute Guide focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete.

10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Flash 5, Adobe Reader $9.59 This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version.Because most people don’t have the luxury of sitting down uninterrupted for hours at a time to learn Flash, the 10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Flash 5 focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete.

10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Flash 5, Adobe Reader $9.59 This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version.Because most people don’t have the luxury of sitting down uninterrupted for hours at a time to learn Flash, the 10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Flash 5 focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete.

10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Access 2002 $15.99 Because most people don’t have the luxury of sitting down uninterrupted for hours at a time to learn Excel, this 10-Minute Guide focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete.

10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Excel 2002 $15.99 This 10 Minute Guide focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete. In addition, this guide teaches the user how to use Excel without relying on technical jargon.

The Benefits of Audio Books for Children

While reading to your child is ideal, sometimes it’s just not possible. Audio books for kids are a great alternative because you and your child can enjoy the story together while doing something else (like riding in the car.) And when you can’t be there to read, your child can still enjoy the story and the book.

Children’s audio books are great fun for kids, whether they are enjoying them at home or while traveling.

If you are going on a summer vacation with your children, be sure and take some audio books with you; they’ll make the car, train, or plane trip much more fun for your children.

If your children have individual CD players, they can each listen to their own audio book, or you can choose audio books that the whole family will enjoy.

You’ll find that audiobook editions of many popular books for kids and teens are available.

Sometimes, listening to a story together while looking at the pictures is a great alternative to always reading a story yourself.

In the case of Bartholomew’s Gift, my most recent book, a song is part of the story. A beautiful shining lady sings to little Bartholomew. The song’s melody can’t be enjoyed if you are just reading the words.

I felt the story begged for an audio narration.

The angel’s song sooths her words forth and rests in our heart so that we will remember. We have to hear it.

While reading the story to a group of 3 and 4-year-old girls at a local book store, I was intrigued to see how their eyes met mine when I began to sing the angel’s song. By the third rendition, one of the little girls began to softly sing along. She had the words in her heart already.

The tune helps the message to settle in our souls.

The wonderful narration ads life to the story.

While I prefer that the story be read to the child, I envisioned a tired parent at the end of the day, popping in the CD and just resting and listening, turning the pages so their little one could follow along.

I envision little ones being helped to sleep by the narration of the story ending with a soothing harp solo.

For Bartholomew’s Gift, the audio presentation rounds out the message of the story. It enables the child to experience Bartholomew’s story in a special way.

To hear excerpts of the audio narration and download the Sheet Music for “Cherished in His Eyes” go to my website. http://www.StorieswithMorals.net.
About the Author

For more information on the award winning children’s book, Bartholomew’s Gift, go to
http://www.storieswithmorals.net.
You will find a download about coloring book for your child and an excerpt from the audio book version. Diane Dignan writes stories with morals and uplifting tales. She is the author of the award winning children’s book, “Bartholomew’s Gift,” also available as an audio book.
http://www.storieswithmorals.net

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Hope Temple Photo Photo Mugs HOPE TEMPLE This Irish musician fails to get a mention in any of our reference books. Does she play the harp, compose jigs, sing folksongs ? Who knows ?….

The Harp That Once Photo Mugs Song The Harp that once through Taras halls the soul of music shed now hangs as mute on Taras walls as though that soul were fled… ….

Antique Brass Harp Wine Book Ends Six bottle book ends. 17 x 9 x 9h includes pair. Finish appears an antiqued, gold-green color…

Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces $6.98 No Description Available.Genre: Classical MusicMedia Format: Compact DiskRating: Release Date: 13-MAR-2001…

His Best Little Walter)The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection $4.61 Marion “Little Walter” Jacobs is perhaps the most influential harmonica player on contemporary blues, and his collection is a great place to start. He was trained by Muddy Waters, but brought a more swinging feel to blues. Muddy and his band accompany Little Walter on many hits, as do Robert “Jr.” Lockwood, the Aces, and other Chicago greats. In the 1950s, Little Walter’s popularity eclipsed even …

Romance of the Violin $8.99 Every track on this CD contains a beautiful melody, many of them easily recognizable, all of them exuding tranquility. “O mio babbino caro” from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi opens the disc, with Bell delicately accompanied by a harp and spinning the long melody with great sensitivity. Bellini’s “Casta diva” from Norma lives up to its reputation as the epitome of bel canto in Bell’s hands; his violin …

The Burmese Harp [VHS] $11.92 Kon Ichikawa’s Buddhist tale of peace, The Burmese Harp, is universally relevant in various eras and cultures, although it comments specifically on the destruction of Burma during World War II. Based on the novel by Michio Takeyama, The Burmese Harp stars a Japanese platoon stationed in Burma whose choir skills are inspired by their star musician, Private Mizushima (Rentaro Mikuni), who strums his…

Ducktales:Raiders of the Lost Harp [VHS] $12.99 …

Ducktales:Space Invaders [VHS] $8.85 …

The Marx Brothers Collection (A Night at The Opera/A Day at The Races/A Night in Casablanca/Room Service/At the Circus/Go West/The Big Store) $19.59 CONTAINS: DAY AT THE RACES: GO WEST/BIG STORE: NIGHT AT THE OPERA: NIGHT IN CASABLANCA: AND ROOM SERVICE/AT THE CIRCUS….

And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees $15.98 Like many composers and musicians who make primarily instrumental music, J? hann J? hannsson? s work has been described as filmic, and he has in fact scored several films. Still, And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees occupies a special place in his body of work. This music was written for Marc Craste? s 2008 short animated film Varmints — which was adapted from Helen Ward? s Craste’s illustrated book of the same name — and it? s a story that fits the concerns J? hannsson explored in works like IBM: A User? s Manual and Fordlandia with almost eerie perfection. Technology, hubris, overconsumption, and the environment all factor into Varmints? tale of a little animal who must find a way to protect life as he knows it from an encroaching city. With the help of the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, J? hannsson covers purity and corruption, hope and despair, and the natural and mechanical worlds over the course of 37 minutes; a short-form work compared to some of his other albums. But while the massiveness of works like Fordlandia was part of what made them so stunning, And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees? strength comes from its small size — much like the varmint the film follows. In just over three minutes, ? Theme? sketches out the fragile beauty of the animal? s bee-filled meadow and the first hints of the coming devastation; ? The Flat? ? s industrial drones and electronic vapor trails evoke its aftermath in just a few minutes more. Even if this isn? t among J? hannsson? s bleakest music, it? s among his most emotional, and much more somber than most scores for animated films. Yet his approach is never cartoonish. If anything, ? Entering the City? ? s muted strings and harp and the beckoning pipe organ and choir of ? Siren Song? are some of his subtlest pieces, making the glimpses of light and hope in ? Pods? and ? Rainwater? — which sounds so fresh that it seems to carry a breeze — all the…

Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3 $84.98 Originally released in 1952 as a quasi-legal set of three double LPs and reissued several times since (with varying cover art), Anthology of American Folk Music could well be the most influential document of the ’50s folk revival. Many of the recordings that appeared on it had languished in obscurity for 20 years, and it proved a revelation to a new group of folkies, from Pete Seeger to John Fahey to Bob Dylan. The man that made the Anthology possible was Harry Smith, a notoriously eccentric musicologist who compiled 84 of his favorite hillbilly, gospel, blues, and Cajun performances from the late ’20s and early ’30s, dividing each into one of three categories: Ballads, Social Music, and Songs. Smith sequenced the three volumes with a great amount of care, placing songs on the Ballads volume in historical order (not to be confused with chronological order) so as to create an LP that traces the folk tradition, beginning with some of the earliest Childe ballads of the British Isles and ending with several story songs of the early 20th century. The cast of artists includes pioneers in several fields, from the Carter Family and Uncle Dave Macon to Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurt, and the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers. Many of the most interesting selections on the Anthology, however, are taken from artists even more obscure, such as Clarence Ashley, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and Buell Kazee. After the Anthology had been out of print for more than a decade, Smithsonian/Folkways reissued the set in a six-disc boxed set, with the original notes of Harry Smith, as well as a separate book of new reminiscences by artists influenced by the original and a wealth of material for use in CD-ROM drives. ~ John Bush, Rovi

Back Roads to Cold Mountain $16.98 Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain is a powerful, widely celebrated novel that takes places during the Civil War. But Frazier’s book is not about the war itself so much as the lives lived in the rural American South during its long dark night. Back Roads to Cold Mountain is a collection of music assembled by ethnomusicologist and roots musician John Cohen, featuring the songs, hollers, and hymns that served as inspiration for Frazier during the writing of his book. There are no modern, O Brother, Where Art Thou?-styled revisionings of the music from the Civil War era. Instead, Cohen went through the Smithsonian’s and the Library of Congress’s vast collections of field and commercial recordings of a cappella narratives, string band songs, fiddle tunes, and sacred harp singing and assembled this volume from sources that were close to the originals. In other words, many of the performers here had learned these songs as hand-me-downs from their ancestors. They were familiar not only with tune, but style, arrangement, and grain. The end result is a 27-track collection of stunning music that is haunted, ghostly, raw, sparse and ultimately dignified in its presentation. What is particularly stunning is the brilliant sound of these recordings. Recorded between 1944 and 2002, these selections, assembled from previously released compilations and all but unheard field recording volumes, have something strange and unwieldy at their core. There are well known personages here like Roscoe Holcomb, Dock Boggs or Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers, whose tunes from here have been heard before in other settings. But there are many more obscure entries, as well, from the wild wooly balladry and spoken word narration of Oscar Parks, the shambolic banjo blues of Dink Roberts, and the hunted, forlorn soul-searing darkness of Dorothy Melton, and the roof-raising joy of the Sacred Harp Singers. In either case, the effect is the same: one of true Otherness, where dislocation, quar…

Echoes of the Hollow Square – Suite of Shaped Note Tunes for Band $85 Shaped note singing is an early American tradition handed down from colonial times, and still thrives today thanks in part to the well-known book The Sacred Harp. (Songs from this book were featured in the 2003 motion picture Cold Mountain.) In creating this distinctive and attractive setting for band, Johnnie Vinson uses the following traditional shaped note songs: The Morning Trumpet, Hallelujah, I’m Going Home, and Warrenton. Dur: 8:15

Harmonica According to Charlie $16.98 Ostensibly an instructional blues harp album (with an exhaustive accompanying book penned by Charlie), this is emotional and listenable rather than academic. Charlie covers a wide range of blues styles (and harp positions), and ventures to the outer fringes of the genre for the instrumentals “Hard Times” (from Ray Charles’s sax man David “Fathead” Newman) and his Latin original “Azul Para Amparo” (backed only by guitarist Sam Mitchell). The English studio band is sympathetic, especially pianist Bob Hall. ~ Dan Forte, Rovi

Music Of Our World – Ireland – Songs and Activities for Classroom and Community $0 Welcome all ye lads and lassies to the land of leprechauns and shamrocks, fiddles and jigs – and a whole lot more! Sample Ireland’s rich musical heritage with this “grand” collection of favorite folk songs and supportive teaching materials that will bring the traditions and tunes of the enchanted isle right to your classroom. You and your students will also discover Ireland’s many interesting instruments, including the fiddle, accordion, harp, bodhran, bagpipes, penny whistle and more. Irish music has found its way across the ocean to the United States and the world, so here’s your chance to join the band, kick up your heels, and experience the songs and sounds that give Irish music it’s unique flavor! The handy Book/CD Pak features fresh new piano/vocal arrangements of 10 Irish folk songs, reproducible songsheets and student articles to enhance learning, and a CD recording with listening and performance options. Available: Book/CD Pak. For Gr. 4-8 and beyond!

Revelation Song $69.95 A song of total praise to the Lamb, this text is a paraphrase from the book of Revelation. From moments of quiet reverence to all out praise, this anthem of devotion will make for a high time of worship. Orchestration includes score and parts for Flute 1, 2, Oboe, Clarinet 1, 2, Trumpet 1, 2, 3, Horn 1, 2 (Alto Sax), Trombone 1, 2 (Tenor Sax/Baritone TC), Trombone 3/Tuba, Percussion 1, 2, Drum Set, Harp, Rhythm, Violin 1, 2, Viola (Clarinet 3), Cello/Bassoon (Bass Clarinet), String Bass and Keyboard String Reduction. CD Accompaniment Trax also available. Duration: Approx. 6:00

Songs of Ireland – 37 Favourite Songs $32.95 Contents: As I Was Going Along the Road • Avenging and Bright • Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms • The Boys of Kilkenny • Cockles and Mussels • Come Back to Erin • The Dear Little Shamrock • Danny Boy • Down by the Salley Gardens • The Flight of the Earls • The Garden Where the Praties Grow • The Gypsy Rover • The Harp That Once Thro’ Tara’s Halls • Here Come the Navvies • Hey Ho, the Morning Dew • I Know Where I’m Goin’ • I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen • I Will Walk with My Love • The Irish Emigrant • Kathleen Mavourneen • Kelly the Pirate • Kitty of Coleraine • The Last Rose of Summer • The Lover’s Curse • Lullaby • The Mallow Fling • The Meeting of the Waters • The Minstrel Boy • Oft, in the Stilly Night • The Praties They Grow Small • The Rose of Tralee • The Spinning Wheel • The Star of the County Down • Tramping Song • Trottin’ to the Fair • The Wearin’ o’ the Green • The Young May Moon.

The Celtic Book of Days $11.99 Anyone who loves the Chieftains but is looking for music with more of a beat will likely end up wearing out this jewel of a CD, 66 minutes of some of the most delectably written and produced Celtic-themed instrumental music ever recorded by anybody. “Equos Fair” starts off with a spirited quotation of original and traditional themes (especially one piece that is often quoted by Alan Stivell) on pipes, tin whistle, harp, guitar, and drums, with horns — the effect sort of makes one think of the Chieftains imitating Ennio Morricone. There are some gorgeous choral passages as well, and swelling, airy new age interludes (after all, this is a Windham Hill release), and synthesizer-ornamented sections that may recall Mike Oldfield at his most lyrical. Some tracks, like “Heart of Spring,” move a little too close to Celtic-flavored movie music, but even there it’s good Celtic-flavored film-style composition. Overall, this is memorable, alternately exciting and soothing, and one of the most worthwhile releases in the Windham Hill catalog. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

USED: Back Roads to Cold Mountain $7.99 Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain is a powerful, widely celebrated novel that takes places during the Civil War. But Frazier’s book is not about the war itself so much as the lives lived in the rural American South during its long dark night. Back Roads to Cold Mountain is a collection of music assembled by ethnomusicologist and roots musician John Cohen, featuring the songs, hollers, and hymns that served as inspiration for Frazier during the writing of his book. There are no modern, O Brother, Where Art Thou?-styled revisionings of the music from the Civil War era. Instead, Cohen went through the Smithsonian’s and the Library of Congress’s vast collections of field and commercial recordings of a cappella narratives, string band songs, fiddle tunes, and sacred harp singing and assembled this volume from sources that were close to the originals. In other words, many of the performers here had learned these songs as hand-me-downs from their ancestors. They were familiar not only with tune, but style, arrangement, and grain. The end result is a 27-track collection of stunning music that is haunted, ghostly, raw, sparse and ultimately dignified in its presentation. What is particularly stunning is the brilliant sound of these recordings. Recorded between 1944 and 2002, these selections, assembled from previously released compilations and all but unheard field recording volumes, have something strange and unwieldy at their core. There are well known personages here like Roscoe Holcomb, Dock Boggs or Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers, whose tunes from here have been heard before in other settings. But there are many more obscure entries, as well, from the wild wooly balladry and spoken word narration of Oscar Parks, the shambolic banjo blues of Dink Roberts, and the hunted, forlorn soul-searing darkness of Dorothy Melton, and the roof-raising joy of the Sacred Harp Singers. In either case, the effect is the same: one of true Otherness, where dislocation, quar…