| Dub Rascals Volume 1 | Review, tracklist, & music samples

This is a diverse selection of dub inspired sounds of high quality, with a feast of textures for the ears and moods that travel from mellow to intense while remaing consistently listenable. A great local effort. CD AVAILABLE SOON! - Bradfield Dumpleton 2009

sold out | Adrian Barker & Ben Stephenson - Undertones | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Released April 1996, this recording from Adrian Barker and Ben Stephenson is a showcase of their research into the National Library of Australia's Oral History collection. Adrian and Ben were awarded the NLA Festival Fellowship Award in 2005, and set about listening to the NLA's archived recordings of Irish music in Australia. From recordings of Irish expatriates and Australians who had learned Irish music through the tradition, Adrian and Ben selected tunes and created sets from individual players' repertoire. Many tunes, though common in the Irish tradition, have been given new colour while being passed down in an Australian context.

cd deleted | Cosmic Nomads - Vultress | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Vultress is the 2007 release from Melbourne progressive rock band Cosmic Nomads 'If you could mix the high energy organ attacks of Keith Emerson with the playful sound of Three Dog Night and the bluesy prog rock of Spectrum, you would approach the sound of the Cosmic Nomads (Uriah Heep, Gong and Allen Ginsberg should probably be added). Front man Ray Vanderby is as good an organ player as you'll find anywhere! His Hammond swirls, snarls and slams at you. ... Cosmic Nomads band members have had success in their own right, and it shows in their musicianship ... Cosmic Nomads are a band who play driving and playful rock songs with constant progressive twists.' Andrew Holborn, 3rd Ear, 3 PBS Melbourne

CD deleted | Cosmic Nomads - Make Love Not War | Review, tracklist, & music samples

This CD from Melbourne based progressive rock band Cosmic Nomads has been re-issued in Jan 2007 and is now available once more.Featuring Ray Vanderby, Rod Brogan, Wayne Davison, & Michael Smith.

CD out of stock | Dhol Foundation - Drum-believable | Review, tracklist, & music samples

... an album all about the dhol and the things you can do with it. "Drum-Believable" does a great job in depicting the various ways in which the dhol can be used effectively. Not once does it sound out of place on this album. They truly are taking the dhol to the wider world by not focusing on a specific audience, but instead targeting everybody. If TDF are the ambassadors of the dhol to the world, I, for one, am completely comfortable with it. This album gets 8.5 out of 10! For all you out there who can't picture the dhol outside of bhangra, take note now! This is the true definition of rhythm, dhol, and bass. If you're a "dholaholic" and you think you know the dhol, you know nothing till you've heard 'The Dhol Foundation.' review by Zahran Khan

| Christina Sonnemann - Eden | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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| The Web - Spirit of The Land | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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THE WEB is a Sydney-based collective of electronic musicians, dancers and artists, including both indigenous and non-indigenous music and dance. The sounds of their latest CD Spirit of the Land draw from Australia's indigenous and imported music and dance cultures including Breakbeat, Trance, R&B, Hip-hop. Inspired by natural tribal rhythms and the 'voices of the living planet' - organic sound samples captured in the Australian bush - The Web's work displays a strong ecological foundation, blending the voices of traditional aboriginal vocalists from remote communities around Australia with the natural sounds of frogs, insects, and native birds. Layered over dedicated dance rhythms, these engaging influences result in the Spirit of the Land's ten powerful dance mixes.

| Test page only - File Downloads | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Test page only. Purchase download of MP3 files here. 128 Kbit MP3. After paying for your download using our shopping cart you will be sent a URL to download the file.

| Umanee - Umanee | Review, tracklist, & music samples

This first, self-titled CD from Melbourne-based group Umanee is a delightful mix drawing on a range of traditions from Turkish, Balkan and Polish to Scandinavian and even South American, with a strong dose of medieval European as well. Instruments used include clarinet and recorder, oud, cuatro and mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, saz and black sea kemence, darabouka and tabla, guitar and voice. There are no production tricks here, but the arrangements are not strictly traditional: they are reworked and invigorated by a meeting of minds and traditions. This is mature and interesting work, with plenty of character.

SOLD OUT | Trouble in the Kitchen - Down The Broom | Review, tracklist, & music samples

The highly sought after debut EP from top Australian Irish trad band Trouble in the Kitchen, still retains the fresh vigour of this release, CD now deleted - sorry!

This CD has sold out and we await information from the producer about a re-release. | various artists - The Fig Tree | Review, tracklist, & music samples

One of the finest and most successful of the Boite's CDs must be The Fig Tree (a musical companion to Arnold Zable's book). It was awarded the Best Folk CD at the 2004 National Folk Festival, and has received many good reviews here and overseas. Arnold Zable's book of that name is a wonderful collection of stories and testimonies of people's journeys in our world, journeys within many situations and cultures, reflecting their experiences and hardships.

| Jigzag "Live!" | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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| One Step Back - One Step Back | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Integrating all the best elements of bluegrass, Irish and American folk traditions, One Step Back are Mike Cole, Graeme Kirkwood, Duncan Kirkwood, & Richard Arnold- four Tasmanian blokes who take it one step up and get those feet a-dancing. These guys have captured the sound and feel of a smoked apple box by the river and married it with the classic country of old in their own stylish arrangements.

| Dirt Settlers - Gunapin Ridge | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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| Tam Lin - What A Difference A Day Makes | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Tam Lin, a four-piece group from Geelong in Victoria, Australia, is no longer available

| Carl Pannuzzo - The Passing Eye Of The Sun | Review, tracklist, & music samples

"This is a highly enjoyable and effective set, with lots of classy, grooving arrangements that will have you happily swaying and swinging as you flip your morning eggs or dust your mantelpiece. But a deeper listening reveals this set is about something a lot deeper.

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deleted | Pat Drummond & Karen Lynne - Six Days In December | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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CD deleted | Karen Lynne - Labour Of Love | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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CD deleted | Karen Lynne - Second Wind | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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click here to join | HOLIDAY NOTICE- important, please read! | Review, tracklist, & music samples

IMPORTANT Please note no orders will be despatched now until Dec 14th - we are having a holiday! If you don't mind waiting until then for despatch, you can order now.

| How to use our catalogues | Review, tracklist, & music samples

First, choose a recording catalogue from the left hand menu (most CDs are in the INDEPENDENT RELEASES list). Once there select the pick list "Browse by category" in the box above and choose a genre of your choice. You can then reduce the number of listings on screen by making a further selection from the sub-category menu at the right side. Most recent additions are at the top of the lists.

| Stringmansassy - Persuasion | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Stringmansassy's debut CD "Persuasion" was recorded in January 2000 at 'Serendipity', a small cabin in the middle of the Australian bush, near Stanthorpe, in south-east Queensland. The CD was recorded 'live' with the aim of capturing the music exactly how it sounded in the space in which it was performed. The rustling of leaves, the warmth of a wood stove and the buzzing of the occasional fly - all inclusive with the spontaneity of a 'live' recording.

This item is deleted | Maireid Sullivan & Ben Kettlewell -Time After Time | Review, tracklist, & music samples

DVD - Feature film released Dec 1st 2004. Both PAL and NTSC versions available.

This item is deleted | Maireid Sullivan - Dancer | Review, tracklist, & music samples

"Dancer , produced by the redoubtable Donal Lunny, adroitly balances tunes ancient and modern, filling the new with past cadences and the old with contemporary cues...a formidable ensemble that moves easily between folk contemporary and classical genres ...irresistible...enchanting." Mike Daly - The AGE, (Melbourne) Australia

This item is deleted | Maireid Sullivan - For Love's Caress | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Mairéid has been featured on five Celtic recordings, and as in her earlier releases, she not only reinterprets traditional pieces in an extraordinary manner, but forges ahead with original material that defines the future of the genre. Unlike many other Celtic artists, Mairéid and her band create music which is totally void of well worn clichés, and instead presents a totally invigorating and inspiring musical environment.

This item is deleted | Maireid Sullivan - Never Drift Apart | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Irish songstress and Celtic chronicler Mairéid Sullivan released this album in 2003 after seven years overseas. Possessing a rich, pure voice and a poet's vision, she has distilled her experiences into an exceptional new CD. Sullivan knows few musical boundaries and the genres on this locally produced record range from contemporary to traditional, from folk and pop to ambient new-age textures

sold out | Trad and Now compilation #1 - Tapestry | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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SOLD OUT | Zulya Kamalova - The Waltz of Emptiness CD & DVD | Review, tracklist, & music samples

In this album Zulya has strayed from the oil fields of Tatarstan and found herself on (and under) the chaotic streets of Moscow. She has traded in her trusty horse and is now traveling with her outstanding new band, The Children of the Underground, on the incredible Moscow Metro. This long-awaited all-original Russian-language album has been nearly two years in the pipeline. It explores the depths of the Russian soul, inspired by Zulya 's life in that complex and mysterious country. It is an album about home and homelessness; belonging and freedom; difference and indifference; public transport and walking alone. Now in a special edition with CD, live performance DVD and booklet, in an attractive case.

| Liz Frencham - Jericho | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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Sold Out | Kyrie Eleison - The Complete Recordings 1974-78 | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Kyrie Eleison, an Austrian band, existed between 1974 to 1979 and then become Indigo. This Limited Edition (1000 copies) 3CD boxed set includes the band's album The Fountain Beyond the Sunrise, including a studio demo recording track from 1977, another album that was released only on CD in 1994 called The Blind Windows Suite, which includes the band's initial demo session recordings, and a third CD containing a live show in Vienna from 1975 which includes even more unreleased material, with a 30-minute piece, and also includes the opening track of the Fountain album. The box set includes a 36-page booklet containing the complete history, time-line and the group's line-ups for the years, a list of albums and singles they released, lyrics (which the exception of the live album), credits, exclusive photos, promotional ads from the '70s, and more. A few copies only remain of this rare box set of 3 CDs.

| Dya Singh - Gurbani Journey | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Gurbani Journey is a great value four CD set, celebrating 10 years of the band Dya Singh. This CD set comprises "Gurbani Yatra", "Sant Baba Sohan Singh Ji", "Bandagi", and "Pr' Desan". Devotional music from the Sikh tradition is the main focus here. The music is a vehicle for the verses (shabds) from sacred writings and collected sayings of several revered teachers and gurus. The music and song can be appreciated on many levels - as an aid to contemplation and meditation, as a vehicle to bring us into deeper awareness of the true nature of existence.

currently awaiting new stock, this CD set is temporarily out of stock, we expect it to be available mid Jan 2006.

| Shenanigans - Olympic Special | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Two CDs/dance tutors from Melbourne traditional dance band Shenanigans, each coming with a booklet in the CD case that has the dance notation and instructions, and tips for each dance.Some of the tracks are duplicated - one version music only, and another with the dance calls added. Ideal resource material for dance groups, ceilidh and bush and multicultural dances. The tunes/dances in the Federation Special collection are for the most part from the Anglo-Celtic tradition, with a selection of dances from many different countries making up the Olympic Special disc. The band plays with energy and no pretensions to grandeur, conveying these traditional tunes as they will have been played countless times in many a hall worldwide, and both these CDs will be fun to dance to.

| Ta'Esh' Fa'Esh - Clap Your Hands, Play Your Zills | Review, tracklist, & music samples

This cassette release from Ta ' Esh Fa 'Esh is into its third edition, and still a great favourite. Eastern music played by Anne Harkin, Anita Larkin, Phil Carroll and Masayoshi Okubo. These musicians feature on other recordings and in other line-ups now, notably Wuluba, Unified Gecko, Yalla!, Klezmeritis and Soukous ba Congo. Here's a chance to hear them producing superb Arabic and Turkish music on accordion, percussion, ney and bass.

SOLD OUT | Rektango - El Vejito | Review, tracklist, & music samples

CD sold out April 2004, awaiting re-issue. Hobart band Rektango have established a big reputation for their brand of gypsy latin jazz. You can hear them in live performance regularly in Hobart's Salamanca area, but for the high quality sound of this band, check out this studio CD. The CD covers a variety of moods, from the uptempo 'Feelin' Loose' to the cooly laidback classic 'I Love Paris'.

| Senan's Haggart - Senan's Haggart | Review, tracklist, & music samples

self titled first CD - probably the most inventive new release in years from an Australian band playing music in the Irish tradition. Senan's Haggart take inspiration from traditional Irish music, as well as contemporary sources, and the result is a new music that breaks free of the sometimes limiting format of its origins. Unlike many attempts to do something fresh in this area, these musicians start from a position of intimate knowledge and great love for the pure forms of Irish traditional music, and develop a music of great beauty and subtlety, that lives and breathes and will carry you with it into new musical experience.

sold out | Snap Back - Snap Out of It | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Snap Back is a Tasmanian-based rockabilly style band, whose live material comprises covers of obscure 1950s rockabilly numbers, and their own material written in the same style. This album is all songs written by the band.

sold out | Trouble in the Kitchen - When the World was Wide | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Trouble in the Kitchen's second CD release, recorded in 2001, is a fine compilation of tunes and songs in traditional Irish style. Fiddle, flute guitar and bouzouki are the main musical voices present. This is a well engineered and driving sound from a band that is one of the leading Irish traditional groups based in Australia.

sold out | Irish Guitar CDROM tutorial - John Doyle | Review, tracklist, & music samples

John Doyle first came to prominence with the group Chanting House and his reputation has continued to grow in recent years through his work with the Irish-American group Solas. Currently playing with the Eileen Ivers band, John is the most in-demand guitarist in Irish music today: his driving rhythms, powerful bass lines and subtle use of substitute chords blend to create a style that mesmerises both audience and fellow musician alike.

| Karen Lynne & Acoustic Shock - Blue Mountain Rain | Review, tracklist, & music samples

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| Shake Sugaree - Huon Delta Blues | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Delta Blues from the deep south - of Tasmania. Steve Gadd and Peter Hicks are Shake Sugaree, and on this fine CD they play a fine local variant of the blues tradition. This duo has received many great reviews both of the CD, "Huon Delta Blues", and for their live performances.

Sold out | Senan's Haggart - self titled CD | Review, tracklist, & music samples

Probably the most innovative new release in years from an Australian band playing music in the Irish tradition. Senan's Haggart take inspiration from traditional Irish music, as well as contemporary sources, and the result is a new music that breaks free of the sometimes limiting format of its origins. Unlike many attempts to do something fresh in this area, these musicians start from a position of intimate knowledge and great love for the pure forms of Irish traditional music, and develop a music of great beauty and subtlety, that lives and breathes and will carry you with it into new musical experience.

Sold Out | Tuelve | Review, tracklist, & music samples

CD sold out Jan 2006. Tuelve's self titled CD of 'journey music' - fresh, inventive Australian music, from a four-piece band based in Cygnet, Southern Tasmania

sold out | Fred Pribac and Friends - The Push on the Corner | Review, tracklist, & music samples

A new release of 5-string banjo tunes and songs from well-established artist Fred Pribac. Fred offers a mix of self penned tunes and traditional material on this fine CD.

out of stock | The Bug Swatters | Review, tracklist, & music samples

In their own words: "The music of the Bugg family comes from the days before TV and even radio. We learned it from old friends, old records and even older relatives while growing up near Charlie's Opening. This old time music used to be passed down from hand to mouth and we'd like to keep it that way because it's better." The Swatters will delight you with the life and lilt of this authentic old time music.