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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These formidable 1962 “hard Gospel” tracks by the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, featuring a trance-like, fluid and sensuous collective intensity and harmonic tension, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/09/unit...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The delicate and contemplative Sundanese Suara Parahiangan ensemble from West Java, featuring gamelans and a suling flute, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/09/indo... #Indonesia #Java #Bandung #Degung #Music #Gamelan

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This captivating 1979 LP of Ukwuani (Ndokwa) traditional music from southern Nigeria, featuring Obodo Uka Mba & His Igele Group Obiaruku, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/08/nige... #Nigeria #Ukwuani #Ndokwa #music

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This classic 1969 album by T.R. Mahalingam, the most famous 20th century Carnatic flautist, featuring his innovative, mellifluous flute playing, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/08/indi... #South Indian #Carnatic #Flute

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This stately, historic LP of Tibetan Buddhist Rites from the Monasteries of Bhutan, featuring chanting monks, long trumpets and oboe-like shawms, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/07/bhut... #Bhutan #music #Buddhist Rites

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This luminous 1974 LP on the great N'Dardisc label, featuring Mandingo and Wolof virtuosos on the kora and xalam lutes, including Lalo Kéba Dramé and Samba Diabare Samb, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/07/sene... #Senegal #griot

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This precious 1974 album of Iranian classical Persian music by the great kamancheh master Ali-Asghar Bahari, featuring his poetic and vocal-like musings, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/05/iran... #Persian #Iran #Iranian #music

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This precious musical panorama of the Lobi region in southwestern Burkina Faso from the legendary first Ocora series, featuring balaphons, percussion and vocals, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/05/burk... #Burkina Faso #music

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This exquisite album by the great master of Constantine Malouf Arab-Andalusian music from Algeria, Mohamed Tahar Fergani, featuring a soft, sophisticated and contemplative ambiance, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/04/alge...

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ALGERIA – ALGÉRIE Mohamed Tahar Fergani محمد طهار الفرڤاني – El Boughi – Sawt El Menyar 1001

ALGERIA – ALGÉRIE Mohamed Tahar Fergani محمد طهار الفرڤاني – El Boughi – Sawt El Menyar 1001 (LP) Hadj Mohamed Tahar Fergani (19...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

These 1965 recordings of authentic Bulgarian village music recorded by Deben Bhattacharya, featuring complex rhythms and fascinating harmonies, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/03/bulg...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This remarkable 1967 LP by Carnatic veena virtuoso Chitti Babu, featuring his dazzling, expressive and soulful vocal-like playing, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/02/indi... #Indian Music #Carnatic #veena

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This fluid and sensuous album recorded around Lake Manyara in northern Tanzania by David Fanshawe in the early 1970s, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/02/tanz... #Tanzania #music #Lake Manyara

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

This classic 1971 album showcasing the art of Egyptian taqâsîm melodic improvisation, with vocals, oud lute, qanun zither, ney flute and percussion, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/01/egyp... #Egypt #maqam #Arab #classical Music

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This rare record by the flamboyant vocalist Rajab Ali Khan, who greatly influenced singers like Amir Khan with his lightning-fast and fiery melodic phrases, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2026/01/indi... #India #Hindustani #Khayal

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

This mellifluous 1974 album by the legendary Victor Uwaifo of a modern rendition of traditional Ekassa music, featuring electric guitars, brass instruments and percussion, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/12/nige... #Nigeria

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

These unique 1960 recordings of the Cuna and Tucano peoples of Colombia, featuring abstract and otherworldly flutes and voices, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/12/colo... #Colombia #Indígenas #indigenous #music

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

These fascinating recordings of the Touareg nomads and Sub-Saharan Africans in the Hoggar Mountains, in the Algerian Sahara, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/11/alge... #Touareg #Touareg #Music #Hoggar #Algeria #Algérie

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This LP of Javanese court gamelan, featuring enthralling, interwoven clusters of gongs, xylophones, drums, suling flute, rebab violin and eerie voices, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/11/indo... #Indonesia #Java #Gamelan #Music

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

This dazzling sonic showcase of flutes and trumpets across the Islamic world—from Uganda and Morocco to Turkmenistan, Iran, and Pakistan—is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/10/musi... #Music #Islam #Flutes #Trumpets #traditional

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

These amazing cassettes by the incomparable Hindustani vocalist Amir Khan, showcasing his deep, mellow baritone voice expressing intensity, sensuality, creativity and glowing majesty, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:  music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/09/indi...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

These enthralling traditional and folk musics of Liberia recorded in 1954, featuring vocals, drums, horns, harps and balafons, are available for Flac and MP3 downloads on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/08/libe... #Liberian music #African music #Folkways

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

These compelling tracks recorded in Central Anatolia, Turkey, in 1960, featuring zurna oboes, ud and saz lutes, a kaval flute and a kemence violin, are available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/08/turk... #Türkiye #Anatolian #music

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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

"My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard. I don't hear the music I write. I write in order to hear the music I haven't yet heard." John Cage September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

This seminal 1958 double LP release of the music of the Dogon people of Mali, featuring riveting funeral rituals and mask dances, is available for Flac & MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/07/mali... #Mali #Malian music #Dogon people #musique malienne

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

This excellent compilation of the Hindustani Thumri genre, with legendary vocalists Siddheshwari Devi, Bhimsen Joshi, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Nazakat & Salamat Ali Kahn and Rasoolan Bai, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/07/indi...

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INDIA – PAKISTAN Raag Rang Berang – Thumriyan-Light Classical Vocal – EMI STC 5040

INDIA – PAKISTAN Raag Rang Berang – Thumriyan-Light Classical Vocal – EMI STC 5040, released in 1980 (Cassette) I am delighted to share th...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This stunning album of traditional Thai piphat ensembles, with oboes, xylophones, gongs and drums, and solo bowed fiddles, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/07/thai... #Thailand #Thai #piphat ensemble # music #Fine Arts Department

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This album of authentic Maasai music from Kenya, featuring enthralling syncopated polyphonic call-response vocals, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: #Kenya #Maasai music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/08/keny...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

This unique panorama of Carnatic music, featuring 20th century greats like Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, M.D. Ramanathan, Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, and Madurai Mani Iyer, is available for Flac and MP3 dowload on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/08/indi... #India

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This superb Bärenreiter-Musicaphon anthology of traditional Igbo music from eastern Nigeria, recorded between 1963 and 1975, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/08/nige... #Ibo #Nigerian #traditional #music

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

This music of the Pitjantjatjara People from the Central Australian desert during dreamtime corroboree ceremonies recorded in the 1950s, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/08/aust... #Australia #Aboriginal #people

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

This essential panorama of Village Music of Bulgaria recorded in 1968, featuring stunning a cappella singing, gaida bagpipes and kaval flutes, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/09/bulg... #Bulgarian #village #music

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BULGARIA Village Music of Bulgaria - A Harvest, a Shepherd, a Bride – Nonesuch H 7234

BULGARIA Village Music of Bulgaria - A Harvest, a Shepherd, a Bride – Nonesuch H 7234 , recorded in Bulgaria by Martin Koenig and Ethel Rai...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

This fantastic Mossi LP performed by the Larlé Naaba’s music group published on the legendary CDV label in Burkina-Faso in 1975, is available in Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/09/burk... #Burkina-Faso #traditional #music #Mossi #Moré

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BURKINA-FASO Le Larlé-Naaba et sa Troupe Folklorique – Les Trésors du Mogho – Disques CVD 003

BURKINA-FASO Le Larlé-Naaba et sa Troupe Folklorique – Les Trésors du Mogho – Disques CVD 003, 1975 (LP) The Larlé Naaba Abga (...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The haunting sound of shakuhachi flutes, played by Zen Buddhist monks in Kyoto with each note representing a resonant, meditative breath, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/05/japa... #Japan #Zen #shakuhachi flutes

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

This rare 45 RPM released in 1967, which exemplifies Zia Mohiuddin Dagar’s inspired deep, slow and meditative Dhrupad on the seldom-played Rudra veena, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/09/indi... #India #Indian music #Dhrupad

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

David Fanshawe’s recordings of the music of the Wagogo people from Tanzania, featuring multilayered abstract complexity, fluid polyrhythms, and telepathic collective performances, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/09/tanz...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This heavenly Sundanese music from West Java, featuring Sulaeman’s suling flute and zither recorded in 1975, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/10/indo... #Indonesia

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

This precious LP, recorded in 1962-1963, offering a rare glimpse into the fascinating music from the Persian Gulf, including stunning trance-like singing by pearl divers, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/10/bahr... #Bahrain

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BAHRAIN – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Pêcheurs de Perles et Musiciens du Golfe Persique – OCORA 42

BAHRAIN – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Pêcheurs de Perles et Musiciens du Golfe Persique – OCORA 42, recorded by Poul Rovsing Olsen, 1962-1963 (...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

This superb rare LP by the fiery Apala master Ayinla Owomura, featuring his deep, authoritative voice, powerful backing vocals and spellbinding, multilayered percussions, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/10/nige... #Nigeria #Yoruba

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NIGERIA Ayinla Omowura & his Apala Group – His Master's Voice Vol. 2 – HNLX 5085

NIGERIA Ayinla Omowura & his Apala Group – His Master's Voice Vol. 2 – HNLX 5085, 1971 (LP) We now share a second rar...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

This excellent early Bimsen Joshi LP recorded in 1961, featuring his powerful voice, dazzling improvisation techniques, and fluid creativity, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/10/indi... #Indian music #Hindustani #Kyal

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INDIA Bhimsen Joshi – Raag Lalit and Raag Shush-Kalyan – His Master's Voice – ECLP 2264

INDIA – INDE Bhimsen Joshi – Raag Lalit and Raag Shush-Kalyan – His Master's Voice – ECLP 2264 , 1961 (LP) Bimsen Jos...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This excellent 3-LP Korean traditional music collection, featuring folk and court music, poetic songs, and religious shamanistic music, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/11/kore... #Korea #National Classical Music Institute #Seoul

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KOREA (SOUTH) National Classical Music Institute conducted by Kim Ki Soo – Jigu Records (Seoul)

KOREA (SOUTH) National Classical Music Institute conducted by Kim Ki Soo – Jigu Records (Seoul), (3 LPs) This collection of discs is ...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This thrilling anthology of traditional music from the Central African Republic recorde in the mid 1960s, featuring vocal polyphony of the Ba-Benzele Pygmies and other cultures, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/11/cent...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This excellent 1957 LP, which showcases the rich Turkish traditional folk music, including kemençe violin, mey, saz lute, te zurna oboe, tulum bagpipe and darbuka drum, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/11/turk... #Türkiye

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

This precious LP which captures the power, sensuality and masterful precision of Kesarbai Kerkar, one of the greatest Khayal singers in the 20th century, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/11/indi... #India #Mughal #Kesarbai Kerkar

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This fascinating recording of the Samré people in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, recorded by Jacques Brunet between 1964 and 1967, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/12/camb... #Cambodia #Samré people #music #mouth organ

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CAMBODIA – CAMBODGE Musique Samrê des Cardamomes – BAM LD 112

CAMBODIA – CAMBODGE Musique Samrê des Cardamomes – BAM LD 112 , recorded by Jacques Brunet, 1964-1967 (LP) The Cardamom Mou...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

These superb Tuareg and Hausa musics recorded in Niger, in 1957, which offer a glimpse into the region’s authentic traditional cultures, are available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/12/nige...

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NIGER Musique Touareg et Haoussa de la région d'Agadez – BAM LD 353

NIGER Musique Touareg et Haoussa de la région d'Agadez – BAM LD 353 , recorded by J. Biltgen and G. Royer, 1957 (7 in, 33 RPM) ...

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This excellent 1973 album by the prodigious sitarist Nikhil Banerjee, accompanied by Swapan Chaudhury on tabla, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/12/indi... #Indian #music #Hindustani

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

This seminal 1966 album of classical Persian music, featuring great Iranian singers and outstanding tar lute, violin and santur players, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2025/04/iran... #Iran

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This anthology of traditional Serbian village music, featuring a stunning instrumental palette, with flutes, bagpipes, Jew's harp, clarinets, violins and gusli fiddles, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/01/serb... #Serbia

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musicrepublic.bsky.social @musicrepublic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

This exciting cassette by Yoruba Fuji music master Wasiu Ayinde from Lagos, Nigeria, featuring his powerful voice accompanied by frenetic traditional percussion, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/01/nige... #Nigeria #Yoruba #Fuji

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