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IRIS 3002019
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"Boa Fonte, featuring the flute and guitar duo Conversa, is like a dialogue between disparate but connected cultures. Its 27 tracks evoke the landscape, natural beauties, dances and songs of this region of Brazil -- a country at the crossroads of civilizations. The disc is a special tribute to the indigenous peoples of the Amazon, Brazilian music and the songs of birds in the vast expanse of the rainforest."
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IRIS 3002014
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"A world away from Pariss tourist traps, Barbes is one of the city's less visited but most fascinating corners. It is an Arab and African enclave that provides a unique and rich color to Paris' cultural landscape. Both Chant du Monde artists Orchestre National de Barbes and the Toubab All Stars are based here, but their stylistic approaches could not be more different. Orchestre National de Barbes focuses on the music of North Africa for their source material, while the Toubab All Stars have blended the music of Jamaica and sub-Saharan Africa, brilliantly absorbing ska, dancehall and soukous styles in a thrilling, hard-to-resist formula."
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IRIS 3002002
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"Acclaimed Indian artist Raghunath Manet is equally skilled in both dance and music. Born in the former colony of Pondicherry, Manet studied dance with Pondicherry M.S Nathan, Kalakshetra and Ram Gopal, vocal music with Gnanamani Pillai and veena under Gurus Chidambaran Kaumati Sankara Iyer, Rajeshwari Padmanaban and Ranganayaki Rajagopalan. His technique and the purity of style have made him one of the finest exponents of Bharata natyam, India's most ancient dance form. An excellent musician, he knows how to create a perfect fusion between music and dance, which is the secret of his great classical artistry. Manet has released more than 20 CDs, 4 DVDs and has written 3 books. He was the first Indian choreographer to perform in Opera de Paris in France and at the Grimaldi Theatre in Monaco for the Royal family, on the occasion of the first 'Nijinsky' dance awards -- a historic event in the world of dance."
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