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Written in fRoots issue 250, 2004

VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Dulcimer Collection
ARC EUCD 1831 (2003)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
Exotic Strings
ARC EUCD 1823 (2003)

Virtually all drawn from ARC’s existing catalogue, but nevertheless two very useful samplers of fine, often dazzling, playing by indigenous musicians of a wide range of stringed instruments, accompanied and solo, with OK booklet notes. Hammered dulcimers from Hungary, China, India, Belarus, Romania, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Greece, Iran, Ukraine, Slovakia and US/UK, and the double Exotic Strings has erhu, pipa, ruan, morin khuur, comuz, kamancha, kemençe, saz, tanbur, oud, qanun, kora, nkokwane, charango, cuatro, koto, tsugaru shamisen, phin, veena, sarangi, surbahar, sarod and dilruba.


© 2004 Andrew Cronshaw
 

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