The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for'The Civil War' and 'Baseball,' Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the st...

The scandal over modern music has not died down. While modern paintings by Picasso and Pollock sell for a hundred million or more, shocking musical works from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring onward still send ripples of unease through aud...

Beginning with the advent of Gregorian chant around the year 600 AD, THE STORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, an informative and lively tour through the history of the genre narrated by conductor Marin Alsop, takes us from seventh-century Europe...

Jai Uttal--premier world music composer and 2003 Grammy nominee--offers a moving mix of melody, rhythms, and chants with Music for Yoga and Other Joys. Known for his eclectic blend of East-meets-West sound, Jai offers listeners his fi...

Drawing upon ancient Indian ragas, or musical compositions, Harish Johari has created meditation music especially for the early morning and evening hours. Traditionally, ragas are inspired by, and reflect, sounds of nature--such as bi...

Everybody's Doin' It is the eye-opening story of popular music's seventy-year rise in the brothels, dance halls, and dives of New York City. It traces the birth of popular music, including ragtime and jazz, to convivial meeting places...

If you enjoy Christmas music, you'll love this new, Christmas CD from Barbour. Classic holiday songs are presented in America folk style.

"Kirtan is the calling, the crying, the reaching across infinite space—and digging into the heart's deepest well—to touch and be touched by the Divine Presence," teaches world music pioneer Jai Uttal. On Kirtan! The Art ...

Selections from Cosmic Chants, by Paramahansa Yogananda, arranged for organ and played by Self-Realization Fellowship Minister Brother Premamoy. This new CD has been digitally re-mastered with the addition of 11 previously unreleased ...

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