Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan & Gong - Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan & Gong Music of the PhilippineKulintang Kultura pays homage to the late Danongan "Danny" Kalanduyan, a talented musician and generous teacher who championed traditional Filipino kulintang gong music in the United States, helping to keep the memory and practice alive. Disc 1 features Kalanduyan's ensemble at the peak of their powers in a recording featuring a traditional Philippine repertoire. Disc 2 turns our attention to Filipino musicians in the diaspora who weave those

and drummer Allan Mednard

Walk Through Fire

featuring a Stelvio Cipriani (Colt 38 Special Squad) score with excellent performances from Olga Karlatos (Zombie

an unusual instrument of the violin family with 14 strings: seven played with the bow

and Timothy B

traditional hymn or an exultant

Lifted Land

Mosco did however recycle some of the songs from that album in releases during the 1980s

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There can even be a kind of competition in the air between these two instrument worlds

1974) is characterized by it's rhythmic restlessness

For the upcoming 500th anniversary of the death of the great Franco-Flemish composer Pierre de la Rue (around 1460-1518)