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The Pain of Separation: Turkish Gazels, 1926-1935
A collection of spellbinding, melismatic vocal improvisations taken from 78s cut between the mid 1920s to mid '30s - a period defined by the aftermath of the Ottoman Empire’s partition, the Greco-Turkish War and the compulsory population exchange tha…
Blood Blood Song
"Blood Blood Song continues East of the Valley Blues’ streak of sublime, future-forward acoustic fantasias. For years, the Toronto-based duo, comprised of brothers Kevin and Patrick Cahill, has excelled at an earthy and pensive brand of instrumental …
The Voice of the Eagle
“I don’t call a lot of my stuff far out,” Basho explained. “I just call it a different level of feeling. It’s far in, as far as I’m concerned...I spent years on the road singing folk songs that had no meaning. It dawned on me music is supposed to say…
Bulayo (Guitar Songs From Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, And DR Congo)
African acoustic guitar masterpieces, expanding on Mississippi’s beloved “African Guitar Box.” In 1979 and 1980, a young British-Kenyan musician named John Low hit the road to learn finger-style guitar from his heroes. He traveled across Kenya, Tanza…
Dålågjel
Dålågjel is Hans P. Kjorstad's third album as a leader for Motvind Records. The music premiered in concert form in 2022, when he joined by the all-star ensemble of Rasmus Kjorstad, Helga Myhr, Kenneth Lien and Astrid Garmo enchanted audiences at Motv…
Scott Seskind
Ebalunga!!! is thrilled to announce the first official reissue of the self-released, self-produced, and self-titled 1985 LP Scott Seskind. The album is a lo-fi singer-songwriter jewel. Don't miss it.
The Manson Family Sings The Songs Of Charles Manson
Recorded at the infamous Spahn Ranch in 1970, while their leader Charles Manson was facing trial for the murder of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, The Manson Family Sings is a highly disconcerting listen. Beneath the harmonic brilliance and folksy innoce…
Live At San Quentin
A chilling artifact from one of history's most infamous figures emerges from the shadows: Charles Manson – Live At San Quentin, a raw, lo-fi collection of improvised folk songs recorded in 1983 inside the legendary prison. Captured with just an acous…
Indian Talking Machine Part Two
** 2-LP gatefold with 12 page full-color booklet insert ** This double LP of instrumental Hindustani, Carnatic and folk 78rpm shellac records from India comes with a full color 12-page insert of gramophone record ephemera, shops, labels, manufacturin…
Amarante-Cerisier
*300 copies limited edition* What if, alongside the mainstream history of music, with careers and discographies spanning ten or fifty years from album to album, there was an underground, minority history, that of artists and projects with only one re…
Bala
There’s a rich resonance to the music of Fodé Lassana Diabaté, whose music has travelled with him from his griot family in West Africa to the North American coast of Unama'kik (Cape Breton). Bala, his first album of purely balafón music, brings toget…
Universal Light
Debut by a new string trio of Pelt and Elkhorn veterans with the wild card contributions of Kaily Schenker, creating a new variant of supremely pleasing acoustic-psychedelic-drone-Americana etc. “Lullaby>Summer Field” is an aptly named gentle rise, w…
Music from the Caucasus – The Archive of ORED Recordings, 2013–2023
The label Ored Recordings was founded in 2013 by Circassian friends and fellow musicians Bulat Khalilov and Timur Kodzoko, in order to start an activity which is dedicated to documenting and preserving the traditional and post-traditional music of th…
Sara Juega Y...
Ghost-record from 1986 Mexico City underground. Nine minimal folk compositions of rare delicacy - an acoustic guitar breathing in solitude. American Primitivism filtered through personal intimacy.
Further Than Thought
180g black vinyl with poly-lined black paper sleeve and double-sided insert. There's a lineage of American fingerstyle guitar that runs from the Piedmont porches of Elizabeth Cotten through Robbie Basho's visionary expansions into spiritual territory…
Chance
The home-recorded album everything pointed to - now on vinyl and CD for the first time. After several delays, we finally received the long-awaited production date from the pressing plant - and are happy to share this long-overdue announcement. Follow…
Sum Variations
We are delighted to welcome American singer and folk artist Joesphine Foster to Nyahh Records!! This wonderful and strange recording features Victor Herrero , Paz Lenchantin, Michael Zerang and musicians from the village of Joujouka, Morocco. This la…
Via Lattea
Via Lattea is the new recording project of the music and performance research ensemble Enten Hitti. The work takes inspiration from research on the “feminine” and from the matrilineal transmission of life. It is the result of various research trips t…
A L'Entrée Du Temps Clair
Veronique Chalot’s A L'entrèe du Temps Clair, released in 1982, is a luminous exploration of early French folk traditions. Backed by Italian musicians and employing instruments such as hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, and bagpipes, Chalot’s distinctive voice a…
Clinamen (Book)
The genealogy of Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's aquatic, immersive, multisensory installation, developed in over twenty versions over thirty years. Clinamen is published on the occasion of the installation of a monumental version of Céleste Boursier-Mou…