Catherine Braslavsky and Joseph Rowe - Natural Chant and Rhythm

LINKS

En anglais et en français. In English and in French.

Hamza El Din is one of the original pioneers of world music. A son of the Nubian diaspora (their ancient homeland was destroyed by the Aswan Dam), he brought his Nubian tradition to the Arab oud (not often used in Nubia before him) to create a unique, soulful Afro-Arab music with profound Sufi overtones. In English, with some pages in Arabic.
http://www.hamzaeldin.com/

NOTE : see this page for my personal memoir of the late Hamza El Din...

Espace Ecosophia (loi 1901)

L'Association a pour but de permettre à chacun de trouver son épanouissement à partir de rencontres multidisciplinaires, de partager le plaisir des connaissances et d'accéder au monde artistique, dans un but thérapeutique ou de recherche, afin de construire son harmonie personnelle, d'explorer ses dimensions intérieures, et de participer à une action à visée écologique et humanitaire.

contact : ecosophiafa7@yahoo.fr

ECKERMANN DRUMS Norbert Eckermann makes superb frame drums. Having traveled and studied in the Middle East, he combines Austrian craftsmanship with ancient esthetics and new and traditional practices to create the lightest, sturdiest, most beautiful-sounding tuneable frame drum I know of. Far superior to Remo. http://www.eckermanndrums.com/

ORIOLE INDEPENDENT ARTISTS - an online music service that combines fair-trade policies with good taste --- and you can purchase our music online here!

Bali Treasures, and Drum Factory --- Good site on drums and other world instruments. http://www.bali-treasures.com/gamelan.html

MONDOMIX - http://www.mondomix.com/ One of the most popular world music sites. English, Français, Español

Mercan Dede
A unique Turkish musician who lives in Canada and performs in major venues around the world. A player of the ney and other instruments, he is the creator of beautiful recordings and multimedia shows... Mercan Dede (aka Arkin Allen) is perhaps the world's only dervish DJ.

http://www.ethnotempos.org/Ethnotempos.htm
Site français, bonne source d'informations sur les artistes et concerts des musiques du monde.

Music in Our World Home Page
- a good introduction to world music, covering simple Western music theory, European, Arab, Indian, Indonesian, African musics.

http://www.maqamworld.com/
Maqam World - Perhaps the best site for learning about classical Arab music. Many examples of forms, scales and rhythms. Some mp3 files, and interactive online learning. In English and Arabic..

http://www.khafif.com/rhy/rhythm.html
Jas's Middle Eastern Rhythms - very scholarly and useful page listing many Middle Eastern rhythms, mostly Arab. Easy notation, readable by anyone with a bit of practice. Some have mp3 files to listen to. In English, Portuguese, Japanese.

http://www.rhythmweb.com/
A major source of information about drums, drumming, rhythms, etc.

http://www.schuyesmans.be/gregoriaans/
Gregorian chant site, with very good information, history, examples. In English, French, Dutch, Portuguese.

http://chandrakantha.com/
Excellent Indian music site. Useful information on instruments, teachers, music, concerts. In English and German.

http://makar-records.com/sitefrench/indexf.html
Un site francophone très utile pour les amateurs de musique indienne : infos sur les grands maîtres de tous les styles, tous les instruments et de toutes les écoles traditionnelles.

http://www.justintonation.net/
The Just Intonation Network has valuable information on the vast world of musics beyond the confines of equal temperament.

Bill Douglas
Director of Music at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. His eclectic recordings and performances, as well as his original, creative approach to teaching music, have influenced many musicians who seek a deeper approach to music than post-modernism.

http://www.harmonicworld.com/
David Hykes's harmonic chant, in the genre of overtone singing, David Hykes's music is unparalleled in artistic quality. Well-designed site in English and French.

SPIRITUALITY, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, ETC :

Inspired by the work of mythologist and philosopher Joseph Campbell http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Sparta/9277/
Excellent religion/myth resource site

FRATERNET http://www.fraternet.com/ Site francophone --- un des meillieurs sites que nous connsaissons de spiritualité engagée.

http://www.veriditas.net/
The Labyrinth. This is the major site of the labyrinth movement, initiated by the Rev. Lauren Artress, Canon of Grace Episcopal Cathedral in San Francisco. These friends have been a source of great encouragement and inspiration for us. For the last seven years, the Catherine Braslavsky Ensemble has been accompanying their labyrinth pilgrimage ceremonies each spring at Chartres cathedral.

http://www.gnosis.org/
The Gnosis Archive a site for downloading gnostic texts, history, and commentaries. Very useful archives here. Less useful are some of their recommendations of books, and offerings of their own Gnostic doctrine (with an unmistakeable capital "G").

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/
A useful site where canonical and gnostic scriptures can be consulted together.

http://www.gospels.net/
Another useful site which offers canonical and non-canonical gospels.

http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/umma/lang.html
Very useful page of links to Islamic culture sites. In English.

http://www.gospelthomas.com/
Peter Kirby's site offers an excellent online display of the Coptic-English interlinear text of the Gospel of Thomas, as well as the Oxyrhyncus Greek fragments. Useful notes and links also.

http://www.marquette.edu/maqom/
An investigation of common Jewish and Christian mystical traditions in theological and liturgical texts. English.

http://www.thestarhouse.org/
Friends in Boulder, Colorado who are also the distributors of our CDs in the U.S. A trans-denominational community of people dedicated to honoring the earth and all beings through ceremony, theatre, music and dance.

http://www.newkabbalah.com
Good contemporary Kabbalah site.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Sparta/9277/
Excellent religion/myth resource site, inspired by the work of mythologist Joseph Campbell