 | Rough Guide to Arabesque by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.75 Shimmering. Sensuous. An Arabian beat-filled feast, not to be missed by any self-respecting music fan.
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 | The Rough Guide to the Music of Turkey by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $10.64 A wonderful take on the vast Turkish musical canon. Full of the melodic lushness and rhythmic mystery of Middle Eastern orchestration, yet totally distinct from the Arabic repertoire.
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 | The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya & Tanzania by Various Artists
Buy used from: $14.68 Astonish yourself with the irrepressive brilliance and surging beats of Kenyan pop. Glorious, ebullient, life-affirming music.
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 | Rough Guide to Music of Mali and Guinea by Various Artists
Buy used from: $3.48 From the celestial trinklings of the kora harp to the sublte, soulful tones of Mali desert blues (think Ali Farka Toure) this Rough Guide showcases music that is at once soothing and sophisticated
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 | The Rough Guide to Hungarian Music by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $7.99 Here, the "wild and colourful alter ego" of Hapsburg Austria kicks up a storm, with frenetic bouts of folk dancing interspersed with some of the world's most haunting and ancient melodies.
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 | The Rough Guide to Samba by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.94 Imagine yourself caught up in the heady whirl of Rio at the height of Carnival. Balanced by exquisitely mellow acoustic numbers, and infused with the Brazilian melodic/subtle rhythmic genius
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 | Rough Guide to Music of Greece by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.79 They don't call Greece the cradle of civilization for nothing. And it shows in the intricately beautiful national styles of music, laced with profoundly Middle Eastern influences and sublime vocals.
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 | Rough Guide to Congolese Soukous by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $9.50 Bubbling, cascading guitars shine in the hands of past masters such as the great Franco on this riotously good compilation. Will lift your spirits no matter what.
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 | Rough Guide: The Music of Portugal by Various Artists
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.84 Still one of the uncovered gems of world music, Portugal doesn't have long left until it enters the limelight due to stars like Mariza. In the meantime,discover its mournful fados and folk styles here
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 | The Rough Guide to the Music of Egypt by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $40.00 Well, I haven't heard the whole thing yet...but something tells me it's going to be a keeper :)
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