New York World Arts & Culture Archive

Contents

• About NYWACA
• Links to Consortium Partners
• The Archive of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance
• Projects and Contents of Archive
• Artists in the Archive
• Access Policies
• Contact Information
• Licensing

About NYWACA

The New York World Arts and Culture Archive is a consortium of archival collections of the three prime organizations dedicated to researching and presenting immigrant and cross cultural arts in New York City. The Center For Traditional Music and Dance, City Lore and the World Music Institute have each been presenting music, dance, poetry and other arts for decades, and are joining together to preserve their collections of documentary materials and to make them more accessible to the public. The goal of the consortium is to create a research network of repositories of recordings, interviews, photographs and related information about the arts and culture of the diverse ethnic and immigrant communities of New York City, as well as the history of world music performance here.

In 2007, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance received funding from the New York State Council on the Arts' Special Digitization Initiative to establish the infrastructure for the migration of older at-risk materials into the current digital domain, to preserve older analogue and earlier digital materials and to create a central means of access to information about the partner collections. The Archive is developing standardized cataloguing, preservation and access methods and other links in collaboration with a consortium of folk, traditional and world music related organizations

Center for Arts Tradition and Cultural Heritage

The New York World Arts and Culture Archive represents the combined collections of the members of the new Center for Art, Tradition and Cultural Heritage (CATCH). CATCH is a partnership created by the three primary independent folk and traditional arts organizations in New York City: Center for Traditional Music and Dance, City Lore and World Music Institute, along with the Society for the Educational Arts (a Puerto Rican children's theater).

Over the next five years, CATCH will create a single facility housing the four partner organizations and the New York World Arts and Culture Archive. This new arts center will be the first dedicated to New York City's living cultural heritage. Major funding to help establish the new facility has been provided by the City of New York [through the Downtown Alliance, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council] and the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust. The new facility will house a 300-seat theater, gallery, library, café, gift shop, music school, study center, and archives of historic images and recordings and research center. CATCH will serve as the site for musical concerts, conferences, theater for children and adults, exhibitions, storytelling, and poetry presentations and cultural research. In addition, the Center will include administrative offices and subsidized facilities for emergent ethnic-specific groups.

Links CATCH Organizations

City Lore, Inc

• http://www.citylore.org/
• http://www.cityofmemory.org/

World Music Institute

• http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org

The Archive of the Center for Traditional Music & Dance

The Archive of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance documents and preserves the research and performance projects of the organization. The archive contains a major collection of audio and video tapes, photographs and printed matter documenting research and programming of folk, ethnic and immigrant performing arts traditions of cultural communities in New York City from the founding of the Center in 1968 to the present.

The materials in the Archive include audio and video recordings in multiple formats and paper records of more than 500 performance events. Over 950 performing artists from world wide cultures and traditions are documented in performance and in some cases, in interviews and transcriptions.

Support and Development

In 1997-98, the Center began cataloging the Archive through a Documentary Heritage Program grant from the New York State Archive and Records Administration. Support from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Foundation made possible the creation of a digital archive of the at-risk analog audio collection and more recent digital recordings. With support from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2003-4, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance upgraded and updating the archival database to allow for searches on site, by appointment. In 2007, the Center received support through the special digitization initiative of the New York State Council on the Arts to digitize and make accessible the bulk of collection. Work is currently proceeding to accomplish this.

Documented Projects and Contents of the Archive

The collections are described as follows according to the chronological order of acquisition:

Balkan Arts Center (1968-1981): The organization focused on performing arts of communities from the Balkans, Eastern and Southern Europe. Collections from this period were assembled by Center staff members and some were acquired by donation. These include an extensive collection of 78 rpm recordings of Serbian folkdance music; home audio recordings made by tamburitza musician George Skrbina; production material for the 1977 film The Popovich Brothers of South Chicago [Available on video cassette] and a series of field recordings of Bulgarian songs made by Martha Forsyth, 1980-81. Also included are recordings, photographs and printed matter from major programs of the period.

Ethnic Folk Arts Center (1981-1998): The organization expanded its focus, as well as the number and frequency of its programs. The Center produced several audio recordings, including the Epirot Greek Halkias Family Orchestra, Jewish klezmer clarinetist Dave Tarras Music for the Traditional Jewish Wedding, the first album of Cherish the Ladies, recordings of Irish-American women, the Irish Fathers and Daughters album, the Puerto Rican Jíbaro/Bomba and Plena album, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Mi Tierra Natal, with Conjunto Melodía Tropical and Los Pleneros de La 21, and the Smithsonian Folkways release of the Bukharan Jewish Ensemble, Shashmaqam [All of these recordings are available for sale]. The Center also coordinated major tours of Shashmaqam and Cherish the Ladies, as well as other tours with Greek and Italian musicians. Many of these performances were documented through audio recordings. In addition, the Rhythms of New York concert series, held at the New-York Historical Society (1990-1992) resulted in two concert video productions of Los Pleneros de la 21 and Music from China, both of which are available from CTMD. The Center also produced an hour-long video documentary about ethnic music and musicians in the United States, The Spirit Travels: Immigrant Music in America, narrated by Linda Ronstadt.

Other documentation from this period includes recordings, photographs and printed matter of major multicultural festival events, including the Spring Folk Festival (1969-1977), the Winter Folk Festival (1969-1985), the Queens Ethnic Music and Dance Festival (1976-1991), the Salute to Immigrant Cultures, a three-day festival in celebration of the Statue of Liberty Centennial, (1986), and the Folk Parks Festivals (1993-2000) and the New York World Festival (2002 and 2004).

Global Beat of the Boroughs: Since 2001, the Center has released three CD albums on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings under its Global Beat of the Boroughs series: A 2 CD Compilation entitled Global Beat of the Boroughs with performances by leading artists representing 20 different cultural communities on 33 tracks of both traditional and innovative interpretations (2001); Badenya: Manden Music in New York City (2002), documenting leading West African artists from Guinea, Mali and the Gambia; and Quisqueya en el Hudson: Dominican Music in New York (2004). The archive contains all the master recordings and documentation about these projects.

The Community Cultural Initiatives projects (1990-present) offer a wider range of documentation, including field recordings, interviews, audience evaluations, and complete program audio and video recordings. These materials document performance traditions of the following cultures: Albanian, Arab, Dominican, Asian Indian, Mandeng West African, Indo-Caribbean, Former Soviet Jewish, Filipino, Mexican and Peruvian. A tape of the second Festival Shqiptar (Albanian) is available on video cassette as well. Four of the Community Cultural Initiative programs have been taped for inclusion in the Jerome Robbins Archive of Dance at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. These programs are the Mandeng/West African Niani Badenya (1997), the Indo Caribbean Kitchrie (1998), the second West African Community Cultural Initiative program, Badenya '98 and the first Mano a Mano Mexican program of 2001. Copies of these video recordings are also housed in the CTMD archives. Recent projects include Pachamama Pervian Arts, a community based school for traditional performing arts, the Chinese Community Cultural Initiative and the Ukrainian Wave Community Cultural Initiative.

Finally, In 2002, 2004 and 2008, the Center collaborated with World Music Institute to produce the New York World Music Festival. The 2002 and 2008 festivals featured music and dance of the cultures of the Mediterranean. The 2004 festival focused on the connections between the rich musical traditions of the Western Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.

Database: All of the artists, events and archival materials are catalogued in a searchable archival database. Search fields include: artist name, culture, instrument, geographic origin, and performance date.

Access

Material in the CTMD archive is available to academic researchers, the media, artists and their families, community members, and arts programmers. Searches are done through a request to CTMD staff and can be viewed by appointment. Please forward inquiries to the e-mail or mailing addresses below. Include the subject of your inquiry and intended purpose or use of materials you intend to review.

Licensing

Most of the items in the archive are unique recordings and photographs. No reproduction or sale may be made of any item without a permission and a written agreement. Those media to which CTMD maintains copyright are available for licensing. Please contact the CTMD Archive for more information.

Contact Information

For further information about the archive call: (212)571-1555 x 26 or send an e-mail to tvb@ctmd.org

NY World Arts and Culture Archive
Center for Traditional Music and Dance
32 Broadway, Suite 1314
New York, NY 10004

Archival Links

• New York Folklore Society - Archives
• NY State Archive / Documentary Heritage Program
• Alan Lomax Archive
• American Folklife Center
• Archive of Traditional Music
• Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
• World Music Central Music Archive Page

List of Artists

• Abad, Ramon
• Abraham, Ray
• Abramov, Iosif
• Abramov, Yakov
• Acevedo, Ernie
• Adams, Leon
• Adelphotis Olympiton Karpathos
• Adepoju, Sikiru
• Adib, Randa
• African Express
• African Heartbeat
• African Jaliya Kafo
• Afro-Andes
• Agagabayev, Ruslan
• Ago, Kastriot
• Aiello, Virginia
• Ajami, Mansour
• Ajde! New Haven Folkdancers
• Alay Philippine Performing Arts
• Aleman, Willian
• al-Hares, Radouane
• All Star Charanga Jam
• Almanzar, Alejandro
• Alpert, Michael
• Amara, Lamea Abbas
• Ambegaokar, Anjani
• Aminov, Abokhay
• Ancona, Vincenzo
• Anderson, Ingvar
• Anjos, Mize
• Anooshian, Arsen
• Antara del Barrio
• Antilles
• Aponte, Delia
• Apostolakis, Antonio
• Appiah, Ben
• Aramirè
• Arawaks Steel Band
• Armeteros, Chocolate
• AsaDife
• Ashkenazic Trio
• Aslan, Pablo
• Aslavinsky
• Assam Society of America
• Atanasovski, Pece
• Athanasiades, Apostolos
• Austerlitz, Robert
• Aviezer, Isaac
• Avramescu, Petar
• Ayanfowora, Kofo
• Aybar, Roberto
• Bachata Mix
• Bachata Pura
• Bagata, Les Ballets
• Bah, Bailo
• Baker, Etta
• Balalaika Russe
• Balkan Brothers
• Balkan Mountain Men
• Balkana
• Balkaran, Mala
• Balkaran, Roopnarine
• Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Nueva York
• Banat Orchestra
• Bangoura, Epizo
• Bangoura, M'Bemba
• Bannerman, Ren
• Baraev, Isak
• Barayev, Osher
• Barghouti, Naser
• Barnard Folk Dance Group
• Barsa, Diane
• Barthelemy, Mary
• Basil, George
• Basse-Wiles, Marie
• Beckerman, Samuel
• Begot, Belim
• Belios, Manolis
• Belios, Parthena
• Benbrahim, Tarik
• Berberian, John
• Berouka-Ratevka
• Berrios, Israel
• Bez Noge (Temple U. Polish Dancers)
• Bezic, Jerko
• Bhangra Group
• Bhatt, Vishwa Mohan
• Biaggi, Laura
• Biba, Shqipe
• BIBAK Northeast
• Bilides, Sophia
• Bilinson, Boris
• Bina Menon Group
• Birnboym, Toyvye
• Black Diamond Ensemble
• Bob Gaddy and the Houserockers
• Boban Markovic Orkestar
• Bogojevski, Blagoja
• Bomplena
• Boodram, Sampat Dino
• BorinCuba
• Bournias, Lefteris
• Bozin, Petar
• Brahopoulos, Vangelis
• Brave Old World
• Brody, Lauren
• Bronson, Patti
• Brown,Tamir
• Bruneau, Phillipe
• Buciu, Valeria
• Buddy, Gwen
• Buen, Knut
• Buk, Dov
• Buk, Elli
• Bukaran Jewish Ensemble
• Bukhina, Marina
• Bush, Jonathan
• Bushnaq, Inea
• Butler, Lillie
• Butler, Rev. Robert
• Caba, George
• Café Aman Amerika Orchestra
• Calabria Bella
• Camaj, George
• Camara, Papa Ladji
• Campbell, Roy
• Canela, Sage & Sol
• Carbone, Rocco
• Cardenas, Guillermo
• Caribbean American Sports and Yourth Movement Steel Band (CASYM)
• Carrasco, Marco Antonio
• Carroll, Kevin
• Carroll-Lacey, Liz
• Cartegena, Juan
• Casal, Jose
• Cascio, Calogero
• Casey, Clyde
• Casey, Karen
• Casey, Roger and Gail
• Castillo, Pepe
• Castillo, Rafo
• Cemal, Kemani
• Cepeda, Roberto
• Cepeda, Tito
• Cepeda, William
• Cetiliztli Nauhcampa Quetzalcoati en Ixachitlan
• Chatterjee, Amit
• Chatterjee, Samir
• Chen, Si Si
• Cheng, Susan
• Cheres
• Cherish the Ladies
• Chhandayan Tabla School
• Chianis, Sam
• Chicha, Dona
• Childrens' Orchestra Society Alumni
• Chinelos, Los
• Chinese Cultural Center, New York
• Christoforidis, Christoforos
• Chulakalvava, Maria
• Chuva, Francisco
• Cissoko, Keba
• Cissoko, Tapani
• Citizen Kafka
• Clancy, Aoife
• Clark, Morgan
• Clohessey, Eileen
• Coco Merenson
• Coen, Charlie
• Coen, Jack
• Coffarelli, Giovanni
• Cofone, Frank
• Cohen, John
• Colon, Eddie
• Compania Wanichigu
• Conde, Sidiki
• Confurius, Marty
• Conjnto Hueyapan
• Conjunto Folklorico de la Alianza Dominicana
• Conjunto Imagen
• Conjunto Melodia Tropical
• Connolly, Diedre
• Connolly, Mattie
• Conquistadores del Sur, Los
• Conte, Pat
• Conway, Brian
• Conway, Patricia
• Conway, Rose
• Coogan, Mary
• Corina
• Coro Dolomiti
• Cossio, Miguel Angel
• Crni Biseri Orchestra
• Cronin, John
• Crum, Dick
• Cuatro Project
• Cubi, Tereze
• Cultural Arts Dance Company of the
• Cultural Association "28 November"
• Cumbre
• Cusenza, Joseph
• d'Abreu, Cora
• Daci, Riza
• Dadap, Michael
• Dajani, Nahida Fadli
• Dajbabic, Skender
• Dakwar, Wisam
• Dalgetty, Wrickford
• Dancers Los Pampas
• Dancing Crane
• Dandan, Fahim
• Danseurs de Lysander Falls, Les
• Dardanet
• Darkhosh, Susan
• Darkhosh, Teymour
• Daullet e Velestes Orchestra
• Dave, Raghuvir
• David, David
• Davida, Antonio
• Davrayev, Borukhay
• De Franco Raffaela & Giuseppe
• De Franco, Faust
• De Leon, Bayani
• Dedaj, Filip
• Dedvukaj, George
• Dedvukaj, Gjon
• Holeman, John Dee
• Deep in da Circle
• DeFranco, Giuseppe
• DeFranco, Raffaela
• Delibab Folk Music Ensemble
• Delidakis, Stelios
• DeLuca, Assunta
• DeLuca, Vincenzo
• Demetri Tashi and Beth Cohen Ensemble
• Demisau, Nazmi
• Demo, Qerim
• Demo, Ramzi
• Demo, Redjep
• Demo, Usnija
• deVries, Karen
• Di Molever Kompanye
• Diab, Fouad
• Diab, Said
• Diabate, Abdoulaye
• Diabate, Djefalima
• Diabate, Mamadou
• Dias, Luis
• Dickens, Hazel
• DiLione, Carmine
• Dimotiki Kompania
• Diop, Alioune
• Dioubate, Famoro
• Dioubate,Tenenfig
• DJ Joy
• DJ Rekha
• Dja Ra-Ra
• Doda, Bajrush
• Dodenc, Vasilje
• Doherty, Maureen
• Doherty, Tom
• Doitsides Family Orchestra
• Dolan, Brendan
• Dominguez, Leonardo Ivan
• Doonbeg Club
• Doyle, John
• Duka, Ferik
• Dunav Tamburitza Orchestra
• Dushaj, Tom
• Dzeordza, Baba
• Dzeordzi, Katilj
• Dziewanowski, Jas
• Hitchner, Earle
• EcoCumbe
• Egan Family
• Egan, Seamus
• Egan, Siobhan
• Eillam-Amzallag, Avi
• El-Edlibi, Ramzi
• Elefta
• Elez, Muhamet
• Empire Loisaida Samba School
• Enoch, Mike
• Ensemble Fisniket
• Ensemble Lesginka
• Ensemble Rugova
• Ensemble Shqiptare
• Ensley, Ernest
• Estampas y Tradiciones
• Evans, Jordan
• Evergreen (Chinese Choir)
• Evo Nas
• Explosion Norte-a
• Explosion Tipica Dominicana
• Fadlallah, Ghassan
• Fand, Peter
• Fang, Qi Shu
• Fares, Jeffrey
• Fasarakis, Chris
• Fathers & Daughters
• Fazio, Joseph
• Fedoriouk, Ollaxa
• Fefita La Grande
• Feldman, Allen
• Feldman, Walter Zev
• Feraba
• Feraco, Francesca
• Fermoile, Kathryn K.
• Ferraro, Carmine
• Fichtenbaum, Matt
• Fida, Burim
• Finn, Jim
• Fitzgerald, Bridget
• Fitzpatrick, John
• Fitzpatrick, Maureen
• Flamurtaret Nga Kosova
• Fly By Night String Band
• Folk Group Montemaranese
• Folklorico Filipino Dance Company
• Forster, Kristen
• Fortunato, Claudio, y sus Guedeses
• Foster, Catherine
• Four Winds, The
• Fraenkel, Eran
• Francisco, Monica
• Frandsen, Eric
• Frederique, Willie
• Freedom Steel
• Freeman, Carol
• Gabriele, Angelo
• Gaiteiro Terra A Nosa
• Galan, Manuel
• Gangoli, Opu
• Garcia, Manolo
• Garcia, Maria Isabel
• Garifuna Ensemble
• Gashi, Svedi
• Gavrilova, Riva
• Gecaj, Dila
• Gefni, Benzi
• Ghanem, Ghada
• Ghossein, Mirene
• Giglio Brass Band
• Ginnis, Paul
• Ginsburg, Michael
• Gjelaj, Nika Gjelaj
• Gjevukaj, Sali
• Gjezo, Eli
• Glaser, Stephen
• Glynn, Maureen
• Gojkovic, Mira
• Goldberg, Max
• Golden, Donny
• Golden, Eileen
• Goldenshteyn, German
• Gomes, Elizabeth
• Gomes, Polash
• Gomez, Francisca
• Gonzalez, Andy
• Gorelick, Jacob
• GornoSelsko Oro
• Granafei, Enrico
• Graziosi, Joe
• Great Day Chorale
• Green Fields of America
• Greenberg, Simon (Grinberg)
• Grinberg, Vladimir
• Group Akangbe Dansi
• Grupi Vllaznimi
• Grupi Vllaznor
• Grupo Wayno
• Gueorguiev, Radoy
• Gueye, Mar
• Gundinci Village
• Guowei, Wang
• Gustongo Son
• Gutkin, Lisa
• Guttierrez, Juan
• Gypsy Cab
• Haddasah
• Haki Krasniqi Orchestra
• Hakmoun, Hassan
• Halili, Merita
• Halkias Family Orchestra
• Halkias, Achilleas
• Halkias, Pericles
• Halkias, Petros
• Hanguk
• Hanson, Jerry
• Harisiades, Lazaros
• Hasani, Valdet
• Hawley, Emerson
• Haxhia, Bajram
• Hayre, Carlos
• Hazeq, Siar Ahmed
• Hazo, Sam
• Heavenly Tones
• Henry, Cathie Ryan
• Henry, David
• Henry, Kevin
• Henry, Maggie
• Herald, John
• Herbert, Arddin
• Herencia Negra
• Herman, Michael
• Hernandez, Franklyn y Su Tipican Brothers
• Hickman, Linda
• Hinantillan
• Hirsch, Harry
• Hoag, Andrea
• Holland, Elinor Aishah
• Holoobka
• Horan, Winifred
• Howell, Sean
• Hristoforides, Hristoforos
• Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
• Hunt, Beverly
• Hunt, Donny
• Husni
• Hwang, Jason
• Hylton, Kevin Nathaniel
• Hyseni, Raif
• Ibragimov, Bella
• Ikritiki
• Ilieva, Vaska
• Inkhay
• Innocentes, Los
• Islami, Ramiz
• Ismailov, Kujtim
• Isufi, Elez
• Ivers, Eileen
• Jagun, Ola & Ancestral Rhythms
• Janosik Dancers
• janov, sarah
• Jayne Cortez and the Fire Spitters
• Jazz des Jeunes
• Jimenez, Santiago
• John Vartan Orchestra
• Jorbateh, Basiru
• Jorgovan Orchestra
• Joseph, Lawrence
• Jovanovic, Cheda
• Junatan, Firuza
• Kabajo
• Kalantarova, Malika
• Kallivas, Petros
• Kalogrides, George
• Kalpatsinidis, Ioannis
• Kamanis, Kostas
• Kamanlidis, Stathis
• Kaoka Dance Company
• Kapela Ondrasezek
• Kara-Terki, Zakia
• Karras, Jim
• Kasa, Besnik
• Kassab, Youssef
• Kastrati, Shqipe
• Kasumou, Alim Gamza
• Kawkabani Brothers
• Kawkabani, Abdel Wahab
• Kayumanggi Chorale
• Kaziu, Edip
• Keane, James
• Keating, Paul
• Kekes,Theodore
• Kementzides, Ilias
• Keneally, Maureen
• Khalife, Marcel
• Khalil, Azza
• Khan, Firoz
• Khan, Ustad Kadar
• Kida, Resmije
• Kida, Rifat
• Kinding Sindaw
• Kirov, Naiden Ensemble
• Kirschenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara
• Kisslinger, Jerry
• Kitka Orchestra
• Kitmerides, Stathis
• Klapa Astoria
• Klapakis, Mikhalis
• Klephtics
• Kligman, Gail
• Koaka Dance Co.
• Kocaj, Lush
• Kocaj, Nreca
• Kocaj, Tish
• Kochak, Eddie
• Koenig, Martin
• Kokonas, Antonios
• Kolakovic, Maka
• Kolarov, Mile
• Kollasikus
• Konstandindis, Kostikas
• Konstantinou, Simos
• Kontemeniotis, Glafkos
• Kontos, Gabe
• Korean Traditional Performing Arts Association
• Kosek, Kenny
• Kotansky, Stephen
• Kotchegna Dance Company
• Koumakis, Emanuel
• Koumanov, Krassimir
• Koumbassa, Youssouf
• Kouyate, Djimo
• Kouyate, Fousseny
• Kouyate, Sekouba Kandia
• Kraja, Rexhap
• Krajka, Agim
• Krakauer, David
• Krasniqi Brothers Orchestra
• Krasniqi, Mejamet (Arben)
• Krasniqi, Ndrec
• Kuei, Ding Mei
• Kuinova, Fatima
• Kuknariyev, Boris
• Kurtali, Ramiz
• Kurti, Lazlo
• Kuyenov, Shumiel
• Kwapong, Kwame
• Lapache, Willy
• Laufman, Dudley
• Launeddas
• Lawrence, Norman
• Leiby, Ludwig
• Lekocaj, Christina
• Leroux, Sylvain
• Les Merveilles de Guinee
• Lessard, Deni and Louise
• Leticia, Yolanda
• Leyton, Morely
• Li, Lui
• Liangxing, Tang
• Libre
• Liebman, Bob
• Lilleland, Marit Vaagan
• Liu, Tim
• Long, Donna
• Lopez, Dagoberto
• Lopez, Rene
• Los Amigos del Ritmo
• Los Diamantes de Puebla
• Los Pleneros de la 21
• Lu, yu
• Lucaj, Zef
• Ludo, Kupi
• Luli-Fuell, Ndue
• Lumani, Ruzhdi
• Lushan, Shpend Gehlaj
• Macedonian Folk Orchestra
• Macondos, Los
• Madden, Joanie
• Madden, Joe
• Madden, John
• Magyar, Judith
• Magyar, Kalman
• Maimouna Keita Dance Company
• Majaderos, Los
• Makeba, Miriam
• Malakov, Ezra
• Malayev, Ilyas
• Malfa, Salvatore
• Malhotra, Rekha
• Mangara, Abdou Rahman
• Maninakis, Grigoris
• Manis, Potri Ranka
• Mann, C.K.
• Manuel, Peter
• Maqellara, Haxhi
• Maramures, The National Folklore Ensemble of
• Marcano, Carlton
• Maria, Elizabeth
• Mariachi Academy of New York
• Mariachi Assoc. of NY
• Mariachi Estrella
• Mariachi Real de Mexico
• Mariachi Xochimilco
• Marice-Lesno
• Maris, Kostas
• Marku, Vasil
• Marmolejo, Maximo
• Mateo, Jose
• Marti, Bienvenido
• Marti, Virgilio
• Mastras, Nick
• Matar, Gaby
• Matos, Hector
• Mazaltov
• Mbira/Shekere Sound Experience
• McCollough Sons of Thunder
• McDonagh, Mary
• McGinty, Kathy
• McKenzie, Laura
• Melik, Bill
• Mena, Freddy
• Mendoza de Leon, Bayani
• Merhej, Michel
• Merino, Joaquin
• Merturi, Martin
• Merveilles d'Afrique, Les
• Mesaouda
• Mexico Images and Traditions
• Microcosmos
• Midao
• Mikrokosmos
• Milavsky, Andriy
• Milev, Ivan
• Milnes, Gerry
• Milstein, Yitschak
• Minas, Angelo Macedonian Orchestra
• Mindanoa Kuluintang Ensemble
• Mirabile, Santo
• Mirabile, Tindaro
• Mirakaj, Miliana
• Mirhige, Hanna
• Mizmorim
• Mogilevskaya, Inna
• Moloney, Mick
• Monte, Pa'lo
• Moreau, Yves
• Moreno, Soni
• Moriarty, Patti
• Morrissett, Paul
• Moskowitz, Avrom Yitsskhok
• Moussa, Na'im
• Mulhaire, Laurie
• Mulhaire, Martin
• Mulhaire, Sheila
• Mulvihill, Brendan
• Mulvihill, Dawn
• Mulvihill, Gail
• Mulvihill, Martin
• Muriqi, Besim
• Murteza Shira
• Music From China
• Naiden Jurov Ensemble
• Najma
• Napa, Marcos
• Nasser, Joseph
• National Folk Ensemble of Maramures
• Near Eastern Music Ensemble
• Nenusan, Frank
• Nermein el-Rawi
• New York Balkan Folklore Group
• NY Buenos Aires Connection
• Nezaj, Haxhi
• N'Geuwel
• Nica, Tima
• Nikprelaj, Nikolle
• Nirenberg, Mariam
• No Name Gospel Singers
• Nolasco, Andrea
• Novi Sad Radio Orchestra
• Novisis Cultural Troupe of the Volta
• Novo Selo
• Nye, Naomi Shihab
• Obadia, Hakki
• Odza, Ibraim
• Okros Orchestra
• Olivares, Neri
• Olympic Brotherhood of Karpathos
• O'Neill, Pauline
• Orchestra Banatul
• Orchestra Prijateli
• Orion Band, The
• Orkestra Rozafa
• Ornstein, Lisa
• Orquesta Broadway
• Orta, Neri
• Ortiz, Pablo
• Ortiz, Querube
• Osamnaestorka
• O'Sullivan, Jerry
• Ozgen, Ihsan
• Paaralang Pilipino Rondalla
• Paidousi, Anna
• Paley, Semen
• Paley, Tom
• Pali,Nue
• Palm, Marianne
• Pa'lo Monte
• Panpadopoulos, Yiorgos
• Papadapolous, Lazaros Orchestra
• Papadopoulos, Kostas
• Papadopoulos, Lazaros
• Papadopoulos, Manoli
• Papasov, Ivo
• Pappas, John
• Parra, Mochi
• Pascia, Filippo
• Pascual, Fidelina
• Pasiakos, Perikles
• Patakin
• Paulino, Nina
• Peking Opera Group, New York Young People's
• Pennywhistlers
• Peralta, Rafael
• Performing Arts Philippines, Inc. (PAPI)
• Peristeris, Antonis
• Persozo, Juan
• Philippine Dance Company of N Y
• Pinkhasova, Tohfaxan
• Pinson, Yuriy
• Pitu Guli
• Plack, Adam
• Polanco, William
• Pompilus, Ivan "Makso"
• Ponce, Jr., Ramon
• Ponce, Ramon
• Pontiakon Somation
• Pontic Greek Dancers
• Poongmul Nori
• Popaj, Albert
• Popaj, Alfred
• Popovich Brothers
• Popovich, Adam
• Posnakoff, Yanni
• Potrcano, Staro
• Powell, Mairead
• Pregoneros del Puerto, Los
• Prekuli, Fran
• Psarros Konstantinos
• Psathas, Dimitrios
• Psathas, Vangelis
• Pujols, Jose y su Conjunto Tipico Tradicional
• Punjabi by Nature
• Quezada, Jose y Los Cinco Diablos
• Quraishi
• Rabos, George
• Racy, Ali Jihad
• Radio Tarifa
• Rafferty, Mary
• Rafferty, Mike
• Raif Hyseni Orchestra
• Raim, Ethel
• Rajkumari Cultural Center
• Ramiz Islami Orchestra
• Ramos, Eugenia
• Rancho Folclorico Casa de Minho
• Rancho Folclorico Os Camponeses do Minho
• Raposo, Boni
• Raposo, Pedro
• Raposo, Victor A.
• Rashid, Albert
• Rashid, Ray
• Rato, Tony
• Reagon, Bernice
• Reagon, Toshi
• Redja, Nrec
• Redmond, John
• Regional Assoc. of America
• Reka, Morena
• Renacer Trovero
• Resende, Alberto
• Retumba
• Rexha, Fitnete
• Rexha, Nicol'
• Reyes, Francia
• Rice, Tim
• Ridgewood Banat Orchestra
• Ridgewood-Cusenza Mandolin Group
• Rikelman, Hersch
• Rimawi, Majida
• Ristovski, Traiche
• Rivera, Jose
• Rivera, Paco
• Rogers, Justin
• Roheim, Anund
• Romano, Vincenzo
• Rosa, Eddie
• Rosario, David
• Rosborne, Richard
• Ross, Guadelupe
• Roussos, John
• Roy, Badal
• Rozafati Dance Group
• Rraci, Hajdin
• Rraci, Kujtin
• Rugova
• Rupkina, Yanka
• Ryan, Cathie
• Saba, Bassam
• Safar, Abdallah
• Sage
• Salifosky, Seido
• Samad, Youssef Abdel
• Samiou, Domna
• Samul Nori
• Sanchez, Armando
• Sandanski Orchestra
• Sano, Kemoko
• Santana, Juan "Pepe"
• Sapanides, Andy
• Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle
• Schwartz, Leon
• Sedef
• Sexteto Criollo Puertorriqueno
• Shabani, Tome
• Shafik, Gamal
• Shaheen, Manal
• Shaheen, Najib
• Shaheen, Simon
• Shala, Frank
• Shala, Liz
• Sharif, Yusri
• Shashmaqam
• Sherman, Chaya
• Shihab, Aziz
• Shira, Sabit
• Shishkovtsi, The Village
• Shkreli, Vasel
• Sidiki Conde
• Silios, Athanasia
• Silverman, Carol
• Simaku, Parashqevi
• Simolacaj, Rita
• Singh, Gora
• Singh, Rada
• Sister Sadie & the Famous Biblettes
• Skordalos, Athanassio
• Smolyan Ensemble
• Snyder, Susan
• Sodal, Ingvar
• Sofos, Nikos
• Sokkong, Benicio
• Sol Canela
• Son de la Loma
• Son, Gustongo
• Sonnice
• Sosa, Bienvenido
• Souma, Alouseny
• Sounds of Korea
• Sout al Ghorba
• Spadaro, Charlie
• Spassov, Teodosi
• Spataro, Salvatore
• Spirit Ensemble
• Spirit in Black
• Stathos, George
• Statman, Andy
• Stepanovsky, David
• Stewart, Elektra
• Strachwitz, Chris
• Strollo, Michele
• Studenecko
• Surmach, Myron
• Suso, Mahamadou Salieu
• Suspenso del Norte
• Susso, Papa
• Sweet, Ralph
• Sylla, Abou
• Tahuatinsuyo
• Taller Cultural Lemba
• Tang, Liang Xing
• Tao, Chen
• Tarras, Dave
• Tarras, Dave Orchestra
• Tarviz Aronova
• Tashi, Demetri
• Tassa Explosion
• Tazz
• Teitelbaum, Paula
• Tejada, Enriquillo
• Thunderbird Dancers
• Timar, Sandor
• Tinguit e Rapsodit Orchestra
• Toromanides, Tommy
• Torre, Antonio
• Treacy, Marie
• Tribilbila
• Trio Bulgarka
• Trio el Desbande
• Troika, Trakiiskata
• Troupe Makandal
• True Gospel Ensemble
• Tsai Fung Dance Company
• Tubi, Shoshana
• Tumble, Roland
• Tveit, Alf
• Tzoumas, Likurgos
• Tzoumas, Petros
• Tzur, Tomer
• Uka, Filip
• Ulali
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• Ulloa, Francisco
• Umerovski, Jusuf
• Underdal, Lars
• Urena, Ricardo
• V.R.A.N.A. Cultural Troupe
• Vaa, Johan
• Valdez, Patato
• Valva Mladenova Balkanska
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• Varimezov, Todora
• Vasquez, Ramon
• Vassiliades, Panayiotis
• Vejarano, Martin
• Velasquez, Guillermo
• Ventouris, Mathaios
• Vicioso, Tony
• Viento de Agua
• Vieux Diop
• Vilcherrez, Luis
• Vladi, Arif
• Voodoobillies
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• Vulaj, Mark
• Waletzky, Josh
• Wang, Tien-jou
• Wanichigu Dance Company
• Webb, Boogie Bill
• Weinberg, Toby
• Weiner, Larry
• Werbock, Jeffrey
• Whelan, John
• Whine, Melvin
• Wick, Regan
• Williams, John
• Wise, Alvin
• Wollock, Jeffrey
• Wretched Refuse String Band
• Xia, Wen-Jie
• Yagodaeva, Firuza
• Yagudaev, Gregory
• Yasar, Necdet
• Yelena Rikelman
• Yelizarova, Tereza
• Yerbabuena
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• Yi, Yang
• Yildiz, Orhan
• Yiorgos Zafiriou Orchestra
• Yolanda Leticia y la cancion ranchera
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• Yu, Lu
• Yudin, Feigl
• Yunakov, Yuri
• Yusupov, Boris
• Zafarova Budy, Liliana
• Zafiriou, Yiorgos
• Zekirovski, Muzafer
• Zemel, Allen
• Zenska Pensa
• Zensko Oro
• Zespol Tancow Ludowwych 'Janosiik'
• Zhang, Bao-Li
• Zhuka, Violeta
• Zlatne Uste
• Zurka-Zivan, Voicita