50 top tracks
Musicians in Myanmar
Jerry Lloyd
Burmese Theater, Myanmar
Burmese Puppet Show
Burma Field Recordings
Jerry Lloyd-Burmese Puppet Show I
Cambodia... A shadow puppet performance in PJnom Penh.
Ubud... Joged is a bambamboo type of gamelan that is performed here.
Ubud, Bali... People put bamboo whistles on pigeons here, because, well, its sounds cool.
Traditional Laotian music show... Saturday night in Louang Prabahng at a "cultural show" ... sadly there were only 8 of us in attendance, while the bars and karaoke places were full.
Burma... A recording in Mandalay from the Mandalay Marionettes & Culture Show. http://www.mandalaymarionettes.com/
Udaipur at a restaurant
Marrakesh, Morocco at the Djema El Fina... This center of town is a remarkable and lively place with storytellers, water sellers (the bells you hear), food stands, snake charmers, musicians, roadside dentists, con-artists, and everyday people. Amazing!
A woman named Fatima sings the famous song of her namesake in Essaaouira, Morocco
From another "cultural show", this one in Kuala, Lampur, Malaysia which is a very busy and modern city with many opportunities to shop and nightclub. Still a few tourists still want to hear the old music. 2
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia... I stayed in a wonderful hut here while learning to dive. It cost $8 a night, all meals included. The host family were great. The husband played the bass box (see photo on cover) which was a huge box resonator with
Gamelan from Chandra Wirabhuaanan group in Ubud. This was the final dance of the evening and it had begun to rain HARD... the musicians sped up the tempo, but never considered stopping or missed a beat,
Burma... A dinner show in Yangon
This is from an outdoor bonfire in Calcutta, India on the night before Holi
Kochin, India... From a performance of traditional music
Kochin performance with TABLA and sitar. 3 people in attendance. This was the night I vowed to spell the word TABLA in capitals for the rest of my life
