MCM & LYR DVDs

This film takes the viewer to a kingdom in the Himalayas, where tribal animism, Buddhism, and Hinduism live in harmony. In the folklore of Nepal, religious mask-dances with the sound...

Filmed entirely in Bali - the famed Hindu island in the archipelago of Indonesia - this historical DVD shows the day-to-day life of the islanders, their folk songs, gamelan orchestras...

MCM 1011 (2006) Blues Houseparty: Music, Dance and Stories by Masters of the Piedmont Blues Featuring John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, Archie Edwards, John Jackson, James Jackson, Cora Jackson, Flora...

Bossa Nova: Music & Reminiscences A wonderful documentary narrated by actor Peter Coyote, this films traces the development of bossa nova from its earliest days in Brazil. Contains music, stories...

"Chinese Opera" opens in the make-up room of the People's Theatre in Canton, where the cast is preparing for a 300-year-old Cantonese opera called Nliu Yi Chuan Su, a romance,...

Echoes From Tibet - Panoramic views of the high snow ranges provide the backdrop for the austere and rugged village life of Tibetans and Ladakhis, high in the the western...

The Mevlevi Dervish Order was founded in the 13th century by Mevlana Jeladed-din Rumi, a poet and mystic who rebelled against orthodox Islamic beliefs by replacing formal prayers with songs...

MCM1007E-DVD El Chranguero: Jaime Torres, The Charango Player An intimate portrait of Jaime Torres, the world's foremost performer on the charango, a small stringed instrument created by the Andean Indians...

MCM-1004DVD Khmer Court Dance: Cambodian Royal Court Dance A delightful collection of five authentic dances in the Khmer court repertoire, performed in traditional costume by masters of these dances. The...

Thai folk songs and dances - such as the beautiful fingernail dance and the precision bamboo dance - are filmed in performance, as is a segment from the classical the...

Mande Music and Dance: Performed by Mandinka Musicians in Gambia in the late Twentieth Century   LYRDV2001 Download contents of CD (39.45MB .zip) here These films, including 18 separate events, made...

Download contents of CD (53MB .zip) here This DVD presents ten historical scenes, captured on 8mm film at a time when portable video had not yet emerged as a viable medium. ...

Marshall Coid, countertenor - Jerry Willard, archlute Robert Zubrycki & Lori Miller, violins - Peter Seidenberg, cellowith guest artist Julianne Baird, soprano Elaine Comparone and her Queen's Chamber Band delve...

MCM-1002DVD New England Dances: Squares, Quadrilles, Step Dances This is a spirited visit to some of the old dances in New England and with the callers and musicians who make...

MCM-1003DVD New England Fiddles: Playing Down the DevilAlan Lomax said this film "takes us past the solemn facade of clambakes and town meetings into a lively world of all night...

"Chinese Instruments and Music" explores the ancient, delicate integration of music and art with other aspects of Chinese daily life. The history of China is interwoven with the development of...

The great classical violinist, Yehudi Menuhin, introduces "Raga" with an explanation of the Morning Raga, Ahira Bhairava. This is followed by footage of that same raga being played by musicians...

MCM-1008DVD Saturday Night, Sunday Morning: The Travels of Gatemouth Moore Award-winning documentary about Rev. A.D. "Gatemouth" Moore that reveals the common roots of blues and gospel through his remarkable life...

Seán Ó Sé’s long and illustrious career as "a giant of Irish music" has touched all bases in the Irish music business. His unique, unforgettable tenor voice was nurtured in...

Born in New York City, Soh Daiko has taken the traditional festival drumming known as taiko from its Japanese homeland and drawn inspiration from the living world cultures surrounding it....

Includes one DVD and one CD of audio tracks, notes, maps and photos!   Download contents of CD (15.54MB .zip) here DVD and notes byby Ron Emoff Ph.D.Ohio State University at...

Produced and directed by Mark Greenberg, "The Unbroken Circle" traces the development of traditional country music in Vermont from unaccompanied ballads through Franco- and Anglo-American fiddling to radio cowboy bands...

The forested hills and valleys of the eastern Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, India attracted Rudyard Kipling a century ago, and more recently, for different reasons, ethnomusicologist Roderic C. Knight....