Asian / Pacific / Native America (Reference)

The music of Asia (excluding Turkey and the Arabic lands, which means fromeast),east), plus Australia, Pacific islands (e.g., Hawaii), and Native Am rica.

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

Arooj Aftab (1985– )

• Vulture Prince [2021, New Amsterdam], B+(*)
• w/Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily: Love in Exile [2023, Verve], B+(**)
• Night Reign [2024, Verve], B+(***)

Agust D (1993– )

• D-Day [2023, Big Hit Music], B+(*)

Kiran Ahluwalia

• Kiran Ahluwalia [2005, Triloka]
• Wanderlust [2007, Times Square], B+(*)

Alaap

• Chham Chham Nachdi Phiran [1990, Multitone]

Azam Ali

• Elysium for the Brave [2006, Six Degrees], B

Salamat Ali

• Breath of the Rose [1993, Waterlily]

Turgun Alimatov

• Ouzbekistan [1996, Ocora]

Hossein Alizâdeh (1951– )

• Raz-O-Niaz [(1995), Kereshmeh/City]

Vijaya Anand

• Asia Classics 1: Dance Raja Dance [1992, Luaka Bop], B

Ankala

• Rhythms of the Outer Core [1997, Network]

Ashkhabad

• City of Love [1993, RealWorld]

Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna

• Selected Carnathic Krithis [EMI India]

Nikhil Banerjee

• Immortal Sitar of Pandit Nikhil Banerjee [1986, Chhanda Dhara]

Ashwin Batish

• Sitar Power [1986, Shanachie], B

Purna Das Baul

• Bauls of Bengal [1995, Crammed Discs]

Keola Beamer (1951– )

• Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar in the Real Old Style [1972, Mountain Apple, 2CD]
• Wooden Boat [1994, Dancing Cat], B+(*)

Jay Begaye

• Honoring Our Ways [1995, SOAR]

Krishna Bhatt (1949– )

• Sitar: Raga Chandni Kedar / Raga Kafi [1994, Playasound]
• Krishna Bhatt [Sebabu]

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (1952– )

• Song of Nature [1992, Original Music]
• Guitar a la Hindustan [1992, Magnasound]
• Gathering Rain Clouds [1993, Waterlily]
• Brilliance of Guitar [1994, EMI India]
• w/Simon Shaheen: Saltanah [1997, Waterlily]

Tarun Bhattachary

• Kirvani [1996, Music of the World]

Debashish Bhattacharya (1963– )

• Mahima [2003, Riverboat]
• Slide Guitar Ragas From Dusk Till Dawn [2015, Riverboat], B+(***)

Asha Bhosle (1933– )

• The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Asha Bhosle [(2003), World Music Network]
• Duets Forever [EMI India]

BlackPink

• The Album [2020, YG Entertainment/Interscope], B+(**)
• Born Pink [2022, YG Entertainment], B+(***)

BTS [2014– ]

• Love Yourself: Tear [2018, Big Hit], B
• Map of the Soul: 7 [2020, Big Hit], B+(*)
• BE [2020, Big Hit], B+(*)

Earl Bullhead

• Walking the Red Road [1993, SOAR]

The Cambodian Space Project

• 2011: A Space Odyssey [2011, Metal Postcard], B+(***)

Kev Carmody

• Pillars of Society [1990, Festival]

The Cathedral Lakes Singers

• Pow Wow Songs, Vol. 1 [SOAR]

Chai [2017– ]

• Punk [2019, Burger], B+(*)
• Wink [2021, Sub Pop], B+(**)
• Chai [2023, Sub Pop], B+(**)

Sheila Chandra (1965– )

• Quiet [1984, Caroline]
• Silk 1983–1990 [1983–90, Shanachie]
• Weaving My Ancestors' Voices [1992, Caroline]
• Zen Kiss [1994, RealWorld]
• Moonsung [1993–96, RealWorld], C+

Anindo Chatterjee

• Anindo and His Tabla [1991, Audiorec]

Shri Swapan Chaudhuri

• The Soul of Tabla [1993, Interworld]

Hariprasad Chaurasia (1937– )

• Rag Kaunsi Kanhra [1989, Nimbus]
• Rag Lalit [1989, Nimbus]
• w/Shivkumar Sharma: Call of the Valley [1995, Hemisphere]

Jackie Cheung (1961– )

• Jacky in Concert 93 [1993, Polygram, 2 CD]

Leslie Cheung

• Glorious Years [(1998), Capital Artists]

Sonny Chillingworth

• Endlessly [1999, Windham Hill]

Chingari

• w/Ranjit Barot, U Shrinivas, Etienne Mbappé: Bombay Makossa [2014, Abstract Logix], B+(*)

Cui Jian

• Yiwu Suoyou (I Have Nothing to My Name) [1989, EMI Hong Kong]

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (1929–90)

• Raga Yaman [1991, Nimbus]
• Raga Shuddha Todi [1994, Nimbus]

Buddhadev Das Gupta

• Raga Jaijaivanti / Raga Kedar / Raga Gorakh Kalyan [1993, Nimbus]

Dear Eloise [2010– ]

• Uncontrollable, Ice Age Stories [2012, Maybe Mars], B+(*)

Girija Devi

• Songs from Varanasi [1993, Nimbus]

Enji

• Ulaan [2023, Squama], B

Ensemble Altai-Hangai

• Nariits Biilge (Let's Dance) [2000, Pan]

Ensemble Moshtaq

• Dashti-Mâhur: Persian Art Music [Buda Musique]

Gamelan Pacifica

• Trance Gong [1995, What Next?]

Ghazal

• Lost Songs of the Silk Road [1997, Shanachie]
• As Night Falls on the Silk Road [1998, Shanachie]
• Moon Rise Over the Silk Road [1998, Shanachie]
• The Rain [2001, ECM], B+

Kadri Gopainath

• Saxophone Indian Style [Oriental]

Guo Brothers and Shung Tian [1990– ]

• Yuan [1990, RealWorld], B+

Lama Gyurme (1948– )

• w/Jean-Philippe Rykiel: The Lama's Chants: Songs of Awakening / Roads of Blessings [1994–2001, Narada, 2 CD], B+

Idjah Hadidjah

• Tonggeret [1987, Elektra/Nonesuch]

Hapa

• Hapa [1995, Coconut Grove]

Medhi Hassan

• Live in Concert [1992, Navras]
• Golden Greats of ... [EMI India]

Aziz Herawi

• Master of the Afghani Lutes [1992, Arhoolie]
• Memories of Herat [1996, Music of the World]

Takashi Hirayasu

• w/Bob Brozman: Jin Jin / Firefly [2000, Riverboat], B+
• w/Bob Brozman: Nankuru Naisa [2001, Riverboat], B

Sol Hoopii (1902–53)

• Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 1 [1926–30, Rounder]
• Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 2 [1927–51, Rounder]

Ruby Hunter

• Thoughts Within [1994, White Records]

Zakir Hussain (1951– )

• Tabla Duet [1988, Chhanda Dhara]

Huun-Huur-Tu [1994– ]

• 60 Horses in My Herd: Old Songs and Tunes of Tuva [1993, Shanachie], B
• The Orphan's Lament [1994, Shanachie]
• Fly My Sadness [1996, Shanachie]

Indian Quintet

• Raga-Ragini [1988, Chhanda Dhara]

Ive

• Ive Switch [2024, Starship Entertainment, EP], A–

Arushi Jain

• Under the Lilac Sky [2021, Leaving], B+(***)

Jaipur Kawa Brass Band

• Dance of the Cobra [2013, Riverboat], B+(*)

Japanese Koto Consort

• Japanese Koto Consort [Lyrichord]

Pandit Jasraj

• Ornamental Voice [1989, Chhanda Dhara]
• Jugalbandi [1993, Navras]
• Vocal [1994, Moment]
• Invocation [Waterlily]

Jaubi

• Nafs at Peace [2021, Astigmatic], A–

Park Jiha

• Communion [2016, Tak:til], B+(**)

Vishnu Govind Jog

• Jugalbandi: Duet for Violin and Guitar [1988, Chhanda Dhara]
• Violin [1991, Moment]
• Monsoon Raga [1993, Nataraj]

Bhimsen Joshi (1922– )

• Vocal [1991, Moment]
• Vocal Phenomenal [1992, Chhanda Dhara]

Kalama's Quartette

• Early Hawaiian Classics 1927–1932 [1927–35, Arhoolie]

Kambar Kalendarov

• w/Kutman Sultanbekov: Jaw [2011, Cantaloupe], B

Manika Kaur

• Satnam Waheguru: The True Name [2013, self-released], B+(**)

Kayhan Kalhor (1963– )

• w/Erdal Erzincan: The Wind [2004, ECM], B+(*)

Dennis Kamakahi

• Pua'ena [1996, Windham Hill]

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1959–97)

• Ka 'Ano'i [1990, Surfside]
• N Dis Life [1996, Big Boy]

The Kâmkârs

• Nightingale with a Broken Wing [1997, Womad]

Raymond Kane (1925– )

• Master of the Slack Key Guitar [1988, Rounder], B
• Punahele [1994, Dancing Cat], B+

Kayhan Kalhor (1963– )

• Scatting Stars Like Dust [1998, Traditional Crossroads]

Kasuma Sari

• Gamelan Batel Wayang Ramayana [CMP]

KCP 5

• Many Ways [2005, Challenge], B+(**)

Ricky Kej

• w/Wouter Kellerman: Winds of Samsara [2014, Listen 2 Africa], C

Khac Chi Ensemble

• Moonlight in Vietnam [1997, Henry Street]

Ali Akbar Khan (1922–2009)

• Signature Series, Vol. 1 [1966, AMMP]
• Then and Now: The Music of the Masters Continues [1955–95, AMMP, 2 CD]
• w/Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri: Passing on the Tradition [1995, AMMP], B+(*)
• w/Asha Bhosle, Swapan Chaudhuri: Legacy [1996, AMMP/Triloka]

Amir Khan (1912–74)

• A Rare Treat from Amir Khan [(1993), EMI India]

Amjad Ali Khan (1945– )

• Raga Bhairav [1994, Navras]
• Ragas Bilaskhani Todi and Brindabani Sarang [1994, Navras]
• A Homage to Mother Teresa [1994, Moment]
• Moksha [2005, RealWorld], A–

Badar Ali Khan (1964– )

• Lost In Qawwali [1997, Triloka], A–
• Lost in Qawwali II [1998, Triloka], B

Bismillah Khan (1916– )

• Live in London, Vol. 1 [1985, Navras]
• Live in London, Vol. 2 [1985, Navras]
• Enchanter [1994, EMI India]
• Shehnai-Jugalbandi [1994, Tips]
• The Shahnai of Ustad Bismillah Khan [1994, Esperance]
• Padma Vibhushan [(1994), Navras]

Ustad Imrat Khan

• Rag Miyaki Todi / Bilaskhani Tod [1988, Nimbus]
• Raga Puriya Dhanashri [1991, India Archive]
• Raeg Lalit [1993, Waterlily]
• Lalita [1994, Waterlily]
• Sitar and Surbahar [Lyrichord]

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–97)

• The Ultimate Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Early Years, Volume 1 [1978–82, Narada, 2 CD], B+
• The Ultimate Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Early Years, Volume 2 [1983–84, Narada, 2 CD], A–
• Mustt Mustt [1990, RealWorld], B
• Shahen-Shah [1991, Atlantic]
• Day, Night, Dawn, Dusk [1991, Shanachie]
• Shahbaaz [1991, RealWorld]
• Devotional Songs [1992, RealWorld]
• Love Songs [1992, RealWorld]
• Devotional and Love Songs [1993, RealWorld]
• Traditional Sufi Qawwalis, Vols. 1 and 2 [1993, Navras]
• Intoxicated Spirit [1996, Shanachie], A–
• Night Song [1996, RealWorld]
• Rapture: An Essential Selection [(1997), Music Club]
• Ecstacy [1997, Music Club]
• Greatest Hits [(1997), Shanachie]
• Supreme Collection, Vol. 1 [(1997), Caroline]
• Star Rise: Remixes [1998, Caroline]
• The Final Studio Recordings [2001, Sony, 2 CD]
• The Rough Guide to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan [(2002), World Music Network], A–

Rais Khan (1939– )

• Romantic Sound of Sitar [1990, Chhanda Dhara]
• Ustad Rais Khan [1993, Navras]
• Raga Yaman Kalyan [1994, Navras]

Rashid Khan (1966– )

• Vocal [1991, India Archive]
• Live in Concert [1993, Navras]
• Morning Glory [1994, EMI India]

Salamat Ali Khan

• Salamat and Nazakat Ali [1988, Hannibal]
• w/Shafqat Ali Khan, Ghulam Abbas Khan: Raga Gunkali / Saraswati / Durga [1990, Nimbus]
• w/Shafqat Ali Khan, Ghulam Abbas Khan: Raga Madkauns / Raga Suha Kanada / Raga Verag Todi / Raga Kalavati [1995, Nimbus]

Sultan Khan

• Sarangi: The Music of India [1974, Rykodisc]
• Sarangi [1990, Moment]
• Rag Bhupali, Rajasthani Folk Song in Rag Bhup Mand [1991, Moment]
• Raga du Début de la Nuit [1993, Adès]

Vilayat Khan (1922– )

• Raga Bhairavi [1991, India Archive]

Farida Khanum

• Gulistan, Vol. 1–2 [1993, Music Today]

Khun Narin

• Electric Phin Band [2014, Innovative Leisure], B+(**)

Ravi Kitran (1967– )

• Gottu Vadyum [1987, Magnasound]

Kodo [1982– ]

• Ibuki [1997, Tristar], B+(*)

Koes Bersaudara

• Koes Bersaudara 1967: To the So Called "The Guilties" [1967, Sublime Frequencies]

Euis Komariah

• w/Yus Wiradiredja: The Sound of Sunda [1990, Globestyle]

Ramnad Krishnan

• Vidwan: Music of South India: Songs of the Carnatic Tradition [1988, Elektra/Nonesuch]

Kishore Kumar (1929–87)

• The Rough Guide to Kishore Kumar [(2014), World Music Network], B+(**)

Lapgan

• Badmaash [2019, self-released], B+(**)
• Duniya Kya Hai [2021, Veena Sounds], B+(**)
• History [2023, Veena Sounds], B+(*)

Les Rallizes Dénudés [1967–1988]

• Citta' '93 [1993, Temporal Drift], B+(***)

Yungchen Lhamo

• Tibet Tibet [1996, Real World]
• Ama [2005, Real World], B+(**)

Li Xiangting (1940– )

• Chine: L'Art du Qin [1990, Ocora]

Kevin Locke (1952– )

• Dream Catcher [1994, Music for Little People]
• First Flute [1999, Makoche]

Kamalesh Maitra (1928– )

• Masters of Raga [1993, Wergo]
• w/Trilok Gurtu: Tabla Tarang — Melody on Drums [1996, Smithsonian/Folkways]

Sheila Majid

• Ratu [1996, EMI]

Wu Man (1963– )

• Chinese Music for the Pipa [1993, Nimbus]
• Chinese Traditional and Contemporary Music for Pipa and Ensemble [(2000), Nimbus]
• w/Kojiro Umezaki: How [2019, In a Circle], B+(*)

Lata Mangeshkar (1929– )

• Aandhi [2004, Saregama]
• Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Lata Mangeshkar [(2004), World Music Network]

Parviz Meshkatian (1955– )

• Dawn [1996, Kereshmeh]

Bill Miller

• Raven in the Snow [1995, Reprise]
• Ghostdance [1999, Vanguard]

The Tau Moe Family

• w/Bob Brozman: Ho'omana'o I Na Mele O Ka Wa U'i (Remembering the Songs of Our Youth) [1989, Rounder]

Dewan Motihar

• w/Irène Schweizer, Manfred Schoof, Barney Wilen: Jazz Meets India [1967, SABA], B+(**)

Neel Murgai

• Neel Murgai Ensemble [2008, Innova], B+(*)

Musafir

• Dhola Maru [1999, Sound True]

Najma

• Qareeb [1988, Shanachie], B+

Sainkho Namchylak

• Naked Spirit [1998, Amiata]
• Temenos [2001, Leo]

Ram Narayan

• w/Suresh Talwalkar: Rag Bhupal Tori / Rag Patdip [1988, Nimbus]
• w/Suresh Talwalkar: Rag Lalit [1989, Nimbus]
• Inde du Nord: L'Art du Sarangi [(1998), Ocora]

Shahram Nazeri

• w/Hafez Nazeri: The Passion of Rumi [2007, QuarterTone], B

Nasida Ria

• Keadilan: Qasidah Music from Java [Piranha]

King Bennie Nawahi (1899–1985)

• Hawaiian String Virtuoso: Acoustic Steel Guitar Classics from the 1920's [(2000), Yazoo]

Newjeans

• Get Up [2023, ADOR, EP], B+(**)

Nermin Niazi

• w/Feisal Mosleh: Disco Se Aagay [1984, Discostan], B+(**)

Niyaz [2005– ]

• Nine Heavens [2008, Six Degrees]
• Sumud [2012, Six Degrees]
• Fourth Light [2015, Six Degrees], B+(***)

Siti Nurhaliza

• Cindai [1998, Suwah]

Otoboke Beaver [2011– ]

• Itekoma Hits [2019, Damnably], B+(**)

Outback

• Baka [1990, Hannibal]

Cyril Pahinui (1950– )

• 6 and 12 String Slack Key [1994, Windham Hill]
• Night Moon: Po Mahina [1998, Windham Hill]

Gabby Pahinui (1921–80)

• The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Vol. 1 [1975, Edsel]
• Gabby [Panini]

The Pahinui Brothers

• The Pahinui Brothers [1992, Panini]

Parannoul (2001– )

• After the Magic [2023, Top Shelf], B

Abida Parveen

• The Best of Abida Parveen [(1997), Shanachie]

Faramarz Payvar

• Iran: Persian Classical Music [1991, Elektra/Nonesuch]

Asha Puthli (1945– )

• The Essential Asha Puthli [1968–80, Mr. Bongo], B+(***)

Alim Qasimov (1957– )

• Love's Deep Ocean [2000, World Network]

Quraishi

• Mountain Melodies [2014, Evergreene Music], B+(**)

Mohammed Rafi (1924–80)

• The Rough Guide to Bollywood Legends: Mohammed Rafi [(2004), World Music Network]

Dr. Krishna Raghavendra

Joe Rainey

• Niineta [2022, 37d03d], B+(**)
• RARE Pulse [2001, GEMA], B+(*)

Sudha Ragunathan

• Kaleeya Krishna [1994, Amutham]

A.R. Rahman (1966– )

• Vande Mataram [1997, Columbia]
• The Best of A.R. Rahman [1997–2006, Legacy], A–

Alla Rakha (1919–2000)

• Tabla Tradition [1991, EMI India]
• Maestro's Choice [Music Today]

Deepak Ram

• Steps [2008, Golden Horn], B

Satyajit Ray

• Jalsaghar [Ocora]
• Music of Satyajit Ray [EMI India]

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali

• Attish: The Hidden Fire [1998, Womad/Asia], B
• Sacrifice to Love [1999, RealWorld]
• w/Temple of Sound: People's Colony No. 1 [2001, RealWorld], B+
• A Better Destiny [2002, RealWorld], A–
• Day of Colours [2004, RealWorld], B+

RMaster

• New Anime Nation, Vol. 10 [2015, Anime], B+(*)

Archie Roach

• Charcoal Lane [1992, Hightone]
• Looking for Butter Boy [1997, Hightone]

Rough Image

• Rough Image [2023, WV Sorcerer], B+(***)

Ustad Saami

• God Is Not a Terrorist [2019, Glitterbeat], C

Sabri Brothers

• Pakistan: The Music of the Qawal [1990, Audivis]
• Ya Habib [1990, Plan 9/Caroline]
• Qawwali Masterworks [1993, Piranha]
• Ya Mustapha [1996, Xenophile]
• Greatest Hits [(1997), Shanachie]

Bally Sagoo

• Bally Sagoo on the Mix: The Story So Far [(1993), Star]

Sam-Ang Sam Ensemble

• Music of Cambodia [World Music Institute]

Senyawa

• Sujud [2018, Sublime Frequencies], B+(***)
• Alkisah [2021, Burning Ambulance], B

Mohammad Reza Shadjarian (1940– )

• Night Silence Desert [2000, Traditional]

Shakti [1975–1977]

• w/John McLaughlin: Shakti With John McLaughlin [1975, Columbia], B+(***)
• w/John McLaughlin: Natural Elements [1977, Columbia], B+(**)
• w/John McLaughlin: A Handful of Beauty [1976, Columbia], B+(***)
• The Best of Shakti [(1995), Moment]
• This Moment [2023, Abstract Logix], B+(*)

Shang Shang Typhoon

• 2 [1994, Tristar]

Daya Shankar

• Daya Shankar's Shahnai Ensemble [1989, Chhanda Dhara]

Lakshminarayana Shankar (1950– )

• Who's to Know [1980, ECM]
• Nobody Told Me [1987, ECM]
• Live in London, Vol. 1 [1992, Navras]
• Raga Aberi [1995, Music of the World]

Ravi Shankar (1920–2012)

• Three Ragas [1956, Angel], A–
• India's Most Distinguished Musician in Concert [1961, Angel], B+(**)
• Improvisations [1962, Angel], B+(*)
• India's Master Musician [1963, Angel], A–
• Ragas and Talas [1964, Angel], B+(***)
• Portrait of Genius [1964, Angel], B+(**)
• Sound of the Sitar [1965, Angel], B+(**)
• Live: At the Monterey International Pop Festival [1967, Angel], B+(**)
• In San Francisco [1967, Angel], B
• In New York [1968, Angel], B+(***)
• The Sounds of India [1968, Columbia], B+(**)
• In Concert 1972 [1972, BGO]
• w/Ali Akbar Khan: Ragas [1973, Fantasy], B+(***)
• w/Yehudi Menuhin: West Meets East: The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions [1967–76, Angel], B+(*)
• Homage to Mahatma Gandhi [1978–80, Deutsche Grammofon], B+(**)
• Rare and Glorious [1962–88, Times Square, 2 CD], A–
• In Celebration [1957–95, Angel, 4 CD]
• In Celebration: The Highlights [1964–88, Angel]
• Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 [2000, Angel], B+(***)

Shivkumar Sharma (1938– )

• w/Zakir Hussain: Rag Madhuvanti / Rag Misra Tilang [1987, Nimbus]
• Hypnotic Santoor [1988, Chhandra Dhara]
• Raga Yaman [1990, Chhanda Dhara]
• Pioneer of Santoor [1991, Chhanda Dhara]
• Raga Jog [1993, Auvidis]
• Raga Gurjari [1994, Navras]
• w/Zakir Hussain: Raga Purya Kalyan [1996, World Network]
• Sampradaya [1999, RealWorld]
• w/Brijbhushan Kabra, Hariprasad Chaurasia: Call of the Valley [(1995), Hemisphere]

Shoukichi Kina (1948– )

• The Music Power from Okinawa [1977, Globestyle]
• Peppermint Tea House: The Best of Shoukichi Kina [1980–91, Luaka Bop], B+(**)

Sindhi Music Ensemble

• Sufi Music from Sindh [(1995), Welt]

Charanjit Singh

• Two Ragas to a Disco Beat [1982, Bombay Connection], B+(***)

Malkit Singh

• Midas Touch [1994, Star]

Jyotsna Srikanth

• Call of Bangalore [2013, Riverboat], B+(*)

U. Srinivas (1969– )

• Mandolin: Master U. Srinivas [1986, Magnasound]
• Magic Mandolin [1989, Chhanda Dhara]
• Music on Mandolin [1990, Super Cassette]
• Modern Mandolin Maestro [1991, Globestyle]
• Mandolin Duets [1994, EMI]
• Dawn Raga [1996, Womad]
• Mandolin Ecstasy [Oriental]

L. Subramaniam (1947– )

• Spanish Wave [1983, Milestone]
• Conversations [1984, Milestone]
• Southern Indian Violin [Ocora]

Suphala

• Blueprint [2007, Suphala], B

Rajna Swaminathan

• Apertures [2021, Ropeadope], B+(**)

Tahitian Choir

• Rapa Iti, Vol. 2 [1994, Shanachie]

Telek

• Telek [Origin]
• Serious Tam [2000, RealWorld]

3unshine

• We Are 3unshine [2019, Real Show], B+(**)

Senti Toy

• How Many Stories Do You Read on My Face? [2006, Circular Moves], B

Tubuai Choir

• Polynesian Odyssey [1993, Shanachie]

Tujiko Noriko (1976– )

• Crépuscle I & II [2023, Editions Mego], B

2NE1 [2012– ]

• Crush [2014, YG Entertainment], B+(**)

XIT

• Drums Across the Atlantic [1995, SOAR]

Yat-Kha

• Dalai Beldiri [1999, RCA]

Yothu Yindi

• Freedom [1994, Hollywood]

Munadjat Yulchieva (1960– )

• Munadjat Yulchieva and Ensemble Shavkat Mirzaev [World Network]

Takahashi Yujiro

• Min'yo: Folk Song from Japan [1999, Nimbus]

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh

• Aziza: Aziza [1991, Columbia]
• Always [1993, Sony]

Various Artists

• Afghanistan: On Marco Polo's Road [(1997), Multicultural Media]
• Afghanistan: Rubab and Dutar [Ocora]
• Afghanistan Songs of the Pashai [1970–71, Le Chant du Monde]
• Asie Centrale: Traditions Classiques [(1993), Ocora, 2 CD]
• Badakhshan: Mystical Poetry and Songs from the Ismailis of the Pamir Mountains [1994, Pan]
• Bali: Gamelan and Kecak [1989, Elektra/Nonesuch]
• The Balinese Gamelan: Music From the Morning of the World [1966, Elektra/Nonesuch], A–
• Bhangra Beatz: A Naxos World Collection [1993–99, Naxos], B+
• Bollywood Remembers: Laxmikant Pyarelai: Best of the EMI Years [1963–91, Times Square, 2 CD], B+(***)
• Bosavi: Rainforest Music From Papua New Guinea [2001, Smithsonian/Folkways, 3 CD], B
• Bu Dunya: This World: Songs and Melodies of the Uighurs [1995, Pan]
• Buddhist Liturgy of Tibet [1992, World Music Library]
• A Chant About the Beauty of the Moon at Night: Early Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters: Lost + Rare Performances 1913–1921 [1913–21, Magnificent Sound], B
• Chine: Traditions Populaires Instrumentales (China: Folk Instrumental Traditions) [1995, VDE-Gallo, 2 CD]
• Deep in the Heart of Tuva: Cowboy Music from the Wild East [1996, Ellipsis Arts]
• Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll [(2015), Dust-to-Digital], A–
• Edition Pierre Verger: Japan: From Kyoto to Tokyo [(2006), Playasound], B
• Eternal Voices: Traditional Vietnamese Music in the United States [New Alliance, 2 CD]
• Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra Vol. 2 [(2004), Sublime Frequencies], B+
• Gamelan Gong Kebyar: "Tirta Sari" Ensemble of Pekatan Village [1996, JVC]
• The Gamelan Music of Bali [(1991), World Music Library]
• Gamelan Semar Pegulingan Saih Pitu: The Heavenly Orchestra of Bali [1991, CMP]
• Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters [(1995), Dancing Cat]
• Hommage a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan [(1999), Network, 2 CD]
• The Hugo Masters: An Anthology of Chinese Classical Music, Vol. 1: Bowed Strings [1994, Celestial Harmonies]
• The Hugo Masters: An Anthology of Chinese Classical Music, Vol. 3: Woodwinds [1994, Celestial Harmonies]
• The Hugo Masters: An Anthology of Chinese Classical Music, Vol. 4: Percussion [1994, Celestial Harmonies]
• Indian Classical Music [1996, Hyperion]
• Indonesia: Bali: Music Froom the Morning of the World [1966, Nonesuch], A–
• Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental and New Age Music 1980–1990 [1980–90, Light in the Attic], A–
• King Khan: Songs From the Films of Shahrukh Khan [1992–2002, Times Square], B+(**)
• Look Directly Into the Sun: China Pop 2007 [2007, Bloodshot], B+(***)
• Lost in China: Off the Beaten Track From Beijing to Xinjiang [(2017), Riverboat], B+(**)
• The Music of Cambodia [(1994), Celestial Harmonies, 3 CD]
• Music of Indonesia 2: Indonesian Popular Music [1991, Smithsonian/Folkways], B
• Music of Indonesia 3: Music from the Outskirts of Jakarta: Gambang Kromong [1991, Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Music of Indonesia 11: Melayu Music of Sumatra and the Riau Islands [(1996), Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Music of Indonesia 12: Gongs and Vocal Music from Sumatra [(1996), Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Music of Indonesia 14: Lombok Kalimantan [(1997), Smithsonian/Folkways]
• The Music of Laos [Rounder]
• Musical Traditions of the Gond [(1995), Gallo]
• The Mystic Fiddle of the Proto-Gypsies: Masters of Trance Music [(1997), Shanachie]
• Navajo Songs [1933–40, Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Navajo Songs from Canyon de Chelly [1991, New World]
• Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music [1981, Columbia], A–
• Putumayo Presents: Asian Lounge [1978–2005, Putumayo World Music], B
• Putumayo Presents: South Pacific Islands [1997–2002, Putumayo World Music], B
• Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk and Agit Pop From the Hermit Kingdom [1995–2005, Sublime Frequencies], B+
• Radio Sumatra: The Indonesian FM Experience [2004, Sublime Frequencies], B
• The Rough Guide to Bhangra [1993–99, World Music Network], A–
• The Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance [1998–2005, World Music Network], A–
• The Rough Guide to Bollywood [(2002), World Music Network], B
• The Rough Guide to Bollywood Disco [1965–93, World Music Network]
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Hawaii [(2001), World Music Network], A–
• The Rough Guide to Music of Indonesia [(2000), World Music Network], B+
• The Rough Guide to the Music of China [(2003), World Music Network], B+
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan [1991–98, World Music Network], B+
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Okinawa [(2001), World Music Network], B
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Pakistan [(2003), World Music Network], B
• The Rough Guide to the Music of the Indian Ocean [(2002), World Music Network], B+
• The Rough Guide to Native American Music [1951–99, World Music Network], B
• Royal Court Music of Thailand [1993, Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Sedayeh Del: Funk, Psychedelia and Pop From the Iranian Pre-Revolution Generation [1959–77, Pharaway Sounds], B+(***)
• Sizhu: Silk Bamboo Chamber Music of South China [Pan]
• Solomon Islands: The Sounds of Bamboo [(1997), Multicultural Media]
• Songs of Earth, Water, Fire, and Sky: Music of the American Indian [1975, New World]
• Soul Sok Sega: Sega Sounds From Mauritius 1973–1979 [1973–79, Strut], B+(***)
• The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz and Molam in Thailand 1964–1975 [1964–75, Soundway], B+(**)
• The Sound of Siam Volume 2: Molam and Luk Thung 1970–1982 [1970–82, Soundway], B+(*)
• Street Music of Java [(1989), Original Music]
• Sufis at the Cinema: 50 Years of Bollywood Qawwali and Sufi Song 1958–2007 [1958–2007, Times Square, 2CD], B+(**)
• Talking Spirits: Native American Music from the Hopi, Zuni, and San Juan Pueblos [(1992), Music of the World]
• Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesian Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 1970–1978 [1970–78, Strut]
• Tuva: Among the Spirits: Sound Music and Nature in Sakha [1999, Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia [1990, Smithsonian/Folkways]
• Vintage Hawaiian Music, Vol. 1: Steel Guitar Masters 1928–1934 [1928–34, Rounder]
• Vintage Hawaiian Music, Vol. 2: The Great Singers 1928–1934 [1928–34, Rounder]
• Vintage Music from India [(1993), Rounder]
• White Elephants and Golden Ducks: Musical Treasures from Burma [(1997), Shanachie]