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traditional

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 08:40:42 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Traditional music encompasses culturally rooted sounds passed down through generations, reflecting the heritage and customs of specific regions or communities. The tag spans diverse styles from folk ballads to ceremonial songs, characterized by acoustic instrumentation, oral transmission, and connection to cultural identity. These recordings preserve historical musical practices while often bridging past and present through contemporary interpretations.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
51		1949-06-20	Frank Sinatra	Frankly Sentimental	blues jazz lounge swing traditional traditional pop	traditional pop # 49
42		1959	The New Lost City Ramblers	Songs From The Depression	americana bluegrass folk roots traditional	roots # 32
81		1968-02	Brigitte Bardot	Brigitte Bardot Show	alternative christian dance female vocalists folk rock traditional trip-hop woman worship	woman # 80
39		1972-09	Lal & Mike Waterson	Bright Phoebus	traditional
19		1973	Ravi Shankar	Shankar: Symphony	classical fusion india indian indian classical sitar symphony traditional	indian classical # 14 india # 21 symphony # 39 sitar # 56
31		1985	Mohammad Reza Shajarian	Rendan e Mast	farsi iran iranian persian sufi traditional	persian # 30 iranian # 54 sufi # 60 iran # 61 farsi # 69
64		1986	Babatunde Olatunji	Drums of Passion: The Beat	ethno jazz traditional world	ethno # 82
61		1987	Lamine Konte	La kora du Sénégal, vol. 2 : Chant et poésie d'Afrique noire		roots # 47
44		1992	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Devotional And Love Songs	pakistani sufi traditional world	sufi # 79 pakistani # 94
87		1993-10-22	Bob Dylan	World Gone Wrong	folk
9		1994	Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto	Un Fuego de Sangre Pura: Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto from Colombia	colombia folk latin traditional world	colombia # 23
13		1994	Athena Tergis & Laura Risk	Journey Begun	fiddle jazz traditional	fiddle # 73
88		1994	Traditional	Chant - Music For Paradise - Special Edition	choral christian traditional	choral # 59
16		1994	Salif Keita	The Mansa of Mali...a Retrospective	acoustic male vocalists traditional
57		1994	Shirley Rumsey	Music of the Italian Renaissance	traditional
70		1994	Chinese Instrumental Ensemble	Masterpieces of Chinese Traditional Music	chinese instrumental traditional
94		1994	Gipsy Kings	Gipsy Kings (Greatest Hits)	traditional
38		1995	Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	Guitar A La Hindustan	acoustic indian classical traditional	indian classical # 26
85		1995	Ming Flute Ensemble	Chinese Bamboo Flute Music	traditional
77		1996	John Fahey	The Legend of Blind Joe Death (Remastered)	acoustic acoustic blues blues country folk traditional	acoustic blues # 77
17		1997	L'Attirail	Dancings des bouts du monde	balkan folk gypsy romania traditional world	romania # 82
54		1997	Stimmhorn	Schnee	improvisation traditional	improvisation # 67
6		1997	Woody Guthrie	Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2
52		1998	Sima Bina	Nava'i	ethnic farsi folk iran iranian persian sufi traditional	ethnic # 8 persian # 51 iranian # 66 sufi # 68 iran # 73 farsi # 79
71		1998	Linda Ronstadt	Blue Bayou	alt-country americana country dream pop duet female vocalists folk oldies pop pop rock rock rock n roll romance soft rock traditional	romance # 25 duet # 80
86		1998-05-19	Douglas Spotted Eagle	Pray	fado flute irish scottish traditional world	scottish # 26 fado # 62 flute # 74
74		1998-05	Triakel	Triakel	traditional
43		1999	Vera Lynn	Legends Of The 20th Century	sacred traditional worship	sacred # 88
91		1999	Mostar Sevdah Reunion	Mostar Sevdah Reunion	balkan traditional	balkan # 56
4		1999	Hakan	Music Of Kurdistan	traditional
26		1999	Pham Duc Thanh	Vietnamese Traditional Music	traditional
73		1999	Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun	Divine Music From a Jail	traditional
78		2000	Simon Shaheen & Qantara	Blue Flame	arabic oud traditional	oud # 84
95		2000	Felicia Michaels	Lewd Awakenings	alternative christian dance female vocalists folk rock traditional trip-hop woman worship	worship # 13 woman # 83
11		2001	Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis	Skyedance	celtic celtic folk folk scottish traditional	celtic folk # 56
3		2001-11-06	Dick Gaughan	Outlaws & Dreamers	celtic celtic folk folk irish scottish traditional	celtic folk # 54
65		2002	Yurdal Tokcan	Passion	acoustic folk oud traditional turkey turkish	oud # 79 turkey # 91
5		2002	Metin & Kemal Kahraman	Meyman	traditional
69		2002	Yamato Ensemble	The Art of The Japanese Koto, Shakuhachi & Shamisen
28		2003	Eddie Ruth Bradford	Too Close to the Mirror	electric guitar gospel hymns traditional	hymns # 74 electric guitar # 86
79		2003	Rapalje	Rakish Paddies	celtic folk harmonica irish scottish traditional	scottish # 17 harmonica # 91
50		2003	Andrew King	The Amfortas Wound	neofolk traditional
100		2003	Ahmed Bukhatir	Fartaqi	traditional
30		2003	Mostar Sevdah Reunion	A Secret Gate
36		2003-11-10	Dr. Woggle & the Radio	Bigger is Tough	german reggae rocksteady ska traditional	rocksteady # 43
84		2004	Brigitte Bardot	Les 50 Plus Belles Chansons De Brigitte Bardot	alternative christian dance female vocalists folk rock traditional trip-hop woman worship	woman # 81
7		2004	Caledonix	Fields O Storied Fame	acoustic ballad celtic chillout folk gothic rock scottish traditional
53		2004	Triakel	Sånger från 63° N	folk
59		2004	Triakel	Songs from 63° N	folk
2		2004-02-10	Anonymous 4	American Angels	choral traditional world
67		2005	Auļi	Sendzirdēju	bagpipes celtic celtic folk drum folk latvian traditional	celtic folk # 75 drum # 90 bagpipes # 91 latvian # 93
56		2005-04-20	Rin'	サクラ サクラ	asian asian pop female vocalists girl band j-pop japan japanese neoclassical traditional wood and string	wood and string # 85
75		2005-09-14	Opa Cupa	Hotel Albania	balkan folk italian italiana jazz traditional world	balkan # 35
66		2006	Jack Rose	Two Originals of Jack Rose	acoustic country blues folk traditional	country blues # 89
37		2006	Andrey Vinogradov	Russian hurdy-gurdy tunes	traditional
58		2006-11-29	Diskreetse Mango Trio	Prigadi-pragadi	estonian folk folk rock neofolk roots traditional world	roots # 44 estonian # 90
15		2008-07-22	David Buckley	The Forbidden Kingdom	chinese oriental traditional	oriental # 58
49		2008-09-26	Viktoria Tolstoy	My Russian Soul	bass jazz jazz bass jazz piano orchestra piano pop russian swedish traditional vocal jazz	orchestra # 48 jazz bass # 81
45		2009	Various Artists	Balkan Journeys Close to Home	balkan traditional	balkan # 4
80		2009	Inga & Anush	Heartbeat of My Land	ethnic ethno eurovision female vocalists traditional	eurovision # 46 ethnic # 52 ethno # 91
10		2010-02-15	Phase	Perdition	alternative rock art rock progressive rock psychedelic rock rock space rock acid rock garage rock glam punk greek indie rock neo-psychedelia post-punk sludge spiritual post-rock drone metal folk rock grunge post-metal traditional dark folk post-hardcore post-industrial	greek # 13 zeuhl # 26 acid rock # 26 death n roll # 69 glam punk # 74
89		2010-12-21	Phase	In Consequence	acid rock alternative rock art rock garage rock glam punk greek indie rock neo-psychedelia progressive rock psychedelic rock rock sludge space rock spiritual post-punk post-rock folk rock grunge post-metal traditional dark folk post-hardcore post-industrial	dark folk # 7 post-industrial # 20 atmospheric rock # 39 zeuhl # 44 spiritual # 64 acid rock # 77 greek # 88 glam punk # 90 death n roll # 90
63		2011	Mick O'Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh	Deadly Buzz | Aoibhinn Crónán	folk irish folk traditional	irish folk # 34
22		2011-03-11	Le Trio Joubran	As Fâr	folk oud arabic instrumental world	arabic # 8 oud # 95
93		2012-02-14	Kayhan Kalhor	I Will Not Stand Alone	instrumental iranian persian traditional iran	iran # 80 persian # 90 iranian # 95
46		2012-03-24	Kayhan Kalhor	The Wind	iran kurdistan traditional	iran # 71 kurdistan # 94
90		2012-03-24	Kayhan Kalhor	Silent City	farsi iran iranian persian sufi traditional	sufi # 86 persian # 89 iranian # 94 iran # 95 farsi # 98
23		2013	Lee Williams And The Spiritual QC's	Love Will Go All The Way	gospel southern gospel traditional	southern gospel # 86
48		2013	Maneli Jamal	The Ziur Movement	acoustic acoustic guitar folk instrumental traditional	acoustic guitar # 21
32		2013-06-06	Faran Ensemble	FARAN	acoustic instrumental international oud traditional world	oud # 68 international # 72
68		2013-07-08	Antti Martikainen	Creation of the World	acoustic arabic celtic chinese finnish folk greek native american nordic orchestral persian traditional western world	greek # 45 western # 59 native american # 60 persian # 63
92		2013-08-01	Phase	Amethyst	acid rock alternative rock art rock atmospheric rock dark folk dark metal folk rock garage rock glam punk greek grunge indie rock neo-prog neo-psychedelia new prog poetry post-hardcore post-industrial post-metal post-punk post-rock progressive rock psychedelic rock rock sludge space rock spiritual traditional	dark folk # 31 post-industrial # 33 spiritual # 49 new prog # 58 dark metal # 60 poetry # 63 acid rock # 70 atmospheric rock # 84 greek # 85 death n roll # 87 glam punk # 89 neo-prog # 97
33		2014-05-25	Lynched	Cold Old Fire	traditional
96		2014-09-10	Barbra Streisand	Partners	traditional
62		2015-03-21	Folkbeat	In Mixt	electronic folk russian traditional world
25		2016	The Soil	The Soil	african traditional
1		2016-05-16	Amara La Negra	Se Que Soy	alternative book christian contemporary christian dance female vocalists folk rock traditional trip-hop woman worship	book # 53 woman # 59
97		2017-03-03	Derya Yildirim	Nem Kaldi	folk funk pop traditional turkish world	turkish # 42
18		2017-06-09	Bjarte Eike	The Image of Melancholy	classical traditional
55		2017-07-14	JS (Joerg Sommermeyer)	Sweet and Lowdown Traditionals	guitar virtuoso traditional blues folk singer-songwriter rock	guitarist # 42
20		2021-11-05	Ibrahim Maalouf	First Noel	traditional world
98		2023-08-05	Simone Sommerland	Die 30 besten Spiel- und Bewegungslieder	german traditional
83		2023-09-12	Leyla McCalla	Vari-Colored Songs	american americana folk folk rock haiti traditional	haiti # 97
8			Shahram Gholami	Persian Oud, Dirine Delkhah		persian # 2 iranian # 36 iran # 46 oud # 63
12			Alireza Eftekhari	Sayyad(Hunter)-Iranian Classical Music	farsi iran iranian persian sufi traditional	persian # 4 iranian # 37 iran # 48 sufi # 49 farsi # 57
14			Mustafa Kandirali & Ensemble	Caz Roman	oud traditional turkish	oud # 64
21			The Kamkars	Chant Of Drums	chant folk iranian kurdish kurdistan percussion persian traditional	persian # 12 iranian # 42 percussion # 64 chant # 82 kurdish # 86 kurdistan # 92
24			Mohammad Nouri	Jaane Maryam - Persian Music	farsi iran iranian persian sufi traditional	persian # 18 iranian # 47 sufi # 57 iran # 57 farsi # 65
29			Alireza Ghorbani	Rosvaye Zamaneh	farsi iran iranian persian sufi traditional	persian # 27 iranian # 52 sufi # 58 iran # 59 farsi # 67
40			Alireza Eftekhari	Navay -e Asatid (The Tunes of the Masters)	farsi iran iranian persian sufi traditional	persian # 38 iranian # 60 sufi # 61 iran # 66 farsi # 74
47			Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble	Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble	bulgarian folk traditional world	bulgarian # 82
72			Simin Ghanem	Gollake Cheshat - Persian Music	farsi folk rock iran iranian jazz persian sufi traditional	persian # 69 sufi # 73 iranian # 78 iran # 83 farsi # 86
82			Alireza Ghorbani	Harighe Khazan	persian traditional	persian # 79
99			Maneli Jamal	The Lamaj Movement	acoustic acoustic guitar fingerstyle guitar folk instrumental traditional	acoustic guitar # 89 fingerstyle guitar # 98
27			El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe	Zareef	arabic dance folk traditional world
34			Cactus In A Scarf	Lullaby of Woe	folk traditional
35			Cactus In A Scarf	My Jolly Sailor Bold in Russian	folk traditional
60			Huun-Huur-Tu	60 Horses in My Herd: Old Songs and Tunes of Tuva	traditional
76			Icelandic Folk Music	Icelandic Folk Music	folk instrumental traditional
41			Die Lustigen Vagabunden	German Volksongs, Vol. 2 (Die schönsten deutschen Volkslieder - Teil 2)

Related genres

• folk
• world
• ethno
• persian
• iranian
• iran
• farsi
• sufi
• instrumental
• classical