diversity music

For a melodious addition to any home, this charming xylophone is created by Balinese artisan Trisna Dewi. She works with a plank of natural teak wood, arranging stainless steel pipes that are tuned by hand. An accompanying mallet can be used to play this beautiful xylophone, which is perfect for casual use as well as for simple home decor.

Playing natural notes, this elegant xylophone is handcrafted of rich mahogany wood. Designed by Balinese artisan Trisna Dewi, the xylophone adds a musical charm to your home, arriving with two playing sticks.

Hand-painted with the image of a swimming turtle, this charming maraca is crafted of mahogany wood and coconut shell. Bali's Trisna Dewi presents this percussion instrument, perfect as home decor or for playing lovely rhythms.

Made Sudiasa serenades nightfall with the sweet melodies of this bamboo flute. He carves it from seasoned bamboo, carefully selected to ensure sound. Decorated with classic hand-painted motifs, the blowhole is crafted with coconut shell.

Crafted by hand, this beautiful bamboo flute comes from Made Sudiasa. A latticework of jasmine surrounds the sleek instrument, each blossom painted by hand. A coconut shell mouthpiece distinguishes the flute. "Its sound is one of beauty that blows with the wind to faraway lands," the musician confides.

'Yoga' is Putumayo’s first CD release featuring songs selected to accompany yoga practice and serve as a relaxing soundtrack for daily life. Rooted in ancient Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions, the practice of yoga has evolved over the past 5,000 years. Adopted by millions of people around the world, yoga provides a vehicle for greater health and spiritual awareness. Music has long had a close relationship with yoga, particularly in the Bhakti tradition, which incorporates musical chants into its practice.

Track list:

• 'Ghungate Ke' by The Lucknow Project
• 'Om Hari Om / Sharanam Ganesha' by Sean Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band
• 'Purnamadah' by Shantala
• 'Bolo Ram' by Wah!
• 'Cerulean' by Ben Leinbach & Geoffrey Gordon
• 'Devaki' by Karnamrita Dasi
• 'Bangles' by Niraj Chag
• 'El Bosque Eterno de Los Ninos' by Amounsulu
• 'Moods of Kirtan (Siksastakam)' by Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits
• 'O Rama' by Susheela Raman
• 'Hanuman Baba (Dab Farm Remix)' by Krishna Das
• 'Sira' by Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze
• 'Offering Chant' by Lama Gyurme & Jean-Philippe
• 'Bliss' by Yogini

Keep the beat or dance to your own tune with this hand made drum from artisan Trisna Dewi of Indonesia. The drum skin is goat hide and the handle is mahogany. Roll the handle back and forth between both palms and make a rhythm all your own.

With a diversity of instruments in an impromptu band, five women perform a concert in the blue Javanese night. Deep color creates the effect of a dream in this beautiful portrait. A guitar, violin and sultry sax keep to the beat of lively drums as a vocalist mesmerizes listeners. "Human life is like a rhythm," Harman says. "It needs harmony just like a music concert so that humans can have peace and a happy life."

Discover the world's ocean--from tides and currents to the creatures living in it to the impact it has on our lives, whether we know it or not--in this richly illustrated overview of the life force that defines and sustains our planet, written by world-renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle.

Everything you want to know about the ocean can be found inside these beautiful and dynamic pages. National Geographic Ocean unveils the power and significance of our planet's watery essence: the fundamental importance of the ocean in shaping Earth's climate and chemistry as well as its vital role in supporting a multitude of life-forms, including our own human race.

World-renowned oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer in Residence Sylvia Earle--affectionately called "Her Deepness"--guides readers with her lyrical style and inspiring wisdom, describing the evolution, beauty, and impact of the ocean; the challenges it faces, such as climate change, plastic and overfishing; and the myriad ways we can help protect it.

This engaging story of the ocean celebrates dozens of ocean champions and visionaries, explores the ocean's origin and the nature of water, and features a gallery of wondrous creatures that illustrate the spectacular diversity of life in the sea, from sponges, kelp, and zooplankton to whales, sharks, and sea turtles. More than 100 maps and diagrams, including seafloor and political maps of all Earth's seas and oceans, elucidate Dr. Earle's lively narrative.

For seaside dwellers and landlubbers alike, this is a book you will turn to again and again to understand why, as Sylvia Earle says, "Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea."