Southern &
Western European
Europe packs a lot of diversity into a comparatively small area, and the continent's musical heritage reflects the many cultures who live there. Europe has also had a major influence on music elsewhere in the world; for instance, French styles are thriving in parts of the United States and Canada. On this page you'll find music from southern and western Europe, including France, Spain, the Mediterranean nations of Italy and Greece, and more.
For music from Eastern Europe, Northern Europe (Scandinavia) and the Celtic and British Isles, please check out our world music section elsewhere on this site. Enjoy!
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Agricantus
• Best of Agricantus (1999)
Alaitz eta Maider
• Auskalo (2002)
Alpcologne
• Alpha (2008)
Animus
• Animus (2002)
Karen Ashbrook & Paul Oorts
• Celtic Cafe (2001)
Asturian Mining Company
• Patrimoniu (2000)
B
Alberto Balia & Enrico Frongia
• Argia (2002)
Ballycotton
• Fairytale (1997)
• A La Cut (2001)
• Mondland (2003)
The Baltimore Consort
• La Rocque 'n' Roll: Popular Music of Renaissance France (1993)
Banda Ionica
• Matri Mia (2002)
Barahunda
• Al Sol de la Hierba (2002)
Barbez, with Velina Brown
• For Those Who Came After: Songs of Resistance from the Spanish Civil War (2017)
Barrage
• Live in Europe (1998)
Les Batinses
• Tripotages (2000)
Francesco Benozzo
• In'tla Piöla (2000)
• Llyfr Taliesin (2004)
Berroguetto
• Viaxe por Urticaria (1999)
Amir Beso
• Fatamorgana (2005)
Blackmore's Night
• Under a Violet Moon (1999)
The Blazers
• Puro Blazers (2000)
Claudia Bombardella Ensemble
• Paesaggi Lontani: Live (2004)
The Boston Camerata
• A Renaissance Christmas (1986)
La Bottine Souriante
• Chic & Swell (1988)
• Jusqu'aux p'tites heures ('Til the wee hours) (1991)
• La Mistrine (1994)
• En Spectacle (1996)
• Xième (1999)
• Cordial (2001)
Bourque, Bernard & Lepage
• Matapat (1998)
Sarah Brightman
• Time to Say Goodbye (1997)
Broceliande
• Broceliande (2000)
• Gathering May: Songs of the Season (2003)
Richard Burgess, Anders Adin & Patrik Wingard
• Doggerland (2007)
The Burning Bush
• Klezmer & Hassidic Music (1998)
C
Calliope Fair
• On Board the Armenia (2002)
Camille
• Le Fil (2006)
Canty
• Wings of Wisdom (2001)
Jesse Cook
• Montreal (2004)
D
George Dalaras
• Oi Megaluteres Epitucies Tou (His Greatest Hits) (1987)
Dr. Drer & CRC Posse
• Cosa Bella Frisca (2012)
Dromedary
• Artifact (2001)
Dom Duff
• Lagan (2006)
E
El Nino Machuca
• Buscando tu Sur (2013)
Ensemble Galilei
• Ancient Noels, with Maggie Sansone (1993)
• The Mystic & the Muse (1997)
• A Winter's Night: Christmas in the Great Hall (2002)
Epelde eta Larranaga
• Agur (2004)
Esne Beltza
• Noa (2010)
Esne Zopak
• Esnesaltzailearena (2009)
Estampie
• Signum (2005)
Etnika
• Nafra (2000)
F
Faun
• Renaissance (2005)
Andre Feriante
• Fuego de Luna (2002)
• Bohemian Boulevard (2005)
Footloose
• Everdance (2004)
Fortune's Wheel
• Pastourelle: The Art of Machaut & the Trouveres (2002)
G
Goulamas'K
• Rabia e poesia (2014)
Gozategi
• Gozategi (1998)
The Great American Gypsies
• Before I Had a Red Tomato (2004)
H
Hart Rouge
• Une Histoire de Famille (1998)
Haur Jolasen Abestiak
• Haur Jolasen Abestiak (1997)
Helicon
• A Winter Solstice with Helicon (1999)
Vasco Hernandez
• Luz De Otra Manera (2013)
Hesperus
• Neo-Medieval: Medieval Improvisations for a Postmodern Age (1997)
• The Food of Love (2001)
Hevia
• Al Otro Lado (The Other Side) (2000)
Hotel Palindrone
• Samo Riba (2003)
I
Il Divo
• Il Divo (2005)
• The Christmas Collection (2005)
I Viulan
• Live (2005)
J
Jim et Bertrand
• La Tete en Gigue (1999)
Kepa Junkera
• Bilbao 00:00h (Bilbao Zero Hour) (1999)
• Maren (2001)
• K (2003)
K
Ken Zazpi
• Gelditu Denbora (2005)
Kornog
• Ar Seizh Avel (1985)
Kultur Shock
• FUCC the I.N.S. (2001)
L
Mikel Laboa
• 60ak + 2 (2003)
La Bottine Souriante
• Chic & Swell (1988)
• Jusqu'aux p'tites heures ('Til the wee hours) (1991)
• La Mistrine (1994)
• En Spectacle (1996)
• Xième (1999)
La Nef
• Music for Joan the Mad: Spain 1479-1555 (1995)
• Perceval: The Quest for the Grail, Vols. 1-2 (1999, 2001)
Custer LaRue
• Ballads (1999)
Nolwenn Leroy
• Nolwenn (2013)
Benito Lertxundi
• Nere Ekialdean (2002)
Les Batinses
• Tripotages (2000)
Les Yeux Noirs
• Balamouk (2002)
• Live (2002)
• tChorba (2005)
Lhasa
• The Living Road (2004)
La Lionetta
• Arzan (2003)
Lo'Jo
• Au Cabaret Sauvage (2002)
Oscar Lopez
• Mi Destino (My Destiny) (2003)
Lou Dalfin
• Cavalier Faidit (2011)
M
Mahanada
• Taranta's Circles (2005)
Mannheim Steamroller
• Christmas (1984)
• A Fresh Aire Christmas (1988)
Erramun Martikorena
• Elorrietan Loreak (2000)
Matapat
• Matapat (1998)
• Petit Fou (2001)
Loreena McKennitt
• The Visit (1991)
• The Mask & Mirror (1994)
• A Winter Garden (1995)
• The Book of Secrets (1997)
• Lost Souls (2018)
Mediaeval Baebes
• Worldes Blysse (1999)
• The Rose (2002)
Milladoiro
• Auga de Maio (2000)
Jocelyn Montgomery
• Lux Vivens (Living Light) (1998)
Caroline Moreau
• Paris is Burning (2005)
Nana Mouskouri
• Ode to Joy (2002)
Fermin Muguruza
• Brigadistak Sound System (1999)
N
Ned Ludd
• A Zero Ore (1998)
La Nef
• Music for Joan the Mad: Spain 1479-1555 (1995)
• Perceval: The Quest for the Grail, Vols. 1-2 (1999, 2001)
Lily Neill & Vesa Norilo
• Tales & Golden Histories (2023)
Nerea (aka Nerea the Fiddler)
• Footprints (2007)
•  Off the Beaten Path (2025)
New Budapest Orpheum Society
• Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2002)
• Jewish Cabaret in Exile (2009)
New World Renaissance Band
• Where Beauty Moves & Wit Delights (1993)
Nolwenn
• Nolwenn (2013)
Carlos Nunez
• Finisterre: The End of the Earth (2003)
O
Oldarra
• Le Chant Basque (1997)
Oreka TX
• Quercus Endorphina (2001)
Orientexpressen
• An Unfinished Story (2005)
Orion
• Restless Home (1998)
Oskorri
• 25 Kantu Urte (1996)
• Ura (H2O) (2000)
• Vizkayatik ... Bizkaiara (2002)
• Desertore (2003)
• The Pub Ibiltaria 8 (2004)
P
Irene Papas
• Odes (1979)
Jorge Pardo y Chano Dominguez
• 10 de Paco (1995)
Paris Combo
• Motifs (2005)
Paroplapi
• La Finestra dell'Ultimo Piano (2005)
Robin Petrie
• A Victorian Noel (1993)
Pirritx eta Porrotx
• Mari Motots (2006)
R
Roger Scannura & Ritmo Flamenco
• Misterio (2001)
• Noche Flamenco (2006)
Rondellus
• Sabbatum (2002)
S
Salsa Celtica
• The Great Scottish Latin Adventure (2000)
• El Agua de La Vida (2003)
Sancto Ianne
• Mo Siente (2006)
• Trase (2013)
Sarband
• Ballads of the Sephardic Jews (1999)
• Sacred Women (2001)
Susana Seivane
• Susana Seivane (2000)
• Alma de Buxo (2002)
Daniele Sepe
• Anime Candide: War & Love Songs (2003)
Serah
• Late Harvest (2002)
Shave the Monkey
• The Unseelie Court (1992)
Snakes in Exile
• Second Skin (1998)
Sol y Canto
• El Doble de Amigos (Twice as Many Friends) (2003)
Sonate Calabresi
• I Suoni del Pollino (2008)
Alan Stivell
• Back to Breizh (2000)
Jimmy Sturr
• Touched By a Polka (2000)
• Gone Polka (2001)
• Let's Polka 'Round (2003)
T
Moussu T e lei Jovents
• Artemis (2012)
Ta Kavourakia
• Ta Kavourakia (2004)
Takolo, Pirritx eta Porrotx
• Poxpolin Marisorgin (2003)
Tango Siempre
• Tangled (2004)
• Tango Siempre (2010)
Joseba Tapia
• Quebec (1999)
• Agur Intxorta Maite (Basque Songs from the Spanish Civil War) (2001)
Sara Tavares
• Balance (2006)
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players
• The Carol Album (1989)
Tendachent
• Ori Pari (1999)
Terre Differenti
• Terre Differenti (2000)
• Cities of Dreams (2005)
Riccardo Tesi
• Acqua, Foco e Vento (Water, Fire & Wind), with Maurizio Geri (2002)
• Lune, with Banditalia (2005)
Think of One
• Trafico (2006)
Trilogy
• Two Thousand Years of Christmas (1996)
Tsufit
• Under the Mediterranean Sky (1999)
Ivan Tucakov & the Tambura Rasa
• Viaje (2004)
Paddy Tutty
• Prairie Druid (1992)
2duos
• Until the Cows Come Home (2009)
The Two Sisters
• Songs & Chansons (2013)
U
Umnachter Project
• Schall & Rauch (2010)
V
Zoe Vandermeer
• If Love Be the Food of Musick (1996)
various artists
• Accordeons: Bretonne Attitude (2003)
• Acoustic Paris (2021)
• An Afro-Portuguese Odyssey
• Bagpipes of Greece (2005)
• Basque Planet (2004)
• Basques: Mysteres d'une tradition (2000)
• The Best of Greece, Vol. 3 (2001)
• Euro Lounge (2003)
• Euskarians (2003)
• Famous Greek Composers (2003)
• A Father & Son Reunion: The Braguinha Meets the Ukulele (1998)
• French Cafe (2003)
• Italian Cafe (2005)
• Italian Musical Odyssey (2000)
• Italian Treasury: Abruzzo (2001)
• Italian Treasury: Emilia-Romagna (2001)
• Italian Treasury: Liguria: Baiardo & Imperia (2002)
• Italian Treasury: Liguria: Polyphony of Ceriana (2002)
• Italian Treasury: Piemonte & Valle D'Aosta (2004)
• Latcho Drom (1994)
• Masters of the Harp (2003)
• Mondo Platinum (2002)
• Music from Macedonia 2 (2004)
• The Music of Corsica (2003)
• The Rough Guide to Hungarian Music (2002)
• The Rough Guide to Paris Cafe Music (2002)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Greece (2001)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of the Alps (2002)
• Rumba Flamenco (2002)
• Soffi d'ancia: Decannale del Festival "Pifferi, muse e zampogne" (2005)
• Spain in My Heart: Songs of the Spanish Civil War (2003)
• The Spanish Recordings - Basque Country: Navarre (2004)
• The Spanish Recordings: Extremadura
• The Spanish Recordings - Mallorca: The Balearic Islands (2006)
• Zaharregia, txikiegia agian (Too Old, Too Small, Maybe) (2003)
Vooks
• When the Fish They Fly... (2008)
Kalinka Vulcheva
• The Dobroudja Nightingale (2000)
W
Warsaw Village Band
• People's Spring (2001)
Whisky Trail
• San Frediano (2008)
Paul Winter
• Wintersong (1986)
• Spanish Angel (1993)
See more by Paul Winter under worldbeat
Y
Les Yeux Noirs
• Balamouk (2002)
• Live (2002)
• tChorba (2005)
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