Portland world music store Timbuktunes offers eclectic music from around the globe : African music, North African music, Middle Eastern music, Europe, Indian music, Asia, Indonesian music, Islamic music, Hawaiian music, Latin American music, and Caribbean music. Also small but dedicated selections of American roots music genres including blues music, bluegrass music, old-time music, the cajun music & zydeco music of Louisiana, Tejano music, Native American music, gospel music. Add to the mix avant-garde jazz and modern avant-garde classical, as well as Early music (i.e., Medieval music and Renaissance music) and you have the most eclectic selection of recorded music for the serious listener and collector available in Portland.

Founded in 2001, the shop also features original music of Timbuktunes owner Andrew Hosch.

If you are in the Portland area, we encourage you to visit Timbuktunes and browse. Serious listeners and collectors will find many gems not otherwise available in the local area. More casual listeners and new collectors will find Timbuktunes a valuable resource for learning more about the music. We can help make recommendations and try to point you in a musical direction that is right for you. Most CDs in the shop are available for listening before you purchase.

If you can't visit Timbuktunes, now you may browse online. And orders may be placed via email or by phone. We will ship your order via media mail anywhere in the United States for the lowest possible rate. Alternative methods of shipment may be explored at the time you place your order. More structured details regarding ordering and shipping will be posted in the near future. Freight charges for orders outside the United States will be calculated on a case by case basis.

The catalog portion of the Timbuktunes website is a work in progress. Feel free to browse at any time. In the future, it will become easier to navigate, with additional search options, and more detailed information for each CD. The catalog currently lists virtually everything in stock, but also lists a number of items which are no longer available. In time, this matter will be addressed. The goal of the Timbuktunes catalog is to list everything currently in stock, as well as many back-catalog items which are still obtainable. But we can’t possibly list everything out there, so if you don't see exactly what you are looking for, please ask. We do lots of special orders for people and can obtain most any title currently in print, regardless of musical genre.