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WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2009 a Resounding Success with 80,000 Music Fans
Posted on April 27, 2009 | No CommentsFollowing a successful strategic communications campaign the festival welcomed high capacity crowds from across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “I heard about WOMAD Abu Dhabi on the radio and then... -
Norwegian World Expressions
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsVarious Artists Norway (Music Export Norway MENCD 015) I find that most of the Norwegian music that gets to World Music Central’s hands is of extraordinary quality and this sampler... -
Musical Workshop Labyrinth Reinstated
Posted on April 26, 2009 | No CommentsAs a result, many people and organizations sent emails to the related Greek government offices expressing their extreme displeasure with this development and, especially here in Greece, the whole issue... -
Pepo Rocks
Posted on April 25, 2009 | No CommentsWhen Pepo decided to record his second album, he went to one of his favorite producers, multi-instrumentalist Efren Lopez, who also comes from Mediterranean Spain, from the Valencia area, north... -
Colombian Coastal Fire
Posted on April 25, 2009 | No CommentsPacifico Colombiano: Adventures in Afro-Colombia (Otrabanda Records OTB09, 2008) The Colombian port city of Buenaventura is an entry point for many goods into the country’s Pacific coast, including, naturally,... -
Pierce Pettis Talks About That Kind of Love
Posted on April 25, 2009 | No CommentsThe timeframe also assisted Pettis with song selection. "The intervening four years pushed some songs to the surface over time, while others fell back . . . sort of a... -
Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble: Sacred Music of Turkey and the Middle East Will perform in San Francisco
Posted on April 25, 2009 | No CommentsIn a time when so many religious and cultural identities are thought to be in conflict Omar Faruk makes a point of crossing multiple boundaries and truly representing those who... -
Get On Board
Posted on April 23, 2009 | No CommentsEmpty Boat Waitless (Poo Productions PPLCD002, 2006) I came late to Poo Productions other CD release, the superb 2006 album Bumping by Mozambique’s Massukos, so forgive my slowness in... -
Niyireth’s Colombian Portraits
Posted on April 23, 2009 | No CommentsLove, lost and unrequited, also feature prominently in the lyrics of these songs. Niyireth is a trained mezzosoprano, and has earned many fans in her native Colombia with her clear,... -
Los Muñequitos in Cubadisco with De palo p’rumba
Posted on April 23, 2009 | No CommentsDe palo p’ rumba, theme that gives the name to the record, made by Freddy Alfonso, current "quinto" of the group, is an evidence of the skills in the execution...