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The Legacy of Muddy Waters
Posted on July 27, 2009 | No CommentsMuddy Waters and Various Artists Steppin’ Stone (Proper Records, 2009) Omitting Muddy Waters from any discussion of the blues is a little like making lemonade without the sugar. Born in... -
Wisconsin Union Theater Announces Tentative Lineup of Madison World Music Fest 2009
Posted on July 26, 2009 | No CommentsThe tentative schedule is as follows: Wednesday, 9/16/09, Memorial Union: Mystical Arts of Tibet: Mandala Construction Opening Ceremony, Main Lounge, 4 pm Locally Global Student and Community Showcase, 5:30 pm... -
Remixing the Sounds of Ancient Granada
Posted on July 25, 2009 | No CommentsEven though numerous local artists appear on the album and native Flamenco is present, Granada Doaba is primarily a rap recording. The album also traces the evolution of the Spanish... -
Forro In The Dark to Release New Album in September
Posted on July 24, 2009 | No CommentsLight a Candle, the second release of New York City-based Forro In The Dark, will be released September 29, 2009. Forro In The Dark makes music that, despite incorporating elements... -
No Such Place?
Posted on July 24, 2009 | No CommentsTribecastan Strange Cousin (Evergreene Music 002, 2009) Tribecastan, according to this disc’s liner notes (a good read, by the way), is located just a few kilometers from the cultural wasteland... -
Dengue Fever and Grace Jones at KCRW’s World Festival in Hollywood
Posted on July 23, 2009 | No CommentsCambodian surf rock band Dengue Fever, of Montreal and legendary pop dominatrix Grace Jones will perform Sunday July 26 at 7pm at the Hollywood Bowl. The venue is located at... -
WOMEX 09 Photographers Announced
Posted on July 23, 2009 | No CommentsJacob Crawfurd (Denmark) http://www.crawfurd.com Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones (Kenya/UK) http://www.jljphotography.co.uk Eric van Nieuwland (The Netherlands) http://www.thedigitalphotoexperience.nl Heather Weimer (USA) http://www.heatherlweimer.com -
Vieux Farka Touré at Truck festival this Saturday
Posted on July 23, 2009 | No CommentsTaking place at Hill Farm, in Steventon (near Oxford), Vieux and his band will be performing on the main stage on Saturday, 25 July, 18:20-19.10, as part of a line-up... -
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté in Seattle
Posted on July 22, 2009 | No CommentsBéla will be joined by one of the most important musicians in Africa, Toumani Diabaté. Toumani was born in Bamako, the capital of Mali, in 1965 into a family of... -
Chinagrass Sensation Mamer to Perform at WOMAD 2009
Posted on July 22, 2009 | No CommentsHis debut solo album ‘Eagle‘ is out now on Real World Records. It features songs of the grasslands that are deeply rooted in traditional Kazak music, while fusing Western folk...