Renowned a cappella group Sweet Honey In The Rock will perform Sunday, August 30, at 4 pm at the Duke Gardens in Durham, North Carolina.…
Sweet Honey in the Rock to perform Free Concert at Duke
Month: August 2009
Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae
Various Artists Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae (Moll-Selekta, 2009) The idea of a Buena Vista Social Club-style reunion of reggae legends is so screamingly obvious,…
Czech Folk Rockers Cankisou Releases Borrega Video
Czech band Cankisou have released their third video from the CD Le la (2008, Indies Scope Records). This time it is an animated video called…
Berlin Global Music Blenders 17 Hippies Present U.S. Tour and New Album
Germany’s quirkiest acoustic export 17 Hippies embrace all the planet’s unexpected juxtapositions on their new album El Dorado is not on the other side of…
Folk Music Explorers Väsen Take Swedish String Music Global
Vasen Street(NorthSide), the new recording by Swedish contemporary folk music band Väsen is out today in North America. Väsen Street is a playful global byway…
Khaled’s Electrifying Vibrancy
Khaled Liberté (Wrasse Records) Khaled, the King of Raï, is back with an emotional explosive collection of songs. Liberté, set for release on August 25…
Tuvan Throat Singing Masters Huun Huur Tu Release Eternal
For Huun Huur Tu’s latest album, Eternal (Electrophone Music/Green Wave Music; August 2009) the legendary Tuvan band recruited electronic musician and producer Carmen Rizzo (Niyaz,…
Brazil’s Manguebeat Pioneer Otto Releases New Album in September 2009
Innovative Brazilian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Otto, one of the most compelling figures of the new generation of young rock musicians exciting fans in…
Woody Guthrie Limited Edition Boxed Set My Dusty Road Out in August 2009
The Woody Guthrie boxed set My Dusty Road
Czech Rapper Gipsy.cz Releases Animated Video Reprezent
Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, Jiøí Paroubek, Canada, Ziguli, BM DoubleW and other well known figures appear in the new video of Gipsy.cz group. The animated…