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New York’s World Music Festival globalFEST 2010 Line Up Announced
Posted on October 31, 2009 | No CommentsThe festival-which has presented over 75 artists since its inception in 2004-is buoyed by a renewed sense of the United States’ place at the global table in the wake of... -
Grand Bharatnatyam Dance by Priya Venkataraman
Posted on October 31, 2009 | No CommentsPriya has received critical acclaim for her performances in India and abroad. A recipient of two prestigious fellowships from Illinois Arts Council, she has also received six master-teacher awards for... -
Proceeds from Sales of Fela Kuti Catalog at Planetwize to Benefit African Orphans
Posted on October 31, 2009 | No Comments“We are honored to offer the Fela Files on Planetwize, and we think the father of Afrobeat would approve of the work of NextAid,” said Dan Porras, Founder and CEO... -
Festival on the Niger 2010 Program Announced
Posted on October 31, 2009 | No CommentsIn addition, there will be conferences, art exhibits, workshops, craft and agriculture fairs, and other events. For those interested in sightseeing, there wil be guided tours: Sekoro (Old Ségou), the... -
Mulatu Astatke, The Remarkable Story Of Ethiopian Jazz
Posted on October 31, 2009 | 1 CommentVibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz.... -
Yasmin Levy to perform at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York
Posted on October 30, 2009 | No CommentsLadino songs date back to the late 15th century when the Sephardic Jews were expelled from the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal). The Sephardim settled primarily in Morocco, Greece, and... -
Meera Bai, Devotion and Poetry
Posted on October 30, 2009 | No CommentsMeera Bai’s songs have often been recorded and sung as Krishna bhajans – religious devotional songs in honor of Krishna. However, Vandana’s compositions emphasize the romantic side of Meera Bai’,... -
Fine Plena Indeed
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No CommentsReview by Angel Romero Miguel Zenon Esta Plena (Marsalis Music, 2009) If Marsalis Music signs you, it means you are above average in the world of American... -
Much Anticipated Fela Kuti Musical Arrives to Broadway
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No CommentsFela!, the new musical based on the life and music of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, will arrive on Broadway at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West... -
Brazilian Music Legend Gal Costa First Concert Ever in North Carolina Presented by Duke Performances
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No CommentsCosta appears as the second performer in Duke Performances’s Voices Lifted series, a set of three concerts focused on the art of the female voice and backed, in each case,...
