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Sila and the Afrofunk Experience Up For NAACP Image Award
Posted on January 26, 2010 | No CommentsNo longer the Bay Area’s best-kept world music secret, San Francisco-based Sila and the Afrofunk Experience have been recognized as being among the genre’s elite and most promising artists with... -
Angola’s Killamu Releases "A Minha Face"
Posted on January 26, 2010 | No CommentsWith a slew of hits behind him, Killamu has become an unavoidable producer on the kuduro circuit. But as this album shows, his versatility allows him to explore sounds beyond... -
Etran Finatawa to Release Tarkat Tajje in March of 2010
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsRecorded in the middle of Etran Finatawa’s 2009 European tour, the group’s 2010 album Tarkat Tajje/Let’s Go! reveals an incredible new groove, mature voices and sophisticated lyrics. They have created... -
World Music TV Show ‘Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders’ Debuts Today on PBS
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsSound Tracks is produced by The Talbot Players in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Emmy Award-winning Public Radio International newsman Marco Werman hosts. Werman is a renowned international music expert... -
Dancing into Silence
Posted on January 24, 2010 | No CommentsR. Carlos Nakai Dancing Into Silence (Canyon, 2010) Native American musician R. Carlos Nakai is a prolific and innovative artist who is open to all type of musical ideas. He... -
Unforgettable Concert by African Star Habib Koite in Abu Dhabi
Posted on January 23, 2010 | No CommentsKoite is one of the most popular and recognized African musicians. He has sold more than 250,000 albums around the globe; he has appeared on the popular Americain television show... -
Cretan Lyra Virtuoso Kelly Thoma Releases Anamkhara
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsThe sound of many bowed instruments in combination with the exceptional percussion work of Zohar Fresco is the hallmark of the album. Four other significant musicians of international stature participate... -
New York Musicians and World Music Venues Program Various Haiti Relief Fundraisers
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsAs previously reported at World Music Central, on Sunday, January 24th, Drom is hosting a show with Charanga Soleil and other notable Latin and Haitian artists. Information here: dromnyc.com. ... -
Solidarité avec Haiti: Earthquake Relief Fundraiser January 22nd in Minneapolis
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsThere will be an art auction with work by Víctor Yépez and Bernardo Guzmán. All door, art and food sale proceeds will go directly to Doctors Without Borders / Medicins... -
Rise Up! New Mexico Stands With Haiti, Benefit Concert
Posted on January 21, 2010 | No CommentsAvokado Artists, Albuquerque Little Theatre & world music festival ¡Globalquerque! have put together a benefit concert titled Rise Up! New Mexico Stands With Haiti. The concert will take place Thursday,...