No longer the Bay Area’s best-kept world music secret, San Francisco-based Sila and the AfroFunk have been recognized as being among the genre’s elite and…
Sila and the Afrofunk Experience Up For NAACP Image Award
Month: January 2010
Angola’s Killamu Releases "A Minha Face"
Killamu is one of the busiest kuduro beat makers in Luanda, Angola’s bustling capital. Although kuduro has started to reach ears all over the globe,…
Etran Finatawa to Release Tarkat Tajje in March of 2010
Recorded 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…
World Music TV Show ‘Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders’ Debuts Today on PBS
Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders, a new TV magazine show about the intersection of music with life, politics and culture around the world, premieres Monday,…
Dancing into Silence
R. Carlos Nakai Dancing Into Silence (Canyon, 2010) Native American musician R. Carlos Nakai is a prolific and innovative artist who is open to all…
Unforgettable Concert by African Star Habib Koite in Abu Dhabi
In an unforgettable African rhythms concert, one of Africa’s most loved musicians Habib Koité rocked the Abu Dhabi capital on Thursday night. With his band…
Cretan Lyra Virtuoso Kelly Thoma Releases Anamkhara
Kelly Thoma’s debut album entitled Anamkhara has been recently released by Seistron Music. The word Anamkhara derives from the Irish Gaelic language and means “friend…
New York Musicians and World Music Venues Program Various Haiti Relief Fundraisers
Musicians from various communities will be joining efforts throughout the next days at some of New York City’s best known clubs and venues for world…
Solidarité avec Haiti: Earthquake Relief Fundraiser January 22nd in Minneapolis
A group of local musicians, dancers and visual artists from the Minneapolis area have banded together to host a fundraiser for the victims of the…
Rise Up! New Mexico Stands With Haiti, Benefit Concert
Avokado Artists, Albuquerque Little Theatre & world music festival ¡Globalquerque! have put together a benefit concert titled Rise Up! New Mexico Stands With Haiti. The…