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Month: February 2010

Album reviews

Dengue Fever Reveals Rock and Pop Gems from Cambodia’s Past

TJ Nelson February 21, 2010 No Comments

Various Artists >Dengue Fever Presents: Electric Cambodia (Minky Records, 2010) Dictator and all around bad guy, Pol Pot, along with his bloody band of Khmer…

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Obituaries

Renowned Australian Aboriginal Singer Ruby Hunter Dies at 54

World Music Central News Room February 20, 2010 1 Comment

  Pioneering aboriginal singer Ruby Hunter died February 17 of 2010 at her home in Victoria (Australia). Victorian Minister for the Arts Peter Batchelor expressed…

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Album reviews

Striking Bollywood Intersections

Angel Romero February 18, 2010 No Comments

My Name Is Khan (Sony Music India, 2010) The soundtrack to the new film “My Name is Khan” is an outstanding recording which combines the…

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Concert reviews

Tinariwen’s Desert Blues Galvanizes Chapel Hill

TJ Nelson February 17, 2010 No Comments

  On a dismal, dark, February night world music fans chased away the winter chill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Memorial…

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Celtic Women

Angel Romero February 16, 2010 No Comments

Various Artists – Celtic Woman 4 (Valley Entertainment / Hearts of Space Records, 2010) Bridget McMahon – Celtic Woman (Paradise Music, 2008) There are several…

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Red Stick Ramblers to Bring Cajun Spice to Wisconsin Union Theater

World Music Central News Room February 16, 2010 No Comments

Red Stick Ramblers will perform at Music Hall on Friday, February 26 at 8 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. The Red…

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Scottish Specialists in All Styles

Jill Turner February 14, 2010 No Comments

Bellevue Rendezvous Salamander (Journeyman Records, 2010) Bellevue Rendezvous demonstrate that they are specialists in all styles with their second album Salamander. Original tunes written for…

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Orlando’s Journey

Angel Romero February 13, 2010 No Comments

Bizantina – Orlando Tarantato (Italian World Music, 2009) Orlando Tarantato is the music created by bassist and composer Michelangelo Zorzit for a theater show which…

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Funky Samba

Angel Romero February 13, 2010 No Comments

Sambadá Gente! (Sambadá, 2010) On Gente!, Sambadá explores the vibrant and captivating music of Bahia (Brazil). The large group provides some of the finest and…

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Album reviews

The Legend of Prester John

Jill Turner February 11, 2010 No Comments Ethiopian musicTommy T

Tommy T The Prester John Sessions (Easy Star Records, 2010) Enjoy a musical road map of Ethiopia, and discover a musical Eden full of treasures…

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