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M.O.D. Technologies To Release Albums by Method of Defiance
Posted on August 27, 2010 | No CommentsMethod of Defiance will release three albums in the next months. First, the immediately accessible Jahbulon (October 5th) featuring ten songs with vocalists Dr. Israel and Hawk, keyboardist / Funkadelic... -
Umeya at Festival Frigiliana Tres Culturas on Friday, 27th of August 2010
Posted on August 26, 2010 | No CommentsUmeya will be at the prestigious Festival Frigliana Tres Culturas, in that fantastic enclave, in the Axarquía region of Malaga province, that was one of the ultimate refuge for presence... -
Basin Street Records Signs the Iconic Rebirth Brass Band
Posted on August 26, 2010 | No CommentsOn this 5th anniversary week, as we remember the devastation and flooding that occurred after Hurricane Katrina due to poorly built levees, Basin Street Records demonstrates its commitment to New... -
Balkan Brass Band Brass Menazeri at Ashkenaz in Berkeley
Posted on August 26, 2010 | No CommentsBrass Menazeri will be performing tomorrow, Friday, August 27, at world music club Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center. Brass Menazeri is the Bay Area’s Balkan Romani (“Gypsy”) powerhouse brass... -
New York World Festival 2010 – Music Around the Black Sea
Posted on August 26, 2010 | No CommentsMusic Around the Black Sea, the fourth edition of the New York World Festival, focuses on the diverse traditions of the dynamic Black Sea region, a crossroads between Europe and... -
Fiery Mezcla
Posted on August 25, 2010 | 1 CommentPablo Menendez & Mezcla I’ll See You in Cuba (Zoho ZM201001, 2010) Mezcla, one of the leading Cuban contemporary jazz bands is back with an album titled I’ll See you... -
Toronto’s Ashkenaz Festival 2010 Spotlights the Multicultural Morph and Jubilance of Pan-Jewish Culture
Posted on August 25, 2010 | No CommentsAll roads lead to Canada’s Ashkenaz Festival, following the twists and turns of a boldly adaptive, constantly evolving Jewish culture. They are highways running from Klezmer hotspots like New York,... -
Zakir Hussain at World Music Festival Chicago 2010 Opening Concert
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 1 CommentWorld Music Festival Chicago 2010, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, opens on Tuesday, September 21, at 6:00 pm, with a free concert at Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion featuring Zakir... -
Contradanza’s Mediterranean Travels
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 3 CommentsContradanza Tentenelaire (Galileo Music/Nufolk NF012, 2010) Sevilla-based Contradanza is one of the leading groups in the new Andalusian folk movement. Together with Jerez’s La Jambre, Contradanza takes the traditional songs... -
Opinion running with afrobeat Down Under
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 1 CommentAfrobeat, the ebullient amalgam of juju, jazz, soul and socio-political commentary created by Fela Kuti back in the 1970s, has enjoyed something of a renaissance worldwide over the past decade....