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The GondwanaSound Report, September 2, 2010

By WMC_News_Dept. Thursday September 2, 2010

Jill Turner

Jill Turner reports: Andy Kershaw returns to broadcasting to tie in with the Radio One series on lost worlds and has an enviable gig travelling the globe recording “endangered music”.

BBC Radio 3 celebrated 10 years at WOMAD and as part of their celebrations have made public on their website the World Routes series for your exploration. And finally as I returned home trumpets were blasting out from Radio Four was a Guca special – all worthy of checking out via the usual BBC i-player.

Memorable Dulce

By ARomero Thursday September 2, 2010

Dulce Pontes

Momentos (Galileo Music GMC038, 2010)

Dulce Pontes is one of Portugal’s most influential singers, who is extremely popular in neighboring Spain. Even though she includes fado in her repertory, she is not a fado singer. Dulce Ponte has renovated Portuguese folk music, introducing genres to international audiences that are lesser known the internationally popular fado.

On her latest album, Momentos, Dulce Pontes presents two CDs, which celebrate her 20 year career. CD I celebrates the music of Portugal in the form of fados, fadinhos, and other categories of Portuguese folk music. The selection includes studio recordings as well as live performances from some of Europe’s finest venues in Madrid, London, Milan, Athens and Barcelona.

CD II includes collaborations with legendary singers such as “Todos Somos Um” with Spain’s José Carreras; and “O Mar e tu” with Greece’s George Dalaras.

The boxed set includes a 28-page booklet with lyrics in Portuguese and translations to Spanish and English.

Momentos is an excellent introduction the music of one of Portugal’s iconic singers.

Music Freedom Day 2011 Scheduled for March 3, 2011

Music Freedom Day celebrates freedom of musical expression worldwide. The date chosen for the 2011 celebration is March 3rd. Music freedom advocate Freemuse invites musicians, music clubs, cultural institutions, broadcasters and media to join the annual Music Freedom Day. According to Freemuse, musicians and composers rights to freedom of expression are violated worldwide. Hundreds of [...]

Rounder Records To Release 4 CD Boxed Set ‘The Rounder Records Story’

On October 12, Rounder Records will release The Rounder Records Story, a 4 CD box set that includes 87 songs (see complete list below) selected to tell the label’s 40 year story and show the true breadth of their catalog. For forty years, Rounder Records has been on a singular mission, recording a glorious range [...]

Balkan Versatility

Various Artists Balkan Grooves (Eastblok Music EBM 016CD2010) In recent years, Berlin has become the gateway to the music of the Balkans and other parts of Eastern Europe. On the CD Balkan Grooves, the Eastblok label has collected some of the finest musicians and remixers involved in the hybridization of Balkan music. Lower production costs [...]

Strings of the Black Sea at New York World Festival 2010

Music Around the Black Sea festival opens Sunday, September 19 with Strings of the Black Sea: A Celebration of Lutes and Fiddles from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea and Turkey, showcasing instruments like those included in the Metropolitan Museum’s permanent musical instrument collection. Featured are violinist Nariman Asanov, a leading exponent of the musical tradition of the [...]

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World Music Central.org

New Version of the Site

The GondwanaSound Report, September 2, 2010

Memorable Dulce

Music Freedom Day 2011 Scheduled for March 3, 2011

Rounder Records To Release 4 CD Boxed Set ‘The Rounder Records Story’

Balkan Versatility

Strings of the Black Sea at New York World Festival 2010

Carbon-neutral Festival Fremont LoveFest To Be Held September 11, 2010

South Asian Fusionists Indian Ocean To Perform for Fundraiser at University of Toronto

New Book ‘Bob Marley And The Golden Age of Reggae’ to Be Published in October 2010

Interview with Aslak Oppebøen of Music Information Centre Norway

Los Cenzontles Are Joined by Ry Cooder, David Hidalgo and Pete Sears on New Album ‘Raza De Oro’

Global Tribute to Bob Marley

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