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Seun Anikulapo Kuti Is On the Rise
Posted on October 14, 2011 | No CommentsImbued with his late father’s indomitable spirit and emboldened by the inheritance of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s band and middle name, Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti is poised to take over the mantle... -
The Staff Of Life
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsSome extraordinary bands have emerged from the turmoil and tumult that is Third World Africa, such as Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, who were born out of a bloody civil... -
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music 2011. Part II. More Musical Encounters
Posted on September 10, 2011 | No CommentsOne of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music’s great strengths, apart from the larger, spectacular concerts in the Bab Makina and the Bab Boujloud, lies in its programming of... -
Lord of the Trance
Posted on September 9, 2011 | No CommentsRango’s debut album, Bride Of Zar, took everyone by surprise when it was released last year, introducing trance-inducing music from Sudanese mystic healing ceremonies and hip-shaking Nubian wedding melodies to... -
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music 2011. Part I: The World’s Spiritual Glories in the Medina
Posted on September 9, 2011 | No Comments“What is important, and indeed urgent, is to unlock our systems of thinking, our mental habits and automatic responses, to allow us to become more attentive and receptive to other... -
The New Nusrat
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe premature passing of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in 1997 robbed the world of a truly outstanding vocalist, a veritable musical deity whose qawwali singing was so spiritually charged that... -
The Calypso Queen
Posted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsMcArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis might never be immortalized in the global annals of female activism, but the feisty woman claiming that formal and somewhat long-winded moniker has certainly made an indelible... -
The Afro Celt Sound System Is Back Better Than Ever After A Three-Year Hiatus
Posted on August 22, 2011 | No CommentsIf there’s such a beast as the quintessential WOMAD act it must assuredly be the Afro Celt Sound System. That’s no idle claim dreamed up by an indolent journalist in... -
Post Rainforest World Music Festival, Encounter with the Orangutans
Posted on August 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe last day of the post-Rain Forest World Music Festival program took us to the Semmongoh Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center to visit the orangutans. The word “orang” is Malay for... -
Cometh The Hour…Oud Maestro Joseph Tawadros Waxes Lyrical About His World-Jazz Album
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No CommentsA glaring anomaly concerning the annual ARIA Awards — the Australian equivalent of the Grammy Awards — is that Joseph Tawadros, one of the country’s finest instrumentalists, has yet to...