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Chinese Folk-Rock Band Shanren Uses Crowdfunding To Connect With Fans During North American Tour
Posted on February 8, 2012 | No CommentsIndie folk band Shanren is using crowdfunding launchpad RocketHub to offer a personal experience for both audiences and fans of the band on their first North American tour this March.... -
GondwanaSound’s Album of the Week: Rangarang
Posted on February 5, 2012 | No CommentsThe Album of the Week at GondwanaSound radio show is Rangarang, a two CD compilation of forgotten jewels from prerevolutionary Iran on the Vampisoul Label. The Vampisoul boys and girls... -
Track from the Forthcoming Woody Guthrie tribute album New Multitudes Available To Download
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No Comments“Old L.A.,” a track from the upcoming Woody Guthrie tribute album New Multitudes, is now available to download. Due February 28, the album was created by Will Johnson (Centro-matic, South... -
Ethiopian Singer Meklit Hadero Uses Music to Ignite a Conversation about Water Issues in Nile River Nations
Posted on January 17, 2012 | No CommentsEthiopian-American singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero and Egyptian ethnomusicologist Mina Girgis have created the large-scale, multiphase Nile Project. This endeavor will gather eclectic, respected musicians from the seven countries along the great... -
Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago to Hold Grand Opening Celebration
Posted on January 8, 2012 | No CommentsThe Grand Opening Celebration of the Old Town School of Folk Music’s new building will be held Monday, January 9th at 10:30 AM with a ribbon cutting ceremony. the new... -
Kamerunga Releases Video with Highlights from 2011 Rainforest World Music Festival
Posted on December 12, 2011 | No CommentsAustralian contemporary folk band Kamerunga has released a music video with highlights from their performance earlier this year at the 2011 Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysian Borneo. Kamerunga was... -
Rock Star Manu Chao Protests Anti-Immigration Laws In New Video From Tent City Jail in Arizona
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsIn September 2011, international French-Spanish music star Manu Chao ended his United States tour with a free concert in Arizona in collaboration with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network’s ‘Alto... -
Free Dub Colossus Download Every Monday
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsDub Colossus: The Ezana Stone Sessions This week – Real World and Dub Colossus launch The Ezana Stone Sessions – a ten week free track giveaway featuring remixes from the... -
2011 World Music Central Gift Guide
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsHere we are again for the World Music Central Gift Guide, ready to help you wend your way through some of best music and music-inspired gifts of the season. We’ve... -
The Silk Road Ensemble Performance for Artistic Director Yo-Yo Ma to be broadcast on CBS on December 27, 2011
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe Grammy-nominated Silk Road Ensemble joined great performers at the Kennedy Center Opera House stage in honoring renowned cellist and Silk Road Project Artistic Director Yo-Yo Ma, one of five...
