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antonio_carlos_jobim - created

WMC_News_Dept. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:12:18 -0500

Biography Antonio Carlos Jobim was born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, January 25, 1927 in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. He was also called Tom Jobim. Jobim was a Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, pianist and perhaps the greatest legend of bossa nova. Jobim's compositions, many performed by Joao Gilberto, gave birth to the genre in the early 1960s.

jaques_morelenbaum

WMC_News_Dept. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:52:42 -0500

Biography Jaques Morelenbaum was born in 1954 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He initiated his music studies age three. He spent many of his childhood afternoons following rehearsals at the Teatro Municipal where his father was the conductor and musical director and his uncle a violist in the opera orchestra. Morelenbaum studied cello, chamber music, instrumental and choral conducting, vocal technique, composition, and music analysis in Brazil before attending the New England Conservatory of Music…

brazil

WMC_News_Dept. — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:31:51 -0500

Official Name: Federative Republic of Brazil Capital City: Brasilia Population: 190,010,647 (July 2007 est.) Government: Federal Republic National Language: Portuguese (official), Spanish in border areas Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Shares borders with: Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730.4 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,200 km

gilberto_gil

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:43:31 -0500

Biography A champion of Brazil's African-rooted traditions who has scoured the vast backlands of his own country and the far corners of the world in search of inspiration for his constantly evolving artistic vision, Gilberto Gil remains one of his land's most enterprising musicians. His singing and composing career in Bahia, the center of African culture in Brazil, began in the mid sixties as one of the founders of the revolutionary tropicalismo movement.

bothy_band

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:47:46 -0500

Biography The Bothy Band evoked universal praise from audiences and critics alike. Siblings Micheal O Domhnaill and Triona Ni Dhomhnaill, percussionist Donal Lunny, master piper Paddy Keenan, flute virtuoso Matt Molloy, and brilliant fiddler Kevin Burke stood at the very summit of Celtic music.

dervish

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:38:36 -0500

Widely hailed as the 90's successors to Irish traditional legends Planxty and the Bothy Band, Dervish unite fire with finesse, poise with passion, in music of sparkling, new minted freshness, that nonetheless holds proud and fast to its time-honored roots. Their exhilarating live shows have captivated audiences world-wide where their energy shines through every storming reel and each delicately winsome ballad.

musicas_del_mundo - created

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:15:19 -0500

Músicas del Mundo.org is a Spanish language world music publication created by World Music Central's Angel Romero.

online_music_magazines_and_webzines

kindofadraag — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:54:19 -0500

Directory of online world music magazines and webzines. * Acceso Total - Latin Music interviews, performances, and MP3s * Attambur, Portuguese * Ceolas, Celtic music portal * Cranky Crow Whole Music * DubMC * Estacion Tierra, Spanish language site affiliated with Mondomix * Ethnotempos, French * Flamenco World. English, Spanish and Japanese versions * FolkWorld * T.O. Music * Inside World Music * 'LA'Ritmo.com * Mondomix * Musical Traditions * Musicas del Mundo, S…

world_music

kindofadraag — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:49:46 -0500

World Music is an internationally accepted term that describes a series of musical genres found across the globe. The category includes any form of traditional or contemporary folk music from any country in the world. The term world music became widely used in 1987. According to fRoots founder, Ian Anderson, it was Roger Armstrong and Ben Mandelson from Ace Records and GlobeStyle who called a meeting in the UK in 1987 to discuss the creation of a new musical category. The meeting was attended…

seamus_o_dowd

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:50:44 -0500

Sligo native Séamus O'Dowd (guitar, fiddle, harmonica) grew up steeped in the tradition of Sligo fiddling, early on expanding his repertoire to include the New World traditions and today he is as accomplished playing blues on slide guitar as he is playing jigs and reels.

rick_epping - created

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:49:59 -0500

Rick Epping (harmonica, concertina, banjo, jaw harp), a native of California, has been moving back and forth between Ireland and the United States for over 35 years and has been playing the music of both lands since childhood. Having played with musical greats as varied as Bill Monroe, Texas bluesman Mance Lipscomb and Irish accordionist Joe Cooley, Rick brings to The Unwanted a wealth of experience and authentic style. The Unwanted is a trio that includes Irish musicians Séamus O'Dowd and Cath…

cathy_jordan - created

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:28:22 -0500

Roscommon born Cathy Jordan, lead singer for acclaimed group Dervish, moves effortlessly and with soaring voice between Seannós, Appalachian ballad and contemporary folksong, lending rich accompaniment on bodhran and tenor guitar. She is also a member of The Unwanted, a trio that includes American musician Rick Epping and Sligo native Seamus O'Dowd.

the_unwanted - created

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:22:48 -0500

The Unwanted are Dervish's Cathy Jordan, American musician Rick Epping and Sligo native Seamus O’Dowd. Between them, they encompass a vast range of the music of Ireland, the United States of America, and other places geographically and culturally linked to these lands that encircle the Atlantic Ocean. From the rich traditions of both sides of the Atlantic have come the source and inspiration of the music of The Unwanted—three Sligo-based musicians, each with exceptional talent and a lifetime ded…

ireland

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:20:24 -0500

Official Name: Ireland Capital City: Dublin Population: 4,203,200 (July 2009 est.) Government: republic, parliamentary democracy Languages: English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas along the western coast Location: Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain

blue_highway

WMC_News_Dept. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:57:21 -0500

Biography Blue Highway fuses tradition with progress to create their own unique and timeless style. Having played roles in bluegrass music's most influential acts such as Alison Krauss and Union Station, Larry Sparks, Doyle Lawson and Ricky Skaggs, the members of Blue Highway -- Tim Stafford (guitar, vocals), Wayne Taylor (lead vocals, bass), Shawn Lane (tenor vocals, guitar, mandolin, fiddle), Rob Ickes (Dobro, Scheerhorn acoustic slide guitar), and Jason Burleson (banjo, guitar, mandolin, ba…

taraf_de_haidouks - created

WMC_News_Dept. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:14:38 -0500

Biography Taraf de Haidouks, whose name translates as “band of brigands,” are a village band of Gypsy lautari (traditional musicians), who come from a small Romanian town called Clejani. They are a dozen instrumentalist and brilliant singers, aged 20 to 78 years old, that never had played outside their region, until Stefan Caro and Michel Winter (two Belgian musicians) fell in love with their music in a trip to Romania in 1990, and decided to transmit their passion for this music to the rest o…

crammed_discs

WMC_News_Dept. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:09:16 -0500

Crammed Discs is one of the seminal players on the European world music field. The label introduced genre heavyweights like Zap Mama, Taraf de Haidouks, Hector Zazou and Mahmoud Ahmed, as well as the new wave of Brazilian sounds that make up their sub label Ziriguiboom.

brussels

WMC_News_Dept. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:34:41 -0500

Brussels is not only the capital of Belgium, but it is also one of the government seats of the European union. It is a city where many languages are spoken, especially French, Flemish, and English. One of the most influential world music labels in the European continent, Crammed Discs, is based there. Crammed put Eastern European music Gypsy music on the world music map.

cimbalom

WMC_News_Dept. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:51:17 -0500

Name: Cimbalom Class: Family: Hungarian box zither with forty-eight strings, which are stretched over a large sounding board and sounded with small hammers. ... variations: ... web sites: is one of the largest online collections of Hungarian Folk.

hungary

WMC_News_Dept. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:44:55 -0500

Official Name: Republic of Hungary Capital City: Budapest Population: 9,905,596 (July 2009 est.) Government: Parliamentary democracy Languages: Hungarian 93.6% Location: Central Europe, northwest of Romania. Border countries: Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine