The World to Brooklyn Series Continues with Cape Verdean Vocalist Fantcha
The World to Brooklyn, a new series showcasing vibrant artists from different cultures in an exciting new venue in downtown Brooklyn, continues on December 3rd…
View More The World to Brooklyn Series Continues with Cape Verdean Vocalist FantchaGALAXIE Rising Stars Award Goes to Senegalese Musician Elage Diouf
Senegalese musician Elage Diouf won the GALAXIE Rising Stars Award after being selected by a jury composed of Patrick Binette (GALAXIE), Jacob Edgar (PBS’s “Music…
View More GALAXIE Rising Stars Award Goes to Senegalese Musician Elage DioufSuccessful Debut for Canada’s First Annual World Music Conference
Mundial Montreal, Canada’s first annual world music conference, had a triumphant debut according to organizers. Mundial Montreal was held last week and brought together some…
View More Successful Debut for Canada’s First Annual World Music ConferenceBatiska’s Fascinating Musical Expeditions
Naragonia Quartet Batiska (Appel Rekords APR1336, 2011) Batiska is the first album by a new Belgian contemporary folk music ensemble called Naragonia Quartet. If the…
View More Batiska’s Fascinating Musical ExpeditionsDabke Ravishment
Omar Souleyman Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts (Sublime Frequencies, 2011) Omar Souleyman’s Haflat Gharbia: The Western Concerts, out on the Sublime Frequencies label, is a…
View More Dabke RavishmentSix Acts Nominated for Austrian World Music Award 2011
Laetitia Ribeiro Band, Mamadou Diabate’s Percussion Mania, Sormeh, Netnakisum, Catch-Pop String-Strong and Federspiel are the contenders for the 2011 edition of the Austrian World Music…
View More Six Acts Nominated for Austrian World Music Award 2011Ten Years of Travels
Franca Masu 10 Anys (Aramúsica AR0052011, 2011) The new album by renowned Sardinian vocalist Franca Masu is titled 10 Anys and it celebrates 10 years…
View More Ten Years of TravelsSublime Nuance
JeongGaAkHoe Gagok (Female) Pungnyu III (AkdangEban, 2011) Considered one of the most revered vocal styles of Jeongak or Korean court music and on part of…
View More Sublime NuanceOn the Hunt
Sibiri Samake Dambe Foli (Kanaga System Krush, 2010) Bamana hunters music this is, and it’s important to keep in mind how highly regarded the donso…
View More On the HuntElectric and Strikingly Sumptuous
Natacha Atlas Mounqaliba Rising – The Remixes (Six Degrees, 2011) Remix junkies rejoice because once you crack open the gorgeous exoticism of Natacha Atlas’s Mounqaliba…
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