Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice Release “The Heart of a Song”
Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice are scheduled to release “The Heart of a Song” (Rebel Records) in late Summer 2011. The new project will feature…
View More Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice Release “The Heart of a Song”VP Records To Releases Double Disc Gregory Isaacs Tribute Album
VP Records is set ti release the double-disc collection, We Remember Gregory Isaacs, on August 16, 2011. Saxophonist and producer Dean Fraser assembled an all-star…
View More VP Records To Releases Double Disc Gregory Isaacs Tribute AlbumAfrobeat on the Upswing
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 From Africa with Fury: Rise (Knitting Factory Records KFR1110CD, 2011) Seun Anikulapo Kuti, son of Nigerian Afrobeat creator and…
View More Afrobeat on the UpswingTatiana Rucinska Reveals the Beginner’s Guide to Scandinavia
Beginner’s Guide to Scandinavia is one of the most interesting world music boxed sets released this year. Produced by Stockholm-based freelance journalist Tatiana Rucinska, the…
View More Tatiana Rucinska Reveals the Beginner’s Guide to ScandinaviaDutch offWOMEX Night at WOMEX 2011
On Saturday, 29 October, 2011, it’s the Dutch offWOMEX Night at word music expo WOMEX 2011. Dutch Delta Sounds is brought by Music Center The…
View More Dutch offWOMEX Night at WOMEX 2011Living Music Cultures at Globaltica World Cultures Festival 2011 in Poland
Globaltica World Cultures Festival will be held July 29-31, 2011, in Gdynia, Poland. The musical line-up this year features Afro-Cuban all Stars (Cuba), Bonga (Angola),…
View More Living Music Cultures at Globaltica World Cultures Festival 2011 in PolandRare Koto and Shamisen Gems
Various Artists Japanese Traditional Music: Koto – Shamisen | Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (World Arbiter, 2011) Traditional Japanese music buffs should check out the third installment…
View More Rare Koto and Shamisen GemsVideo of the Week: Aratan N Tinariwen by Tuareg Band Tamikrest
Tuareg desert blues rockers Tamikrest are set to perform live at the Barbican in London this Saturday 23 July at 6:15 pm at the Blaze…
View More Video of the Week: Aratan N Tinariwen by Tuareg Band TamikrestBalkan Brass Fury
Fanfare Ciocarlia and Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra Balkan Brass Battle (2011) Two of the finest brass bands in the world, Romania’s Fanfare Ciocarlia and…
View More Balkan Brass FuryIvorian Reggae Master Tiken Jah Fakoly to Perform at SummerStage 2011 in New York City
Tiken Jah Fakoly, Meta and the Cornerstones, Los Rakas and Adam “Atropolis” Patridge are set to perform Saturday, August 20th at Mainstage at Central Park,…
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