Exotica Recreators Waitiki will Close 2010 with a Series of Concerts
Champions of exotica Waitiki will celebrate the year’s end at Don the Beachcomber, the restaurant haven of the great mixologist Donn Beach and all things…
View More Exotica Recreators Waitiki will Close 2010 with a Series of ConcertsBerklee Releases Music Industry Salaries Study
Berklee’s Career Development Center has created a comprehensive resource for the music industry titled Salary Ranges for U.S. Music Positions in Performance, Writing, Business, Audio…
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Tabu Ley Rochereau The Voice of Lightness Vol. 2: Congo Classics 1977-1993 (Sterns Africa STCD 3056-57, 2010) Only once did I get to see Tabu…
View More More Lightness Comes to LightSan Francisco’s Stairwell Sisters to celebrate 10th Anniversary Show
On December 12, 2010, San Francisco’s the Stairwell Sisters will be celebrating their 10-year anniversary to the day with a performance at the Freight &…
View More San Francisco’s Stairwell Sisters to celebrate 10th Anniversary ShowBallaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal to Release Chamber Music
Chamber Music (Six Degrees Records) is a collaboration between Ballaké Sissoko, who plays the traditional kora, a lute-harp from Mali, and Vincent Ségal, the French…
View More Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal to Release Chamber MusicYasmin Levy to Perform at Barbican Hall in 2011
Yasmin Levy will perform Wednesday, April 6th of 2011 in London. The star singer returns to London with her electrifying Ladino songs and smoldering flamenco,…
View More Yasmin Levy to Perform at Barbican Hall in 2011fRoots Announces the Winners of World Music and Roots Albums Of The Year
The winners of the 25th annual fRoots Critics Poll Albums Of The Year were exclusively announced last night on BBC Radio 3’s World On 3.…
View More fRoots Announces the Winners of World Music and Roots Albums Of The YearNice But Slim Pickings
The pickPocket ensemble Memory (the pickPocket Ensemble, 2010) Their hands commit no acts of larceny in other people’s trousers. Rather, the pickPocket ensemble (punctuation theirs),…
View More Nice But Slim PickingsOmara Portuondo Celebrates the Tropicana
Omara Portuondo Fiesta Cubana (EuroArts 2058028, 2010) Fiesta Cubana is a great opportunity to watch Omara Portuondo, one of the legendary voices of Cuba, still…
View More Omara Portuondo Celebrates the TropicanaBrownout Releases Aguilas and Cobras Remixed and Regrooved
Brownout, the Psychedelic Latin Funk alter ego of Grupo Fantasma, will be releasing an album of remixes titled Aguilas and Cobras Remixed and Regrooved. Brownout…
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