Zakir Hussain at World Music Festival Chicago 2010 Opening Concert
World Music Festival Chicago 2010, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, opens on Tuesday, September 21, at 6:00 pm, with a free concert at Millennium Park’s…
View More Zakir Hussain at World Music Festival Chicago 2010 Opening ConcertContradanza’s Mediterranean Travels
Contradanza Tentenelaire (Galileo Music/Nufolk NF012, 2010) Sevilla-based Contradanza is one of the leading groups in the new Andalusian folk movement. Together with Jerez’s La Jambre,…
View More Contradanza’s Mediterranean TravelsOpinion running with afrobeat Down Under
Afrobeat, the ebullient amalgam of juju, jazz, soul and socio-political commentary created by Fela Kuti back in the 1970s, has enjoyed something of a renaissance…
View More Opinion running with afrobeat Down UnderUkulele Fire
Brittni Paiva Four Strings: The Fire Within (Talmidim Productions TPCD0909, 2010) Brittni Paiva is a 21 year old ukulele virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist from Hawaii. Her…
View More Ukulele FireChicago World Music Festival 2010 Program Announced
The largest and longest running festival of international music in the United States returns with over 80 artists at 30 venues throughout Chicago. The City…
View More Chicago World Music Festival 2010 Program AnnouncedHaitian Roots Jazz Ensemble Markus Schwartz & Lakou Brooklyn Release Equinox
Markus Schwartz & Lakou Brooklyn will be having their Equinox CD Release Party with a performance on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at midnight at Iridium…
View More Haitian Roots Jazz Ensemble Markus Schwartz & Lakou Brooklyn Release EquinoxRoots Country Musician Caleb Klauder Releases ‘Western Country’
The brand-new roots country album from songwriter Caleb Klauder (of Foghorn Stringband) is now available. Titled Western Country, this is Caleb’s second album tapping into…
View More Roots Country Musician Caleb Klauder Releases ‘Western Country’Afro-Spanish singer Buika’s first major North American Tour to hit 21 cities in 2010
Afro-Spanish singer Buika will be starting her first major North American Tour in the Fall of 2010, including 21 cities October 15 – November 20,…
View More Afro-Spanish singer Buika’s first major North American Tour to hit 21 cities in 2010Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Release Elizabeth Mitchell’s ‘Sunny Day’
Washington, DC – Elizabeth Mitchell celebrates the beauty of quiet moments with ‘ Sunny Day’ (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, October 5th). Mitchell, her family, and a…
View More Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Release Elizabeth Mitchell’s ‘Sunny Day’Chalaparta Sensation Oreka Tx to Begin 2010 North American Tour
Basque band Oreka Tx will be bringing the sounds of chalaparta (txalaparta in Basque) to North American audiences. The chalaparta is a percussion instrument composed…
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