Bayawan, the Precious Dolan Muqam
Mekit Dolan Muqam Group – Bayawan (Old Heaven Books & B10 Live, 2014) The Mekit Dolan Muqam Group presents a distinctive manifestation of Muqam music…
Nickodemus Moon People (ESL Music, 2012) Admit it, every once in a while you need some ferocious tunes. You need to walk down the street,…
View More Wildly Expressive Global InfluencesThe Wake Up Madagascar Tour will take place July 13 – July 26 in North America. Artists scheduled to perform include Razia Said, Jaojoby, Charles…
View More Upcoming Wake Up Madagascar Tour Has Mission to End Illegal Logging in the Rainforests of MadagascarKevin Henderson is a dynamic young fiddler on the world stage, and will be performing with The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc at the Forde Festival of…
View More Interview with Kevin Henderson, Nordic Fiddlers Bloc“Smile” is the title of the new music video by Texas trio Los Lonely Boys. It contains footage from their visit to Japan supporting their…
View More Los Lonely Boys Release “Smile” Video Live in JapanOne of the traditional instruments featured at the Førde Traditional and World Music Festival, held this year July 5-8 in Førde, Norway, is the gayageum…
View More Interview with Kyungso Park, Korean Gayageum ArtistThe Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be presenting two concerts of Azerbaijani music this year. The festival takes place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.,…
View More Azerbaijani Traditional Music and Food on the National Mall in Washington DCGlatt & Verkehrt, Austria’s largest world music festival will be held June 28 – July 29 in the town of Krems and at other places…
View More World Music Festival Glatt & Verkehrt to Be Held in June-July 2012 in AustriaWOMEX, the most important industry gathering of world music professionals, has announced the first Showcase Festival acts scheduled to perform at WOMEX 2012. This year…
View More World Music Conference WOMEX 2012 Announces First Set of ShowcasesAnnbjørg Lien Khoom Loy (Compass Records, 2012) Chameleonic fiddler Annbjørg Lien crosses boundaries and embraces a wide range of musical influences on her latest album,…
View More Connecting BridgesThe Other Europeans project set out to try to reconstruct and then re-inhabit bygone repertoires and styles of klezmer and lautar music in Europe (www.other-europeans-band.eu…
View More Interview with Alan Bern, founder of The Other Europeans project