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Month: May 2008

Events

Dhrupad Innovators Gundecha Brothers Will Perform in Toronto as part of the Sixth Annual South Asian Music Series

World Music Central News Room May 18, 2008

Toronto, Canada –  The Small World Music Sixth Annual South Asian Music Series continues with the Gundecha Brothers, India’s leading performers of the ancient classical…

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The World’s Music and Food in One Day at Taste of Durham Festival May 24th, 2008

World Music Central News Room May 17, 2008

The Taste of Durham food and music festival returns to Durham, North Carolina, May 24th, 2008 at t Imperial Center Surrounding Winchester Place. The eclectic…

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Album reviews

Stylishly Cool

TJ Nelson May 17, 2008

AlexCuba Agua Del Pozo (Caracol Records, 2008) After his debut CD Humo de Tabaco with appearances by Chucho Valdes and Pancho Amat, AlexCuba is back…

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Album reviews

Funky Salvador

Angel Romero May 16, 2008

Salvador Santana Band (SSB) SSB (Tsunami Label Group, 2008) Salvador Santana Band is led by Carlos Santana’s son, keyboardist and composer Salvador Santana. The band’s…

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Loop Collections

Dynamic Beats and Drones

Angel Romero May 16, 2008

Of the latest batch of Sony Sound Series collection of loops and samples, Richard Devine’s The Electronic Music Manuscript really stands out. Despite the title,…

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New Releases

St. Lucian Reggae Artist Taj Weekes Will Release Deidem this Spring

World Music Central News Room May 15, 2008

Reggae artist Taj Weekes will release his much anticipated second album, Deidem (All of Us), set for release through Weekes’ independent label, Jatta Records this…

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Inexpressively Beautiful Peyote Songs

TJ Nelson May 15, 2008

Cheevers Toppah and Kevin Yazzie First Light (Canyon Records, 2008) Bombarded this week by an onslaught of lawnmowers, weed wackers, leaf blowers, annoying telemarketers and…

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Tales from Darbukistan

Angel Romero May 14, 2008

Doumtekestan (Darbuki Kings Records, 2007) Lawrence Of Suburbia (Darbuki Kings Records, 2008) Two multi-instrumentalists, Robin Adnan Anders and Antonio Albarran, are behind the Darbuki Kings.…

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Events

World Music Star Lila Downs Confirmed for ¡Globalquerque! 2008

World Music Central News Room May 14, 2008

¡Globalquerque! 08 will present Lila Downs and her band at this year’s festival on Friday September 19th. ¡Globalquerque! New Mexico’s 4th Annual Celebration of World…

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General News

TransGlobal Underground Absent from Award Winners Concert Schedule

Jill Turner May 13, 2008

TransGlobal Underground, winners of the Club Global Category in this year’s BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music will not be playing at the Winners’…

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