Paris, France – Les Frères Guissé, three Senegalese brothers with beautiful voices and a musical gift, recently released their fifth album, ‘Yakaar,’ (meaning ‘Hope’ in…
Senegalese Band Les Frères Guissé Releases First International Album
Month: July 2008
The Love Circle to Perform at Rainforest World Music Festival Today
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – The Love Circle, Trinidad and Tobago’s Royal Family of music, is confirmed as one of the sixteen (16)…
Rising Star Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Coming to Top UK Festivals this Summer
Paris, France – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 will perform at some of the main British festivals, notably Lovebox London weekender (20th July) and The…
Issa’s Musical Charms
Issa Bagayogo Mali Koura (Six Degrees, 2008) Fans who have been sadly staring into space awaiting Malian singer and n’goni player Issa Bagayogo‘s his next…
Haris Alexiou Performs Sold Out Concert at Pops Goes Hellenic
Boston (Massachusetts), USA – On June 7, the heritage and culture of Greece was celebrated at Boston’s Symphony Hall with the first concert in recent…
Carnatic Music Composers Day Series
News by: Ms. Lakshmi The Shri Subha Siddhi Vinayaka Mandhir Society (Regd.), Pocket IV, Mayur Vihar, Phase One, Delhi 110091, in coordination with the…
Good Golly Mali
The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali (World Music Network RGNET 1208, 2008) It’s been said numerous times and hardly bears repeating that Mali…
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival 2008
The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival wil take place July 17 – 20, 2008, at the Walsh Farm in Oak Hill, New York. The festival’s Main…
Globaltica 2008, Poland’s World Music Festival to be Held July 25-27
The 2008 edition of Globaltica will take place in Gdynia, Poland, July 25-27. The world music festival presents concerts in two stages at Kolibki Park…
A Quibble-less Quebec Quickie
Putumayo Presents Quebec (Putumayo PUTU 279, 2008) I visited Quebec several times as a youngster with my Canadian father, and despite my tender years was…