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Month: April 2009

Events

Buika to Perform in Havana

World Music Central News Room April 13, 2009 No Comments

Havana, Cuba – Afro-Spanish singer Concha Buika and Cuban musician Jesus (Chucho) Valdes are expected to give a concert on April 14 at the Amadeo…

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New Releases

Cambodian Adventure Sleepwalking Through The Mekong Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Dengue Fever Will Be Released Tomorrow

World Music Central News Room April 13, 2009 No Comments

The Dengue Fever documentary film Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (M80 Music), will be released on April 14, 2009 as two-disc set via Nail Distribution  and…

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Dobet Gnahore, Star of Acoustic Africa, to Return to the Wisconsin Union Theater

World Music Central News Room April 12, 2009 No Comments

Dobet Gnahore returns to the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8:00 pm. Born, in Ivory Coast, Gnahore is a natural star…

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Interviews

The Samba Effect–Conversation with Brazilian Musician Jovino Santos Neto

Patricia Herlevi April 12, 2009 No Comments Brazilian musicJovino Santos Neto

I discovered the healing effects of Brazilian music, samba in particular back in the early 1990s when I began listening to Astrud Gilberto classics. Even…

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Toronto Welcomes The Seventh Annual South Asian Music Series

World Music Central News Room April 12, 2009 No Comments

The Seventh Annual South Asian Music Series, presents by Small World Musi, which will burst onto the scene from April 12 to May 30 at…

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Album reviews

Nomadic Chalaparta

Angel Romero April 12, 2009 No Comments

Oreka TX Nomadak Tx (World Village, 2009) In 2006, two musicians from San Sebastian in Spain’s Basque country, Harkaitz Martínez and Igor Otxoa (who use…

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Concert reviews

Trinidad Carnival 2009 Featuring Desperadoes the Finest Steel Orchestra in the World

World Music Central News Room April 11, 2009 No Comments

Review by Mighty Jamma The first time I saw Despers, I was with my brother Norman in 1981. They were performing at the Birmingham Odeon,…

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Jake Shimabukuro at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle

World Music Central News Room April 11, 2009 1 Comment

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents solo ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro for one night only. Set time on Monday, April 13th is…

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Nigeria’s Definitive Golden Age Revisited

Tom Orr April 10, 2009 No Comments

Nigeria 70 – The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos (Strut Records STRUTO35CD/LP, 2009) Strut Records is one of those labels that have a knack…

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Internationally Acclaimed Folk Music at Glasgow’s Concert Halls in Spring 2009

World Music Central News Room April 10, 2009 No Comments

Glasgow’s Fruitmarket Folk series returns this spring with an eclectic line-up of Scottish and international folk talent taking to the stage at one of Glasgow’s…

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