Australia – The Garma Festival of Traditional Culture will take place August 19-23, 2003. The festival is held at Gulkula, 40 kilometers outside of the…
Garma Festival of Aboriginal Australian Traditional Culture
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
Ravikiran enthralls at Richmond
Chitravina N Ravikiran, prodigy since two, living legend since 22 and the world’s greatest slide player, if you go by the opinion of Radio Australia,…
Tribute to Cuban Singer in New York
(Prensa Latina -Cumbancha) New York, USA – Legendary Cuban singer Graciela Pérez, who performed with the orchestra of Latin jazz forerunner Machito will be paid…
The Rough Guide To South African Gospel
San Francisco, USA – This new installment of the Rough Guide collection focuses on South African Gospel. Today, gospel music remains one of the populist…
Celtic Fusion Has Begun
Down, Northern Ireland – The annual Celtic Fusion International Music Festival began today and will run until August 10. This year there was a special…
Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC)
Los Angeles, USA – The biggest event in the world for Latin Rock & Hip Hop will be held in Los Angeles, August 14th -16th.…
Pedaling tabla beats
Autorickshaw (Tala-Wallah Records) The word autorickshaw sums up this Toronto quintet’s musical repertoire. When I used the search word autorickshaw, I found a handful of…
Puerto Rican Salsa Legend Tite Curet Dies at 77
San Juan, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rican composer and journalist Catalino ” Tite” Curet died at age 77 at St. Joseph Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland,…
Two by Shweta Jhaveri
Shweta Jhaveri Anahita (Intuition, 1998) Avishkar (21st Century Cosmos, 2003) I enjoy serendipity so I play a game with myself that involves sifting through the…
A Cure for them Blues
Martina Sorbara The Cure for Bad Deeds (Nettwerk America, 2003) Before I begin the review of Martina Sorbara’s debut CD, I would like to mention…