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Pleasurable Crocodile Blues
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The Grammy award winning blues, soul, jazz and gospel singer Etta James, best known for the sultry track “At Last,” passed away at California’s Riverside…
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Hossam Ramzy and Phil Thornton Egypt Unveiled (ARC Music, 2011) If I told you there was this CD out there by a couple of musicians…
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Novalima Karimba (ESL Music, 2012) Latin music fans can send up a collective wahoo because the Peruvian band Novalima’s latest is set to hit the…
View More Bending, blending and remaking Afro-Peruvian musicThe inviting flavor of today’s Mexico
Lila Downs Pecados y Milagros (Sony Music Mexico, 2012) Now would be a good time to mark your calendar, set up some alert on your…
View More The inviting flavor of today’s Mexico2011 World Music Central Gift Guide
Here we are again for the World Music Central Gift Guide, ready to help you wend your way through some of best music and music-inspired…
View More 2011 World Music Central Gift GuideIndian Sarangi Master Dies
Famed sarangi player and vocalist Ustad Sultan Khan died Sunday, November 27, 2011 while being rushed to a Jodhpur, Rajasthan hospital. Mr. Khan, who had…
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