With the deadline for posting online public comments on the rules for media ownership to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set to come to an…
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World Music Central’s 2006 Holiday Gift Giving Guide
For the past year all of us here at World Music Central have pounded the pavement, scrounged through stacks of CDs and even occasionally rummaged…
View More World Music Central’s 2006 Holiday Gift Giving GuideHeart Wrenching Malian Blues
Ali Farka Touré Savane (World Circuit/Nonesuch Records, 2006) With his death at 67 in March of 2006, Ali Farka Touré left behind more than a…
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Azam Ali Elysium for the Brave (Six Degrees Records, 2006) Born in Iran and raised in India and the United States, Azam Ali is familiar…
View More Persian Roots Transformed into a World of Stratospheric SensualityQuiet Graceful Voice
Susana Baca Travesías (Luaka Bop, 2006) The hauntingly precious vocals of Peru’s Susana Baca are always a treat, but her latest release Travesías is especially…
View More Quiet Graceful VoiceBreezy Fusion of Jazz and Flamenco
Carles Benavent and Josemi Carmona Sumando (Nuevos Medios, 2006) Jazz bassist Carles Benavent and guitarist Josemi Carmona have combined talents for Nuevos Medios release Sumando,…
View More Breezy Fusion of Jazz and FlamencoThe New Melancholic Voices of Fado
The elegant blend of vocals, the twelve-stringed guitarra portuguesa and viola that is the fado might have had a mysterious birth, and a even more…
View More The New Melancholic Voices of FadoNew World Music Venue in London
Half The World is a new venture for London, an occasional season of live world music gigs being staged at Live On The Park below…
View More New World Music Venue in LondonThe Music Imperative
Every once in a while, when the international, national and local news aren’t quite enough to send me into a crazed frenzy, I wander over…
View More The Music ImperativeGecko Turner’s Riotous Intermingling of Genres
Gecko Turner Guapapasea! (Quango, 2006) Every musician has an homage song or album in them where a style or musical influence is courted and seduced,…
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