Global Music Month 2020 will present its final events this week. Global Music Month 2020 brought together 19 participating world music festivals in the United…
Global Music Month 2020 Reveals Final Week
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Vigüela to Interact with Audience in Conciertajo, Send your Couplets and Tales
Spanish folk band Vigüela will present a special interactive online event called Conciertajo, in which they will use technology provided by bettingsitesnotongamstop.ltd, before and during…
Fes Sufi Culture Festival Announces Extraordinary 2020 Edition
The 2020 edition of the Festival de Fès de La Culture Soufie (Fes Sufi Culture Festival) will be held online for the first time, October…
Guo Gan & Fabio Turchetti present The Silk Way
Chinese ehru master Guo Gan has released an album with Italian multi-instrumentalist Fabio Turchetti titled The Silk Way. On The Silk Way, international Italian songs…
WOMEX 2020 Confirms Digital Edition
WOMEX, the largest international conference and showcase for world music, has confirmed the 2020 virtual edition. The event will be held October 21 – 25,…
Ugandan Nanga Master Clipper Ogwang Dies at 84
Clipper Ogwang, one of the leading players of the Ugandan harp known as nanga, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at Gulu Regional Referral…
Cuban Artist La Dame Blanche Releases Ella
Cuban vocalist and multi-instrumentalist La Dame Blanche has just released a new album titled Ella (Her in Spanish). Yaité Ramos Rodriguez, known artistically as La…
Algerian Maluf Star Hamdi Benani Dies at 77
Celebrated Algerian singer and violinist Hamdi Benani died September 21, 2020 of COVID-19. Benani was born January 1, 1943 in Annaba, French Algeria. He learned…
The Agency of Artists in Exile Receives WOMEX 2020 Professional Excellence Award
French organization L’Atelier des Artistes en Exil – the Agency of Artists in Exile is the recipient of the WOMEX 2020 Professional Excellence Award. The…
Glitterbeat Records Announces Pakistan Is For The Peaceful
Pakistani artist Ustad Saami is set to release a new album titled Pakistan Is For The Peaceful on Glitterbeat Records. The new recording will be…