Nine world music and dance acts are set to perform at The Gathering on December 5, 2015 at the 21st Century Community Leadership Academy…
World Music Festival in Harlem This Saturday
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Snarky Puppy to Release New Album Family Dinner – Volume Two Featuring Susana Baca and Salif Keita
Snarky Puppy the rising stars of jazz-rock, are set to release the band’s ninth album, Family Dinner – Volume Two, out February 12, 2016…
Senegalese Star Baba Maal Releases Single from Upcoming album The Traveller
Celebrated Senegalese musician and United Nations Ambassador Baaba Maal has released a track that will appear in his much anticipated 11th album The Traveller…
Madrid to Host ‘Flamenco Monumental’ in December 2015
The spectacular concerts titled ‘Flamenco Monumental’ will be held on December 12 and 13, 2015, at the Teatro Monumental in Madrid. ‘Flamenco Monumental’ are…
Transglobal World Music Chart for December 2015
The results are in. This is the Transglobal World Music Chart for December 2015. Brazilian band Bixiga 70 tops the chart this month. Bixiga…
globalFEST on the Road – Creole Carnival at Soka Performing Arts Center
Several international world music/roots music artists part of globalFEST on the Road – Creole Carnival are set to perform on Sunday, April 3, 2016…
Elida Almeida Wins the Prix Découvertes RFI 2015
Cape Verdian artist Elida Almeida has won Radio France Internationale’s Prix Découvertes RFI 2015 for her debut album “Ora Doci, Ora Margos.” The album…
Akameyimoh Baby Boy
On Akameyimoh Baby Boy (Canyon Records CR-6513, 2013), Young Spirit performs pow-wow music recorded live at Red Mountain. Unlike other pow-wow groups that feature an…
Celebrated Irish Musician Mick Moloney to visit the Cuban National School of Arts
Irish multi-instrumentalist and scholar Mick Moloney, a leading figure in the world of Irish Traditional Music, will visit the Cuban National School of Arts, (Escuela…
Sex, Therapeutic Drugs and Music at Cap-Fest in Canary Islands
The Festival de las Capacidades 2015 (Capabilities Festival), a new festival also known as Cap-Fest is scheduled for December 4 and 5, 2015 in…