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GRAMMY Nominee Chandrika Krishnamurthy Talks About Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul call

World Music Central News Room December 18, 2010 5 Comments

When the GRAMMY nominations were announced earlier this month, Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon‘s album, Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul call (on Soul Chants Music), was nominated for…

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Eclectic Producer Diplo Mixes Reggae Classics on Riddimentary

World Music Central News Room December 18, 2010 No Comments

Experimentalist music producer and remix mastermind Diplo teams up with Greensleeves Records to reload and re-release some of Reggae’s greatest classics on Riddimentary – Diplo…

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globalFEST 2011 to present the U.S. debut of Chamber Music: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal

World Music Central News Room December 17, 2010 No Comments

Chamber Music: Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal will be performing at globalFEST 2011 at New York City’s Webster Hall (125 E. 11th St.) on January…

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WOM@TT to Present Best of British Award 2010 on December 23

World Music Central News Room December 17, 2010 No Comments

WOM@TT (World of Music) in association with Carnival Village & Colourful, will present its final Best of British Award event of 2010 on December 23rd…

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Abu Dhabi’s Bait Al Oud Celebrates Three Year Anniversary with Memorable Performance

World Music Central News Room December 16, 2010 No Comments

In an outstanding night, students of Bait Al Oud Al Arabi (Arabian lute House) celebrated on Wednesday evening the third anniversary of the house which…

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Pancho Amat to receive the 2010 Cuban National Music Award

World Music Central News Room December 16, 2010 No Comments

As reported by Cuban TV National News, Leonel Francisco ‘Pancho’ Amat, famous Cuban composer and ´tres´ player got the 2010 National Music Award, the highest…

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Best World Music Recordings of 2010, Editor’s Picks

World Music Central News Room December 14, 2010 No Comments world music

We present the 10 Best World Music albums of 2010 lists. This year we have the lists of contributors to World Music Central, our Spanish…

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Egyptian Ensemble Zikrayat Added to globalFEST 2011 Line-Up

World Music Central News Room December 14, 2010 No Comments

globalFEST 2011 has just announced that traditional Egyptian music ensemble Zikrayat will be rounding out the 13-artist lineup for this year’s festival. With a mission…

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Celtic Connections 2011 Opening Concert to Feature Zakir Hussain

World Music Central News Room December 14, 2010 No Comments

The Celtic Connections Opening Concert: The Pulse of World featuring Zakir Hussain will take place Thursday, 13 January, at 7:30pm at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall,…

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Flamenco Maestro Enrique Morente in State of Brain Death

World Music Central News Room December 13, 2010 No Comments

Enrique Morente, who is regarded by many as the best flamenco singer since the death of Camarón de la Isla is in a state of…

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