As the 2010 Football World Cup approaches, World Music Central has collected a series of global songs that celebrate football (soccer), the world’s most popular…
World Music for the Football Fan
Author: World Music Central News Room
World music news from the editors at World Music Central
SummerNights Roots Music Series 2010 at The Jewish Museum in Manhattan
The Jewish Museum’s popular SummerNights program returns, presenting live world music in a concert setting on three Thursdays in July. Each concert begins at 7:30…
World Music Festival Returns to Borneo’s Rainforest for a 13th Edition
The 13th edition of the renowned Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysia will be held July 9-11 at the Sarawak cultural Village, about 30 kilometers…
Festival Afroflamenco Will Bring Together Flamenco and South African Music to Soweto
Madrid, Spain – Festival Afroflamenco 2010 will take place on June 6 at 11 a.m. at Mofolo Park, which is located in the Soweto…
World Music and Jazz Stars Participate in Herbie Hancock’s “The Imagine Project”
Los Angeles, California – Herbie Hancock’s “The Imagine Project”, the new CD from multiple Grammy-winning artist and musical pioneer Herbie Hancock, is an unprecedented international…
World Music Conference WOMEX Looking for New Host City Proposals
While the preparations for WOMEX 10 in Copenhagen are in full swing, WOMEX organizers are already scanning the horizon for the next WOMEX hub. WOMEX…
Tango Master Rubén Juárez Dies in Buenos Aires
Rubén Juárez, a leading Argentine tango singer and bandoneon player, died May 31 of 2010 in Buenos Aires of colon cancer. He was 62. Rubén…
Clearwater Announces Final Line-up and Stage Schedules for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival
Clearwater has finalized the line-up for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20 at…
Pablo “Mezcla” Menéndez & Mezcla to Perform in Seattle Direct from Havana
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley will present the Afro Cuban band Mezcla for two nights, June 1 – 2, 2010. The group…
Afro-Latin Reggae Nomadic Band Sarazino Will Tour North America in Summer of 2010
Currently based in the high Andean mountains of Quito (Ecuador), Sarazino is the brainchild of Lamine Fellah, a musician, songwriter and producer whose nomadic life…