These are some recent releases from the Persian, Turkish and Arabic cultures in the Middle East. Turkish Groove (PUTU248-2 CD) is a great introduction to…
Middle Eastern Reflections
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The World of WOMAD Returns to Singapore for Its Ninth Year
Singapore – The music of the world in the garden city at the crossroads of the world, WOMAD (World of Music, Arts & Dance), one…
The Tff Rudostadt Festival Focuses on France
Paris, France – This year the German Rudostadt Festival, held between the 7th and the 8th July, has chosen France as its country theme for…
Renowned Celtic Music Fest Ortigueira ’06 Begins Today
Ortigueira (Galicia), Spain – One of Europe’s largest Celtic music festivals, Ortigueira, begins today. Ortigueira, held in northwestern Spain, presents some of the finest Celtic…
The Whole Tribe Sings, Irish World Rock
There is a vibrant pop-rock group of singer-songwriters emerging from Northern Ireland called The Whole Tribe Sings because each musician lends a strong voice to…
Hoven Droven Releases a Live CD
Sweden – After fifteen years together, Hoven Droven is releasing their long awaited first live CD Jumping at The Cedar. It was recorded in Minneapolis…
The biggest world music event in Portugal is back in July
Portugal – Toumani Diabaté, Thomas Mapfumo, Trilok Gurtu, Värttinä, Vusi Mahlasela, Ivo Papasov, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Tony Allen, Seun Kuti are some of the artists playing…
Simple Introduction to South Indian Classical Music – Part 2
Author: Suresh Sri In this part, we go a bit deeper into the melody and rhythm concepts. We’ll see what makes a melody major or…
A Great Collection of Educational DVDs Focuses on World Percussion
French publisher Le Salon de Musique/Editions Improductions has released a series of educational DVDs in English and French which contain lessons, scores and enthralling documentaries…
All that is banned is desired, testimonies by censored musicians
Copenhagen, Denmark – The new Freemuse report, ‘All that is banned is desired’, is out. The report contains strong testimonies by censored musicians from Pakistan,…