New Jersey, USA – Artistic director Adam Rudolph reunites with his longtime collaborator and mentor Yusef Lateef in the live 2-cd concert recording In the…
View More Yusef Lateef & Adam Rudolph Continue their 15-Year Collaboration with release of "In the Garden"Author: World Music Central News Room
The Gerard Edery Sephardic Song Book
New York, USA – The Gerard Edery Sephardic Song Book is now available. The highly anticipated song book by Sephardic singer/composer/guitarist, Gerard Edery, contains 40…
View More The Gerard Edery Sephardic Song BookExploring Flamenco’s Arab Roots
By Greg Noakes Flamenco music was born, and still lives, among the scenic green hills of Andalusia in southern Spain. In recent years, however, some…
View More Exploring Flamenco’s Arab RootsThe Environmental Justice Foundation Presents African Summer in London
London, England – The Environmental Justice Foundation has organized a world music event in aid of EJF’s human rights and environmental projects in developing countries.…
View More The Environmental Justice Foundation Presents African Summer in LondonCD Haila Live Storms US Market
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – The charisma and strength of Cuban singer Haila Maria Mompie made a sudden entry in the US market…
View More CD Haila Live Storms US MarketPlaying in Interesting Times
Written by Susan T. Rivers Ali Jihad Racy was five years old, at his mother’s knee, when he fell in love with music. “She played…
View More Playing in Interesting TimesInterview with Saharawi Singer Mariem Hassan
Mariem Hassan expresses herself naturally in Hassania, the language of the Saharawis, but has serious difficulties with Spanish. That’s why she has rarely agreed to be…
View More Interview with Saharawi Singer Mariem HassanDrop the Debt…and Dance!
Drop the Debt (Say It Loud! / World Village 479008, 2003) The problems following the invasion of Iraq seem to have awakened the Bush administration…
View More Drop the Debt…and Dance!Ancient and Modern
Various Artists The Rough Guide To The Music Of Pakistan (World Music Network RGNET 1116CD, 2003) This comparatively young country has musical roots and traditions…
View More Ancient and ModernMusicport Festival
Whitby, North Yorkshire,England – Trans-Global Underground, Ensemble Kaboul, Martin Simpson & 40 other acts will be performing at Musicport, October 24th-26th, 2003. The festival is…
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