World Music Expo (WOMEX) disclosed today that German world music label Glitterbeat Records is the winner of the 2014 WOMEX 2014 Label Award. Over the…
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Mario Lúcio Sousa Wins WOMEX 2014 Professional Excellence Award
World Music Expo (WOMEX) revealed today that multifaceted Cape Verdean artist Mario Lúcio Sousa is the winner of the 2014 WOMEX 2014 Professional Excellence…
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World Music Expo (WOMEX) announced today that Portuguese fado vocalist Mariza is the winner of the WOMEX 2014 Artist Award. Since her first album…
View More Fado Icon Mariza Wins WOMEX 2014 Artist AwardBebel Gilberto Sings About Each Little Moment
Bebel Gilberto Tudo (Portrait/Sony Music Masterworks, 2014) Tudo is the first album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Bebel Gilberto in five years. Even though she started her…
View More Bebel Gilberto Sings About Each Little MomentPiciciwin, Cree Round Dances
Piciciwin (Canyon Records CR-6514, 2014) is the latest collection of vibrant round dance songs by the well respected Cree Confederation. This group features singers and…
View More Piciciwin, Cree Round DancesBettina Flater, Exceptionally Talented Nordic Flamenco Artist
Bettina Flater Women en Mi II – La Gota y la Mar (WeM records, 2014) Bettina Flater is a remarkable Norwegian flamenco guitarist and singer-songwriter…
View More Bettina Flater, Exceptionally Talented Nordic Flamenco ArtistPeret, Father of Catalan Rumba Dies at 79
Spain’s General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE), announced today that Pedro Pubill Calaf, better known as Peret, died today at the age of…
View More Peret, Father of Catalan Rumba Dies at 79Chassol Explores the Music and Sounds of India
Chassol Indiamore (2013) French composer and multi-instrumentalist Chassol traveled to India in 2012. In Kolkata (Calcutta) and Varanasi (Benares), Chassol filmed sitarists, percussionists, singers, dancers,…
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The Original Wailers will perform a Bob Marley Tribute Concert in Madrid
After selling out all tickets last February, The Original Wailers will revisit Spain with the original keyboardist for the Bob Marley band, Tyrone Downie and…
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