Various Artists Putumayo presents… Music from the Wine Lands (Putumayo, 2006) It’s not just beer and rock-n-roll that go together – so do wine and…
Music from the Wine Lands
Author: Madanmohan Rao
Madanmohan Rao is an author and media consultant from Bangalore, and global correspondent for world music and jazz for World Music Central and Jazzuality. He has written over 15 books on media, management and culture, and is research director for YourStory Media. Madan was formerly World Music Editor at Rave magazine and RJ at WorldSpace, and can be followed on Twitter at @MadanRao.
Bickram Ghosh in the realm of Indian Fusion
Bickram Ghosh Beyond Rhythmscape (Sagarika, 2011) The sequel to the earlier release Rhythmscape once again has percussionist and composer Bickram Ghosh charting new territory in…
Shankar’s Song for Everyone
Shankar Song for Everyone (Times Music/ECM reissue, 2008) What a lineup! Shankar on double violin and drum machine, Jan Garbarek on sax, Zakir Hussain on…
Superb Indo-Swedish Fusion
Mynta Nandu’s Dance (Free Spirit/Discowkrs, 1999) This is a superb Indo-Swedish fusion band, not quite in the league of Shakti, but with a more diverse…
Excellent Lounge Listen
Various Departure Lounge: Lounge (Petrol Records, 2007) This a lounge compilation on the Petrol Records label called Departure Lounge, which also includes the collections called…
Best of Youssou N’Dour
Youssou N’Dour Best of Youssou N’Dour (Columbia, 2011) Some of the most dynamic sounds to recently come out of Africa have been produced by Senegal-born…
Ambitious Fusion Venture by Vatsal Dave
Lone Star Sitar (Times Music, 2009) This is an ambitious fusion venture by Vatsal Dave, sitarist and vocalist. The 13 tracks span well over an…
World music bands address the importance of heritage, messages and innovation
The annual Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia), regarded as one of the Top 25 world music festivals on the planet, is…
Penang World Music Festival 2014, Day Two: European and Latin American Climax!
Day One of the Penang World Music Festival 2014 featured a good spread of international artistes, with African and Asian bands stealing the limelight…
Penang World Music Festival 2014, Day One: African and Asian Showcase!
The Penang World Music Festival 2014 kicked off on a fine Malaysian summer weekend, at the Botanic Gardens’ Quarry Park. It was an honour…