Mista Savona Presents Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 will be released in 2021. This is the follow up to the acclaimed 2017 debut album. A…
The Havana Meets Kingston Project Returns with Volume 2
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Nation Beat Releases “The Royal Chase” Video
The Nation Beat collective, led by drummer and percussionist Scott Kettner has released a new music video. The song is the title track of the…
Ammar 808 Hits Number 1 at the November 2020 Transglobal World Music Chart
Global Control / Invisible Invasion from Ammar 808 is the top album in November 2020 at the Transglobal World Music Chart. Ammar 808 is the…
Iranian Singer Mahsa Vahdat Repeats #1 at World Music Charts Europe in November 2020
The album Enlighten the Night from Iranian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat is once more the most popular album at the World Music Charts Europe in November…
Reissue of Classic Ghanaian Highlife Album “Obi Agye Me Dofo”
Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies has announced the reissue of the classic Ghanaian Highlife album Obi Agye Me Dofo from Vis-A-Vis. The release date…
Folk Alliance International Announces Accessible 2021 Virtual Conference: Folk Unlocked
Folk Alliance International has announced the dates of its upcoming virtual conference, Folk Unlocked. The event will take place February 22-25, 2021. Folk Unlocked will…
New Book ‘Unlikely Angel, The Songs of Dolly Parton’
A new book titled ‘Unlikely Angel, The Songs of Dolly Parton’ (University of Illinois Press, 2020) by Lydia R. Hamessley is now available. The book…
Deep Formosa, Groundbreaking Collaboration Between Indigenous Taiwanese Musicians and Deep Forest
Deep Formosa is a new EP that showcases the collaborative work of three Taiwanese indigenous acts and Grammy Award winner Deep Forest (Éric Mouquet). The…
Qwest TV Original Production to Celebrate Ibrahim Maalouf’s Limitless Creativity and 40 Melodies
Lebanese jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist Ibrahim Maalouf will appear on a lavishly shot Qwest TV concert at the Arènes de Nîmes, a Roman-era amphitheater in…
WOMEX 2020 Virtual Edition Wraps Up with Award Ceremony
The 26th edition of world music conference and showcase WOMEX ended on Sunday, October 26, 2020 with the online award ceremony. This was WOMEX’ first…