Toronto, Canada – The Small World Music Festival closes Tuesday September 30 with the show-stopping performance by guitar wizard and son of the famed Ali…
View More Small World Music Festival 2008 in Toronto Closes with Malian Sensation Vieux Farka TouréAuthor: World Music Central News Room
Eastern Blok Heads West for its Fall Tour 2008
Starting it all off right in New York City as part of the New York City Gypsy Jazz Festival, Eastern Blok then spreads west. Performing…
View More Eastern Blok Heads West for its Fall Tour 2008Marseilles Band Lo Còr de la Plana Bring Ancient Occitan Polyphonic and Percussive Traditions to Toronto
The Small World Music Festival presents the nomad troupe from Marseilles, Lo Còr de la Plana who will perform their innovative vocal and percussive gymnastics…
View More Marseilles Band Lo Còr de la Plana Bring Ancient Occitan Polyphonic and Percussive Traditions to TorontoTrygve Seim and Frode Haltli Blend Eurojazz with World Sounds
The cover of Yeraz (ECM, 2008), by saxophonist Trygve Seim and accordionist Frode Haltli. shows an open road stretching towards the horizon, and this is…
View More Trygve Seim and Frode Haltli Blend Eurojazz with World SoundsBajofondo at Fillmore Miami Beach in October
Bajondo will be performing Tuesday, October 14th at 8 pm at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave, Miami Beach. The Argentine-Uruguayan collective is made…
View More Bajofondo at Fillmore Miami Beach in OctoberLegendary Band War Struts Out Its First Releases in 14 Years with DVD & CD Packages
On October 14, 2008, legendary band War will release three special commemorative packages, containing their greatest hits live in concert, including “Cisco Kid,” "Low Rider"…
View More Legendary Band War Struts Out Its First Releases in 14 Years with DVD & CD PackagesReggae Icon Cocoa Tea Releases Follow Up To International Hit, “Barack Obama”
Miami (Florida), USA – Zojak World Wide announced that just a few months after recording the international hit, “Barack Obama”, Jamaican roots reggae star Cocoa…
View More Reggae Icon Cocoa Tea Releases Follow Up To International Hit, “Barack Obama”William Kennedy Piping Festival 2008 Program Revealed
The 15th William Kennedy Piping Festival will be held 13 – 16 November 2008 in Armagh, in Northern Ireland. The festival features some of the…
View More William Kennedy Piping Festival 2008 Program RevealedBabá Ken Okulolo & Kotoja at Ashkenaz
Nigerian Babá Ken Okulolo & Kotoja will perform Saturday, September 27 at Ashkenaz Music in Berkeley, California. One of San Francisco Bay Area’s leaders in…
View More Babá Ken Okulolo & Kotoja at AshkenazZimbabwean Vocalist Chiwoniso at Ashkenaz
Following the release earlier this month of her explosive new CD, “Rebel Woman,” Zimbabwean singer Chiwoniso makes her Ashkenaz debut Friday, September 26, leading eight-member…
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