World Music Award winner and Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar performs in Auckland for one night only in June as part of The Edge International Arts…
View More Acclaimed Musician Anoushka Shankar To Perform in New Zealand in JuneAuthor: World Music Central News Room
Reem Kelani, at Seattle International Children’s Festival in May 2008
Reem Kelani, the Palestinian singer and musician, will be appearing with her band at the forthcoming Seattle International Children’s Festival in May. Born in England…
View More Reem Kelani, at Seattle International Children’s Festival in May 2008Andy Palacio Tribute Concert in Lafayette on April 25 & 26
Andy Palacio, one of the most critically acclaimed world music artists of the past year, passed away unexpectedly on January19th, 2008. On Friday, April, 25th…
View More Andy Palacio Tribute Concert in Lafayette on April 25 & 26M.L. Koser, Founder of Pracheen Kala Kendra Is No More
Founder of Pracheen Kala Kendra and a great artist of tremendous range, Madan Lal Koser is no more. He breathed his last at Fortis Hospital…
View More M.L. Koser, Founder of Pracheen Kala Kendra Is No MoreMunnelly Flaherty & Masure April U.S. Tour
Hot on the heels of his successful Feb/March U.S. Tour with the David Munnelly Band, David Munnelly‘s trio Munnelly Flaherty & Masure will be touring…
View More Munnelly Flaherty & Masure April U.S. TourAthena Releases Breathe With Me
Singer-songwriter Athena will release her fast-rising debut album Breathe With Me on April 7 through Embraceable Records. Originally available in Spring 2007, the critically acclaimed…
View More Athena Releases Breathe With MeInnovative Folk Musician Unni Løvlid Releases Rite
Unni Løvlid returns with Rite (Grappa GRCD4223), a new album, three years after her previous solo release Vita (2005) recorded in the Emanuel Vigeland mausoleum.…
View More Innovative Folk Musician Unni Løvlid Releases RiteInterview with Sound Propulsion owner Peo Drangert Producer of ‘Gabi Masso Oriental String Ensemble Sessions’
Gabi Masso Oriental String Sessions Vol. 1-3 downloadable sample CD includes performances by top Turkish session players and recorded in one of Istanbul’s finest studios.…
View More Interview with Sound Propulsion owner Peo Drangert Producer of ‘Gabi Masso Oriental String Ensemble Sessions’The Spirit of Babatunde Olatunji Lives On through Spirit of Musical Africa
San Francisco Bay Area-based independent label MansMark Africa announced the upcoming release featuring the final studio work of legendary world music icon Babatunde Olatunji. In…
View More The Spirit of Babatunde Olatunji Lives On through Spirit of Musical AfricaBrooklyn Academy of Music to present “Songs from The Capeman” with Paul Simon, Spanish Harlem Orchestra and More
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is producing Songs from The Capeman (April 1 through April 6, 2008), a special concert staging of Paul Simon‘s 1998…
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