Review by Roman Jbanov The first accordion festival in Bucharest, known also as “The sleepless nights of the accordion” took place from September 7th to…
Accordion Festival in Bucharest, Romania
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October Release in North America for Ojos de Brujo’s New CD Techarí
Six Degrees Records will release the new album by Spanish band Ojos de Brujo on October 31st, 2006. The album is licensed from Diquela, the…
Persian and Turkish Masters Collaborate on The Wind
On September 19th, ECM will release The Wind in North America, a hypnotic meeting of traditional Persian and Turkish music from kamancheh (Iranian spike fiddle)…
World Music Festival: Chicago 2006 Schedule
Chicago (Illinois), USA – The following is the program for World Music Festival: Chicago 2006 as of 8/24/06. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Tune in…
The 8th Annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2006 Begins This Week
Chicago (Illinois), USA – Chicago showcases the best of international music at the 8th Annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2006, Thursday, September 14 through Thursday…
Seven Strings and a Reverberating Voice- Harikumar & Bhavadhaarini
Review by: Anandhi Anand Thrilled & enthusiastic to watch Sri S. Harikumar playing the 7-string violectra instrument. Amazing it was as he could go and…
Eccodek’s African Dub Mixology
More Africa in Us (White Swan Records) is the new album by Canadian act Eccodek. “I think putting more Africa into something suggests connecting with…
Michel Camilo and Tomatito Will Present Their New CD in Rare US appearance
Michel Camilo (piano) and Tomatito (flamenco guitar) will be in the United States at The Blue Note (New York City) on September 25 – 27.…
World Music Central’s Outage
Many readers may have noticed a long outage during the past weekend. Our web host, ibiblio, was carrying out upgrades and maintenance. That situation affected…
Mo Fini Talks About Cuban Country Musicians Saborit
Coinciding with the US release of the debut album, Que Linda Es Mi Cuba, by Cuban campesino band Saborit, World Music Central interviewed the producer…