Zanzibar, Tanzania – Founded in 1905, this orchestra can probably trace its roots back further than any other orchestra in Africa. Every known musician from…
Nadi Ikhwan Safaa (Malindi Taarab) 100th Anniversary Celebrations
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The Alan Lomax Database Goes Online
USA – The Alan Lomax Archive has announced the culmination of its seven-year effort to preserve and disseminate the work of one of the 20th…
Popular Afghan Singer Killed in Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada – Police sources in Vancouver reported that popular Afghan singer Nasrat Parsa was found injured outside his hotel in East Vancouver after a…
Cheb i Sabbah’s Releases La Kahena
San Francisco, California, USA – Six Degrees Records is releasing the newest album by Cheb i Sabbah entitled La Kahena and aptly sub-titled Les Voix…
Call for artists for 3rd Sauti za Busara Festival, 9th-12th February 2006
Zanzibar, Tanzania – Sauti za Busara is primarily a music festival, but applications are accepted from theatre and dance companies and other performing artists. The…
The Rough Guide To Zydeco
San Francisco, California, USA – Zydeco is the driving accordion-led dance music of the Louisiana Creoles. Originally of French origin, it has been heavily influenced…
Siberian World Music
New York City, USA – Out of Nowhere (Heads Up International), the album electric guitarist Yuri Matveyev and electric violinist Artyom Yakushenko could be defined…
Latin Jazz and World Music at 2005 JVC Jazz Festival – New York
New York City, USA – The 2005 JVC Jazz Festival – New York will be taking over the city June 14 – 25 with over…
Boban Markovic & Boris Kovac Become Ambassadors of the New Serbia
Berlin, Germany – This September, Boban Markovic, multiple winner of the “golden trumpet” at legendary Guca Festival of Brass Music, and “The king of Apocalyptic…
Stern Grove Festival Announces 68th Season of Free Summer Concerts in the Newly Renovated Sigmund Stern Grove, June – August
San Francisco, California, USA – Stern Grove Festival announced its 68th Season of 10 admission-free concerts, every Sunday at 2:00 p.m. from June 19 through…