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Super Spot XLIX: Why World Music Works
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Best World Music Albums of 2014
World Music Central’s music critics and special guest revealed today their lists of best world music albums of 2014. Although a handful of albums were…
Along the Original Silk Road, Konya’s Mystic Music Festival
Dedicated to the memory and the spirit of the great Tunisian Sufi poet and scholar, Si Abdelwahab Meddeb, who cherished and admired the works of…
2014 Holiday Music Options
So, you’ve got your list and your checking it twice – okay, so it’s not really a list but a crumpled mess of coffee…
World of Bluegrass 2014 – Momentum Awards and Bluegrass Marketplace
World of Bluegrass 2014 is taking place this week in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event runs from September 30 through October 4 and is organized…
Portals to Illumination and Transformation, Part I: The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
Attar’s hoopoe calls upon the soul-birds to seek in mastery of their passions for the Pearl that never dies, the precious jewel of spiritual fulfillment…
World music bands address the importance of heritage, messages and innovation
The annual Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia), regarded as one of the Top 25 world music festivals on the planet, is…
Exib Music 2014 meeting point between the professionals and artists of Latin America and the European music industry
From May 8 to 10 this year, Bilbao (Basque Country – Spain) hosted the first Exib Music event. Exib Music is a new European…
Penang World Music Festival 2014, Day Two: European and Latin American Climax!
Day One of the Penang World Music Festival 2014 featured a good spread of international artistes, with African and Asian bands stealing the limelight…
The new Chinese cultural revolution
They might not be the Central Politburo’s pin-up boys, but a brace of charismatic Beijing-based bands from far-flung regions of China that blend contrasting ethnic…