Francisco Aguabella was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1925. He was an Afro-Cuban master drummer. Francisco played with different sets of drums from Cuba, from…
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The Pogues: 40 Years On
Any conversation concerning the Pogues will inexorably gravitate towards one Shane MacGowan, the tomb-toothed enfant terrible of Irish (and English) folk-rock. The band’s frontman is…
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We are about to leap headlong with wild abandon and unrepressed joy into the green. St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and there’s…
View More Best New Celtic Music for St. Patrick’s Day 2012Interview with Bossa Nova Star Paula Morelenbaum
“What always impresses me is the receptivity that Brazilian music has abroad” – Paula Morelenbaum The Bossarenova Trio comprises of Paula Morelenbaum (vocals), Joo Kraus…
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January 28, Bangalore Kailash Kher, charismatic singer in the Sufi-rock style, proved yet again that he is right at the cutting edge of fusion music…
View More Kailash Kher: Sufi + Rock + Bollywood!Post APAP 2012 Reflections: Global Synergy, Local Parts and Sums Adding Up
APAP’s 55th Annual Conference: New York’s cosmopolitan nature becomes charged with fresh new energies, both local and global, each January, as more than 3,400 national…
View More Post APAP 2012 Reflections: Global Synergy, Local Parts and Sums Adding UpEvangeline Kim’s Top World Music Albums of 2011
World music writer Evangeline Kim shares her list of Top World Music Albums of 2011. Evangeline is writer/contributing editor for National Geographic Music, TRACE Magazine,…
View More Evangeline Kim’s Top World Music Albums of 2011Top World Music Albums of 2011, Critics’ Picks
This year we begin the list of best world music album with our most recent contributor, Tony Hillier. He is based in Cairns in far…
View More Top World Music Albums of 2011, Critics’ PicksKronos Quartet’s Space Odyssey
Scheduled to make its timely entrance on the Australian national festival scene in late October, Adelaide’s Earth Station http://www.earthstationfestival.com.au could not have selected a more…
View More Kronos Quartet’s Space OdysseySeun Anikulapo Kuti Is On the Rise
Imbued with his late father’s indomitable spirit and emboldened by the inheritance of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s band and middle name, Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti is poised…
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