Music and dance fans were treated to an afternoon full of fun and interactivity on Saturday, July 14th at Rainforest World Music Festival 2012. The…
Angklungs and Txalapartas: Interactivity at Rainforest World Music Festival 2012
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Beoga’s Out Of The Box
They deliver their fair share of jigs and reels, to be sure, but Beoga is markedly different from other top-flight Irish folk bands of the…
Spectacular String Sisters at Rainforest World Music Festival 2012
The Rainforest World Music Festival 2012 opened July 13th in the afternoon with the popular workshops. July 13th’s set included Exotic & Evocative with zithers…
Sustainable Growth and Greening of the 2012 Rainforest World Music Festival
The Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) started yesterday July 12, 2012 with a tree planting event. Musicians, dignitaries, festival staff, volunteers and members of the…
A Summer of World Music Festivals in 2012
The summer festival season offers fabulous opportunities for international travelers. World Music Central uncovers some of the most interesting folk and world music festivals across…
Uketopia in the Aussie Tropics
For one weekend next month, the far north Queensland tropics in Australia will supersede the Hawaiian islands as the center of the ukulele universe. From…
The Flying Finns
Nordic summers are tantalizingly short and the winters interminably long and icy, so the climate is generally conducive to indoor pursuits such as music study.…
A Tribute To The Late Conguero Giant, Francisco Aguabella
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…
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…
Best New Celtic Music for St. Patrick’s Day 2012
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…