The Bunun is an indigenous tribe from Taiwan. In strong contrast to other aboriginal tribes, the Bunun people have very little dance music. Nevertheless, they…
Music of the Bunun, Taiwanese Aboriginals
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Richard Egües: Arguments about an Exceptional Flautist
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha – Insider Music) The first argument supporting Richard Egües’s category as a paradigm of the interpretation of his instrument in Cuban…
World Fusion at mxdwn.com
Thea Cooke discusses world fusion including Ashley MacIsaac, Natalie MacMaster, Khaled and Tinariwen at mxdwn.com 🙂
Exploring Flamenco’s Arab Roots
By Greg Noakes Flamenco music was born, and still lives, among the scenic green hills of Andalusia in southern Spain. In recent years, however, some…
Chucho: "When I Play Solo I Feel Totally Free"
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) His hits with Irakere are a little in the background today while his presentations with his Latin Jazz quartet are fresher.…
British Columbia Guide for World Music, Part 2
When I began putting the British Columbia Guide to World Music together last July I had a loftier view of how it would look in…
Cultural Modulations
By Brian Clark It’s no small task to mix past and present, East and West, and produce sweet music from the combination. But making music…
World Musician
By Louis Werner The teeming, neon-lit streets of Tokyo are a long way from the mud-walled village he once called home along the Nubian reach…
Playing in Interesting Times
Written by Susan T. Rivers Ali Jihad Racy was five years old, at his mother’s knee, when he fell in love with music. “She played…
Plucked From Obscurity
By Elaine Eliah Across Lake Son-Kul, strains of the komuz one of Kyrgyzstan’s national instruments, echo through the highlands. Melodies played on this long-necked, three-stringed,…