New York City is the largest city in the United States and the options for visitors interested in world music are numerous. To set things…
World Music Central’s Guide to New York City
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African Carved Afrobeads Jembe Drum
This beautifully beaded, popular jembe [also known as djembe] includes many of the adornments for which the Asante and other Akan peoples are famous. Known…
World Music Central’s Guide to Tunis
Contributed by Nizar Chaari with translation made available by Sarah Wolfe and additional information provided by Angel Romero. Tunis is the capital of Tunisia, a…
World Music Central’s guide to Essaouira
Essaouira [pronounced Essa-weera], formerly known as Mogador, is in the Southern portion of Morocco, along the coast. Famous for the fact that Jimi Hendrix lived…
The Batá Drums
By Mark Corrales, LAFI The clave beat, which lies at the heart of not only Latin music but also so much popular music around the…
The Sardinian Tenores
The Tenores style of singing is the proof of the existence of polyphony in ancient age on the island of Sardinia. But it is difficult…
World Music Central’s Guide to World Music in London
London is one of the great international capitals for world music. It is the home of musicians and large immigrant communities from a multitude of…
World Music Central’s Guide to Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge is a strong Blues town. Blues legend Tabby Thomas lives there and has his own radio show [unfortunately, his own famous nightclub, Tabby’s…
Samba Brasileiro – A History
Contributed by By Chilemwa Harriet Nkowane. Edited by Alex Robinson and Angel Romero. Samba remains a popular Brazilian dance form and musical genre. Over the…
In The Beginning with Rodin Rodino
by Susan Budig The man seems made for music, starting at the tender age of 5, Rodin Rodino, as he is now known, first performed…