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…
Exploring Flamenco’s Arab Roots
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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,…
Recalling Emiliano Salvador
(Prensa Latina- Cumbancha) Every time anyone talks about Cuban-style Latin Jazz, it is indispensable to mention the name of Emiliano Salvador in capital letters, above…
Songs of the Matriarchs: The Saharawis
Starry Nights in Western Sahara (Rounder Records, 2003) Song of Umm Dalaila: The Story of the Saharawis (documentary film, 1996) Beat of Distant Hearts (documentary…
Just Joiking – Sami joiks for a new millennium
Frozen Moments (Inga Juuso, Rogelio de Badajoz Durán, Jai Shankar Sahajpal & others) Live Recording (DAT, 1999) Orbina II (DAT, 2002) Anders P. Bongo –…