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…
Songs of the Matriarchs: The Saharawis
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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 –…
A Call to Spirit: A Reflection on Musical Power
It has been over a decade now since I became ill with a mysterious illness that later became my wake up call. At the time…
Guide to World Music in British Columbia, Canada
The British Columbia Guide for World Music, Part 1 Welcome to the Canada’s West Coast, better known as British Columbia. British Columbia is Canada’s youngest…
Levantine Music in Eastern Europe: Klezmer from Litvakistan
Music of Klezmeristan What Were Khazarian Wedding Dances and Music Like? Would They Resemble Klezmer? By: Anne Hart, M.A., author of 36 books, journalist: world…
A Place to Remember
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Located on the busy Central Havana Galiano Street, Casa de la Música is celebrating its first anniversary in…
Can Today\’s Rock Become Tomorrow\’s Classical?
Preface: For the following article I have chosen The Hampton String Quartet® as the premier example of a classical string quartet that plays arrangements of…
Listening to the Arab World Online
Written by L.A. Heberlein For much of the past year, while researching The Rough Guide to Internet Radio, I listened for hours every day to…
Tampere Vocal Music Festival
From my diary [by Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam] I received the invitation from the World Vocal Music Festival, Tampere, late last year. I was really excited as…
The Parap of Sarawak
Parap is a folklore song sung mainly among the Kayan-Kenyah tribes of Sarawak (Malaysia). It is a song relating expressions of love, happiness, loneliness and…