Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival Presentation Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival treated New York to a spectacular performance of the 7th century classic Arabic…
The Allegorical Romance of “Layla and Majnun”
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Rainforest World Music Festival 2017: 20 years of celebrating music heritage!
The annual Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) in Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia) featured a special lineup of performances, workshops and cultural activities on the occasion of…
World Music Showcase from Montreal International Jazz Festival 2017!
The Montreal International Jazz Festival, now in its 39th year, is regarded as the world’s largest jazz festival. The music line-up includes ambassadors of jazz…
Ive Mendes and the Bossa Nova Repertoire
Music criticism does not derive from musical censorship; it is based on conventional rules. Ive Mendes performed in Krakow at a jazz festival; criticism,…
The First Day of Spring in Krakow
The Krakow appearance of the Arturo Sandoval Sextet at Centrum Kijów kicked off spring, which, thanks to Letni Festiwal Jazzowy Piwnicy pod Baranami (http://www.cracjazz.com/pl/) [Cellar…
The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Klezmatics in Warsaw
“Yiddish culture as it existed in Eastern Europe can never be revived as it was. Luckily, enough of the culture has been preserved in books,…
Mehmet Polat Trio Play Songs of Connection
Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium is a cool and welcome relief from the 85F heat of Manhattan. The room is crowded with more than a…
Rainforest World Music Festival 2016: 25 bands covering all 5 continents!
The annual Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia) is now in its 19th edition, and featured 25 bands from around the planet. The…
26th Jewish Culture Festival, a Krakow festival of World Music
The first Jewish Culture Festival was held in Poland in 1988, at which time its main goal was to emphasize the very important role of…
Forde Festival 2016: World music, human rights and cultural preservation
My summer travels this year took me to the Montreal International Jazz Festival as well as Forde Traditional and World Music Festival. This is my…