The wild night of world music, frivolity and the extraordinary setting of the Bristol Zoo is fast becoming a once in a life time experience.…
WOMAD 2011 Line-Up at Bristol Zoo Announced
Category: Events
Tilburg’s Gipsy Festival to celebrate its 15th anniversary this month
The next festival I will be covering is the Gipsy Festival in Tilburg, Holland, May 28-29. Held over a weekend, it features music and dance…
Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma and friends to Perform with 400 Silk Road Connect Students in New York on June 7, 2011
For 2011’s City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage opening night, 400 New York City sixth-graders and their teachers will perform with the internationally acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble…
Chicago Folk & Roots Festival 2011 Announces Main Stage Lineup
Chicago Folk & Roots Festival 2011 will take place Saturday & Sunday, July 9th & 10th, Noon – 10pm. Saturday’s Main Stage highlights include Texas…
Persian Vocal Master Mamak Khadem & Ensemble with Special Guest Artists in Los Angeles
Persian vocalist Mamak Khadem will be performing with special guests Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Shahrokh Moshkinghalam and Fereidoun Farahandouz on Saturday, May 14 at 8:00 pm…
Hugh Masekela to Celebrate Mama Afrika at Blaze Festival 2011 in London
Sunday 10 July & Monday 11 July 2011 Hugh Masekela: Celebrate Mama Afrika Hackney Empire Produced by Serious The spirit of Africa’s best-known voice, Miriam…
Javier Limón’s “Mujeres de Agua” Featuring Buika and Brazil’s Luisa Maita to Perform at Stern Grove August 14
Javier Limón’s “Mujeres de Agua” featuring singers Buika, La Shica and Sandra Carrasco; and Brailian singer and Luisa Maita will perform at Stern Grove August…
Accordionist Petar Ralchev: the Mozart of Bulgarian Folk Music to Perform in Philadelphia
Bulgarian accordionist Petar Ralchev has been called the “The Mozart of Bulgarian folk music”. This may sound like a joke, but accordion player Petar Ralchev…
AfroCubism and Pellejo Seco to Perform at Stern Grove July 10
AfroCubism and Pellejo Seco will be performing July 10 at the annual Stern Grove Festival. AfroCubism is a project fifteen years in the making and…
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas to Perform This Week in New York City
The legendary Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, Cuba’s premier folkloric ensemble, returns to New York in May. The May 5-7 program mark the troupe’s first appearances…