Czech band Cankisou is one of the international acts that will be performing at this year’s Rainforest World Music Festival. The band became famous in…
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Interview with Trio Joubran, Performers at Rainforest World Music Festival 2012
Palestinian act Trio Joubran is scheduled to perform at the 2012 edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival. The festival takes place July 13 –…
View More Interview with Trio Joubran, Performers at Rainforest World Music Festival 2012Interview with Jun-Lin Yeoh, Artistic Director of the Rainforest World Music Festival 2012
The new Artistic Director for the famed Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysian Borneo is Jun-Lin Yeoh. Jun Lin comes from a classical music background.…
View More Interview with Jun-Lin Yeoh, Artistic Director of the Rainforest World Music Festival 2012Interview with Greg Gonzalez of Brownout
Latin funk band Brownout recently released Oozy, one of the most exciting Latin music albums in recent weeks. Brownout’s bass player Greg Gonzalez reveals details…
View More Interview with Greg Gonzalez of BrownoutThe Pan-African Diva
Bordered by five countries, Ivory Coast has no shortage of neighboring influences, or languages come to that (over 75 are listed in the former French…
View More The Pan-African DivaAn Intimate Interview with Latin Piano Legend Larry Harlow
Larry “El Judio Maravilloso” Harlow of New York City is one of the legendary salsa piano players alive. He began climbing in his career when…
View More An Intimate Interview with Latin Piano Legend Larry HarlowAn Intimate Interview with Mambo Master Tito Rodriguez Jr.
Tito Rodriguez Jr. is the son of the legendary Latin orchestra leader and singer Tito Rodriguez Sr., from New York City who was also a…
View More An Intimate Interview with Mambo Master Tito Rodriguez Jr.Some Serious Skankin’ Ska
It started with a half-baked plan to set some kind of world record, for the most horn players performing the skank in a ska song.…
View More Some Serious Skankin’ SkaPeter Dunbar-Hall: World music needs to be taught in culturally responsible ways
Peter Dunbar-Hall is Chair of Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and author of the books “Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places: Contemporary Aboriginal Music…
View More Peter Dunbar-Hall: World music needs to be taught in culturally responsible waysThe Ethiopian Experience
Ethiopian flavored music has certainly taken root down under. The Black Jesus Experience, one of a handful of excellent Australian bands exhibiting the influence, boasts…
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