World Music Central recently interviewed singer, songwriter, actress and performing artist Namgyal Lhamo, winner of the Best Female Singer award at the 2007 Tibetan music…
Interview with Tibetan Singer Namgyal Lhamo
Category: Interviews
Dreaming About Tito Puente’s Drums, an Interview with Author Josephine Powell
World Music Central recently interviewed Josephine Powell, the author of the book Tito Puente: When the Drums Are Dreaming. Powell is a Cuban music historian,…
Oliver Mtukudzi Talks About His New Release Tsimba Itsoka
Oliver Mtukudzi has a new album titled Tsimba Itsoka. Translated literally, Tsimba Itsoka means “No foot, no footprint,” a simple phrase that serves as the…
Inside the Globalhead, an Interview with Neil Sparkes of Temple of Sound
To celebrate the release of Globalhead, the latest gem by world music innovators Temple of Sound, World Music Central interviewed Neil Sparkes one of the…
Ozomatli’s Asdru Sierra Talks About Don’t Mess With The Dragon
To learn more about their new CD, Don’t Mess With The Dragon, World Music Central interviewed Asdru Sierra, Ozomatli‘s lead vocalist and trumpet player. …
Carrying the Kuti Name with Noble Integrity. An interview with Seun Kuti
Seun Kuti, Fela Kuti’s youngest son, will be touring North America in late June and early July with Egypt 80, his father’s band. To find…
Afro-Cuban Funk, José Conde Talks About His New Recording (R)Evolución
Bloomington (Indiana), USA – Singer-songman José Conde and his New York-based band Ola Fresca are funkifying Afro-Cuban music with a global perspective and a groove…
Interview with Alexis Puentes of The Puentes Brothers
[Archival interview from WOMAD USA, 2001] Although Morumba Cubana marks the Puentes Brothers’ first North American release (the album was released by Toronto-based Alma Records),…
From Bombay to the Beach, America’s Indian Princess: Anoushka Shankar
Dripping in luxurious saris and decadent jewelry, Anoushka Shankar gracefully maintains her throne as musical royalty in India. This London born, Indian raised and California…
Yungchen Lhamo: Goddess Rising
It’s not every day that a film journalist becomes acquainted with a musical goddess. It’s true that the words, "goddess" and "diva" are bandied around…