The Soca Gold 2009 (VP Records) compilation, which will be released next week, is jam-packed with enduring classics and massive hits determined by the carnival…
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University of Calypso Brings Together Calypso Legend and Steelpan Virtuosity
With the June 23, 2009 release of (HUCD3168) on Heads Up International, steelpan master Andy Narell joins forces with calypso legend Relator to explore the…
View More University of Calypso Brings Together Calypso Legend and Steelpan VirtuosityBalkan Star Goran Bregovic and His Wedding & Funeral Band Release Alkohol in North America
Alkohol is the title of the first Goran Bregovic album to be released in North America. Goran Bregovic is one of the most internationally renowned…
View More Balkan Star Goran Bregovic and His Wedding & Funeral Band Release Alkohol in North AmericaColombian Remix Master DJ Rodrigo Puts his Spin on Indigenous Resistance with IR18
The Indigenous Resistance label releases Bogota’s DJ Rodrigo’s new take on crucial tracks from the IR archive in two formats; the full 48 minute head-tripping…
View More Colombian Remix Master DJ Rodrigo Puts his Spin on Indigenous Resistance with IR18Putumayo Releases Italia
Putumayo World Music focuses on Italy in it latest release titled Italia. The album features well-known singer-songwriters Giorgio Conte and Gianmaria Testa, who combine poetry…
View More Putumayo Releases ItaliaYasmin Levy’s First U.S. Album Coming in September 2009
Four Quarters Entertainment will be releasing Yasmin Levy’s first U.S. release, Mano Suave on September 1, 2009. This exciting new release has already garnered tremendous…
View More Yasmin Levy’s First U.S. Album Coming in September 2009World Music Veterans Baka Beyond Return with Two Albums and a UK Tour
The haunting, mystical vocals on the album Baka Beyond’s forthcoming CD, ‘Beyond the Forest‘ (out on 4 May), were recorded on a solar-powered 8-track machine…
View More World Music Veterans Baka Beyond Return with Two Albums and a UK TourCameroonian Soul Musician Blick Bassy Releases Solo Album
Singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist Blick Bassy released his first recording, titled Leman. On ‘Leman‘ (World Connection, 2009), Blick Bassy connects the music of Central…
View More Cameroonian Soul Musician Blick Bassy Releases Solo AlbumInternet Viral Hit Playing For Change – Songs Around the World Sells Over Twenty-Six Thousand Copies in First Week
A remarkable and unpredicted popular response to the Playing For Change project has ignited around the world. Driven by more than twenty million video hits,…
View More Internet Viral Hit Playing For Change – Songs Around the World Sells Over Twenty-Six Thousand Copies in First WeekWatcha Clan Release Digital Remix Album
Watcha Clan are musical nomads on a mission in search of space and freedom, embodied in the voice of Sista K whose mixed Ashkenazi, Sephardic…
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