The Rough Guide To World Music: Africa & Middle East (RGNET1181CD) highlights the dynamic and everchanging world music scene, and is released in conjunction with…
The Rough Guide To World Music: Africa & Middle East
Category: New Releases
Benjamín Escoriza, the Voice of Radio Tarifa Releases Debut CD in North America
Alevanta! is the debut solo album of Granada-born vocalist and lyricist Benjamín Escoriza, one of the three core members of the famed Madrid-based Spanish band…
Andy Morgan Talks About Tinariwen’s New CD, Aman Iman
Tinariwen, the Tuareg desert blues band has a new recording titled Aman Iman: Water is Life (World Village, March 20, 2007 North American release). The…
Salvador Santana’s New Take on the Santana Gem ‘Evil Ways’ Opens the CD A Song For My Father
San Francisco (California), USA – Salvador Santana’s fresh spin on the classic Santana hit "Evil Ways" is the album-opening track on the disc A Song…
A New Groove, Cool Global Tracks and Underground Sounds
New York (NY), USA – Putumayo continues its exploration of new sounds with A New Groove, a collection of tracks from a variety of DJs,…
Six Degrees gets closer to The Police, Beatles, & Pink Floyd with Backspin
Six Degrees Records, the indie label from San Francisco, has spent the last ten years producing "good music in bad times." And to celebrate that…
Mariza’s Concerto em Lisboa Will Be Available in March in North America
One recent rainy summer evening, at the invitation of Lisbon’s mayor, 25,000 people gathered at the Belém Tower’s gardens to hear Mariza, Portugal’s reigning ambassador…
WOMAD New Zealand 2007 CD Released
New Zealand – Music lovers can enjoy a preview of what’s in store at WOMAD New Zealand 2007 on the specially created Sounds of the…
A Sonic Alchemy of South Indian Fusion with a Dash of Vintage Bollywood
Canada – Following recent tours to India (with performances in Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and at the prestigious Jaipur Festival in Rajasthan) from January 2nd-22nd, and…
New CD Features Ugandan Music Used to Combat HIV/AIDS
Nashville (Tennessee), USA – A new album of uplifting music from Uganda compiled by a Vanderbilt University ethnomusicologist is being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings…