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…
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…
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…
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 Records, the indie label from San Francisco, has spent the last ten years producing "good music in bad times." And to celebrate that…
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…
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…
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…
Nashville (Tennessee), USA – A new album of uplifting music from Uganda compiled by a Vanderbilt University ethnomusicologist is being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings…
Nashville,(Tennessee), USA – On April 24, 2007, Compass Records will release Are You Lookin’ At Me?, Colin Hay’s first collection of new solo material in…