Glitterbeat to Launch Hidden Music Series
Glitterbeat Records is set to launch a new Hidden Musics series that will feature un-mediated “field” recordings of lesser-known global music traditions. The first release…
Cross-pollinated Cantabrian Folk Music
Cahórnega 2 (Mandeo Records, 2014) Cahórnega is one or the leading folk music bands from Cantabria, a region in northern Spain, bordering the Cantabrian Sea…
Maxi Priest Releases New Video “Holiday” from Latest Album Easy To Love
Maxi Priest, the most successful solo act in British reggae history has released a new video for “Holiday,” the latest single off his first…
Tribute to Cesaria Evora in France and New Box Set
Cesaria Evora “Toujours là” is the title of the upcoming tribute To Cesaria Evora that will take place December 20, 2014 at the Théatre…
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Steady (Easy Star Records, 2014) Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, from Rochester (New York) is one of the rising stars…
The SGAE Foundation to Present ‘Flamencos and Other Birds’ Music Series in Madrid
The SGAE Foundation has organized the Flamencos y otras aves (Flamencos and other birds) musical series that will take place December 17 to 20, 2014…
Sabar Rhythms on a Sonic Ride
Fofoulah Fofoulah (Glitterbeat GB 017CD, 2014) One of the most exciting world music acts in the UK is a quintet named Fofoulah (“it’s there” in…
American Indian Artist R. Carlos Nakai Celebrates Platinum Record with Concert at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix
R. Carlos Nakai, the leading performer of the Native American flute, will celebrate the first Platinum Record awarded for traditional music with a Platinum Concert…
Shankar’s Song for Everyone
Shankar Song for Everyone (Times Music/ECM reissue, 2008) What a lineup! Shankar on double violin and drum machine, Jan Garbarek on sax, Zakir Hussain on…
World Music Acts at Celtic Connections 2015
The world music acts scheduled for Celtic connections 2015 represent a wide spectrum of nationalities and musical genres. Brazilian singer-songwriter and gifted guitarist Chico César…