Curtain Raiser Taragalte Festival
It is near the remote oasis of M’hamid El Ghizlane that the Taragalte festival opens this evening January 23. Once the desert gateway from…
Fiddler Gjermund Larsen Wins Prestigious 2014 Spellemannpris
Norwegian fiddle maestro Gjermund Larsen’s album Trønderbarok won the Traditional Folk Music category of the 2014 Spellemannpris. The award ceremony took place last week at…
Banda Magda’s Global Music Mix
Banda Magda Yerakina (groundUP Music, 2014) New York-based world music band Banda Magda has attracted a lot of attention lately with its brilliant pan-global mix.…
Super Spot XLIX: Why World Music Works
The lights in the edit suite are dimmed, and extra chairs brought in to accommodate client and staffers in the big screening room on the…
Dazzling Live Recording by Pablo Menéndez & Mezcla
Pablo Menéndez & Mezcla Pure Mezcla – Direct from Cuba Live at Yoshi’s Oakland (Tilford Productions TP114, 2014) This superb album captures live a performance…
Chamamé Maestro Chango Spasiuk Announces Spanish Tour
Chango Spasiuk, the master of chamamé, will play two concerts in Spain in March 2015. On March 26 he will perform at the Plaza…
National Endowment for the Arts reports the passing of Ghanaian drum master Yacub Addy
“It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of 2010 National Heritage Fellow Yacub Addy, Ghanaian drum master…
Wild Magnolias Big Chief Bo Dollis Dies at 71
Theodore Emile “Bo” Dollis, the Big Chief of the Mardi Gras Indian tribe the Wild Magnolias, passed away died at his home in New Orleans…
Breaking Boundaries with Funk
The Afrorockerz – The Afrorockerz (Buda Musique, 2015) One of the hottest bands jumping into the world music scene in France is Paris-based The…
Eliane Elias & Ed Motta Brazilian Double Bill at Barbican
Two sides of Brazil’s contemporary music will appear at London’s Barbican venue on Monday, May 4, 2015. Jazz singer, keyboardist and composer Eliane Elias…