Croatian Becarac Singing Added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Becarac singing and playing from Eastern Croatia (Slavonski becarac) was inscribed this month on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Becarac…
View More Croatian Becarac Singing Added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityInterview with Natacha Atlas
World music innovator Natacha Atlas talks about her most recent remix album and her career. Were you involved in the selection of the remixers on…
View More Interview with Natacha AtlasEchoes of the Kuzhebar
Nadishana Trio Far&Near (Sound Microsurgery Department, 2011) One of the most interesting world fusion collaborations this year is the Nadishana Trio. The band brings together…
View More Echoes of the KuzhebarStirring Musical Illustration of Goddesses
Robert Paterson The Book of Goddesses (American Modern Recordings) The beautifully packaged book+CD The Book of Goddesses is an ideal gift for the coming holidays…
View More Stirring Musical Illustration of GoddessesXoan singing of Vietnam Inscribed in 2011 on the UN List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Xoan singing of Vietnam was inscribed this month on the UN List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Xoan singing is practiced…
View More Xoan singing of Vietnam Inscribed in 2011 on the UN List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent SafeguardingMongolian Limbe Flute Added to UN List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
In Mongolia, there is cause for concern about the performance techniques of limbe practitioners. The limbe was added yesterday to the United Nations List of…
View More Mongolian Limbe Flute Added to UN List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent SafeguardingEgyptian singer Ramy Essam Receives 2011 Freemuse Award at Gala in Stockholm
Egyptian singer Ramy Essam received the Freemuse Award 2011 at a ceremony held on November 21st of 2011 at the Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden.…
View More Egyptian singer Ramy Essam Receives 2011 Freemuse Award at Gala in StockholmMoorish epic T’heydinn Inscribed in 2011 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
The Moorish epic T’heydinn was inscribed yesterday on the United Nations’ List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The T’heydinn epic encompasses…
View More Moorish epic T’heydinn Inscribed in 2011 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent SafeguardingThe Indian Core East-West Fusion
The Indian Core The Indian Core (Grappa/Mystica) This is an ambitious album released by the east-west fusion band based in Norway called The Indian Core.…
View More The Indian Core East-West FusionNusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook Remixed
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brooks Star Rise (Real World) This CD of remixes is a compilation of UK-based Asian musicians celebrating the work…
View More Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook Remixed