Brasil Music Exchange to Showcase the Best of Brazilian Music
Radio production company Folded Wing teamed up with Brasil Música & Artes and Apex-Brasil to produce a monthly hour-long radio show called Brasil Music Exchange…
Shubha Mudgal and Bombay Jayashri to present Jugalbandi in New York City
SAMAA (South Asian Music and Dance Association) will present Shubha Mudgal and Bombay Jayashri , performing the entrancing classical ragas of North India (Hindustani) and…
Penang World Music Festival 2014, Day One: African and Asian Showcase!
The Penang World Music Festival 2014 kicked off on a fine Malaysian summer weekend, at the Botanic Gardens’ Quarry Park. It was an honour…
Caetano Veloso Dishes Out the Bare-Knuckled Rawness of His Vocals
Caetano Veloso Abraçaço (Nonesuch, 2014) With a career that includes more than thirty albums such as Domingo, Veloso, Gil e Bethania, Araca Azul, Brasil, Noites…
Fujara Flute Course in the USA
A 5-day course conducted by Bob Rychlik will introduce the large Slovak fujara flute to American music fans. The classes will take place at Common…
Imarhan Timbuktu Delivers the Desert Blues
Imarhan Timbuktu Akal Warled (Clermont Music, 2014) Those looking for a desert blues fix should check out Imarhan Timbuktu’s Akal Warled out now on the…
Acetre Releases New Music Video “La Casa de Mosés”
Spanish world music group Acetre, one of the best exponents of the border music from Spain and Portugal has just released a new video entitled…
Boróimhe – The Life And Times of Brian Ború Music Suite
For the Millennium Celebration of Brian Ború́ in 2014 – Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann has commissioned composer Michael Rooney to write a suite of music reflecting…
Tropicalism Event Guacamayo Fest Coming to Madrid
Guacamayo Fest (Macaw Fest) will take place in Madrid between May 31 and June 20. The festival consists of a series of artistic and cultural…
globalFEST to Present Cutting Edge World Music at Bonnaroo 2014
Influential world music showcase globalFEST has teamed up again with with Bonnaroo to bring forward-looking global sounds to the the leading summer music festival. “Sounds…