Seun Anikulapo Kuti Is On the Rise
Imbued with his late father’s indomitable spirit and emboldened by the inheritance of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s band and middle name, Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti is poised…
View More Seun Anikulapo Kuti Is On the RiseSlovak Folk Band Offers Free Album for Download
Slovak folk music band Muzička is offering its new album, Pomo auta, bo anta neto kja! , for free via download. “Since we always ended…
View More Slovak Folk Band Offers Free Album for DownloadMento While You Wait
Blue Glaze Mento Band We Will Wait (Bilmon Productions, 2011) Before ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub or dancehall, Jamaica gave us mento. It was and is…
View More Mento While You WaitThe Veena Festival starts off with a Sparkling Veena Jugalbandi*
It was an apt and sparkling inauguration of the Veena Festival at Chennai jointly organised by the Bharat Veenalaya, Delhi and Sri Krishna Gana Sabha,…
View More The Veena Festival starts off with a Sparkling Veena Jugalbandi*Klezmer Amsterdam Style
Amsterdam Klezmer Band has a new album titled Katla (Essay Recordings AY 028CD, 2011) . Katla is It is the ninth album by Amsterdam Klezmer…
View More Klezmer Amsterdam StyleImmortalized Afro-Sambas
Baden Powell Os Afro-Sambas (DRG, 2011) The great Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell and composer Vinicius de Moraes had one of the most successful partnerships in…
View More Immortalized Afro-SambasMalian Sensation Bassekou Kouyate to Perform This Friday at Duke University
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba are set to perform on at Duke University’s Reynolds Industries Theater in Durham, North Carolina this Friday, October 14, 2011,…
View More Malian Sensation Bassekou Kouyate to Perform This Friday at Duke UniversityIndian Ghazal Singer Dies
Singer, composer and musical director Jagjit Singh died October 10, 2011 in Mumbai, India at the Lilavite hospital. Mr. Singh had been in a coma…
View More Indian Ghazal Singer DiesA Handful of Shakti’s Beauty
Shakti A Handful of Beauty (Sony) This album, one of the few released by fusion supergroup Shakti, is absolutely amazing. Each track is magnificent, and…
View More A Handful of Shakti’s BeautyBalkan Music Star Goran Bregovic Kicks-off the 2011/12 World Music series at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Legendary composer, traditional musician, world music and rock star are just a few ways to describe the madness and genius of the Sarajevo-born musical icon…
View More Balkan Music Star Goran Bregovic Kicks-off the 2011/12 World Music series at Walt Disney Concert Hall