At the Edge of Totally Addictive Salsa
Bio Ritmo La Verdad (Electric Cowbell Records, 2011) Salsa band Bio Ritmo has become one of the hottest acts in the American tropical music field.…
View More At the Edge of Totally Addictive SalsaTuareg Desert Blues stars Tinariwen to perform in Miami November 10
Tuareg band Tinariwen is set to perform Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 8:00 PM at Grand Central in Downtown Miami. Tinariwen are nomadic Tuareg guitar-poets…
View More Tuareg Desert Blues stars Tinariwen to perform in Miami November 10Influential Mississippi Bluesman David Honeyboy Edwards Dies
Legendary blues musician David Honeyboy Edwards died this morning Monday, August 29, 2011, about 3:00 am while resting peacefully at home. June 28, 1915 –…
View More Influential Mississippi Bluesman David Honeyboy Edwards DiesDub Invasion Festival 2011 to Be Held in New York and Boston
Dub Invasion Festival 2011 will be held in New York and Boston from September 7-16. The festival will include shows by world-class performers, including Lee…
View More Dub Invasion Festival 2011 to Be Held in New York and BostonBay Area Flamenco Festival 2011 to Present Gypsy Star Diego El Cigala
The 6th Annual Bay Area Flamenco Festival: Festival Flamenco Gitano will be held October 22-30, presented by The Bay Area Flamenco Partnership. Direct from Spain,…
View More Bay Area Flamenco Festival 2011 to Present Gypsy Star Diego El CigalaNew Tuvan Directions
Alash Ensemble Buura (CDBY, 2011) Okay, I just admit a little quirk of mine right here – I can’t help myself when it comes to…
View More New Tuvan DirectionsWilliam Kennedy Piping Festival 2011 Program Announced
The 2011 edition of the william Kennedy Piping Festival will which take place in Armagh from the 17th – 20th November. Lúnasa, Guidewires, The Anxo…
View More William Kennedy Piping Festival 2011 Program AnnouncedSmithsonian Folkways Recordings to Release Mickey Hart’s World Music Collection
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings announced that they are going to release the world music recordings known as the ‘Mickey Hart Collection.’ The plan is to preserve…
View More Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Release Mickey Hart’s World Music CollectionIndia.Arie & Idan Raichel Concert at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication Ceremony
The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation has invited GRAMMY award-winning artist India.Arie and musician Idan Raichel to perform this Sunday, August 28th…
View More India.Arie & Idan Raichel Concert at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication CeremonyPolished Desert Blues
Tinariwen Tassili (Anti, 2011) Anyone who has followed CD reviews for any length of time here at World Music Central knows that desert blues is…
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