Majestic Haitian Roots
The Creole Choir of Cuba Tande-La (Real World, 2010/USA: 2011) The power packed Tande-La is a spiritual soaked, rip-roaring, riotous musical punch straight to the…
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Battlefield Band Line-Up (Temple Records /Cadiz Music, 2011) At this time, Battlefield Band is undoubtedly one of the pillars of contemporary Scottish folk music. Although…
View More Versatile CeltsStars of the Pow-Wow Circuit
The most interesting releases in the pow-wow world in recent months include albums by vital American and Canadian acts Tha Tribe, Pipestone, Bear Creek and…
View More Stars of the Pow-Wow CircuitThe Afro Celt Sound System Is Back Better Than Ever After A Three-Year Hiatus
If there’s such a beast as the quintessential WOMAD act it must assuredly be the Afro Celt Sound System. That’s no idle claim dreamed up…
View More The Afro Celt Sound System Is Back Better Than Ever After A Three-Year HiatusRivka Amado & the Adama Band to perform at La Peña Cultural Center
Rivka Amado & the Adama Band are set to perform on Thursday, August 25 at 7:30pm at La Peña Cultural Center. She will perform hauntingly…
View More Rivka Amado & the Adama Band to perform at La Peña Cultural CenterIrish Purists They Are Not
Beoga How to Tune a Fish (Compass Records, 2011) With How to Tune a Fish, the band’s fourth album, Beoga demonstrates that they are a…
View More Irish Purists They Are NotMandolin Adventures
Mike Marshall An Adventure 1999-2009 (Adventure Music, 2010) Mandolin virtuoso Mike Marshall has spent the last two decades exploring the musics of the world with…
View More Mandolin AdventuresTori Ensemble at WOMAD Charlton Park
It was midday on Sunday, the third day of the WOMAD festival at Charlton Park and after a big Saturday night, there was already quite…
View More Tori Ensemble at WOMAD Charlton ParkArabic Music Inside Out
Tareq Abboushi & Shusmo Mumtastic (Shusmo.com, 2011) Palestinian pianist and buzuq player Tareq Abboushi along with his co-conspirators that make up Shusmo have turned Arabic…
View More Arabic Music Inside OutGerman Record Critics’ Award Goes to Jodulator
The Association of German Record Critics’ has given the German Record Critics’ Award to Austrian band Hotel Palindrone for its album Jodulator, as a recording…
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