Ashley Maher’s Music of Hope and Beauty
In the midst of stressful times, why not take a break, relax, sip some tea, and listen to Tree to Tree. This is Ashley Maher’s…
The Sheer Excellence of Chinbat Baasankhuu
Chinbat Baasankhuu The Art of the Mongolian Yatga (ARC Music, 2014) Anyone who has followed many of my reviews here at World Music Central knows…
Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté Announce Fall 2014 Tour
Toumani Diabaté, an icon of African music and one of the world’s leading kora players, and his son Sidiki, the instrument’s emerging star released…
Trilok Gurtu Band to Perform at MIMO Festival 2014 in Ouro Preto and Olinda
Multiple-award winning Indian percussionist and composer Trilok Gurtu is set to perform on August 31, 2014 at MIMO Festival 2014 in Ouro Preto at Praça…
Aussie Oud Maestro Shines Again
Joseph Tawadros has managed to raise the bar yet again, as if the latter wasn’t already elevated enough. Permission To Evaporate completes a trilogy of…
The Superb Musicianship of Senegalese Band Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès
Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès Aw Sa Yone Vol.1 (Teranga Beat, 2013) Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès was a legendary Senegalese band that mixed West African beats with Afrojazz…
Michael Chapman to Release Live At Folk Cotttage, Cornwall 1967
Tree House Records will release on August 25, 2014 Michael Chapman’s album Live At Folk Cotttage, Cornwall 1967. Previously unreleased, these are the earliest known…
Orlando Julius and The Heliocentrics, an Explosive Mix
Orlando Julius Jaiyede Afro (2014) Jaiyede Afro brings together the vibrant saxophone of celebrated Nigerian musician Orlando Julius and edgy British psychedelic jazz band The…
Algerian Tuareg Nabil Baly Othmani to Perform at Sahara Soul in London
Tuareg artist Nabil Baly Othmani (Algeria) is set to perform on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Barbican in London. A native of Djanet, a small…
Elito Revé y su Charangón to Perform at Habanarte in September 2014
Elito Revé y su Charangón, the well-known Cuban band also known as “La Revé”, is set to perform in Havana during the major arts…
Saor Patrol Fueled by Adrenalin
Saor Patrol Open Air Asylum (ARC MUSIC EUCD 2499, 2014) If you are of Scots extraction, you will enjoy Saor Patrol. No question. As a…