Cree Confederation Live at Sobaba
Cree Confederation Kihtawasoh Wapakwani – Beautiful Flower Cree Confederation hails from the Cree nation of the Treaty Six area in Canada and is a popular…
WOMEX 2014 to Present Downtown Film Screenings: ‘From Berlin To The World’ in Santiago
For its 20th anniversary, WOMEX 2014 will present in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) a special Downtown Film Screening program titled ‘From Berlin to the…
Third Round of WOMEX 2014 Conference Sessions Revealed
The WOMEX team announced today the next round of conference topics and speakers for the 2014 conference. Alexander Walter (Germany), director of WOMEX, will…
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…