The Indie Acoustic Project Announces Best CDs of 2012 Awards
The Indie Acoustic Project (IAP) has announced the winners of the IAP “Best CDs of 2012” Awards. The winners in each of 9 categories were…
Cheick Hamala Diabate Remixed
Cheick Hamala Diabate Prudence (Electric Cowbell Records EP-ECR709, 2013) The music of Malian musician Cheick Hamala Diabate gets remixed in this EP titled Prudence. Cheick…
Inaugural Borneo World Music Expo to Attract Industry Professionals to Southeast Asia
The Sarawak Tourism Board, organizer of the Borneo World Music Expo (BWME) is encouraging participants from the world music industry to participate in this ‘first…
Tibetan Musician Techung to Open for the Dalai Lama
Tibetan singer and multi-instrumentalist Techung is scheduled to perform at the opening concert for the Dalai Lama’s speech in New Orleans on May 18th, 2013.…
Rising Bluegrass Act The Bankesters to Release Looking Forward
The Bankesters is one of the most sought after new bands on the bluegrass scene. Gorgeous sister harmonies set them apart from the rest (sister…
Interview with Guitar Maestro John McLaughlin
Legendary jazz guitarist and fusion pioneer John McLaughlin will be touring the United States and Canada in June 2013. This will be his first U.S.…
Live from Festival in the Desert in Timbuktu
Various Artists Live from Festival Au Desert Timbuktu (Clermont Music, 2013) Mali is one of those extraordinary places where weddings, baptisms, celebrations and gatherings of…
Claire Lynch to Release Dear Sister
Claire Lynch has a new album titled Dear Sister (Compass Records). Dear Sister presents Lynch and her band (Mark Schatz on bass, Matt Wingateon guitar,…
Bombino Ups the Ante on His Tuareg Desert Blues/Rock Sound
Bombino Nomad (Nonesuch Records, 2013) Hooking up with The Black Keys guitarist and singer Dan Auerbach at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee,…
Center for Traditional Music and Dance to Present Roma Music Symposium
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) in New York will present Opre Khetanes! (Upward Together!): A symposium at New York University and concert/dance…