Basin Street Records Signs the Iconic Rebirth Brass Band
On this 5th anniversary week, as we remember the devastation and flooding that occurred after Hurricane Katrina due to poorly built levees, Basin Street Records…
View More Basin Street Records Signs the Iconic Rebirth Brass BandBalkan Brass Band Brass Menazeri at Ashkenaz in Berkeley
Brass Menazeri will be performing tomorrow, Friday, August 27, at world music club Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center. Brass Menazeri is the Bay Area’s…
View More Balkan Brass Band Brass Menazeri at Ashkenaz in BerkeleyNew York World Festival 2010 – Music Around the Black Sea
Music Around the Black Sea, the fourth edition of the New York World Festival, focuses on the diverse traditions of the dynamic Black Sea region,…
View More New York World Festival 2010 – Music Around the Black SeaFiery Mezcla
Pablo Menendez & Mezcla I’ll See You in Cuba (Zoho ZM201001, 2010) Mezcla, one of the leading Cuban contemporary jazz bands is back with an…
View More Fiery MezclaToronto’s Ashkenaz Festival 2010 Spotlights the Multicultural Morph and Jubilance of Pan-Jewish Culture
All roads lead to Canada’s Ashkenaz Festival, following the twists and turns of a boldly adaptive, constantly evolving Jewish culture. They are highways running from…
View More Toronto’s Ashkenaz Festival 2010 Spotlights the Multicultural Morph and Jubilance of Pan-Jewish CultureZakir Hussain at World Music Festival Chicago 2010 Opening Concert
World Music Festival Chicago 2010, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, opens on Tuesday, September 21, at 6:00 pm, with a free concert at Millennium Park’s…
View More Zakir Hussain at World Music Festival Chicago 2010 Opening ConcertContradanza’s Mediterranean Travels
Contradanza Tentenelaire (Galileo Music/Nufolk NF012, 2010) Sevilla-based Contradanza is one of the leading groups in the new Andalusian folk movement. Together with Jerez’s La Jambre,…
View More Contradanza’s Mediterranean TravelsOpinion running with afrobeat Down Under
Afrobeat, the ebullient amalgam of juju, jazz, soul and socio-political commentary created by Fela Kuti back in the 1970s, has enjoyed something of a renaissance…
View More Opinion running with afrobeat Down UnderUkulele Fire
Brittni Paiva Four Strings: The Fire Within (Talmidim Productions TPCD0909, 2010) Brittni Paiva is a 21 year old ukulele virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist from Hawaii. Her…
View More Ukulele FireChicago World Music Festival 2010 Program Announced
The largest and longest running festival of international music in the United States returns with over 80 artists at 30 venues throughout Chicago. The City…
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