Folila
Amadou + Mariam Folila (Nonesuch, 2012) Folila is the eagerly anticipated new studio album by one of Africa’s most famous musical couples, Amadou & Mariam.…
JuJu Announce 2012 British Tour
African world trance band JuJu will be touring the UK during May-July 2012. Juju is Justin Adams (electric guitar, bendir, backing vocals), Juldeh Camara (lead…
Poco a poco to Perform at Spitimou Groundfloor in Thessaloniki
Greek band Poco a poco is set to perform on May 5th at 22:00 (10:00 pm) at Spitimou Groundfloor in Thessaloniki, Greece. Poco a poco…
Cliff Furnald Launches New FM and Online World Music Show RootsWorld Radio
RootsWorld editor and radio host Cliff Furnald has a new weekly radio program called RootsWorld Radio on FM and online at www.RootsWorld.org Each week, Cliff…
Hoquets to Bring Belgotronics to London
Hoquets is set to bring its Belgotronics sound to The Vortex Jazz Club in London on June 8, 2012 at 19:00. Influenced by the Congotronics…
UNT Zebras Jazz Flamenco Project Wins DownBeat Student Awards
The University of North Texas Zebras Jazz Flamenco Project has won several DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards. The Flamenco Project is led by Spanish pianist…
Zamrock Legend Witch Releases We Intend To Cause Havoc! Boxed Set
Witch We Intend To Cause Havoc! (Now-Again Records, 2012) Very little sub-Saharan rock music ever made it outside of Africa. In Zambia there was a…
Impressions of Babel Méd Music 2012
The eighth edition of Babel Méd Music – Forum des Musiques du Monde took place March 29-31, 2012, in the French city of Marseilles. The…
Cool Elixir
Marcel Khalife Fall of the Moon (Nagam Records, 2012) Listeners dipping into Marcel Khalife’s double CD Fall of the Moon will surely find a cool…
Brooklyn Flamencos
Caramelo Ride (independent, 2012) Caramelo is an American band from New York City, composed of musicians and flamenco dancers inspired by Spanish flamenco hybrids as…