More Than Just the Importance of Featuring Ernest
Avila Avila Featuring Earnest Ranglin (Avila Street Records, 2012) The band backing longtime Jamaican guitar great Ernest Ranglin on this release was originally set to…
Persian Azeri Project – From Shiraz to Baku
Persian Azeri Trio From Shiraz To Baku (Arc Music, 2012) Ace musicians from Iran and Azerbaijan join together in this pleasant album exploring the connections…
Robert Soko Releases BalkanBeats Remix Album
Bosnian DJ Robert Soko is releasing ‘BalkanBeats SoundLab‘ on October 2012. The album features Soko’s own hand-crafted debut series of remixes, in collaboration with his…
Stockholm Lisboa Project Releases Aurora
Stockholm Lisboa Project describes its music as “fado, polska and beyond”. Aurora is the band’s third full-length studio album. Stockholm Lisboa Project performs traditional and…
Renowned Iranian vocalist Salar Aghili Opens New World Music Institute Season
One of Iran’s leading vocalists, Salar Aghili, will open the new World Music Institute season on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm. This program…
Hispanic Heritage Month, Focus on Argentina
World Music Central‘s celebration of Hispanic Heritage month continues with the music of Argentina, one of the music powerhouses in South America. It’s the birthplace…
Remarkable Staff Benda Bilili
Staff Benda Bilili Bouger le monde (Crammed Discs, 2012) Staff Benda Bilili, the great street band from Kinshasha (Democratic Republic of Congo) is back with…
Bee Gees Brazilian Ballads
Ana Gazzola Musicas e palavras Dos Bee Gees (Fuel, 2012) Los Angeles-based Brazilian Singer Ana Gazzola has taken some of the most popular ballads by…
Artist Profiles: Ustad Mohammad Omar
Ustad Mohammad Omar, one of Afghanistan’s finest rabab players, became the first Afghan musician to teach in the United States of America when he arrived…
Band of Gypsies 2
Taraf De Haïdouks & Kocani Orkestar Band of Gypsies 2 (Crammed Discs CRAW74, 2011) Two European record labels, Crammed Discs and Asphalt Tango, have been…