Interview with Kyungso Park, Korean Gayageum Artist
One of the traditional instruments featured at the Førde Traditional and World Music Festival, held this year July 5-8 in Førde, Norway, is the gayageum…
Azerbaijani Traditional Music and Food on the National Mall in Washington DC
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be presenting two concerts of Azerbaijani music this year. The festival takes place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.,…
World Music Festival Glatt & Verkehrt to Be Held in June-July 2012 in Austria
Glatt & Verkehrt, Austria’s largest world music festival will be held June 28 – July 29 in the town of Krems and at other places…
World Music Conference WOMEX 2012 Announces First Set of Showcases
WOMEX, the most important industry gathering of world music professionals, has announced the first Showcase Festival acts scheduled to perform at WOMEX 2012. This year…
Annbjørg Lien’s ‘Khoom Loy,’ Connecting Bridges
Annbjørg Lien – Khoom Loy (Compass Records, 2012) Chameleonic fiddler Annbjørg Lien crosses boundaries and embraces a wide range of musical influences on her latest…
Interview with Alan Bern, founder of The Other Europeans project
The Other Europeans project set out to try to reconstruct and then re-inhabit bygone repertoires and styles of klezmer and lautar music in Europe (www.other-europeans-band.eu…
Trumpet Magic
Ibrahim Maalouf Diagnostic (M’ister Productions, 2012) Just for a moment forget everything you know, or think you know, about the trumpet or acceptable genres in…
Interview with Førde Traditional and World Music Festival Performer Frikar
Frikar: “The human being needs to play and re-explore the human nature in itself via dance and music” One of the highlights of the Førde…
International Soundclash
Sofrito International Soundclash (Strut, 2012) The Sofrito crew of DJs Hugo Mendez and Frankie Francis is back with another hot dance compilation just in time…
Forde Festival: Not just a “booking festival”, but also a “producing festival”
The Førde Traditional and World Music Festival (http://www.fordefestival.no), held this year July 5-8 in Førde, Norway, promises to be a musical treat. The dozens of…