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…
Murat Ses ninth album Light Cone released in the USA
Murat Ses’ new album Light Cone released by Clou Records (Florida, USA) on 22 June 2012 and will be distributed by several companies including the…
Deluxe Edition of Reggae Gold 2012 Contains 2 CDs of Reggae Hits
The 20th anniversary edition of the popular annual reggae compilation Reggae Gold is scheduled for release on June 26th, 2012. This year’s 2CD set comes…
Yiddishfest 2012 in New York on June 26 with The Klezmatics, Socalled, Daniel Kahn And The Painted Bird
On Tuesday, June 26, New York’s SummerStage series will celebrate the musical legacy of Eastern Europe with a day dedicated to Yiddish music. The event…