Video of the Week: Zanzibar by East African Star Samba Mapangala
Zanzibar is the second video from Samba Mapangala‘s latest album Maisha Ni Matamu (Life Is Sweet). Filmed in Zanzibar and Nairobi, the videoclip presents scenes…
Magda Piskorczyk Celebrates Afro Roots Music
Magda Piskorczyk Afro Groove (MPAGCD003, 2011) Polish guitarist, bassist and vocalist Magda Piskorczyk (pronounced peas-KOR-chick) has released a double album that celebrates the various types…
Folk and Traditional music at the heart of Celtic Connections 2012
At the heart of the Celtic Connections festival is the vibrant folk and traditional music scene, with some of the UK and Ireland’s finest musicians…
Willie Nelson Live At The US Festival DVD to Be Released in November 2011
Willie Nelson Live at the US Festival, 1983 (Shout! Factory) contains 23 songs and a total running time of 80 and captures an unforgettable moment…
Hellenic Panpipes
The Athenians Music of Greece – Canto General (ARC Music EUCD2342, 2011) Music of Greece – Canto General is an album with a unique synthesis…
The Australasian World Music Expo 2011
The world comes to Australia this month, rather than vice versa. Thanks to an enterprising local entrepreneur and radio presenter, the country now has its…
New York Hosts 7th Annual Reggae Culture Salute
The 7th annual staging of Reggae Culture Salute will take place at Nazareth Performance Center, Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, November 5th. This is the…
Nashville’s Roots Musicians Set Music to New Civil War Stories
Various Artists The 1861 Project, Vol. 1: From Farmers To Foot Soldiers The The 1861 Project, Vol. 1: From Farmers To Foot Soldiers celebrates the…
Annual World Music Gathering Musiport Festival 2011 Returns to UK
All roads lead to Bridlington Spa this week as we gear up for the annual Musiport Festival, which will take place November 4-6, 2011. Musiport…
Music of the Kosher Nostra
Bucovina Club’s Shantel and Israeli-Austrian artist Oz Almog have put together an album titled Kosher Nostra, Jewish Gangsters Greatest Hits (Essay Recordings AY CD 13),…