Kailash Kher: Sufi + Rock + Bollywood!
January 28, Bangalore Kailash Kher, charismatic singer in the Sufi-rock style, proved yet again that he is right at the cutting edge of fusion music…
Pleasurable Crocodile Blues
Samba Toure Crocodile Blues (World Music Network/Riverboat, 2011) Anybody who has read any number of my reviews knows well my addiction to Mali’s desert blues…
New Event Virginia Key GrassRoots Festival to Be Held in Miami February 2012
The 1st Annual Virginia Key GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance will take place February 9-12th, 2012 at The Historic Virginia Key Beach Park in…
Sunaad to Usher In The Delhi Spring Season with a Music Festival
Sunaad will be presenting the grand two day Music Festival *Sangamam 2012 on the 9th & the 10th of February 2012 at The Stein Auditorium…
Les Nubians Accept Who they Are
If you want to hide, just cut your hair short, sing Hélène and Célia Faussart, aka Les Nubians, in the funky number, Afrodance, from their…
The Gaia Festival 2012 Announces First Acts
The 2nd annual The Gaia Festival will be held August 3rd, 4th, 5th, at the beautiful Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, California, one of Northern…
Post APAP 2012 Reflections: Global Synergy, Local Parts and Sums Adding Up
APAP’s 55th Annual Conference: New York’s cosmopolitan nature becomes charged with fresh new energies, both local and global, each January, as more than 3,400 national…
Anoushka Shankar and ‘Traveller’ — A raga-flamenco journey
Sitarist-composer Anoushka Shankar’s 2012 global tour for her latest album “Traveller” touched down in Bangalore on January 22. The album has been released on the…
New Explorations In Fado
Mário Moita Fado Navegante (Arc Music, 2012) Mário Moita is an accomplished singer, composer and piano player in fado style, and his new CD can…
No Stranger Here musical wonderland
Shubha Mudgal, Ursula Rucker and Business Class Refugees No Stranger Here (EarthSync, 2012) EarthSync’s latest offering is a real treat. Part devotional meditation, part savvy…