Bayawan, the Precious Dolan Muqam
Mekit Dolan Muqam Group – Bayawan (Old Heaven Books & B10 Live, 2014) The Mekit Dolan Muqam Group presents a distinctive manifestation of Muqam music…
On Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Crossroads Music presents Väsen, performing the traditional music of Sweden on nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle), viola, and guitar. The concert will…
View More Swedish Folk Masters Väsen to Perform in PhiladelphiaIran’s master musician and composer Kayhan Kalhor will perform Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8:00 pm at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, located at Broadway…
View More World Music Institute to Present Renowned Master Musician Kayhan Kalhor in Rare New York Solo AppearanceThe Venus & the Sky Turn to Clay album is the first totally instrumental release of Makana, a young Hawaiian maestro of slack key guitar.…
View More Hawaiian Guitar Virtuoso Makana Releases Instrumental CDTinariwen Imidiwan: Companions (World Village) The desert blues men and women of Tinariwen are back with their latest CD Imidiwan: Companions, set for release October…
View More Tinariwen’s Desert Blues, a Force of NatureThe Best Of The Black President marks the birth of Knitting Factory Records. Earlier this year, Knitting Factory Records licensed the 45-album Fela Kuti catalog.…
View More Knitting Factory Records Launches New Editions of Entire Fela Kuti CatalogMary Travers, part of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died at a Danbury, Connecticut hospital on Wednesday, succumbing after a long battle…
View More Peter, Paul and Mary Folk Singer DiesNominations for the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards were announced today at a press conference attended by national and international media at the Conga Room…
View More The 10th Annual Latin Grammy World Music Nominations Represent A Broad Spectrum Of Worldwide ArtistsOuled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa (Twos & Fews, 2009) The CD and DVD set Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa reveals the creatively rich lives and…
View More Vital DVD Ouled Bambara: Portraits of GnawaThe 11th annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2009, the largest world music festival in the United States, begins September 18 and will run until September…
View More The 11th Annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2009 Begins September 18Brownout Aguilas and Cobras (Six Degrees, 2009) In Austin (Texas) there is a thriving musical scene that includes musicians who are taking Hispanic Texan music…
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