A Slice of Spain
Various Artists Putumayo Presents: España (Putumayo, 2009) Putumayo’s most recent release focuses on the music of Spain. The compilation’s producer has chosen to focus on…
View More A Slice of SpainThe Rough Guide To Tango Revival
The Rough Guide to Tango Revival features new tango from the clubs and dance floors of Argentina and beyond, where the next generation of musicians…
View More The Rough Guide To Tango RevivalToronto-based Afrobeat Collective Mr. Something Something Releases Shine Your Face
On the new Mr. Something Something record the band members wanted to capture, as much as possible, the energy and the improvisations that characterize their…
View More Toronto-based Afrobeat Collective Mr. Something Something Releases Shine Your FaceFree Download by Samba Mapangala in Support of Endangered Mountain Gorillas
The MP3 for "Les Gorilles des Montagnes" by Samba Mapangala will be available for listening and downloading at myspace.com/sambamapangala and drop.io/GorillaSong/page. The song is a…
View More Free Download by Samba Mapangala in Support of Endangered Mountain GorillasArgentine Folk Music Legend Mercedes Sosa Dies at 74
One of the most popular Argentine folk singers, Mercedes Sosa, died today in Buenos Aires of liver disease. She was 74. Mercedes Sosa was born…
View More Argentine Folk Music Legend Mercedes Sosa Dies at 74Cuba in a Funk and Funky
Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba, Vol. 2 (Waxing Deep Records WAX003, 2009) When Castro’s Cuban regime was at its most repressive,…
View More Cuba in a Funk and FunkyCorsican Cantu in paghjella Declared Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
The UNESCO Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, chaired by Awadh Ali Saleh Al Musabi (United Arab Emirates), identified The Cantu in paghjella…
View More Corsican Cantu in paghjella Declared Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent SafeguardingThroat Singing, Tango, Radif, Candombe and Other Music and Dance Traditions celebrated by UNESCO
The Tango of Argentina and Uruguay, The Radif of Iran, the Mongolian art of Khoomei singing, and the traditional Ainu dance of Japan are among…
View More Throat Singing, Tango, Radif, Candombe and Other Music and Dance Traditions celebrated by UNESCOA Passage From India
Kailash Kher and Kailasa Yatra (Nomadic Souls) (Cumbancha CMB-CD-14, 2009) My office mate, who was born and raised in India and revisits there yearly, smiled…
View More A Passage From IndiaNew Manu Chao Live Album and DVD to Be Released in November 2009
Manu Chao will release Baionarena (Nacional Records in the USA), a double live album/DVD set, on November 17th. The album was recorded at the prestigious…
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