Grooving with Cotonou Club
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Cotonou Club (Strut Records, 2011 ) Cononou Club is Orchestre Poly-Rythmo first new album in over 20 years. The legendary band from Benin…
Seun Anikulapo Kuti Is On the Rise
Imbued with his late father’s indomitable spirit and emboldened by the inheritance of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s band and middle name, Oluseun Anikulapo Kuti is poised…
Slovak Folk Band Offers Free Album for Download
Slovak folk music band Muzička is offering its new album, Pomo auta, bo anta neto kja! , for free via download. “Since we always ended…
Mento While You Wait
Blue Glaze Mento Band We Will Wait (Bilmon Productions, 2011) Before ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub or dancehall, Jamaica gave us mento. It was and is…
The Veena Festival starts off with a Sparkling Veena Jugalbandi*
It was an apt and sparkling inauguration of the Veena Festival at Chennai jointly organised by the Bharat Veenalaya, Delhi and Sri Krishna Gana Sabha,…
Klezmer Amsterdam Style
Amsterdam Klezmer Band has a new album titled Katla (Essay Recordings AY 028CD, 2011) . Katla is It is the ninth album by Amsterdam Klezmer…
Immortalized Afro-Sambas
Baden Powell Os Afro-Sambas (DRG, 2011) The great Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell and composer Vinicius de Moraes had one of the most successful partnerships in…
Malian Sensation Bassekou Kouyate to Perform This Friday at Duke University
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba are set to perform on at Duke University’s Reynolds Industries Theater in Durham, North Carolina this Friday, October 14, 2011,…
Indian Ghazal Singer Dies
Singer, composer and musical director Jagjit Singh died October 10, 2011 in Mumbai, India at the Lilavite hospital. Mr. Singh had been in a coma…
A Handful of Shakti’s Beauty
Shakti A Handful of Beauty (Sony) This album, one of the few released by fusion supergroup Shakti, is absolutely amazing. Each track is magnificent, and…