Indian Summer Music Awards Announce 2011 Winners
Over 50,000 people of all nationalities and cultures attended the 2011 Indian Summer Festival at the Henry Maier Festival Grounds on the Milwaukee shorefront from…
Renowned Irish Musician and National Heritage Fellow Mike Rafferty Dies at 84
Irish Flautist Mike Rafferty died Tuesday, September 13, 2011. He was 84. “On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great…
Grandfather of Bluegrass Dies
Many in the American bluegrass and country music community are mourning the death of Wade Mainer. Called the Grandfather of bluegrass, the famed banjo player…
Third Time is the Sweetest
Nigeria 70 – Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife & Juju from 1970s Lagos (Strut Records STRUT079CD, 2011) The third volume in Strut Records’ Nigeria 70 series…
Madison World Music Festival 2001
Madison World Music Festival festival will be held September 14-17, 2011 at the Memorial Union and the Willy Street Fair in Madison, Wisconsin (USA). All…
Zydeco Good Times
C.J. Chenier Can’t Sit Down (World Village 468109, 2011) Zydeco accordion master C.J. Chenier is back with with an album titled Can’t Sit Down. Although…
Manu Chao to Perform Free Concert in Phoenix to Protest Anti-Immigrant Policies
Global music sensation Manu Chao announced that he will be performing a free “Alto Arizona” concert in collaboration with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network…
¡Globalquerque! 2011 New Mexico’s 7th Annual Celebration of World Music & Culture
¡Globalquerque! 2011, the great world music festival in the American southwest, will be held September 16 and 17 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in…
Common Threads
Nation Beat Growing Stone (Barbès Records, 2011) Nation Beat is a band formed by musicians from the United states and Brazil. Their sound is a…
Banjo Master Noam Pikelny to Release Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail
The second album by banjo player Noam Pikelny is titled Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail. It is scheduled for release on Tuesday, October…