Qureshi’s Jam
Taufiq Qureshi Perc Jam (Music Today) Taufiq Qureshi, youngest son of legendary tabla maestro Ustad Allahrakha and brother of tabla wizard Ustad Zakir Hussain, is…
Making Timba History
Alexander Abreu – Haciendo Historia (Ahi Nama Music, 2011) Very little Cuban timba has made it to the United states in recent years. The Ahi…
Post Rainforest World Music Festival, Encounter with the Orangutans
The last day of the post-Rain Forest World Music Festival program took us to the Semmongoh Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center to visit the orangutans. The…
Celtic Jazz Harp Explorations
Maeve Gilchrist Song of Delight (Adventure Music America, 2011) Song of Delight is the latest album by harpist, vocalist, and classically trained pianist Maeve Gilchrist.…
Gaelic Storm to Perform at University of Wisconsin-Madison World Stage Series 2012
Gaelic Storm is scheduled to perform on Friday, February 17, 2012, 8:00 pm at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gaelic Storm rocked the Union Theater in…
Vieux Farka Toure On Summer 2011 Tour
Vieux Farka Touré will be returning to the US for a Summer Tour not to be missed. His third studio album, The Secret, continues to…
Francis Falceto Wins WOMEX 2011 Professional Excellence Award
Frenchman Francis Falceto is the winner of WOMEX 2011’s Professional Excellence Award. Francis Falceto is the originator and curator of the Ethiopiques series of CDs…
Timeless Afrobeat
Various Afro-Beat Airways – West African Shock Waves – Ghana & Togo 1972-1979 (Analog Africa AACD 068CD, 2010) Analog Africa’s director, Samy Ben Redjeb, has…
Canadian Sensation Dala Captured Live
Dala Girls From The North Country, Live in Concert (Compass, 2011) Dala has becopme one of the hottest acts in the North American folk pop…
Ray Santos Receives The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Trustees Award
Mambo innovator Ray Santos has received The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Trustees Award. Heralded as “El Maestro” of the mambo sound, Ray Santos has performed,…