A Finnish Klezmer View of East Helsinki
Sampo Lassila Narinkka – Suomiklezmer 2 – East Helsinki Suite (Narinkaattori Records NARI003, 2024) The third release from the pioneering Finnish klezmer ensemble, Sampo Lassila…
Half Note Records will Omar Sosa Sextet’s latest CD, Across The Divide: A Tale of Rhythm & Ancestry on March 24 of 2009. Across The…
View More Across The Divide, New Recording by Cuban Keyboardist Omar SosaTwo of the most prominent fingerstyle guitarists alive today have come together on a duo guitar project with explosively good results. Andreas Kapsalis of the…
View More Goran Ivanovic and Andreas Kapsalis Guitar Duo on Tour in 2009The Recording Academy announced tonight, February 8, the winners of the 2009 Grammy Awards. Mickey Hart’s global percussion project, featuring Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni…
View More Mickey Hart and Ladysmith Black Mambazo World Music Winners at 2009 Grammy AwardsBlessings Nqo Mbube and Gospel from Southern Africa (ARC Music EUCD 2199, 2009) I suppose a guy with a name like Blessings Nqo is pretty…
View More Counting BlessingsAlbuquerque (New Mexico), USA – Klezmerquerque – Albuquerque’s annual Klezmer music and dance festival celebrates its seventh year February 12-15, 2009. Produced by Nahalat Shalom,…
View More Klezmerquerque Will Bring Klezmer Sounds to New MexicoJapanese taiko group Kodo perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2008/09…
View More Renowned Japanese Taiko Group Kodo Performs at Walt Disney Concert Hall in World Music Series DebutThe Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, created by Miami’s premier global music presenters Rhythm Foundation and which takes place throughout April 2009, showcases the city’s peculiar position…
View More Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2009 in Miami Will Explore New Generation of Global SoundsDennis Brown The Best Of Dennis Brown: The Niney Years (Heartbeat, 2008) While Bob Marley is considered the King of Reggae, Dennis Brown (who Marley…
View More Under ObservationBrooklyn (New York), USA – Afropop Worldwide will celebrate its 20th Anniversary during its Hall of Fame Gala on March 4, 2009 at the Tavern…
View More Afropop Worldwide Inducts Harry Belafonte and Angelique Kidjo into Hall of Fame March 4Lal Meri Lal Meri (Six Degrees, 2009) The hip, savvy sound of Lal Meri sizzles from the outset of their self-titled debut CD. Pooling the…
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