Buika Undressed
Buika Niña de Fuego (Warner Music Latina 513004, 2008) It was the flamenco feel that I first caught upon listening to Spain’s Concha Buika, but…
View More Buika UndressedMestizao Festival 2009 Brings Music Hybrids to Granada
The city of Granada in southern Spain will host the 5th edition of Mestizao Festival. The festival focuses on mestizo music, which is a genre…
View More Mestizao Festival 2009 Brings Music Hybrids to GranadaBrazil Gone Batty
Bat Makumba Boteco (Bat Makumba Records 665744 10052-4) San Francisco-based Bat Makumba (named after a Caetano Veloso song) here follow up their debut with another…
View More Brazil Gone BattyNiyaz Will Celebrate in 2009 New Album Release in Los Angeles
On February 7, the Persian electro-acoustic sensation Niyaz does a hometown record release party in Los Angeles at the El Rey Theatre in support of…
View More Niyaz Will Celebrate in 2009 New Album Release in Los AngelesKora Master in the Spirit
Youssoupha Sidibe Xelcom (Self-released, 2008) Senegal’s Youssoupha Sidibe has played his kora (21-stringed West African harp) alongside artists as varied as Matisyahu, Bela Fleck, India…
View More Kora Master in the SpiritChicha Rebound Continues
Juaneco y su Combo Masters of Chicha Vol. 1 (Barbes Records BROO20, 2008) The 2007 compilation Roots of Chicha brought long-overdue wider recognition to a…
View More Chicha Rebound ContinuesOld Town School Of Folk Music in Chicago Introduces World Music Wednesdays: Winter/Spring 2009
Old Town School Of Folk Music in Chicago introduces a new series called World Music Wednesdays, which replaces the previous format of Peña, Afrofolk, and…
View More Old Town School Of Folk Music in Chicago Introduces World Music Wednesdays: Winter/Spring 2009Breaktronics
XKollective Electric Flowers (Flexitrax, 2008) To get an idea of the sound of British trance outfit XKollective, think of a combination of South Asian fusionist…
View More BreaktronicsBluegrass Supergroup Blue Highway Announces Winter 2009 Tour
Blue Highway, one of the most influential groups in contemporary bluegrass, was recently nominated for five awards by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass…
View More Bluegrass Supergroup Blue Highway Announces Winter 2009 TourArtists Celebrated Human Rights Day 2008 in Stockholm
On the 10th of December, the Sweden branch of Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI-S) presented an opportunity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Universal…
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