New Amnesty International Song and Video Titled The Price of Silence Makes Urgent Call for Universal Human Rights
New York (NY), USA – Renowned actor Laurence Fishburne, reggae icon Stephen Marley, singer Natalie Merchant, African diva Angelique Kidjo and South American sensation Aterciopelados…
View More New Amnesty International Song and Video Titled The Price of Silence Makes Urgent Call for Universal Human RightsJazzy Bala
Kakande – Dununya (Jumbie Records, 2008) Guinean musician Famoro Dioubate is one of the leading bala (also known as balafon) players in North America. Based…
View More Jazzy BalaAotearoa New Zealand 2008 CD Sampler
The CD sampler titled Aotearoa New Zealand was presented at WOMEX 2008 in Sevilla (Spain). The sampler features a wide range of musical styles by…
View More Aotearoa New Zealand 2008 CD SamplerNordic Folk Explorations
Groupa Frost (Footprint Records, 2008) Groupa is a legendary group in Swedish folk music, which describes its music as Nordic folk fusion. The veteran group…
View More Nordic Folk ExplorationsHonoring the Departed
The Music of Ammasu is a collection of field recordings featuring the Ammasu Akapoma Group. They were made in 1976 in Brong-Ahafu, Ghana. The group…
View More Honoring the DepartedHamsa Lila’s MJ Greenmountain Celebrates Solo CD Release
After taking world fusion into new realms in the pioneering band Hamsa Lila, singer and percussionist MJ Greenmountain celebrates the release of his debut solo…
View More Hamsa Lila’s MJ Greenmountain Celebrates Solo CD ReleaseRising World Music Act Dengue Fever in New York and New Jersey in January
Increasingly popular Cambodian surf rock band Dengue Fever have a few shows coming this January. Dengue will hit Hoboken for a show at Maxwell’s (1029…
View More Rising World Music Act Dengue Fever in New York and New Jersey in JanuaryWinter-Spring Seminars 2009 by Musical Workshop Labyrinth
Musical Workshop Labyrinth recently presented the 2009 winter seminar program of the renowned musical workshops that will take place in Houdetsi, (Heraklion, Crete, Greece) and…
View More Winter-Spring Seminars 2009 by Musical Workshop LabyrinthRenowned Folk Singer Odetta Dies at 77
Odetta, one of the most respected in American folk music died Tuesday, December 2, 2008, of heart disease. Odetta was born on New Year’s…
View More Renowned Folk Singer Odetta Dies at 77Testosterone Fuelled Vortex of Edgy Sounds
Jill Turner recovers after being sucked into a testosterone fuelled vortex of edgy basslines, creative programming, and lyrical spitting, mentally exhausting and in parts exciting,…
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