Palestinian Poet and Musical Muse Dies
Influential poet and cultural voice of the Palestinian people, Mahmoud Darwish passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2008 in a Houston, Texas hospital from complications…
View More Palestinian Poet and Musical Muse DiesA Woman of Substance
Lila Downs Shake Away (Manhattan Records/EMI, 2008) It’s clear from the opening track of Shake Away that Lila Downs is no shy, polite songbird. This…
View More A Woman of SubstanceFrame Drum Community Mourns Death of Gianluca Baldo
Italian frame drum maestro Gianluca Baldo died Saturday, August 9. He was 47. Baldo was a frame drum specialist, a painter and also the organizer…
View More Frame Drum Community Mourns Death of Gianluca BaldoIntroducing Miami’s Spam Allstars
Spam Allstars new CD, Introducing Spam Allstars, will be released 26 August 2008 on the Introducing / World Music Network label. Spam Allstars are Miami’s…
View More Introducing Miami’s Spam AllstarsGecko Turner Remixed on Manipulado
Hailing from southwestern Spain, artist Gecko Turner has released Manipulado (Manipulated), a collection of remixes of his internationally renowned tracks. After falling in love with…
View More Gecko Turner Remixed on ManipuladoDelectable Sarangi
The Sabri Family 5 Ragas (ARC Music, 2008) The sarangi is a beautiful Indian musical instrument. It is bowed and produces a spacey evocative sound…
View More Delectable SarangiFolk-Inspired Band Blackmore’s Night Releases Secret Voyage in North America
Secret Voyage by Blackmore’s Night is now available in the United States. Blackmore’s Night is the award winning band fronted by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Candice Night with…
View More Folk-Inspired Band Blackmore’s Night Releases Secret Voyage in North AmericaRoots Highway
Drew Emmitt Long Road (Compass Records, 2008) On Long Road, Drew Emmitt (Leftover Salmon lead singer and mandolin player) shows that is not only one…
View More Roots HighwayHungarian Folk Music Veterans Muzsikás Win 10th Annual WOMEX Award for World Music
Berlin, Germany – WOMEX announced this week the winner of 10th Annual WOMEX Award for World Music. The award goes to Hungarian band Muzsikás. This…
View More Hungarian Folk Music Veterans Muzsikás Win 10th Annual WOMEX Award for World MusicFania Records Releases Compilation Produced by Influential British DJ Gilles Peterson
Fania Records has released the the first tile of its International DJ collection with a compilation by Gilles Peterson. This is the first Latin compilation…
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