17° Festival Musicale del Mediterraneo Brings World Music to Genoa
The 17° Festival Musicale del Mediterraneo is taking place in Genoa (Genova), Italy, from 1st to 6th July. This year’s edition is called “Play Listen…
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Tanzanian musician Ras Nas aka Nasibu is ready to make this year’s summer in Oslo one of the hottest. Ras Nas with band plays at…
View More Mantra at MS Innvik in OsloThe UK’s Finest African Musicians at Almeida Summer Festival
A feast of contemporary opera, concerts and theatre to brighten up the summer will take place at Almeida Summer Festiva 10 July – 2 August…
View More The UK’s Finest African Musicians at Almeida Summer FestivalPeter Gabriel’s All-Star Collaboration Big Blue Ball Is Now Available
Sixteen years in the making, Peter Gabriel‘s Big Blue Ball is now out on Real World Records. This all-star collaboration began in 1992 during a…
View More Peter Gabriel’s All-Star Collaboration Big Blue Ball Is Now AvailableFine China
Sa Dingding Alive (Wrasse Records WRASS 213, 2007) I’d be the most terrible of liars if I said I possessed anything resembling a comprehensive knowledge…
View More Fine ChinaGilberto Gil & Band Brings the "Broadband Tour" to The Fillmore Miami Beach
Brazilian artist Gilberto Gil – singer, songwriter, icon, statesman – returns to Miami with his full band. The Gilberto Gil Broadband tour features Arthur Maia…
View More Gilberto Gil & Band Brings the "Broadband Tour" to The Fillmore Miami BeachSekouba “Bambino” Diabate To Perform July 3 at Ashkenaz in San Francisco Bay Area
One of Africa’s greatest singers and Guinea’s biggest star, Sekouba “Bambino” Diabate performs in the Bay Area for the first time in three years. He…
View More Sekouba “Bambino” Diabate To Perform July 3 at Ashkenaz in San Francisco Bay AreaInfluential Gospel Singer Ira B. Tucker Dies at 83
Ira B. Tucker Sr., the lead lead singer of the influential Dixie Hummingbirds died of heart failure June 24 in Philadelphia. He was 83. "As…
View More Influential Gospel Singer Ira B. Tucker Dies at 83Rising African Music Star Dobet Gnahoré Will Be performing July 13th at the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival
This summer Dobet Gnahoré returns to the US and Canada for a tour of select festivals and concert venues. One of today’s most talked-about young…
View More Rising African Music Star Dobet Gnahoré Will Be performing July 13th at the Chicago Folk & Roots FestivalThe Rough Guide To The Music Of Japan
San Francisco (California), UK – Japan is no longer perceived as home to the worst excesses of idol pop or inaccessible traditional music. In truth,…
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