Bassist, Vocalist and Composer Esperanza Spalding Releases Chamber Music Society
Centuries ago, long before the advent of radio or recording technology, chamber music was the music for the masses – the music in which people…
Gypsy Fishtank
Fishtank Ensemble Woman In Sin (Fishtank Ensemble, 2010) Fresh and flirty, clever and quirky, Fishtank Ensemble’s Woman In Sin is a veritable boatload of fabulous.…
Capleton’s I-Ternal Fire
On July 6 VP Records releases I-Ternal Fire, the newest album from the “King of Fire” Capleton. The legend and career of Clifton Bailey a.k.a.…
The Winnipeg Folk Festival 2010 Launches with Free Public Concert
The 37th Winnipeg Folk Festival kicks off next week, with more than 80 acts ready to be discovered over five days at Birds Hill Provincial…
Michèle Choinière Gives New Voice to Long-Lost Franco-American Songs on La Violette
Michèle Choinière, who lives in the northwestern Vermont woods, along the borderlands between the United States of America and Canada, continues a once thriving…
Vieux Farka Toure Signs to Modiba Management
Fresh off the World Cup Opening Ceremony stage, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Toure is the first artist to be signed to Modiba’s new management division.…
Leonard Jacome y sus Cuerdas Bajo Presion to perform in Chicago
Leonard Jacome y sus Cuerdas Bajo Presion will perform Wednesday, July 7 at 8:30pm at Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall at the Old Town…
Hancock’s World
Herbie Hancock The Imagine Project (Hancock Records, 2010) For the Imagine Project, legendary jazz keyboardist has assembled quite a collection of international stars, including rock,…
The Real Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar – Nine Decades Vol. 1 167-1968 (East Meets West Music, 2010) Okay, if you were Ravi Shankar and you, family and…
Renowned Swedish World Music Producer and Musicologist Sten Sandahl Dies at 69
Hans Hjorth, of Sweden’s Fear Music world music agency, announced the death of producer, musicologist and Swedish music promoter Sten Sandahl. “In the early…