World Music Profiles: Hilde Bjørkum, Director of the Førde Folk Music Festival
The Førde Folk Music Festival will be held next week, July 8-11 in Norway. Førde is one of the leading world music festivals in Europe…
King Khan: Songs From the Films of Shahrukh Khan Now Available
Times Square Records has released King Khan: Songs From the Films of Shahrukh Khan. This CD contains a carefully selected collection of songs from his…
GondwanaSound’s Album of the week: El Existential from Grupo Fantasma
GondwanaSound’s Album of the week is El Existential from Grupo Fantasma on the National Geographic Label. This week’s GondwanaSound world music radio adventure starts off…
Ghanaian Drummer Yacub Addy Earns Top American Arts Honor
The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that Ghanaian drum master Yacub Addy, who resides in upstate New York, will be awarded a 2010…
Windward Folk Orchestra
Sondeseu Folk Orchestra Barlovento (Do Fol, 2010) Sondeseu is one of the leading folk orchestras in Europe. A folk orchestra is a large ensemble (similar…
Cerys Matthews and Orchestre National de Barbes Added to WOMAD 2010 Line Up
Welsh songstress Cerys Matthews and Paris-based Arabic supergroup Orchestre National de Barbés are among the latest names to be added WOMAD 2010 world music festival…
Colombia’s Afrobeat
Various Artists Palenque Palenque! Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-91 (Soundway Records, 2010) This outstanding collection reveals the new hybrid Afro Colombian music…
Mission Folk Music Festival 2010 Line-up
Presenting one of the largest line-ups, with the most diverse and eclectic range of music from across Canada and around the world in many years,…
Rana Santacruz Concert at The Jewish Museum’s SummerNights
As part of The Jewish Museum’s popular SummerNights concert series, singer-songwriter Rana Santacruz will be performing at The Jewish Museum, Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street,…
Queens Theatre in the Park Announces CHASE 2010 Latino Cultural Festival
Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) announced the Chase 2010 Latino Cultural Festival, which will take place from July 29 to August 8 at Queens…