Lô And Behold: Maame, a DYI Effort
Cheikh Lô – Maame (World Circuit, 2025) A decade has passed since Cheikh Lô last offered a studio album, and Maame feels like a homecoming…
Up With Downs
Lila Downs Lila Downs y La Misteriosa en Paris – Live a FIP (World Village WVF479027, 2010) Words like “eclectic” and “versatile” don’t begin to…
Ethiopia’s Head Man
Mulatu Astatke Mulatu Steps Ahead (Strut 056CD, 2010) Ethiopian music has seen quite a resurgence in recent years and many good things have resulted. For…
Last Call for WOMEX 2010 Program Proposals
Friday, April 16th is the deadline for all WOMEX ’10 world music program proposal submissions: Showcase, Conference and Film Screenings. All showcase proposals have to…
First Lady of Latin Jazz Graciela Perez Grillo Dies
Afro-Cuban singer Graciela Perez Grillo died Wednesday, April 7, 2010 in New York City at the age of 94. Ms. Perez Grillo had been ill…
Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Octet Saturday, April 10 at City Winery in New York City
Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Octet will perform on Saturday, April 10 of 2010 at City Winery in New York City at 10:00 PM. The venue…
Angelique Kidjo Releases Album of Songs That Inspired Her Growing Up in Benin
Angelique Kidjo’s new album, Oyo, is a collection of covers of songs that inspired her growing up in Benin: Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, James…
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Rise & Shine Available Now
The new album from Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars is out now in the Americas and will be available worldwide on April 26. Rise &…
The U.K’s Leading World Music Event WOMAD Festival 2010 Announces Line-up
WOMAD returns this summer to Charlton Park in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, from 23 to 25 July 2010 with an exciting and diverse line-up of world artists.…
Essential Laxmikant Pyarelal
One of the essential duos of Bollywood music gets a well deserved tribute in the new compilation titled Bollywood Remembers Laxmikant Pyarelal. The double CD…
Japanese Dub In Every Sense
Jah Wobble and the Nippon Dub Ensemble Japanese Dub (30 Hertz Records; 30hzcd31, 2010) The great British world beat and global electronica innovator Jah Wobble…