Belizean Musical Icon Wilfred Peters Dies
Renowned Belizean musician Wilfred Peters died of a heart attack at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City on June 9 of 2010. Wilfred Peters…
Curacaoan Expressions
Oswin Chin Behilia Liber (Otrabanda Records, 2010) Oswin Chin Behilia’s Liber is bright and breezy as a warm Caribbean breeze and utterly effervescent as a…
Music Without Borders Presents Dandana: A Celebration of Muslim Voices with Tinariwen and Omar Faruk Takbilek
Tinariwen returns to Chicago for a concert on Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 6:30 pm, on the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. They…
8th Annual Sol Harvest "Manifestivus" Announces 2010 Line up
Halogen Media Works, LLC announced the 8th Annual Sol Harvest “The Manifestivus,” from July 9-10, 2010 in Cabot, Vermont. The festival will feature: Mos Def,…
Refreshing Tiki Exotica
The Waitiki 7 New Sounds of Exotica (Pass Out Records, 2010) On their latest recording, New Sounds of Exotica, The Waitiki 7 masterfully recreate the…
From the Heart of the Are’are
The Narasirato Pan Pipers Solomon Islands: Cry of the Ancestors (Arc Music EUCD 2147, 2008) The Narasirato Pan Pipers is a group of Are’are musicians…
Angelique Kidjo Will Perform at the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert in Johannesburg
Football (soccer) fans throughout the world will be able to waych African singer and world music diva Angelique Kidjo perform at the FIFA World Cup…
World Music for the Football Fan
As the 2010 Football World Cup approaches, World Music Central has collected a series of global songs that celebrate football (soccer), the world’s most popular…
SummerNights Roots Music Series 2010 at The Jewish Museum in Manhattan
The Jewish Museum’s popular SummerNights program returns, presenting live world music in a concert setting on three Thursdays in July. Each concert begins at 7:30…
World Music Festival Returns to Borneo’s Rainforest for a 13th Edition
The 13th edition of the renowned Rainforest World Music Festival in Malaysia will be held July 9-11 at the Sarawak cultural Village, about 30 kilometers…