World Music Conference WOMEX Looking for New Host City Proposals
While the preparations for WOMEX 10 in Copenhagen are in full swing, WOMEX organizers are already scanning the horizon for the next WOMEX hub. WOMEX…
Sierra Maestros
Sierra Maestra Sonando Ya (Word Village, 2010) The new album by seminal Cuban band Sierra Maestra, Sonando Ya, leaves the old Cuban songbook and focuses…
Tango Master Rubén Juárez Dies in Buenos Aires
Rubén Juárez, a leading Argentine tango singer and bandoneon player, died May 31 of 2010 in Buenos Aires of colon cancer. He was 62. Rubén…
Charmed Sweetness of Africa
Lokua Kanza Nkolo (World Village, 2010) World Village has an uncanny knack for finding the hottest tickets in world music and Nkolo, the latest recording…
Going For It
Etran Finatawa Tarkat Tajje / Let’s Go (Riverboat Records/World Music Network TUGCD1055, 2010) Don’t assume that this album’s built-in title translation or the exclamation point…
Salsa Seeds
Willie Colon & Ruben Blades – Siembra (Fania/Código Music 463 950 7078-2, 2010) Willie Colon & Ruben Blades – Siembra Live (Fania/Código Music 463…
Clearwater Announces Final Line-up and Stage Schedules for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival
Clearwater has finalized the line-up for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20 at…
Pablo “Mezcla” Menéndez & Mezcla to Perform in Seattle Direct from Havana
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley will present the Afro Cuban band Mezcla for two nights, June 1 – 2, 2010. The group…
Newfound Intimacy
Avishai Cohen Aurora (EMI, 2010) Most music fans know Avishai Cohen as a top jazz bassist. His latest album, Aurora, however, is full of twists…
Afro-Latin Reggae Nomadic Band Sarazino Will Tour North America in Summer of 2010
Currently based in the high Andean mountains of Quito (Ecuador), Sarazino is the brainchild of Lamine Fellah, a musician, songwriter and producer whose nomadic life…