Blues Music Awards 2010 to Include Live Performance by Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Buddy Guy on May 6, 2010
Memphis (Tennessee), USA – The Blues Foundation confirmed that the legendary blues musician Buddy Guy will perform at the 2010 Blues Music Awards on Thursday,…
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Matt Malley of Counting Crows Release Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights (World Village 468097) is an unexpected collaboration between Indian guitar slide guitar virtuoso Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Matt Malley, the former bassist of…
San Francisco Free Folk Festival 2010
The 34th annual San Francisco Free Folk Festival (SFFMC) will once again be held at Presidio Middle School at Geary and 30th Ave. on June…
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba to perform at Glastonbury 2010
Mali’s ngoni superstars Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba will be returning to the UK to perform at this year’s Glastonbury festival (on the West Holts…
Taking Good Care
Very Be Careful Escape Room (Barbes Records, 2010) Be very careful that you don’t label Los Angeles-based Very Be Careful a world music band. They’re…
National Pride
Razia Zebu Nation (Cumbancha CMB CD 16, 2010) It would be a dirty shame to see an environment and ecosystem as unique as that of…
Paco de Lucia, Angelique Kidjo, Gamble & Huff, and Kenny Barron to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degrees at Berklee Colle
Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown will present Paco de Lucia, Angelique Kidjo, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Kenny Barron with honorary doctor of…
British World Music Symposium Live and Direct 2
Live and Direct 2 “Independence” is a one-day symposium on Thursday April 29th, 2010 for the folk, roots and world music industry. Following on the…
Curvy Blues
Moreland & Arbuckle Flood (Telarc International, 2010) Guitarist Aaron Moreland’s and singer/harpist Dustin Arbuckle’s recording Flood, out on Telarc International, has got more curves than…
The 2010 ‘Sounds of Arabia’ Music Festival to Be Held May 6
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) announced this week that the third session of the ‘Sounds of Arabia’ music festival will be…