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…
Have a Nice Day
Meklit Hadero On A Day Like This… (Porto Franco Records PFR 015, 2010) Close your eyes as you listen to this debut CD by Ethiopian-born…
Kila’s Eoin Dillon Releases The Golden Mean
Kila‘s piper, Eoin Dillon has recorded a new album titled, The Golden Mean, which was presented live this week in Dublin. The Golden Mean contains…
Jazz Goa Launches Free CD
Jazz Goa is all about promoting Goa’s immense music talent. The first album to roll out of Jazz Goa’s state of the art recording studio…
WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2010 Headliners Announced
The artists headlining this year’s WOMAD world music festival in Abu Dhabi are: Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley (Jamaica), Hakim (Egypt), Rachid Taha(Algeria/France), Transglobal Underground (UK),…
Poets and Prophets: Rosanne Cash and Mark O’Connor to Perform at Duke
Rosanne Cash and Mark O’Connor will be performing at Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) on Thursday, April 15 of 2010 at 8:00 pm at Page…
Paris Celebrates Bait Al Oud from Abu Dhabi
Bait Al Oud Al Arabi, the music teaching initiative that is founded and sponsored by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), held…
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…