Hajj’s Sumptuous Locations
Andre Hajj and Ensemble Amaken – Instrumental Music from Lebanon (ARC Music, 2009) With the likes of Iranian percussionist Ramin Rahimi and the Azerbaijani group…
Dengue Fever Reveals Rock and Pop Gems from Cambodia’s Past
Various Artists >Dengue Fever Presents: Electric Cambodia (Minky Records, 2010) Dictator and all around bad guy, Pol Pot, along with his bloody band of Khmer…
Renowned Australian Aboriginal Singer Ruby Hunter Dies at 54
Pioneering aboriginal singer Ruby Hunter died February 17 of 2010 at her home in Victoria (Australia). Victorian Minister for the Arts Peter Batchelor expressed…
Striking Bollywood Intersections
My Name Is Khan (Sony Music India, 2010) The soundtrack to the new film “My Name is Khan” is an outstanding recording which combines the…
Tinariwen’s Desert Blues Galvanizes Chapel Hill
On a dismal, dark, February night world music fans chased away the winter chill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Memorial…
Celtic Women
Various Artists – Celtic Woman 4 (Valley Entertainment / Hearts of Space Records, 2010) Bridget McMahon – Celtic Woman (Paradise Music, 2008) There are several…
Red Stick Ramblers to Bring Cajun Spice to Wisconsin Union Theater
Red Stick Ramblers will perform at Music Hall on Friday, February 26 at 8 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. The Red…
Scottish Specialists in All Styles
Bellevue Rendezvous Salamander (Journeyman Records, 2010) Bellevue Rendezvous demonstrate that they are specialists in all styles with their second album Salamander. Original tunes written for…
Orlando’s Journey
Bizantina – Orlando Tarantato (Italian World Music, 2009) Orlando Tarantato is the music created by bassist and composer Michelangelo Zorzit for a theater show which…
Funky Samba
Sambadá Gente! (Sambadá, 2010) On Gente!, Sambadá explores the vibrant and captivating music of Bahia (Brazil). The large group provides some of the finest and…