Magnificent Celtic Orchestra
SonDeSeu Trastempo (Fundación SonDeSeu, 2007) One of the most beautiful Celtic albums I’ve heard in a long time is this Cd by Galician ensemble SonDeSeu.…
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Darol Anger & Mike Marshall – Woodshop (Adventure Music AMA1037 2, 2007) Longtime acoustic music collaborators, Darol Anger (violin) and Mike Marshall (mandolin) have recorded…
View More New Acoustic Sand BoxWorld Music Central’s Back-to-School Buying Guide
With the frenzy of back-to-school preparations in full swing, every parent is asking the same question – If I am paying all this money for…
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Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga at the San Juan Capistrano Library, July 21st, 2007 The fountain-adorned courtyard of the San Juan Capistrano Regional Library in…
View More Small Scale Summer Night SambaOliver Mtukudzi Talks About His New Release Tsimba Itsoka
Oliver Mtukudzi has a new album titled Tsimba Itsoka. Translated literally, Tsimba Itsoka means “No foot, no footprint,” a simple phrase that serves as the…
View More Oliver Mtukudzi Talks About His New Release Tsimba ItsokaStar Studded Flamencópolis
Various Artists Flamencópolis (Universal Music Latino, 2006) This compilation contains fabulous collaborations between Flamenco artists and some of the biggest names in world music and…
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On August 14th, Docurama is releasing Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars on DVD. This documentary chronicles the Refugee All Stars from their local refugee camps…
View More Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars on DVDBig Ideals and Puny Brains
About a month ago I made an editorial decision not to run a story. I’ve been kicking myself ever since. Toward the end of the…
View More Big Ideals and Puny BrainsOsvaldo Golijov Releases Oceana
New York (NY), USA – Deutsche Grammophon recently released Oceana, the third recording of music by Osvaldo Golijov. Since his Deutsche Grammophon debut CD Ayre,…
View More Osvaldo Golijov Releases OceanaMusic serves as tool in UN-backed plan for peaceful elections in Sierra Leone
If music be the food of love, then it can also serve to promote peaceful elections in a country recovering from a disastrous decade-long civil…
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