Hawaiian Guitar Virtuoso Makana Releases Instrumental CD
The Venus & the Sky Turn to Clay album is the first totally instrumental release of Makana, a young Hawaiian maestro of slack key guitar.…
Tinariwen’s Desert Blues, a Force of Nature
Tinariwen Imidiwan: Companions (World Village) The desert blues men and women of Tinariwen are back with their latest CD Imidiwan: Companions, set for release October…
Knitting Factory Records Launches New Editions of Entire Fela Kuti Catalog
The Best Of The Black President marks the birth of Knitting Factory Records. Earlier this year, Knitting Factory Records licensed the 45-album Fela Kuti catalog.…
Peter, Paul and Mary Folk Singer Dies
Mary Travers, part of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died at a Danbury, Connecticut hospital on Wednesday, succumbing after a long battle…
The 10th Annual Latin Grammy World Music Nominations Represent A Broad Spectrum Of Worldwide Artists
Nominations for the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards were announced today at a press conference attended by national and international media at the Conga Room…
Vital DVD Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa
Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa (Twos & Fews, 2009) The CD and DVD set Ouled Bambara: Portraits of Gnawa reveals the creatively rich lives and…
The 11th Annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2009 Begins September 18
The 11th annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2009, the largest world music festival in the United States, begins September 18 and will run until September…
Funky Tejanos
Brownout Aguilas and Cobras (Six Degrees, 2009) In Austin (Texas) there is a thriving musical scene that includes musicians who are taking Hispanic Texan music…
New York Debut of Chinagrass Innovators Hanggai
New York’s World Music Institute begins its 25th season with a program featuring Hanggai, the group that has achieved a cult following in China with…
Zimbabwean Band Mokoomba Back on the Road to Europe
The story of the seven young Zimbabwean musicians from the Victoria Falls who were denied visas to enter Europe earlier this summer has taken a…