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…
Afrobeat Explorers Aphrodesia Release Precious Commodity
Aphrodesia Precious Commodity (Shackrobeat Records, 2009) Precious Commodity, the latest recording by Aphrodesia takes American Afrobeat into exciting new explorations. While the Afrobeat rhythms, powerful…
WOMAD Sicily in September 2009
WOMAD Sicily 2009 will be held 25th-27th September. Sicily is calling WOMAD back for its 12th year. The venue once again is the exquisite Greek…
Renowned Percussionist Ramiro Musotto Dies in Brazil
Argentine percussionist Ramiro Musotto died September 11 of 2009 in Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) of pancreas cancer. He was 45. Ramiro Musotto was born in…
Speed Caravan’s Debut album "Kalashnik Love" Out on 28 September 2009
Speed Caravan’s debut album Kalashnik Love – its title track a furious homage to Udi Hrant – combines tradition and future, ancient and urban, beauty…
WOMAD Presents at the Tower of London in September 2009
WOMAD and The Tower Festival have come together to bring a unique World Music experience set in the historical grounds of the Tower of London…
Musicport World Music Festival 2009 Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Musicport Festival 2009 promises a wide range of international, national and regional artists celebrating 10 years of bringing the best in global music to the…