Latvia’s Shortest Night
Iļģi Īsākās nakts dziesmas [Songs of the Shortest Night] (Platforma Music, 2009) You know what your problem is? You don’t have enough Latvian folk in…
Jazz Musician and Guitar Inventor Les Paul Dies
Guitarist and inventor, known throughout the musical world for changing the very sound of music with the electric guitar and innovative recording techniques, Les Paul…
WOMEX 2009 Award for Professional Excellence to Christian Mousset
WOMEX announced the winner of 2009’s WOMEX Award for Professional Excellence which goesd to Christian Mousset (France). As Yorrick Benoist of Run Productions notes, "For…
Banjo Legend Tony Trischka Launches Online School Of Banjo
Banjo Virtuoso Tony Trischka opened his online banjo school today: the Tony Trischka School of Banjo. The site integrates Tony’s unparalleled 40+ years of playing…
World Music Institute Announces 25th Anniversary Season
New York’s bastion for world music, World Music Institute (WMI) will be celebrating its 25th season in 2009 with the finest traditional and contemporary music…
Still the Sweetest
Sugar Minott New Day (Stop, Look and Listen Records SLLROO2, 2008) Singer, songwriter, producer and promoter of young talent, Jamaica’s Lincoln “Sugar” Minott has been…
Project Ahimsa Provides Hope for the World’s Poorest Child Musicians on Global Lingo
Imagine the farthest reaching global talent show ever, but one where all the contestants are kids who grew up scavenging and struggling in some of…
Catie Curtis’ New String Band Sessions album, Hello, Stranger, Released in United States
In the fall of 2008 Catie Curtis released the critically acclaimed Sweet Life (her ninth recording), an album dedicated to Lynne Ramsdell, the neighbor who…
Akwaaba Sem Transporte: First global release of Angolan kuduro
Kuduro is the most popular genre in Angola today. It has already made waves outside of Africa, most notably in Portugal, where it’s been a…
Santos Neto e Iago, Levitations of the Infinity of Brazilian Music
Jovino Santos Neto & Weber Iago “Live at Caramoor” (Adventure Music, 2009) Taken from a live presentation at Caramoor Jazz Festival in Katonah, New York,…