Evocative Danes Release Tusind Tanker
Zar Tusind Tanker (Tame, 2006) Denmark is producing excellent contemporary folk bands lately. Zar recreates Danish folk and mixes it with Irish-style arrangements and other…
View More Evocative Danes Release Tusind TankerCesaria Evora Returns to North America for a June/July 2007 Tour
Cesaria Evora will return to the United states and Canada in June and July 2007. Her North American tour will include music from her most…
View More Cesaria Evora Returns to North America for a June/July 2007 TourMarkku Lepisto and Idan Raichel World Music Winners of the IAP’s Best CD of the Year Awards
The Indie Acoustic Project announced the winners of the IAP’s "Best CDs of 2006" Awards. The winners in each of 15 categories were selected from…
View More Markku Lepisto and Idan Raichel World Music Winners of the IAP’s Best CD of the Year AwardsChampion Musicians Find New Style in Ancient Music
The fateful meeting last year of two widely known Celtic performers produced a frenzy of creative inspiration resulting in a colorful, exciting, and completely unique…
View More Champion Musicians Find New Style in Ancient MusicCalling Out Around the World
Various Artists Putumayo World Party (Putumayo PUT 263-2, 2007) The various-artist collections from the prolific Putumayo label can be built around the lightest of concepts,…
View More Calling Out Around the WorldSephardic Valencians
Aman Aman Musica I Cants Sefardis D’orient I Occident (Galileo GMC017, 2006) If you are familiar with Spanish world music ensemble L’Ham de Foc, the…
View More Sephardic ValenciansBrass Bands from Podolia, Klezmer and other Jewish Music
Vienna, Austria – The new CD series of the Phonogrammarchiv presents the results from field projects conducted in cooperation with the archive. Vol. 1 is…
View More Brass Bands from Podolia, Klezmer and other Jewish MusicDubai Original Music Festival Attracts A Surprise Sponsor
Dubai, UAE – Lime Green Entertainment, an entertainments company in the UAE which runs the Dubailime.com website today announced that it would be sponsoring the…
View More Dubai Original Music Festival Attracts A Surprise SponsorPioneering World Music Percussionist Adel Awad dies in Vancouver
Vancouver (BC), Canada – Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble informed about the passing of Adel Awad, who died Sunday May 7, in the…
View More Pioneering World Music Percussionist Adel Awad dies in VancouverVienna Phonogrammarchiv Launches New CD series
Vienna, Austria – A new series of field Recordings from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences was launched this month.Vol. 1 is dedicated…
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