A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada Coconut Rock (ESL Music ESL151, 2009) This second collaboration between multi-instrumentalists and modern-day musical Renaissance Men Martin Perna and…
Ali Akbar Khan’s 80th Birthday Concert
by Jeff Kaliss (This article was originally published in 2000) His 80th birthday is being feted tomorrow with a day-long tribute from teachers and students…
Influential Sarod Maestro Ali Akbar Khan Dies at 88
One of the masters of Hindustani classical music, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, died June 18 in San Anselmo (California) of a kidney ailment. The sarod…
Reggae Star Beres Hammond Will Tour North America in 2009
Jamaican musical legend Beres Hammond performed to sold-out venues less than a year ago. From July 1 to August 30th, he will make his second…
Petition Against ‘Visa Discrimination’ in Europe after Zimbabwean Group Was Forced to Cancel Their Tour
Freemuse reported this week that a petition was started ‘against European Union (EU) visa discrimination of musicians’ after a forced cancellation of the European tour…
Free World Music Concerts Included at Stern Grove Festival’s 72nd Season
San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival features a stellar line-up of world-class performers, including the “Queen of Cumbia” Totó La Momposina, salsa-reggae king Sergent (Sargento) Garcia,…
New Visa Rules Threaten Dozens of U.K. Concerts and Festivals
Freemuse, The World Forum on Music and Censorship cited a new report from Manifesto Club which reveals that more than 20 major arts events have…
Juan Formell receives the Doctor Honoris Causa in Art
Cuban musician Juan Formell received the Doctor Honoris Causa of the Higher Art Institute for his contribution to the sound heritage of the island and…
Storm in the East
Lily Storm If I Had a Key to the Dawn: Love Songs and Laments From Eastern Europe (Songbat Records SB701, 2009) It’s amazing how far…
Old Town School of Folk Music Announces World Music Wednesdays Schedule for Summer 2009
World Music Wednesdays replaces the previous format of Old Town School of Folk Music’s Peña, Afrofolk, and World Music Series by presenting music of all…