Calling 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,…
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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…
View More Vienna Phonogrammarchiv Launches New CD seriesHip Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant Defies Categorization and Transforms Ancient Instrument
Boston (Massachusetts), USA – She strides on stage with the energy of a rock star and pulls a soulful, electrifying power-chord from her harp. If…
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Redmond (Washington), USA – Bringing an important collection of world music onto the digital stage, Zune announced an exclusive partnership with South Africa’s Gallo Music…
View More Microsoft Announces Exclusive Zune Partnership With Gallo Music Group to Bring South African Music Collection to the U.S.Nigerian Afrobeat: Raw and Remixed
Lekan Babalola Songs of Icon (Mr Bongo, 2006) In recent years Afrobeat has become popular in North American, with large multiethnic jam bands inspired by…
View More Nigerian Afrobeat: Raw and RemixedThe Guitar Travels to Persia
Lily Afshar Hemispheres (Archer Records ARR31926, 2006) On Hemispheres, virtuoso guitarist Lily Afshar combines the classical guitar tradition with Persian music and South American pieces.…
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