Bayawan, the Precious Dolan Muqam
Mekit Dolan Muqam Group – Bayawan (Old Heaven Books & B10 Live, 2014) The Mekit Dolan Muqam Group presents a distinctive manifestation of Muqam music…
It was a satisfying and stunning day at the third edition of the Heritage Jazz Yatra at Gonsalves Mansion simply because of the quality of…
View More A Jazz Beat in Goa (From the archives-Jazz in Goa)The McDades Bloom (FRCD05, 2006) It is not surprising that this CD by the excellent Canadian band The McDades won the Juno Award (the most…
View More Well Deserved JunoSan Francisco (California), USA – Late night get-togethers at an outdoor café, hookah pipes, chatter and the strong smell of coffee, are all part of…
View More The Rough Guide To Bellydance CaféTo promote and share Carnatic classical music, an innovative program called Temple Bells Music concerts have been launched by The Vamshi Academy of Music Trust…
View More Temple Bells Music concertsVocalist, percussionist and poet Paula Jeanine will bring her American ghazals to London for the first time for a concert at the prestigious Nehru Centre…
View More Paula Jeanine & American Ghazal at Nehru Centre, Londondunkelbunt Morgenlandfahrt (2007) The latest CD by dunkelbunt is Morgenlandfahrt. The group is a project of Hamburg native Ulf Lindemann, who settled in Vienna five…
View More Viennese Balkanica Goes GlobalSpin Wild Records announced the release of “Flying Over Bridges”, the fourth album by veteran world music/folk/jazz singer-composer-bandleader Ashley Maher. Recorded in Los Angeles, it…
View More Cross Pollinator Ashley Maher Releases Her Latest Album “Flying Over Bridges”Swati has release her new album, Small Gods, (Bluhammock, 2007) this month. Simultaneously percussive and dreamy, revealing elements of her Indian heritage, Swati uses a…
View More Indian American Folkster Swati Shows Her Guitar Virtuosity on Small GodsBloomington (Indiana), USA – Singer-songman José Conde and his New York-based band Ola Fresca are funkifying Afro-Cuban music with a global perspective and a groove…
View More Afro-Cuban Funk, José Conde Talks About His New Recording (R)EvoluciónSan Francisco (California), USA – Think Global: Tango (THINK103CD, 2007) demonstrates the truly global nature of the style, arising from many encounters between migrants and…
View More Think Global: Tango, a Rollercoaster of Emotions