La Musgana Celebrates 20th Anniversary
La Musgaña – 20 (Mad River Records) Although Castilian music is not as well known as flamenco or Spanish Celtic music from Galicia and Asturias,…
Cambodian-American Surf Rock Band Dengue Fever Live at London’s Scala
Los Angeles-based Cambodian-American rock band Dengue Fever have announced their first European tour dates of 2009, in support of their new documentary Sleepwalking Through the…
Reggae Rising Music Festival 2009
Reggae Rising Music Festival will take place on July 31st – August 2nd at the Dimmick Ranch and French’s Camp, situated along the world renowned…
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara Tell No Lies
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara Tell No Lies (Real World Records, 2009) The sinewy strains of the riti, Gambia’s one-string spike fiddle, stretched tight over…
Reggae & World Music Returns this Summer to Magnificent Hudson River in New York
Reggae and world music are set to come alive again this summer on one of New York’s most magnificent rivers as some of the industry’s…
The Sol Harvest Festivus for the Restivus Bring World Music to Vermont
The Sol Harvest Festivus for the Restivus world music festival will celebrate its seventh year July 17th, 18th and 19th as Northeastern Vermont’s "party of…
Summer of Folk – Ethno 2009 Brings Together Young Folk Musicians from the Globe
This summer’s Ethno 2009 will take place in Belgium Croatia, Estonia, Slovenia, Sweden and Uganda; bringing together young folk/traditional/ethnic musicians from around the world. They…
Revolutionary Afrobeat
Fela Kuti Alagbon Close / Why Black Man Dey Suffer (Wrasse, 2007) Two of Fela Kuti’s classics, Alagbon Close and Why Black Man Dey Suffer,…
Los Papines Co-founder Ricardo Abreus Passes Away in Havana
Author: Omar Vázquez Cuban musician Ricardo Abreus, cofounder in 1959 of Los Papines, passed away last Tuesday from a stroke at age 75 in Havana.…
University of Calypso Brings Together Calypso Legend and Steelpan Virtuosity
With the June 23, 2009 release of (HUCD3168) on Heads Up International, steelpan master Andy Narell joins forces with calypso legend Relator to explore the…