Rupee Will Bring His Soca Hits to New York City on Memorial Day Weekend
Barbadian Soca star Rupee is ready for his highly-anticipated return to New York City this Memorial weekend. Currently performing in the United States with recent…
American outernational deejay Nickodemus Returns with “Sun People”
Global electronica wizard Nickodemus returns with his second solo album, Sun People on ESL Music. Inspired by the big fireball in the sky, Sun People…
Goran Bregovic and the Weddings and Funerals Orchestra Will Tour North America in June 2009
Renowned Balkan musician Goran Bregovic and the Weddings and Funerals Orchestra will begin a multi-city tour of North America in June 2009. Goran Bregovic is…
Balkan Star Goran Bregovic and His Wedding & Funeral Band Release Alkohol in North America
Alkohol is the title of the first Goran Bregovic album to be released in North America. Goran Bregovic is one of the most internationally renowned…
Lithuanian ‘Be2gether’ Festival Seeks to Open Border with Belarus
The largest music and art festival in the Baltic States ‘Be2gether’ which takes place in Norviliskes (Lithuania), 50 metres to Belarusian border, is going to…
Cumbancha’s Craft
Various Artists Hear Globally: A Cumbancha Collection (Cumbancha, 2009) Regular World Music Central readers will recognize many of the artists on the clever sampler Hear…
Colombian Remix Master DJ Rodrigo Puts his Spin on Indigenous Resistance with IR18
The Indigenous Resistance label releases Bogota’s DJ Rodrigo’s new take on crucial tracks from the IR archive in two formats; the full 48 minute head-tripping…
Samba Mapangala & Virunga Summer 2009 Concert Dates
Samba Mapangala & Virunga have announced live appearances scheduled for summer and fall 2009. In February, Samba headlined the Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar,…
A Tavares Triple
Sara Tavares Sara Tavares – Alive in Lisboa (Times Square Records/World Connection TSQCD 9068, 2008) Portuguese-born Sara Tavares has a new release coming out soon,…
Argentina’s Bajofondo at Summer’s First Portuguese Music Festival
The Med Festival in Loulé (Portugal) returns from 24 to 28 June, 2009. For this year’s edition of the Med Festival, the organizers are once…