Ashley Maher’s Music of Hope and Beauty
In the midst of stressful times, why not take a break, relax, sip some tea, and listen to Tree to Tree. This is Ashley Maher’s…
Internet Viral Hit Playing For Change – Songs Around the World Sells Over Twenty-Six Thousand Copies in First Week
A remarkable and unpredicted popular response to the Playing For Change project has ignited around the world. Driven by more than twenty million video hits,…
Vieux Farka Toure Releases 2nd Album
Six Degrees Records has announced the signing of Vieux Farka Touré, the fast rising Malian guitarist/singer/songwriter, and son of the legendary Ali Farka Touré. Vieux…
Watcha Clan Release Digital Remix Album
Watcha Clan are musical nomads on a mission in search of space and freedom, embodied in the voice of Sista K whose mixed Ashkenazi, Sephardic…
Bombay Dub Orchestra Releases 3 Cities
Bombay Dub Orchestra is the East-West fusion project founded by composer/producers Garry Hughes and Andrew T. Mackay. Since the release of their self-titled debut, the…
Mulatu Astatke with the UK’s Heliocentrics Album Out Now
The third in Strut’s ‘Inspiration Information, Vol. 3‘ studio collaboration series, out now, brings together an intriguing pairing between one of Africa’s great bandleaders, Mulatu…
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2009 International Music Festival Will Run August 5-23
This year’s Lincoln Center Out of Doors (LCOOD), three weeks of free music and dance on the plazas of Lincoln Center, will run from August…
Bluegrass Icon Del McCoury Releases 5-CD Career Spanning Box Set May 2009
Nashville (Tennessee), USA – A new anthology of Grammy-winning bluegrass star Del McCoury titled Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury will be released May 12th…
¡Globalquerque! 2009 World Music Festival Will Celebrate Fifth Season in Albuquerque this September
Albuquerque will once again be dancing to the rhythms of some of world music’s brightest stars this September. ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s 5th Annual Celebration of…
WOMAD UK 2009 World Music Festival Adds Orishas, Eliades Ochoa and Schlomo to Line-up
WOMAD UK 2009 has announced additional names that have been added to the spectacular annual world music festival that will be held this summer in…
World Music Series in Abu Dhabi Brings Flamenco, Cuban Son and Azerbaijani Music to the Gulf
Right after the phenomenal success of the inaugural WOMAD Abu Dhabi 2009, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) will continue to bring international…