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…
Bach Goes Cuban
Tiempo Libre Bach in Havana (Decca, 2009) Regarded by many as the leading timba (contemporary Cuban dance music) group in the United States, Tiempo Libre…
Celebrating Food and Roots Music at Taste of Durham Festival 2009
Delicious food and excellent roots music will be showcased May 23th, 2009 at the Fifth Annual Taste of Durham Festival 2009 in North Carolina. The…
Extraordinary DVD Celebrates Paul Simon’s Roots Music Excellence
American singer-songwriter showed his interest in world music early in his career. Before many other musicians jumped in the bandwagon, his music reflected the folk…
California Klezmer
Klezmer Juice Yiddish Lidele (ARC Music, 2009) Although most of the klezmer music made in the United States seems to be concentrated in the northeast,…