Brazilian Musical Universe
Various Artists The New Brazilian Music (2007) This double CD sampler was given out at WOMEX 2008 in Sevilla (Spain). The collection was put together…
Renowned Roots Festival Festival International de Louisiane Announces 2009 Line-up
Festival International de Louisiane, held in Lafayette (Louisiana, USA), will celebrate 23 years of American roots and world music, art, and cuisine. This year’s line-up…
FolkCuba 2009
Author: María del Carmen Vasallo Havana, Cuba – FolkCuba 2009, the International Folklore Laboratory of Havana started its winter edition, as usual the third Monday…
Alluring Rokia
[image1_left]Rokia Traoré Tchamantché (Nonesuch Records, 2009) Singer, songwriter and musician Rokia Traoré has followed up her critically-acclaimed CD Bowmboï with the evocatively rich Tchamantché out…
Tracing the Banjo’s Roots
Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko Africa to Appalachia (Jayme Stone, 2008) A wonderful string music cultivation, combining the rolling earthy African roots music of Malian…
Music of the Sephardic Diaspora with Jordi Savall at Alice Tully Hall in New York
Music of the Sephardic Diaspora will be the focus of a concert in the new Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on Sunday, February 22nd…
Buckwheat Zydeco Performs in a Wisconsin Memorial Union Great Hall Dance Party to Celebrate Mardi Gras
Playing piano since age 9, Buckwheat Zydeco rose to fame in 1984 with "Zydeco Boogaloo," one of the genre’s signature songs. He will be performing…
Kodo Will Bring Japan’s Spectacular Taiko Drums to 29 Cities across North America
Japanese taiko group Kodo will perform in 29 North American cities this January, February, and March on their One Earth Tour. Kodo are the…
Afrobrazil Documentary Comes to Harlem
Quilombo Films announces the first Uptown screening of “Quilombo Country,” the award-winning feature documentary about Brazilian villages founded by escaped and rebel slaves, at the…
Inspired by Spirits
Manze Dayila Solé (As Is Entertainment, 2008), Haitian singer Manze Dayila intertwines her Haitian musical roots with African and pan-African diaspora sounds. Her first CD…