Sergio Monroy at La Carbonería in Sevilla during WOMEX 2008
Cadiz-born pianist Sergio Monroy releases his new album titled Chicuco (Bujío, 2008) on November 1st at La Carbonería in Sevilla, the city that is hosting…
Bionic Boogaloo
Bio Ritmo Bionico (Locutor Records , 2008) Afro-Latin band Bio Ritmo has been a favorite of East Coast college students for several years. Based in…
Icelandic Artist Olof Arnalds Showcase at WOMEX 2008
Icelandic musician Olof Arnalds will be performing Friday 31 October from 14:15-15:15 at FIBES/Auditorium Al-Andalus at WOMEX 2008 in Sevilla. More information at www.myspace.com/olofarnalds and…
Mariem Hassan the Voice of the Sahara Film Screening at Womex 2008
Mariem Hassan the Voice of the Sahara (55 min.) will be screened Saturday, November 1st at Bahia Room at WOMEX 2008 in Sevilla. Mariem Hassan…
Bewitching Hiding Place
Julie Fowlis Cuilidh (Shoeshine Record/Cadiz Music, 2008) Julie Fowlis’s Cuilidh out on Shoeshine Records/Cadiz Music is replete with all the sparkle of this Gaelic singer’s…
5th Annual International Tropical Music Collector’s Fair
With deep roots from Spain to its official documentation in Cuba in the late 1800s, the musically romantic genre known as the “bolero” will be…
Cherry Blossoms and Winter Cranes
The koto and shakuhachi are two Japanese musical instruments that produce mesmerizing and beautiful sounds. The koto is a plucked zither or harp that is…
Sizzling Desert Blues
Terakaft Akh Issudar (World Village, 2008) The Malian soul is rich and inescapably musical. You’d need no more proof than Terakaft’s second offering of Akh…
Celtic Music Star Enya Releases ‘And Winter Came’
On November 11, Warner Bros. Records will release Enya’s new winter album titled And Winter Came. Enya recorded the CD with her long time creative…
Malian Kora Master Toumani Diabate at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York
Malian master musician Toumani Diabate will presents his masterpiece for solo kora, "The Mande Variations" at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in NYU…