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…
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…
Sonic Conversations: A Concert of South-Asian Traditional and Contemporary Music in New York
The Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation, Teachers College, Columbia University presents "Sonic Conversations: A Concert of South-Asian Traditional & Contemporary Music, featuring contemporary works…
Respected BBC DJ Charlie Gillett Releases 2008 Edition of Sound of the World
The past year of BBC DJ Charlie Gillett’s musical travels are featured on Sound of The World Presents: Beyond The Horizon, a double-disc release with…
Pow-Wow Thunder
The pow-wow music scene is prolific and increasingly popular. Several more CDs came out in recent weeks, that will appeal to Native American music fans.…
BBC to perform in the Skanda Shasti Music Festival at Mayur Vihar
Well, lest this term BBC be misconstrued – lets us set it right – Ms. Aishwarya Lakshmi, is popularly called by her friends as BBC…
International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2008 Extends Submission Deadline. Contest includes World Music Categories
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), which includes a world music category and several other roots music gneres, has extended its submission deadline until December 1,…