New Book Reveals How Cajun and Zydeco Music Thrives Outside of Louisiana
Cajun and Zydeco Dance Music in Northern California: Modern Pleasures in a Postmodern World (University Press of Mississippi) traces how the San Francisco Bay Area…
Beninese Star Angelique Kidjo Returns to the Wisconsin Union Theater November 6th
One of Africa’s greatest stars, Angelique Kidjo, returns to the theater with her buoyant, energetic act. She will be performing at the Wisconsin Union Theater…
The Ultimate Peter Tosh Experience DVD and CD Boxed Set Provides Definitive Portrait of the Legendary Reggae Star
The Ultimate Peter Tosh Experience collection will be released by Shanachie in January 2009. It is a two-DVD, one CD, “multi-pac” with a thirty page…
Party with Maraca
Maraca Lo que quiero es Fiesta (Ahi Nama, 2008) Cuban music fans in the United States are not getting much [wiki:timba] music lately, except for…
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…