The UK’s Finest African Musicians at Almeida Summer Festival
A feast of contemporary opera, concerts and theatre to brighten up the summer will take place at Almeida Summer Festiva 10 July – 2 August…
Peter Gabriel’s All-Star Collaboration Big Blue Ball Is Now Available
Sixteen years in the making, Peter Gabriel‘s Big Blue Ball is now out on Real World Records. This all-star collaboration began in 1992 during a…
Fine China
Sa Dingding Alive (Wrasse Records WRASS 213, 2007) I’d be the most terrible of liars if I said I possessed anything resembling a comprehensive knowledge…
Gilberto Gil & Band Brings the "Broadband Tour" to The Fillmore Miami Beach
Brazilian artist Gilberto Gil – singer, songwriter, icon, statesman – returns to Miami with his full band. The Gilberto Gil Broadband tour features Arthur Maia…
Sekouba “Bambino” Diabate To Perform July 3 at Ashkenaz in San Francisco Bay Area
One of Africa’s greatest singers and Guinea’s biggest star, Sekouba “Bambino” Diabate performs in the Bay Area for the first time in three years. He…
Influential Gospel Singer Ira B. Tucker Dies at 83
Ira B. Tucker Sr., the lead lead singer of the influential Dixie Hummingbirds died of heart failure June 24 in Philadelphia. He was 83. "As…
Rising African Music Star Dobet Gnahoré Will Be performing July 13th at the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival
This summer Dobet Gnahoré returns to the US and Canada for a tour of select festivals and concert venues. One of today’s most talked-about young…
The Rough Guide To The Music Of Japan
San Francisco (California), UK – Japan is no longer perceived as home to the worst excesses of idol pop or inaccessible traditional music. In truth,…
Plena Libre Will Release 13th Album Recorded Live
Puerto Rican band Plena Libre will release Plena al Salsero – Live in Monterrey, Mexico, on July 17th on Ritmo Artists/GN Musica. Since their last…
Chicago and Detroit present A Summit of Sudanese Artistic Legends
The Sudanese Music and Dance Festival returns in 2008 with concerts in Chicago and Detroit. The festival had its inception in 2007 at New York’s…