Amos Hoffman releases Evolutin worldwide June 23rd
Guitar and oud player Amos Hoffman, who has been performing and recording as a member of Avishai Cohen’s band for more than two decades, will…
Fourth Annual Afrofunk Festival Returns to San Francisco in 2008
San Francisco (California), USA – Afrobeat is dense, funky, intricately-layered, groove-heavy music with an intrinsic message – delivered through polyrhythmic beats, the sweat of the…
Sergio Mendes Talks about His 2008 CD, Encanto
Brazilian music star Sergio Mendes talks about his new titled, Encanto, released in June 2008. The title, Encanto "is a beautiful Portuguese word that I…
Renovated Brazilian Legend Sergio Mendes Returns with Encanto
Sergio Mendes’ new album, Encanto, came out this week in North America. Encanto is the follow-up to 2006’s highly acclaimed collaboration with will.i.am called Timeless.…
Going Goema
Barry Van Zyl & The Bo Kaap Collective Goema Music From Cape Town, South Africa (ARC Music EUCD 2133, 2008) Woefully uneducated as I am,…
Folk Rock Reborn
Boiled in Lead Silver (Omnium, 2008) With Silver, folk rock group Boiled in Lead marks its 25th anniversary. By now, the Minneapolis-based band has become…
Gilberto Gil and Devendra Banhart Share the Stage for the First Time in One-Of-A-Kind Double Bill at The Hollywood Bowl
The tenth anniversary season of KCRW’s World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl continues on Sunday, June 29, at 7pm, with a compelling and rare double…
Call It What You Will
Arvel Bird/Will Clipman/Mary Redhouse/William Eaton Ananeah (Singing Wolf Records SWF 90304-2, 2006) I’ve long been keen on Native American-based music that breaks the mold of…
WOMAD Returns to Redesigned Charlton Park in 2008
The WOMAD world music festival returns to the picturesque surrounds of Charlton Park, Wiltshire, from Friday 25 July to Sunday 27 July. Over seventy world-class…
Saban Bajramovic – King of the Gypsy Music R.I.P.
Roma singer, composer, poet, and actor Saban Bajramovic died on Sunday, June 8, 2008, at the age of 72 in a hospital in the city…