Dynamic Beats and Drones
Of the latest batch of Sony Sound Series collection of loops and samples, Richard Devine’s The Electronic Music Manuscript really stands out. Despite the title,…
St. Lucian Reggae Artist Taj Weekes Will Release Deidem this Spring
Reggae artist Taj Weekes will release his much anticipated second album, Deidem (All of Us), set for release through Weekes’ independent label, Jatta Records this…
Inexpressively Beautiful Peyote Songs
Cheevers Toppah and Kevin Yazzie First Light (Canyon Records, 2008) Bombarded this week by an onslaught of lawnmowers, weed wackers, leaf blowers, annoying telemarketers and…
Tales from Darbukistan
Doumtekestan (Darbuki Kings Records, 2007) Lawrence Of Suburbia (Darbuki Kings Records, 2008) Two multi-instrumentalists, Robin Adnan Anders and Antonio Albarran, are behind the Darbuki Kings.…
World Music Star Lila Downs Confirmed for ¡Globalquerque! 2008
¡Globalquerque! 08 will present Lila Downs and her band at this year’s festival on Friday September 19th. ¡Globalquerque! New Mexico’s 4th Annual Celebration of World…
TransGlobal Underground Absent from Award Winners Concert Schedule
TransGlobal Underground, winners of the Club Global Category in this year’s BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music will not be playing at the Winners’…
Bhakti Invocations
Aruna Sairam Divine Inspiration (World Village 468074, 2008) Aruna Sairam is a renowned Indian singer who specializes in the music of southern India, which is…
Terakaft Brings Tuareg Desert Blues to International Audiences
Akh Issudar(Tapsit), the latest album from the Tuareg blues group Terakaft, is hitting stores across the world in the next few months. Sharing much with…
Required Reggae Reading
Roger Steffens and Peter Simon – Reggae Scrapbook (Insight Editions, 2007) I don’t get hooked on many books, but two that caught my attention and…
Mekong Global Surf
Dengue Fever Venus on Earth (M 80 Music, 2008) Wickedly original, Dengue Fever’s third album Venus on Earth is an East meets West pop extravaganza,…