The Budos Band Brings Afrobeat to Manhattan
The Budos Band Will perform this Thursday March 27th at World Music Venue S.O.B.’s. Chico Mann will be the special guest. The Budos Band hails…
Chicken Scratch Polka Express
Thee Express Express Yourself (Canyon Records, 2008) Thee Express is a chicken scratch band founded by Ricardo Vavages in 1978. The group was originally called…
Supralingua, a Global Beat Classic
Mickey Hart and Planet Drum – Supralingua (Shout Factory, 2008) Originally released in 1998, Supralingua is part of a collection of drumming masterpieces reissued by…
Global Piper
Xosé Manuel Budiño Home (Falcatruada, 2007) On his latest CD, Home (released in late 2007), Spanish multi-instrumentalist Xosé Manuel Budiño travels goes beyond Celtic music.…
Anoushka Shankar Brings Indian Tradition and World Music Frontiers to Tucson
Tucson (Arizona), USA – Sitarist Anoushka Shankar will perform Friday, March 28 at the University of Arizona (UA). The concert will feature a mix of…
Congo Square Project on DVD
Congo Square, a ground-breaking new work written by Wynton Marsalis with Ghanaian drum master Yacub Addy, is now available on DVD. The musical work debuted…
Mambo Pioneer Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez Dies at 89
Cuban bassist and composer Israel "Cachao" Lopez, died Saturday at Coral Gables Hospital in Miami of kidney failure. He was 89. Cachao was a Grammy-winning…
Bluegrass Star Tim O’Brien Releases Chameleon March 25 on Proper American
Tim O’Brien – Chameleon
Montreal Celebrates its 5th Reggae Festival on July 11-12-13 down by the Old Port
Montreal (Quebec), Canada – As Montreal is preparing to celebrate its 5th reggae festival in a row on July 11-12-13 at the Quays of the…
Indian Classical Music DVD-Art Of Transcendence-Jugalbandi
Spundana Mudra releases Art of Transcendence series of Music Yoga Healing DVDs March 2008. the first release is a Jugalbandi live concert with Jagan Ramamoorthy,…