Carolina Chocolate Drops: on the rise
Even their name, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, could be seen as a recycled relic of the past. Back in the 1930s there was an African-American…
Edi Fitzroy Reggae Legend Digitally Releases Classics Albums on All MP3 Music Sites
San José (California), USA – After many years technology has finally found the legendary reggae singer Edi Fitzroy. Edi has created many Albums and even…
Berkeley’s Renowned Traditional Music Venue Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Awarded $1.161 Million Grant for New Home
Berkeley (California), USA – Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, the longest-running, full-time venue for folk and traditional music west of the Mississippi River, announced today it…
The Thumping Heartbeat of Global Music Takes to the Airwaves
Mount Vernon (Washington), USA – A new radio show, Global Heartthrob hits the airwaves of KSVR, 91.7 FM. Hosted by journalist and musician Patricia Herlevi,…
Guitar Maestro Celebrates the Land of Sherry Wine
Paco Cepero Abolengo (Bujío, 2007) Flamenco guitarists are not very prolific so when one of the top performers releases an album, it is quite a…
Dee Dee Bridgewater Mixes with Mali
This article was published first in Mshale newspaper. After the superlative introduction by Dakota Jazz Club’s owner, Lowell Pickett, I expected a rich, preeminent performance…
Teachers from Singapore Floored by the Magic of Music & Dance of India
By Mrs Sarita Ahooja A team of 21 teachers from Singapore, headed by Mr.Goh Ek Piang, Principal Hougang Primary School and Ms. Ng Swee…
Teenage Fiddler Amanda Shaw Releases Pretty Runs Out
Seventeen year-old New Orleans-based fiddler and singer Amanda Shaw brings dazzling new energy to roots-based Louisiana music with her new CD Pretty Runs Out (Rounder…
The Kite Runner Soundtrack Distills the Sound that is Afghanistan
Composer: Alberto Iglesias The Kite Runner – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music, 2007) Marc Forster, director of The Kite Runner, based on the…
Zhalman: African hip hop with an African message
The scars surely run deep into his psyche. As a young child, he watched his homeland of Liberia torn apart by civil war; his mother,…