Afro-American Group Sweet Honey in the Rock Releases Experience…101
Sweet Honey in the Rock, the world-renowned, award-winning female African American ensemble, which performs a cappella (except for percussion), has released a new CD, Experience…101…
Footprints: A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection
Footprints (Rounder Records) is the best of IIIrd Tyme Out: a definitive collection from the quintessential modern bluegrass band. Winner of an unprecedented seven consecutive…
Global Grooves and Dreamscapes 2007
Global electronica musician Gaudí has taken the music of legendary Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and has added dub reggae beats. While Dub Qawwali…
Top World Music and American Roots Acts Make Savannah Music Festival a Hot Ticket
Savannah (Georgia), USA – The Savannah Music Festival (SMF) unveiled its ambitious 2008 program, a 17-day musical arts marathon featuring nearly 100 events that comprise…
Salsa Evolutions
Some of the best Afro-Latin music in recent months is coming out of Venezuela on the Cacao label. Venezuelan vibraphonist Alfredo Naranjo combines Latin jazz…
American Afrobeat Musicians Aphrodesia Go to Afrobeat Birthplace by Bus
Bloomington (Indiana), USA – Watching a large van of gesticulating American musicians in hot pursuit of Nigerian soldiers is an uncommon site in the city…
2007 Brazilian Releases Available in North America
If you wonder what Seu Jorge was up to in the 1990s, check out Farofa Carioca’s fiery album Moro No Brasil (Universal Music Latino).…
Winners of the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (CAMAs) 2007
Toronto, Canada – The 9th annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards (CAMAs) gala last evening was a star-studded night with Canada’s Native celebrities and performances by…
Good Things Going for Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent has a new CD titled Good Thing Going ( Rounder Records) that will be available January 8, 2008. Blending soul, intensity, and…
Flamenco’s Femme Fatale Legend, Petenera, Comes to Life in DVD
Music Film Factor has released Petenera, a Flamenco Drama in Music and Dance, that brings to life Petenera, the seductive femme-fatale that has appeared in…