Carnatic Jazz Journey
Autorickshaw So the Journey Goes (Tala-Wallah Records, 2007) The latest album by Canadian band autorickshaw continues in the direction of combining Indian music with jazz…
Shahram and Hafez Nazeri Release The Passion of Rumi, Celebrating 800th Birthday of Sufi Poet Rumi
Bloomington (Indiana), USA – On the edge of Tehran lives a soulful singer named Shahram Nazeri who is largely responsible for popularizing the poetry of…
Fire Museum Records Releases Historic Indian Recording by Nathamuni Brothers
A recording of the Nathamuni Brothers, made in Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu (South India) in 1974 by musicologist Robert Garfias is now available on CD.…
Documentary Screening in New York About immigrant Musicians in Italy: The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio
The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio film will be screened at IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, at W. 3rd Street). It is a 5-year film diary…
The Multicultural Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio Tours the USA
The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio will be touring the United states in October. Formed by immigrants living in Rome, the unlikely success of this wildly…
Greentrax Recordings Releases a Collection of Pieces by the Late Gordon Duncan in Just for Gordon
Gordon Duncan was regarded as one of the finest Scottish pipers in recent times. "While steeped in the art of traditional highland piping, his approach…
East African Star Mad Ice Releases Digital Album
Finland-based world music act Mad Ice is releasing his new album Maneno digitally on September 25th. The album will be available for download from iTunes,…
World Music Star Oliver Mtudkuzi to be Featured at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival in North Carolina
Silk Hope (North Carolina), USA – The Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance announced the addition of Zimbabwean Afropop icon Oliver Mtukudzi to…
African Salsa Legend Laba Sosseh Dies in Senegal
Laba Badara Sosseh, the renowned vocalist of Senegalese and Gambian salsa, passed away on Thursday September 20, 2007 at around 3 a.m local time after…
Sidiki Conde Receives NEA National Heritage Fellow Award
2007 NEA National Heritage Fellow and disabled Guinean dancer and composer Sidiki Conde (from New York City) received his award from National Endowment for the…