The Tibetan Diva Rises
Vienna, Austria – Tibetan music to western audiences have often symbolized meditative mindscapes and spirituality, often luring them into experiencing the mystical with the appeal…
WOMEX Announces 2007 Top World Music Labels Award Winners
Berlin, Germany – WOMEX announced the names of the record companies that won the 2007 World Music Labels Awards. The awards are presented by WOMEX…
Manu Chao’s Polyglot Melting Pot of Lyrics and Music
Manu Chao La Radiolina (Nacional Records, 2007) After a 6 year hiatus Manu Chao has blazed back onto the music scene with his third solo…
Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land
San Francisco (California), USA – Champeta is the riotous Afro-Colombian street sound of Colombia’s Caribbean coast – a powder-keg of rhythms from local slave descendents…
The Rough Guide To Latino Nuevo
San Francisco (California), USA – Contemporary Latin music offers a unique melting pot of fresh flavors reflecting ever widening influences and cross-pollinations. From surf-rock band…
Nomads, Mystics, and Troubadours of Central Asia Tour North America in 2007
New York (NY), USA – Seventeen musicians from Central Asia, a culturally dynamic and rapidly changing region, will share their mastery of traditions at once…
Madison World Music Festival to Present Fantastic Music, Workshops, Community Showcase
The Madison World Music Festival 2007 will take place September 13 and 14. The annual event will present music from Latvia, the Balkans, Vietnam, the…
A Tribute to Cuban Doo Wop Stars
Los Zafiros Los Zafiros – Music From The Edge Of Time (Shout Factory SF18589, 2007) This insightful documentary about Cuban group Los Zafiros shows the…
Dobet Gnahoré at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle
Seattle (Washington), USA – The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents vocalist and dancer Dobet Gnahoré for one night only, September 24, 2007…
Evolution of Indian Music
‘I know that twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythms offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.’ –…