Champion Musicians Find New Style in Ancient Music
The fateful meeting last year of two widely known Celtic performers produced a frenzy of creative inspiration resulting in a colorful, exciting, and completely unique…
Calling Out Around the World
Various Artists Putumayo World Party (Putumayo PUT 263-2, 2007) The various-artist collections from the prolific Putumayo label can be built around the lightest of concepts,…
Sephardic Valencians
Aman Aman Musica I Cants Sefardis D’orient I Occident (Galileo GMC017, 2006) If you are familiar with Spanish world music ensemble L’Ham de Foc, the…
Brass Bands from Podolia, Klezmer and other Jewish Music
Vienna, Austria – The new CD series of the Phonogrammarchiv presents the results from field projects conducted in cooperation with the archive. Vol. 1 is…
Dubai Original Music Festival Attracts A Surprise Sponsor
Dubai, UAE – Lime Green Entertainment, an entertainments company in the UAE which runs the Dubailime.com website today announced that it would be sponsoring the…
Pioneering World Music Percussionist Adel Awad dies in Vancouver
Vancouver (BC), Canada – Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble informed about the passing of Adel Awad, who died Sunday May 7, in the…
Vienna Phonogrammarchiv Launches New CD series
Vienna, Austria – A new series of field Recordings from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences was launched this month.Vol. 1 is dedicated…
Hip Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant Defies Categorization and Transforms Ancient Instrument
Boston (Massachusetts), USA – She strides on stage with the energy of a rock star and pulls a soulful, electrifying power-chord from her harp. If…
Microsoft Announces Exclusive Zune Partnership With Gallo Music Group to Bring South African Music Collection to the U.S.
Redmond (Washington), USA – Bringing an important collection of world music onto the digital stage, Zune announced an exclusive partnership with South Africa’s Gallo Music…
Nigerian Afrobeat: Raw and Remixed
Lekan Babalola Songs of Icon (Mr Bongo, 2006) In recent years Afrobeat has become popular in North American, with large multiethnic jam bands inspired by…