Arba Minch Festival in Ethiopia
Southern Ethiopia is the cradle of mankind. It is the home of 55 distinct and diverse peoples who travel annually to Arba Minch, the centre…
Iranian Fusion, Derakhshani & Shanbehzadeh Release Tehran Nights
Pedram Derakhshani and Saeed Shanbehzadeh collaborate on Tehran Nights to create an amazing fusion of Bandari music from Southern Iran with modern Disco, Funk, and…
Northern Cree Receives Two Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
Phoenix (Arizona), USA – The Eighth Annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards were presented November 24th, 2006 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center’s John Bassett…
Cure for Bad Deeds
Martina Sorbara Cure for Bad Deeds (Nettwerk) Before I begin the review of Martina Sorbara’s debut CD, I would like to mention that I haven’t…
Chris Austin Songwriting Contest entries accepted through March 4, 2007
Wilkesboro (North Carolina), USA – MerleFest 2007 organizers have announced that composer and recording artist Jim Lauderdale will again serve as Honorary Chairperson of the…
Blues Pioneer Robert Lockwood Jr Dies at 91
Cleveland (Ohio), USA – Robert Lockwood Jr., one of the last surviving roots bluesman of the twentieth century, died November 21 at the age of…
New York’s Fourth Annual globalFEST Moves to Bigger Venue & Announces 2007 Line-Up
New York (NY), USA – The annual world music showcase globalFEST, held in New York City, is moving to a larger venue. Roots revival, surf…
Malagasy Fusion
Miary Lepiera Soro (Tinder Records) Madagascar, off the Southeast coast of Africa would be unknown if it weren’t teaming with unusual wildlife and musical hybrids.…
New Drum Loops Library Fuses Hip Hop with Ethnic Rhythms
ModernBeats.com has just released a new drum loops library titled “Ethnic Drum Loops” for all major music software and hardware music samplers. The ‘Ethnic Drum…
Elijah Wald Writes Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music
Bloomington (Indiana), USA – American writer and musicologist Elijah Wald has a new book out titled Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music. Published by Routledge…