Native American R. Carlos Nakai Releases Flute-Electronica Album
Phoenix (Arizona), USA – R. Carlos Nakai, a leading performer of the Native American flute, journeys into the world of electronica on his latest recording,…
Master Tombak Player Pedram Khavar Zamini Alive
Pedram Khavar Zamini‘s manager and wife contacted World Music Central today to report that the information published by our web site earlier was incorrect. The…
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Pop
Boulder (Colorado), USA – Out of the Ashes is the debut recording by Shelley Morningsong, where she combines Native American music with modern Pop music.…
Simon Shaheen and Qantara with special guest Chiara Civello in New York
World renowned ‘ud and violin master Simon Shaheen performs with Qantara, a group he founded that fuses Arab, jazz, Western classical, and Latin American music…
Marcel Khalifé’s Arabic Ud at World Music Concert Series 2006 in San Diego
To conclude the World Music Concert Series 2006 series in San Diego, Marcel Khalifé (ud, voice) will perform Sunday, October 22 at 8pm at the…
Eleni Karaindrou Releases Elegy of the Uprooting
Elegy of the Uprooting is a live concert recording of haunting music by Eleni Karaindrou. Elegy of the Uprooting documents a 2005 concert in Athens…
Liu Fang Releases a new CD of Pipa Music from Chinese Folk Roots
Canadian label Philmultic announced the release of Liu Fang‘s third pipa solo album, part of a series of three volumes. The Soul of pipa Vol.…
Take 2 CDs and Call the Doc in the Morning: A Musical Cure for Insomnia
Dr. Andrew Weil’s Music for Self-Healing Relax & De-Stress Music selected and designed by Joshua Leeds Sounds True Anders Rogg & Audun Myskja Videre (Moving…
Lagos Stori Plenti, the new sounds from Nigeria
Lagos Stori Plenti is the first internationally-released compilation that presents the new urban sounds from Nigeria. Straight from the largest country in Africa, this release…
Nice Going
Azouhouni I Gotta Go (Zohore Records ZR0405, 2005) An exceptionally good melding of jazz and African rhythms here. Azouhouni Adou, a native of Ivory Coast…