Ashley Maher’s Music of Hope and Beauty
In the midst of stressful times, why not take a break, relax, sip some tea, and listen to Tree to Tree. This is Ashley Maher’s…
The 8th Annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2006 Begins This Week
Chicago (Illinois), USA – Chicago showcases the best of international music at the 8th Annual World Music Festival: Chicago 2006, Thursday, September 14 through Thursday…
Seven Strings and a Reverberating Voice- Harikumar & Bhavadhaarini
Review by: Anandhi Anand Thrilled & enthusiastic to watch Sri S. Harikumar playing the 7-string violectra instrument. Amazing it was as he could go and…
Eccodek’s African Dub Mixology
More Africa in Us (White Swan Records) is the new album by Canadian act Eccodek. “I think putting more Africa into something suggests connecting with…
New Release by Ud Virtuoso Rahim AlHaj
Fast Horse Recordings releases Friendship, a new CD by Iraqi ud player Rahim Alhaj backed by his Sadaka String Quartet. In 1991, after the first…
Andrea Gerak & Barozda to perform at Brugges Festival of World Music
Hungarian singer Andrea Gerak will perform at Brugges Festival of World Music on November 11 at 15:30 (3:30 pm). Andrea Gerak has been dancing and…
Women Take Back The Noise, Global CD Compilation
Women Take Back The Noise– a CD compilation project featuring 47 women from all around the globe who work with sound in various ways, from…
Diego Paqué Benefit Concert
Flamenco singer-songwriter Diego Paqué will perform a benefit concert September 16 at Sant Martí de Tous, Barcelona. The venue is located at Plaza de Fátima,…
Michel Camilo and Tomatito Will Present Their New CD in Rare US appearance
Michel Camilo (piano) and Tomatito (flamenco guitar) will be in the United States at The Blue Note (New York City) on September 25 – 27.…
World Music Central’s Outage
Many readers may have noticed a long outage during the past weekend. Our web host, ibiblio, was carrying out upgrades and maintenance. That situation affected…
Mo Fini Talks About Cuban Country Musicians Saborit
Coinciding with the US release of the debut album, Que Linda Es Mi Cuba, by Cuban campesino band Saborit, World Music Central interviewed the producer…