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…
Cuban Campesino Band Saborit Releases Debut Album after 20 Years of Activity
Bloomington (Indiana), USA – When Tumi Music producer Mo Fini arrived to the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts and Industry studios one afternoon to supervise…
Neapolitan Art Song Publisher Luigi Rossi Dies at 95
Luigi Rossi, owner of E. Rossi & Co. in Little Italy, died Saturday of kidney failure. He was 95 years old. Rossi was born in…
Electric Levantine by Murat Ses
Electric Levantine (Clou Records Clou-007 and on digital portals iTunes, aol.de, etc) Electric Levantine (2006) is Murat Ses’ sixth solo album following Binfen 2005 Remix…
David Krakauer Teams with DJ Socalled on Bubbemeises: Lies My Gramma Told Me
On Bubbemeises: Lies My Gramma Told Me (Label Bleu), David Krakauer teams up with Jewish hip hop beat architect Socalled. The album includes remixed Hasidic…
Cuban Musician and Cha-Cha-Chá Composer Richard Egües Dies at 82
Havana, Cuba – Cuban media reported that composer and flute player Richard Egües, who wrote the popular cha-cha-chá “El Bodeguero”, died at 82 on September…
Rita Marley Will Bring Africa Unite to South Africa in 2007
Los Angeles (California), USA – Rita Marley on behalf of The Bob & Rita Marley Foundations announced at a press conference in South Africa yesterday…
World Music Labels Receive WOMEX & WMCE Awards
This year, WOMEX, together with its partners at the World Music Charts Europe have decided to award labels instead of chart-topping world music CDs. “In…
2007 Mantra International World Music Festival
The 2007 Mantra International World Music Festival will be held on February 9, 10, 11th, 2007. The Mantra International World Music Festival is about Music…