Zanzibar Beats: Sauti za Busara 2006
Eye witness report – by Peter Bennett On the waterfront in Stone Town it’s relaxing to sit in the shade of the Forodhani gardens and…
Haitian Music, Alive and Well
Lataye – Tou Manbre (Dadisound Productions, 2005) & Mozayik – Haitian Creole Jazz (Zoho, 2005) Some of the best Haitian music is being produced…
The Indie Acoustic Project Announces Finalists
The Indie Acoustic Project has announced the finalists for the IAP’s "Best CDs of 2005" Awards. The 3 finalists in each of 15 categories were…
Stellar Heights: Soaring Vocals of 3 Sopranos, Trio Mediaeval
Author: Patty-Lynne Herlevi Seattle (Washington), USA – The critically lauded Nordic Early Music ensemble, Trio Mediaeval will be touring the U.S. in late March, 2006…
Vasanthi Sridhar excels in the St. Thyagaraja dance Festival 02 March 2006
Author: Laxmi The Sree Shanmugananda Sangeetha Sabha a prime Cultural Organization of the Indian capital, Delhi, is most popular and sought after, simply for the…
Tracing Armenian Links to Persian Classical Music
Los Angeles (California), USA – On Endless Vision, Armenian duduk virtuoso Jivan Gasparyan and Iranian instrumentalist Hossein Alizadeh have recorded a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Within Iran,…
Ud Master Rabih Abou-Khalil Releases Journey To The Centre Of An Egg
Montreal, Canada – Lebanese-born ud master Rabih Abou-Khalil has a new album out, Journey To The Centre Of An Egg, on Justin-Time/Enja, his 11th Enja…
Chants Encounter
Vocal Baobab Yoruba Dream: Afro-Cuban Chants (ARC Music EUCD 1965, 2005) The Yoruba pantheon of deities forming the basis of the Santeria religion have their…
Songs of the Lark: Folk Sounds from the Past
The Lark in the Morning (field recording, 1955), folk songs and dance from the Irish countryside (Tradition Records) The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem (1959),…
Legendary Recordings from Spanish National Radio Archives
Various Artists – Nuestro Flamenco, Vol. 1 (RTVE Música, 2004) Antonio Mairena – Actuaciones históricas (RTVE Música, 2005) Spanish National Radio (RNE) and Spanish National…