Omar Sosa Plans European Tour for December and Gets Award Nomination
The next Omar Sosa Quartet tour in the United States will feature R&B saxophone great Pee Wee Ellis (of James Brown and Van Morrison fame),…
New World Music Label Started in New York City
New York City (New York), USA – A day after reporting the closing of the landmark world music club Satalla, World Music Central is happy…
Satalla, World Music Club in New York City Closes
New York City (New York), USA – One of the best known world music clubs in New York City, Satalla, is closing its doors December…
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shines on Live at Montreux DVD
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live at Montreux (Eagle Rock Entertainment, 2005) Audiences all the world over have been amazed and awestruck by South Africa’s treasured a…
Bi Kidude Honored with World Music Award
Zanzibar, Tanzania – Facing stiff competition from the likes of Peter Gabriel, Miriam Makeba and many others, at the recent World Music Expo (WOMEX) in…
The Paul Winter Consort’s Silver Solstice Celebration
Blomington (Indiana), USA – The Paul Winter Consort has released Silver Solstice, a CD with Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble, Davy Spillane, Mickey Hart, Arto Tunçboyaciyan, and…
Music Industry Goes Global Against Internet Piracy
In an attempt to stem the flow of illegal Internet file sharing, the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has commenced new legal assaults…
The Life Aquatic’Features Complete Studio Sessions by Brazil’s Seu Jorge for Hollywood Records Soundtrack
Burbank (California), USA – (PRNewswire) – When The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou premiered last December, critics and moviegoers were impressed not only with Oscar-nominated…
Second International Symposium on the Music of Africa
The Department of Music at Princeton University will host a Second International Symposium on the Music of Africa on December 9th and 10th, 2005 in…
Benin’s Big Brass Blow
Gangbe Brass Band Whendo (World Village 468050, 2005) The colonization of many an African nation in the 19th century brought European music to those countries…