Navajo Rockers Collaborate on New Album
Tucson (Arizona), USA – Sacred Stage, on Canyon Records, finds respected Diné (Navajo Nation) singer/songwriter James Bilagody joining sounds with The Cremains, a hard rock…
The Stripped Down Music of Seu Jorge
London, UK – Seu Jorge has a new album entitled Cru, which will be available September 6, 2005, released on Wrasse Records. The music on…
Festival Ortigueira 2005, Celtic and World Music Summer Fest in Galicia
Ortigueira (Galicia), Spain – Festival Ortigueira 2005 will be held July 8 – 10. In addition to its usual Celtic content, the festival will…
Mesmerizing Solo Violin
Chris Murphy Noir (Kufala, 2004) You have to be very brave to record an album of solo violin. Chris Murphy does it on Noir and…
Dazzling Brazilian Singer-Guitarist Badi Assad Makes Her Edge Debut With Verde
New York (New York), USA – Brazilian singer-guitarist, Badi Assad (pronounced Bah-Jee Ah-Sahje) will be releasing her first solo album in six years, Verde. Scheduled…
Enthralling Ghazals
Kiran Ahluwalia – Kiran Ahluwalia (Triloka/Artemis TRI-CD-82055, 2005) The musical style called ghazal (not to be confused with the duo of the same name) originated…
Angola’s Waldemar Bastos Releases Renascence in North America
New York City (New York), USA – Veteran Angolan musician, Waldemar Bastos, has a new recording in the American market. Renascence, on Times Square Records,…
Results of the Mediterranean Musical Heritage Forum
Chalkidike, Greece – A Mediterranean Music Forum, entitled “Mediterranean Musical Heritage – New Thoughts on the Sounds of Tradition”, organized by the cultural organization En…
Bluesman Corey Harris Releases Daily Bread
Cambridge (Massachusetts), USA – Corey Harris is a musical alchemist who has found a unique place on the world stage through constant touring in the…
WorldFest Adds Three New Artists
Grass Valley (California), USA – WorldFest has announced the addition of Hawaiian slack key guitar masters George Kahumoku, Jr and Daniel Ho to the Sunday…