Baka Beyond Back Beyond Baka
Baka Beyond Rhythm Tree (March Hare Music MAHACD 20, 2004) Though their recent releases have taken on a distinct Afro-Celtic air, Baka Beyond began as…
The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center Closes its “Performance Planet” Music Series on June 14 with Asian-American Singer
Long Island City, New York, USA – The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is closing its “Performance Planet” music series on June 14 with Kevin So,…
Rounder Releases Telluride Bluegrass Festival DVD
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Thirty Years (Rounder Records) is the title of the new CD+DVD dedicated to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The Telluride Bluegrass Festival…
The Rough Guide to The Music Of The Andes: Bolivia
The Rough Guide to the Music of the Andes: BoliviaSan Francisco, California, USA – Featuring many tracks sourced from local companies, The Rough Guide To…
Cuban Essentials 1 Ibrahim Ferrer Ay, Candela
New York city, USA – The first release of the Cuban Essentials collection is Ay, Candela by Cuban legend Ibrahim Ferrer. Ay, Candela is fully…
Tracing Her Cuban Roots
Jessie Márquez Sana Locura (independent, 2004) Puerto Rican singer Jessie Márquez is a well known Latin music performer in the Pacific Northwest of the United…
The Fire of the Sitar
Irshad Khan and Anindo Chatterjee Fire, Grace, Passion (New Dawn Productions, 2004) Ustad Irshad Khan, a master of the sitar (and the bass sitar, surbahar)…
Contemporary Chinese Pipa
USA – Dance is the second album by Chinese pipa virtuoso Jian Ting. More accessible than her solo debut on MA Recordings, Voices of the…
The Rough Guide To Astor Piazzolla
The Rough Guide To Astor Piazzolla cherry picks tracks from the Argentine master’s vast back-catalogue. By 1957, after 10 years of recording and playing in…
JVC Jazz Festival – New York Presents Concerts at Rose Hall featuring Latin and flamenco Jazz
New York, NY, USA – Don’t miss An Evening with Chick Corea & Touchstone featuring Tom Brechtlein (drums), Carles Benavent (bass), Jorge Pardo (sax/flute) and…