Popular Afghan Singer Killed in Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada – Police sources in Vancouver reported that popular Afghan singer Nasrat Parsa was found injured outside his hotel in East Vancouver after a…
Cheb i Sabbah’s Releases La Kahena
San Francisco, California, USA – Six Degrees Records is releasing the newest album by Cheb i Sabbah entitled La Kahena and aptly sub-titled Les Voix…
Call for artists for 3rd Sauti za Busara Festival, 9th-12th February 2006
Zanzibar, Tanzania – Sauti za Busara is primarily a music festival, but applications are accepted from theatre and dance companies and other performing artists. The…
The Rough Guide To Zydeco
San Francisco, California, USA – Zydeco is the driving accordion-led dance music of the Louisiana Creoles. Originally of French origin, it has been heavily influenced…
Siberian World Music
New York City, USA – Out of Nowhere (Heads Up International), the album electric guitarist Yuri Matveyev and electric violinist Artyom Yakushenko could be defined…
Masters of the World Groove
Trans-Global Underground Impossible Broadcasting (Europe: Mule Satellite Records MUL01, 2004 / US: Triloka Records TRI-CD-82054, 2005) The release of any new album by Trans-Global Underground…
Visionary Traditionalists
The Duhks – The Duhks (Sugar Hill Records SUG-CD-3997, 2005) Once you get past how to say the name of this young Winnipeg-based band (it’s…
Latin Jazz and World Music at 2005 JVC Jazz Festival – New York
New York City, USA – The 2005 JVC Jazz Festival – New York will be taking over the city June 14 – 25 with over…
Boban Markovic & Boris Kovac Become Ambassadors of the New Serbia
Berlin, Germany – This September, Boban Markovic, multiple winner of the “golden trumpet” at legendary Guca Festival of Brass Music, and “The king of Apocalyptic…
Celtic Leanings and Further Gleanings
Kila Live in Dublin (Kila Records KRCD 010, 2004) Combining familiar Celtic instrumentation, vocals and modes with percussion-laced beats from Africa and beyond, Kila has…