A Party in Two Worlds
Various Artists Afro-Latin Party (Putumayo PUT 235-2, 2005) Lest anyone forget that Latin music has African rhythms at its core, there are plenty of recorded…
Oliver Mtukudzi Tours North America to Present New CD
Forest Hills, New York, USA – One of the most popular artists from Zimbabwe, Oliver Mtukudzi , will be touring North America this spring. He…
It Takes a Village
Warsaw Village Band Uprooting (World Village 468036, 2004) These three guys and three gals from Poland caused quite a stir with their previous album People’s…
Sweet and Seck
Dieneba Seck – The Truth [Tigne] (Stern’s Music STCD1099, 2005) In this year of 2005 Diénéba Seck releases her fourth solo album – nothing too strange…
Flook’s 2005 USA Spring Tour
London, UK – Celtic sensation Flook will be touring the United Sates in April and May. Tour dates include performances at major world and roots…
Mercan Dede’s New Album Su and NY Concert
Istanbul’s Bosphorous River is ever present in Su, the new album by Turkish Sufi musician Mercan Dede. The album title means “Water,” and liquid metaphors…
The Stanley Brothers, Earliest Recordings
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Rounder Records has released Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947-1952) by The Stanley Brothers. It includes the complete earliest recordings…
Lost Without Translation
Something rank and insidious has crept onto the world music scene recently and it’s coming from the reputable weekly journal Time Magazine. The foul scat…
Orchestral Canarian Folk
Juan Carlos Martín Guadá (Miltitrack Estudios, 2004) Composer Juan Carlos Martín creates a rich mosaic of sounds inspired by the folk music of the Canary…
Middle Eastern Soundscapes
Yuval Ron, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Yair Dalal & Azam Ali One (Magda, 2003) Israeli Composer Yuval Ron put together a spectacular ensemble of Middle Eastern…