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…
World Music and Ecology
Bulgaria – On April 8, Club Ethno & Art and world music band Lot Lorien organized a planting of trees and bushes in the national…
Performance Planet Music Series Features Cameroonian Artist Gino Sitson
Long Island City, New York, USa – Gino Sitson, a New York-based Cameroonian vocalist, who produces a unique sound that melds the music of both…
Chöying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts in Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA – Tibetan vocalist Chöying Drolma, joins guitarist Steve Tibbetts and percussionist Marc Anderson for a concert on Friday, April 15 at 7…
MerleFest Announces 2005 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Finalists
Wilkesboro, North Carolina: The Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest 2005, presented in Wilkesboro by Wilkes Community College, has announced the finalists for the Chris…
Catalan Mestizos
Cheb Balowski Potiner (Propaganda Pel Fet PGD030 CD, 2004) The number of mestizo (musical hybrids) bands in Spain keeps growing. Cheb Balowski is an inspired…
Benin There, Dug That
T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo The Kings of Benin Urban Groove 1972-1980 (Soundway Records SNDWCD004, 2004) I’m so very glad there are people who seek out and…
Guinga\’s Chicago debut
Chicago, Illinois, USA – Guinga will make his Chicago debut on Wednesday, April 13 at 7p.m. in Preston Bradley Hall. Admission is free. Guinga is…
Gypsy Orchestra Down Under
Doch This Drink, This Moon ([independent release], 2004) Australia’s immigrant communities have grown considerably in the last decades and this has affected the music that…
Niyaz, Hypnotic Middle Eastern Worldbeat
Vas vocalist Azam Ali; Axiom of Choice‘s multi-instrumentalist Loga Ramin Torkian; and producer/remixer Carmen Rizzo joined forces to create a globe-spanning sound that the trio…