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…
KGM Crew bring on the Bongo Flava to Europe
Belgium – KGM Crew, a young Hiphop trio from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, are going to be giving Europe a taste of “Bongo Flava” (Tanzanian…
The Gospel According to Klezmer
The Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson and Kathryn Farmer Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha CD-PIR1896, 2005) Sure, the Klezmatics could’ve made their first live album…
CalabashMusic Releases Exclusive Digital World Music
CalabashMusic.com is breaking new ground by offering one of the first recordings by a world music artist to only be released in digital format. Thomas…
Warsaw Village Band Uprooting Polish Folk Music
The Warsaw Village Band’s new CD Uprooting (World Village 468036) is the group’s boldest venture yet. The ensemble invited representatives of traditional Polish folklore to…