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…
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…