The Rough Guide to Irish Music, Dublin to Donegal
San Francisco, California, USA – Coinciding with the celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day, the Rough Guide series has released the Rough Guide to Irish Music,…
Celtic Fiddle Festival Plays On
Danbury, Connecticut, USA – The popular Celtic band Celtic Fiddle Festival is back for Saint Patrick’s Day with Play On. After the unexpected passing of…
Steelband Woman
(PRWEB) – The month of March every year is Woman’s Month in the United States. As we pay homage to women I want to take…
WOMEX 2005 Jury Announced
UK – The organizers of WOMEX, the largest world music conference, announced the name of the The 7 Samurai. This is the name given to…
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico Present Sumiglia
Savina Yannatou – Sumiglia (ECM, 2005) Sumiglia is Savina Yannatou’s first ECM studio album and her first creative collaboration with producer Manfred Eicher. Pooling songs…
Sparkling Sikus
Oscar Reynolds Rio de luz/River of light (Karumanta 006, 2004) San Franciso-based Oscar Reynolds hails originally from Bolivia, the country one most associates with his…
Nordic Folk Ambience Recorded at Emanuel Vigeland’s Mausoleum
Unni Løvlid is back with a new recording. Vita is released by Grappa Musikkforlag, and the recording was made by Helge Sten at the Emanuel…
Didjeridu Travelling Songs
Didjeridu – Travelling Songs (AARC Music EUCD1876) is the latest release by Charlie McMahon & Gondwana. With more than forty years of didjeridu playing Charlie…
Czech These Latin Sounds
Marta Topferova La Marea (World Village 468040, 2005) The former Czechoslovakia wouldn’t be very high up on anyone’s list of Latin music hot spots, but…
The Soul of Nazareth
Oslo, Norway – Palestinian singer Rim Banna has a new album entitled The Mirrors of My Soul (KKV FXCD 288, 2005). Through two other KKV…