Carlos Santana Records Charity CD
Thousand Oaks, California, USA – To celebrate his birthday, July 20th, guitarist Carlos Santana has been selling his new album exclusively at all 300 Baja…
Johnny Clegg Live DVD
New York, USA – Eagle Rock Entertainment has released Live! And More, the first live DVD of Johnny Clegg with Savuka & Juluka. It includes…
Brazil at Home and Abroad
Various Artists – Brizzi Do Brazil (Amiata Records ARNR 0304, 2004) Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Brazil: Bahia (World Music Network RGNET 1135…
Sines Hosts The 6th Festival Músicas Do Mundo
Sines, Portugal – The 6th edition of FMM – Festival Músicas do Mundo (World Music Festival) will take place in Sines (southwestern Portugal) next 29th,…
Omiala: A Festival of New Black Culture in Toronto
Toronto, Canada – Harbourfront Centre presents the first Omiala: A Festival of New Black Culture from July 23 to 25, highlighting all disciplines of creative…
Tarika, Beasts, Ghosts and Dancing With History
New York, USA – Tarika 10: Beats, Ghosts and Dancing With History is a ten-year retrospective of one the most important bands in Afropop. The…
Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey Remixed
Tangle Eye Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey Remixed (Rounder, 2004) This CD has generated a lot of controversy because of its use of samples. New Orleans-based…
Missing Latin America
Various Artists World 2003: Music without Frontiers (Narada World 72435-90071-2-0, 2003) This is Narada’s annual sampling of “World Music” favorites from the hands of the…
Ethnoambient Salona 2004 Explores the Sounds of Greece and the Persian Gulf
Solin, Croatia — This year, Ethnoambient Salona celebrates its seventh anniversary. The annual festival takes place August 13 in Solin, Croatia. The musical guests this…
Bloody Good
Lila Downs Una Sangre [One Blood] (Narada 72435-76757-2-7, 2004) The U.K. magazine Songlines recently included Lila Downs‘ 2000 release Tree of Life as one of…