Compay Segundo’s Boys
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) – Los Muchachos de Compay Segundo (Compay Segundo’s Boys) made a successful comeback to international stages at the Terre di Confine…
Pablo Milanes: Up Coming Tour of Spain
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Madrid, Spain – Cuban singer and composer Pablo Milanes will give a concert this Saturday in Tenerife, Spain, as part of…
The Alan Lomax Collection Announces two upcoming releases in celebration of "The Year of The Blues"
New York, USA – The highly anticipated The Blues film series premieres today on PBS. Spearheaded by acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese, the series is…
Pucko Poetry
London, England – Akira Press Publications Limited has published a book of Jamaican dub poetry by Faada Johnson titled Pucko Poetry (ISBN: 0947638555). The poems…
Ellika Frisell and Solo Cissokho show
By Susan Budig Amazingly, I’ve found that I have something in common with Bill Gates. We both have been in the presence of great wealth.…
Hurdy-gurdy meets jazz
Trame (Gilles Chabenat & Alain Bonnin) Bethany Lutheran Church Seattle, WA September 24, 2003 A year ago, I didn’t even know what a hurdy-gurdy looked…
Wellstone World Music Day
Paul Wellstone, a US Senator from Minnesota, was killed nearly a year ago, along with his wife, daughter, and three of his campaign workers, when…
The Chieftains Continue their Exploration of Americana
The Chieftains’ latest album, Further Down The Old Plank Road (Victor/BMG), continues the groundbreaking collaboration between The Chieftains and some of country and bluegrass music’s…
Doin’ the Hip-Hop Horah
Solomon and Socalled Hiphopkhasene (Piranha CDPIR1789, 2003) If it had been made strictly to milk laughs, this disc could have been a disaster rather than…
Songs of Freedom
Kabul Workshop – Trigana (Tinder Records, 2002) Imperialism in all its guises and current world politicking have created a new diaspora with many of the…