The Rough Guide To South African Gospel
San Francisco, USA – This new installment of the Rough Guide collection focuses on South African Gospel. Today, gospel music remains one of the populist…
Second Generation, First-Rate Reggae
Morgan Heritage – Three In One (VP Records VPCD 1656, 2003) After bringing reggae to the punk rock massive with their participation in the Warped…
Celtic Fusion Has Begun
Down, Northern Ireland – The annual Celtic Fusion International Music Festival began today and will run until August 10. This year there was a special…
Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC)
Los Angeles, USA – The biggest event in the world for Latin Rock & Hip Hop will be held in Los Angeles, August 14th -16th.…
Pedaling tabla beats
Autorickshaw (Tala-Wallah Records, 2003) The word autorickshaw sums up this Toronto quintet’s musical repertoire. When I used the search wordautorickshaw, I found a handful of…
28th New York Salsa Festival at Madison Square Garden
New York, USA – A large gathering of salsa artists will take place September 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The salsa…
Puerto Rican Salsa Legend Tite Curet Dies at 77
San Juan, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rican composer and journalist Catalino ” Tite” Curet died at age 77 at St. Joseph Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland,…
Musicport Festival
Whitby, North Yorkshire,England – Trans-Global Underground, Ensemble Kaboul, Martin Simpson & 40 other acts will be performing at Musicport, October 24th-26th, 2003. The festival is…
Two by Shweta Jhaveri
Shweta Jhaveri Anahita (Intuition, 1998) Avishkar (21st Century Cosmos, 2003) I enjoy serendipity, so I play a game with myself that involves sifting through the…
A Cure for them Blues
Martina Sorbara – The Cure for Bad Deeds (Nettwerk America, 2003) Before I begin the review of Martina Sorbara’s debut CD, I would like to mention…