Terrakota Is Recording its New Album in Dakar
Dakar, Senegal – Portuguese world music band Terrakota is recording its new album in Xippy Studios in Dakar-Senegal. The recording will be released in May…
World Music Artist Wins ISC Grand Prize
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) announced this week the winners for the 2003 annual competition. ISC received over 11,000 entries from 60 countries in its…
Jesse McReynolds\’ New Horizons
Orlando, USA – Jesse McReynolds and The Virginia Boys are set to release their latest project, New Horizons on Pinecastle Records. New Horizons is the…
Golden Horn Releases Cantemir: Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe
San Francisco, USA – Golden Horn Productions has announced the release of Cantemir: Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe around 1700, an authoritative album celebrating the…
Virtuoso brothers & lamenting strings
Les Yeux Noirs Concert Preview Les Yeux Noirs (French for black eyes) are currently touring the US in support of its CD simply entitled Live.…
California Worldfest 2004
Grass Valley, California, USA – California Worldfest has announced some of the artists that will perform at its 8th edition. The event will take place…
Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music
San Francisco, USA – Five Souls Music has released Richard Kaplan‘s second album, Life Of The Worlds (FSM CD 510). The noted cantor, teacher, and…
Zoë/Rounder Releases Tangle Eye: Voices from the Past, Grooves for the Present
Cambridge, MA, USA – With its debut release, New Orleans-based Tangle Eye brings a fresh approach to the art of the remix, creating music, beats…
BBC World Awards For World Music 2004 on CD
London, England – This double CD contains tracks from all nominees for, and winners of, the BBC Radio 3 Awards For World Music of 2004.…
Sampling, Much More than Vocal Tricks
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Madrid, Spain – After half an hour of concert, the peaceful atmosphere of Madrid´s Calle 54 club – the hottest European…