In a Beirut Mood
Jalilah’s Raks Sharki 6 In a Beirut Mood (Piranha CD-PIR788, 2003) This is a recording of Lebanese-style raks sharki music, better known as Oriental dance…
Virginia Rodrigues Has Recorded Mares Profundos
New York, USA – Universal Classics has announced today that Brazilian singer Virginia Rodrigues has recorded a new album. Her forthcoming CD, Mares Profundos, will…
Canta y Baila
La Susi Agua De Mayo (Muxxic, 2002) Ever since I heard my first flamenco guitar in college, my knees melt at the sound of a…
Montreal, A City Ripe for World Music
“Our mix-and-match population makes Montreal a hospitable place for musicians of all kinds“, says the Paris-born New Yawk Montrealer who books multicultural shows for the…
Last Call For Artists & Bands To Submit Demos For In The City Unsigned 2003
Manchester, England – the closing date for In The City ( ITC) Unsigned 2003 is at 5pm Friday 1st August 2003.. In The City Unsigned…
Zimbabwe Group Black Umfolosi Denied Entry in Israel
East Jerusalem – Sunday’s performance, 27th of July 2003, by the internationally renowned Zimbabwe group Black Umfolosi was cancelled. Black Umfolosi could not take part…
Another Blue Moon, a tribute to a hallowed tradition of the Sarod
Arnab Chakrabarty, a young Indian sarod virtuoso, has released his debut album of Hindustani sarod music. Another Blue Moon, produced by Indian Ocean Records, a…
Nominees For The Bollywood Music Awards Chosen
New York, USA – Over the past weeks the jury for the U.S. based Bollywood Music Awards have cast their ballots for the best five…
Austrian-Palestinian Musician Deported by Israeli Authorities
East Jerusalem – Artist Marwan Abado, an Austrian National of Palestinian origin, was detained immediately upon his arrival into Tel Aviv airport on Sunday 20th…
New CD by Hindustani Classical Vocalist
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – A new music CD titled Sarathi has just been released in Canada containing the Khayal performance by one of the rising…