Ashley Maher’s Music of Hope and Beauty
In the midst of stressful times, why not take a break, relax, sip some tea, and listen to Tree to Tree. This is Ashley Maher’s…
Floydfest World Music Festival Begins this Week
Floyd, Virginia, USA – The second annual Floydfest … Outta This World Music Festival, is set for Aug. 15-17 at a magnificent 80-acre site off…
Blues Rocker Walter Trout Set to Unleash 13th CD and Tour
Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA – Guitarist Walter Trout has a new CD with songs recorded before a live audience at a Special Recording Session…
Garma Festival of Aboriginal Australian Traditional Culture
Australia – The Garma Festival of Traditional Culture will take place August 19-23, 2003. The festival is held at Gulkula, 40 kilometers outside of the…
Levantine Music in Eastern Europe: Klezmer from Litvakistan
Music of Klezmeristan What Were Khazarian Wedding Dances and Music Like? Would They Resemble Klezmer? By: Anne Hart, M.A., author of 36 books, journalist: world…
Ancient and Modern
Various Artists – The Rough Guide To The Music Of Pakistan (World Music Network RGNET 1116CD, 2003) This comparatively young country has musical roots and traditions…
Ravikiran enthralls at Richmond
Chitravina N Ravikiran, prodigy since two, living legend since 22 and the world’s greatest slide player, if you go by the opinion of Radio Australia,…
Tribute to Cuban Singer in New York
(Prensa Latina -Cumbancha) New York, USA – Legendary Cuban singer Graciela Pérez, who performed with the orchestra of Latin jazz forerunner Machito will be paid…
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…