I Second That
Wesli – Makaya (WUP, 2025) As is often the case, I must agree wholeheartedly with my colleague/boss Angel Romero. His summing-up of the album Makaya…
CD Review: Sinikka Langeland
Cranky Crow World Music Celebrates Its First Birthday
Seattle, USA – The world music Web site run by one of World Music Central’s main collaborators is celebrating its first birthday. Starting on a…
DAFT-Tour
Germany – The German American Song Festival on Tour – 2003 (DAFT-Tour) presents from June 26 – July 7 six song poets from Germany and…
32nd Annual NW Folklife Festival
32nd Annual Northwest Folklife Festival Seattle Center, Seattle, WashingtonMemorial Day Weekend 2003 It’s been a few years since I have attended the Northwest Folklife Festival…
Classic Dub Reissues Strip Reggae to the Roots
Augustus Pablo – Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Fire House (Shanachie SH 45055, 2003) Ja-Man All Stars – In the Dub Zone (Blood and…
Toronto, Harbourfront Centre Summer Festivals – Music Overview
Toronto, Canada – The influence of Cuban music styles on popular African World music is revealed with the first Toronto appearances by acclaimed Afro-Cuban Senegalese…
Reconfigured Burning Sky Should Still Score with Native American Music Fans
Burning Sky Spirits in the Wind (Canyon Records CR-7047, 2002) Pared down to the duo of Aaron White and Kelvin Mockingbird (both of whom are…
Baikouba Badji and Modibo Traore – Babu Casamance!
Baikouba Badji and Modibo Traore Babu Casamance! (Cafe Tilibo, 2003) Modibo Traore has a mission. Visit his website and you’ll notice an emphasis on leprosy…
Orishas to Perform at Spanish Festival Dedicated to Latin America
(Prensa Latina-Cumbancha)Madrid, Spain – Cuban rap band Orishas, a 2003 Latin Grammy nominee, will perform in concert at the International Cultures Festival, Pirineos Sur, to…
Flamenco Singer “Chaquetón” Dies of Cancer
Madrid, Spain – José Antonio Díaz Fernández, known as “Chaquetón,” one of Madrid’s best-known flamenco singers, died of cancer in a Madrid hospital. He was…