Spoons and Fiddles
Le Vent du Nord Maudite Moisson [damned good harvest] (Borealis, 2003) Quebecois musician and dancer Benoit Bourque (Matapat) brought the traditional group Le Vent du…
Nataraj XT New Album
Marseilles, France – The Electro Indian band Nataraj XT, selected at MIDEM 2000 in Cannes as Electro Talents, is releasing its new album Ocean Birds…
Review for The Music of Martinique
Wapa Sakitanou The Music of Martinique (ARC Music 1790, 2003) Looking for something a little different? Say, Caribbean? ARC Music’s The Music of Martinique features…
Folksters at Jericho Beach, Vancouver
26th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver BC, Canada–July 18 – 20, 2003. After WOMAD USA was officially canceled, I made a decision to attend…
Wajdi Cherif : Acoustic Tunisian Jazz Album
Wajdi Cherif Phrygian Istikhbar (2003) Tunisian pianist and composer Wajdi Cherif released recently a new CD of acoustic Tunisian jazz recorded in Paris in autumn…
Capoeira Angola 2: Brincando Na Roda
Washington, DC, USA – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings released this week Capoeira Angola 2: Brincado Na Roda, an album of traditional Brazilian songs played and chanted…
Sisters, Oneida Iroquois Hymns
Boulder, Colorado, USA – Silver Wave Records will be releasing next week an album of Oneida Iroquois Hymns by twin sisters, Maisie Shenandoah and Liz…
Show Review of Dan Rumsey in St. Paul, Minnesota
by Susan Budig I’ve found something better to do than sleep-in on a Sunday morning. Instead of indulging in sweet slumber, on July 20th ,…
Arabic Music Retreat – 2003
Simon Shaheen is hosting the Seventh Annual Arabic Music Retreat at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA USA. August 9-16, 2003. The Retreat gathers…
Malagasy Valiha Master, Sylvestre Randafison Dies at 75
Madagascar – Sylvestre Randafison, a key figure in the development of Madagascar’s most famous instrument, the valiha, passed away July 12. Born Randafison Benjamin Sylvestre,…