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…
Putumayo Travels to the French Caribbean
New York, USA – Putumayo takes listeners on a musical cruise of the French Caribbean with a selection of zouk, compas, twoubadou, biguine and more.…
CD Review: The Rough Guide to Ska
Various Artists The Rough Guide to Ska (World Music Network. RGNET 1083, 2003) There have been many introductions to this energetic music and there are…
CD Review: Idrissa Diop – Yakar
Idrissa Diop Yakar (Tinder Records, 2003) Senegalese band leader Idrissa Diop offers us his dance to you drop release, Yakar which marks another sizzling recording…
Russian Folklore Expedition
Moscow, Russia – The scholars from the Institute of World Literature (Russian Academy of Sciences) Yelena and Sergey Minyonok have developed the research project www.russianexpedition.net.…
Maraca, Czech World Music
Prague, Czech Republic – Maraca (not to be confused with the Cuban band with the same name) is a group from the town of Zlín.…