Live Releases by Masters of Roots Reggae
Burning Spear- Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2001 (Burning Music Productions BM 314, 2002) Culture- Live in Africa (RASCD 3270, 2002) Burning Spear and Culture…
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XIII World Music Festival in León, Spain
León, Spain – The XIII Muestra de Nuevas Músicas will be held in the city of León. This world music festival, held in April, features…
Zouk: Rhythm of the Lesser Antilles
This article first appeared in the Spanish magazine Nueva Música, which was published in Seville. It reappears exclusively on www.worldmusiccentral.org with permission from the editors.…
Vallenato
This article appears courtesy of the Fundación Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata. Edited and translated by Angel Romero. Vallenato is the name of those born…
Kaseko
While kaseko music often used to be heard on the radio and at parties in the Netherlands, it seems to have been forgotten in recent…
The Transfixing Sounds of Gnawa Music
Gnawa is a term used to define both a Moroccan music style and a Muslim religious brotherhood that invokes God and many prophets. The patron…
Welsh Music
A revival of traditional folk music and a renewed interest in the use of its native Welsh (Cymreag) language took place in Wales in the…
Classical Persian Music
Classical Persian music is an ancient art form and one of the earliest musical traditions known today. Because of the geographic location and sociopolitical role…
Reves D’Oasis – Desert Blues 2
Reves D’Oasis – Desert Blues 2 (Network 22.762, 2002) The first volume of this series, 1996’s Ambiances du Sahara, was a sprawling treasure chest of…
Pizzimenti, Antonio Paolo
Antonio Paolo Pizzimenti Atlante – Musiche dai Teatri (Dunya Records) The variety of themes, influences and musical arrangements is astounding in this collection of pieces…