Dominican Bachata Inscribed in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The music and dance of Dominican Bachata was inscribed on Thursday, December 12th, 2019 in UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Bachata,…
The Transglobal World Music Chart Unveils the Best World Music Albums of 2019
The Transglobal World Music Chart has revealed the list of Best World Music Albums of 2019. Malian musician. Malian act Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba…
Morna added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Morna, a musical genre from Cape Verde was added this week to UNESCO’S Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Morna is a traditional…
The Flamencos y Mestizos Series Returns to Madrid in December 2019
The SGAE Foundation will present the latest edition of Flamenco y Mestizos (Flamenco and hybrids) this month. The ongoing series provides a window to emerging…
World Music Central’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide, Day 8
Final day of our 2019 Musical Gift Guide. Check out our previous 2019 musical gift guides: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day…
Artist Profiles: Naike Ponce
Singer and dancer Naike Ponce was born in Sanlucar de Barrameda (Cadiz, Spain) and grew up in various cities in southern Spain: Jerez de la…
Artist Profiles: Juan José Suárez ‘Paquete’
Juan José Suárez ‘Paquete’, is an acclaimed guitarist and a successful record producer. Together with Enrique Heredia ‘El Negri’, he was part of the successful…
Artist Profiles: Antonia Jiménez
Guitarist Antonia Jiménez was born in the Port of Santa María (Cádiz). She started learning flamenco guitar with Antonio Villar at a young age. She…
Artist Profiles: Antonio Lizana
Saxophonist, singer, arranger and composer Antonio Lizana was born in San Fernando, (Cádiz, Spain) in 1983. He began sax studies in his native Cádiz and…
Artist Profiles: Maria Marin
Guitarist and singer Maria Marin was born in Utrera, Spain and later moved to the Netherlands. She is a self-taught singer who collaborates in flamenco,…