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Album reviews

Bavarian Klezmer

Angel Romero July 18, 2017 No Comments Andrea PancurGerman musicGermanyKlezmer

Andrea Pancur – Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer (Galileo MC, 2016) Munich singer Andrea Pancur has developed a fascinating new genre called Alpen Klezmer, an unconventional…

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Flamencos from Hamburg

Angel Romero June 13, 2017 No Comments Björn VollmerFlamencoGermanyguitarSelva NegraSteffen Hanschmann

Selva Negra – Mar lleno (Trekel Records/ Selva Negra Music SNM003, 2016) German duo Selva Negra (black forest in Spanish) draws its inspiration from Spanish…

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A Taste of Rudolstadt Festival

Angel Romero May 27, 2017 No Comments GermanyRudolstadt Festivalworld music

Various Artists – Rudolstadt Festival 2016 (Heideck, 2016) You can catch up with the latest in world music acts with this double CD compilation from…

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Enthralling Tenbur and Zaza Music

Angel Romero February 20, 2017 No Comments Cemîl QoçgîrîGermanyKurdish musicMiddle Eastern musictenbur

Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl (Ahenk, 2016) Zalâl is the fifth album by German multi-instrumentalist and composer Cemîl Qoçgîrî. Cemîl is one of the finest performers…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Cemîl Qoçgîrî

Angel Romero February 20, 2017 No Comments Cemîl QoçgîrîGermanyKurdish musictenbur

Composer and tenbur (long-necked lute) maestro Cemîl Qoçgîrî was born in 1980 in Duisburg, Germany. He’s part of a Kurdish-Alevi (Qizilbash) family from the region…

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Artist Profiles: Dissidenten

Angel Romero February 3, 2017 No Comments DissidentenGermanyMoroccan musicworld music

Uve Müllrich, Marlon Klein and Friedo Josch founded Dissidenten in Berlin, Germany, in 1980. Following a one-year tour of Asia, the group decided to move…

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International Highlands Music from Peru’s Festival de Alturas

Angel Romero February 24, 2016 No Comments ArgentinaAustriaBavariaBoliviacharangoColombiaGermanyhighlandshurdy gurdyIndiaPeruquenarababSwitzerlandyodeling

1er Festival Internacional de Alturas – Lima, Perú, noviembre 2014 (Asociación Arte de Alturas, 2015) This album features artists from across the globe who participated…

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World Fusion Pioneers Dissidenten to Receive International Peace Music Award 2012

World Music Central News Room December 16, 2011 No Comments DissidentenGermanyworld music

Dissidenten, the German band that pioneered world fusion by collaborating with musicians from India, Spain, Morocco and other parts of the globe, will receive the…

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