Transnational world music band Bokanté has announced a US tour in Spring 2020. Bokanté’s album What Heat is nominated for Best World Music album. What…
World Music Act Bokanté Announces 2020 U.S. Tour
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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…
World Music Central’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide, Day 5
Check out our previous 2019 musical gift guides: Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 and Day 4.
The Recording Academy Announces World Music Nominees For The 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards
The Recording Academy unveiled today the nominees for the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. The Nominees in the Best World Music Album category are: Gece by Altin…
Interview with Cuban Keyboardist and Composer Roberto Fonseca
Innovative Cuban musician and composer Roberto Fonseca has a new album titled Yesun. It is a project where he brings together a wide range of…
World Music Winners at the 2019 Latin Grammy Awards
The 2019 Latin Grammy Awards ceremony took place yesterday, November 14, 2019. We feature here the list of winners in roots music categories that are…
Folk Alliance International Announces Ethno USA Project Manager
Folk Alliance International has hired Jay Gilman in the role of Ethno USA Project Manager. Ethno is JM International’s 30-year-old program designed to revive and…
Extraordinary Final Recording from Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha – Je Suis Africain (Naïve/Believe, 2019) Rachid Taha, a leading figure in modern Algerian and French music died in late 2018. Je Suis…
WOMAD Gran Canaria 2019 Set for November 7-10
World music festival WOMAD Gran Canaria-Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will present 32 artists from four continents November 7-10, 2019 in Las Palmas de Gran…
World Music Showcase globalFEST Announces 2020 Program
American world music showcase globalFEST 2020 is set to take place on January 12, 2020 at the Copacabana club in Manhattan, New York. The globalFEST…