Havana World Music Festival, the most important open-air music festival in Cuba, has announced dates and first set of confirmed artists for its 2019 edition.…
Havana World Music 2019 Announces first Set of Artists
Tag: world music
2018 Holiday Gift Guide – Day 1
Have you been staring at those cans of green beans in your pantry and wondering if you can wrap up the lot as a gift…
Interview with Flamenco Arabic Ensemble Mujeres Mediterráneas
Mujeres Mediterráneas (Mediterranean Women) is an all-female ensemble based in Granada (Spain) featuring artists from various backgrounds, who combine Flamenco and Arabic music. World Music…
Sweet Goodies, 2018 Holiday Music Guide
It can be hard to summon up that holiday mojo when the weather’s turned mean, your five year-old won’t wear anything other than the Batman…
Tsuumi Sound System To Release Blinking Light
Finnish world music band Tsuumi Sound System is set to release its new album Blinking Light on December 25, 2018. Blinking Light is the band’s…
Artist Profiles: Jerzy Bawol
Born in Cracow in 1969, Jerzy Bawol started playing the accordion in elementary school at the age of nine and gave his first concert at…
Artist Profiles: Tomasz Lato
Bassist Tomasz Lato was born in Cracow in 1968. Both his parents were musicians, and so he started playing the piano as a child. At…
Artist Profiles: Warsaw Village Band
The Warsaw Village Band (Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa in Polish) emerged in 1997 and simultaneously conserves traditional music and experiments with modern instrumentation and subject…
Neapolitan Ensemble La Maschera Wins the Andrea Parodi Awards 2018 in Cagliari
Neapolitan act La Maschera won the 11th Andrea Parodi Awards, the only Italian contest devoted to World Music. The Critics’ Awards goes abroad, to Cypriot…
The New Pulse of World Fusion
ShapeShifters – The New Pulse of World Fusion (WorldWide Records/Soundings of the Planet, 2000) This is a largely instrumental album of world fusion music, featuring…