Portuguese musician Rão Kyao has a new album of originals tited “Coisas Que A Gente Sente” (“Things That We Feel”). The eleven songs transport the…
Flutist Rão Kyao Returns to Portuguese Roots with New Album Titled Coisas Que A Gente Sente
Tag: world music
World Music Central’s Best World Music Albums of 2012
At World Music Central we don’t have a single list of best albums. Instead, we ask our writers and a special guest to send us…
World Music Central’s 2012 Gift Guide
It’s that time of year again when World Music Central gives up the goods for our Holiday Gift Guide. We’ve found a boatload of new…
Interview with Rising Sephardic and World Music Performer Ana Alcaide
Spanish musician Ana Alcaide has become a familiar name in Europe thanks to her new album La Cantiga del Fuego that hit the world music…
Tejas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds
Los Texmaniacs – Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds (Smithsonian Folkways, 2012) San Antonio-based Tejano band Los Texmaniacs brings conjunto music to the 21st century with…
Annbjørg Lien’s ‘Khoom Loy,’ Connecting Bridges
Annbjørg Lien – Khoom Loy (Compass Records, 2012) Chameleonic fiddler Annbjørg Lien crosses boundaries and embraces a wide range of musical influences on her latest…
Evangeline Kim’s Top World Music Albums of 2011
World music writer Evangeline Kim shares her list of Top World Music Albums of 2011. Evangeline is writer/contributing editor for National Geographic Music, TRACE Magazine,…
World Fusion Pioneers Dissidenten to Receive International Peace Music Award 2012
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…
The Afro Celt Sound System Is Back Better Than Ever After A Three-Year Hiatus
If there’s such a beast as the quintessential WOMAD act it must assuredly be the Afro Celt Sound System. That’s no idle claim dreamed up…
Persian Music Sensation Mamak Khadem Talks About Her Upcoming Performance at the Rainforest World Music Festival 2011
Mamak Khadem, one of the great voices of the Persian music tradition is scheduled to perform Sunday, July 10th at 19:00 at the Rainforest World…