Malika Zarra – On the Ebony Road (independent, 2006) North African music continues to venture into new forms. Moroccan jazz singer Malika Zarra mixes Moroccan…
Exploring Jazz and Moroccan Roots
Tag: world music
Descriptions of Temple of Sound’s Pieces on its New CD
British band Temple of Sound recently released their fifth studio album Globalhead. The following is the artist’s description of the music on the recording. The…
The Oldest Working Cuban Musician El Guayabero Dies at 95
Holguín, Cuba – According to Cuban sources, Faustino Oramas, better known as El Guayabero, the oldest working musician in Cuba, died today in Holguín (Cuba)…
World Music Nominees for 2007 Grammy Awards
Los Angeles (California), USA – The Grammy Awards will be given tonight. World Music Central has selected below the categories that focus on world music…
World Music Central’s 2006 Holiday Gift Giving Guide
For the past year all of us here at World Music Central have pounded the pavement, scrounged through stacks of CDs and even occasionally rummaged…
Think Inside the Globe
Th!nk Global: West Africa Unwired (World Music Network RGNET 1169CD, 2006) Th!nk Global: Bellydance (World Music Network RGNET 1161CD, 2006) These releases remind me a…
Latin Music Sensation Marta Topferova Talks About Her New CD Flor Nocturna
Marta Topferova’s new album, Flor Nocturna (Night Flower), on World Village, follows the widespread critical success of 2005’s La Marea (also on World Village), but…
Oliver Mtukudzi Performance in September at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents African Pop Giant Oliver Mtukudzi for four nights September 7-10. Band members include: Oliver Mtukudzi (vocals),…
The biggest world music event in Portugal is back in July
Portugal – Toumani Diabaté, Thomas Mapfumo, Trilok Gurtu, Värttinä, Vusi Mahlasela, Ivo Papasov, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Tony Allen, Seun Kuti are some of the artists playing…
Songs of the Lark: Folk Sounds from the Past
The Lark in the Morning (field recording, 1955), folk songs and dance from the Irish countryside (Tradition Records) The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem (1959),…