Performing arts organization Global Arts Live will be presenting a series of world music concerts in the Boston area. Adriana CalcanhottoSep 11Berklee Performance Center Cimafunk,…
Upcoming World Music concerts at Global Arts Live
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World Music Institute Reveals Fall/Winter 2022-2023 Season
The World Music Institute (WMI) will celebrate its 37th year in New York City with 18 concerts featuring artists from over 20 countries. WMI Executive…
Masters of Groove Send a Powerful Message of Global Healing
Planet Drum – In the Groove (2022) Planet Drum, the international world music supergroup of master drummers, is back with “In The Groove”, an album…
Artist Profiles: Planet Drum
Planet Drum is a world music percussion supergroup that performs global fusion (also called world fusion). Planet Drum’s remarkable self-titled original album, which remains one…
Playing For Change and Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment
Playing For Change and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment will take place December 15th, 2021…
Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion to Perform in the UK
Zakir Hussain and Masters of Percussion will be touring the United Kingdom in November 2021. The lineup includes Zakir Hussain on tabla; Marcus Gilmore on…
Zakir Hussain at Global Arts Live Online
The tabla is a traditional Indian instrument composed of two drums of different sizes, the smaller giving a treble sound, the larger a bass. It’s…
Best World Music Albums of 2020
Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a good year in terms of world music releases. Whether you call it world music, global music, ethno, Trad, or…
Multifaceted Ud with an Indian Cultural Foundation
Dhafer Youssef – Sounds of Mirrors (Anteprima, 2018) Seasoned Vienna-based Tunisian ud (lute) player, composer and vocalist Dhafer Youssef has been working for the past…
Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer to Perform Together in NYC
The Town Hall has announced a concert featuring Bela Fleck on banjo, Zakir Hussain on tabla and Edgar Meyer on double bass. The performance will…