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Portugal - BothMarizaandSara Tavaresare nominated for Globos de Ouro, the top Portuguese music awards in the Category Best Artist for their new albums.The Globos de Ouro Awards were created 11 years ago, in order to distinguish people from several areas like Music, Cinema, Sports or Theatre. The ceremony will be broadcast live by the Portuguese SIC National TV channel on Sunday the 21st of May.Marizawas interviewed by World Music Central:An Interview with Fado Sensation Mariza.here. Sara Tavares had a sold out show in Amsterdam with 700 people standing up in front of their chairs. Concer...
Akin Euba, His Circle, and BeyondThursday, April 27, 2006Milbank Memorial Chapel, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityNew York CityReviewed byRichard Donald Smith, PhDRecently I had the good fortune of being in attendance at a concert of music by contemporary African composers. This was not a typical African music listening experience. Rather, it was a concert of African art music being performed by a well-honed group of disciplined classical artists who have made a specialty of performing music by continental African and other non-Western composers. Titled Shared Multi-Cultures: Akin Euba, His Circle and Beyond, the concert took place in the intimate Milbank Chapel at Columbia University’s Teachers College in New York City. Composer Akin Euba was featured with several talented collaborating artists, includi...
Sangam(ECM B0006160-02) is the first release from Charles Lloyd's new trio with Indian tabla masterZakir Hussainand Eric Harland, the gifted drummer from his 'regular' quartet. Sangam translates as"confluence"or"coming together"- a meeting of three unique musical spirits.The album - Lloyd's first live disc for ECM - was recorded in California in 2004, and documents the trio's debut performance. Taped at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara in the context of a memorial concert for Billy Higgins. it brings to the surface some 'Eastern' enthusiasms that have been part of Lloyd's palette for a very long time. ...
Sussan Deyhim-MadmanofGod(Crammed Discs craw 22, 2006) The Sufi are a minority sect in the Muslim world, their belief in music and poetry as means of spiritual enlightenment running particularly contrary to the prevailing (and misguided) image of Islam as a religion that seeks to suppress such forms of artistic expression. It's Sufism that fuels such musical styles asqawwaliand Gnawa trance, and it's what inspired influential poets like Rumi. The words of those 11th to 19th century mystic poets and the classical Persian melodies that turned them into songs are the basis of Sussan Deyhim'sMadmanofGod. The title refers not to fanaticism but rather a trying sort of spiritual longing, which Deyhim's epic, slightly eccentric vocals embody gloriously. Her voice is multitracked throughout as though to show myriad desires of the same soul, inh...
By Patricia HerleviNative American all-around musicianMary Youngblood's third CD,Beneath the Raven Moonarrived on my doorstep on a warm September evening of 2002. The timing was perfect because I had just performed my music on stage in between sets of a musical group I greatly admire. And I hadn't performed music for anyone in 6 years. No one until now, will know how long and hard I worked to get my chops up to par and how difficult it was to sing my songs in Spanish instead of the usual English. Yet, I believe as a musicians we must stretch our talent and give our best to others who care to hear our songs. When I read the press notes f...
Franc O’SheaAlkimia(AzulahAZFO 001, 2006)Alkimiais a finely honed collection of compositions. Featuring the writing talents of Franc O’Shea, it reveals a plethora of world percussion instruments including cajones, tinajas (Spanish clay pots), talking drums and tablas, set in the mystical world of Arabic scales and Moorish melodies. Being an almost fully acoustic album, O’Shea sets out to show that the fretless bass is not merely an electric instrument but a fully expressive amplified acoustic instrument that blends seamlessly with Spanish guitar, flute and violin. Alkimia is a place where Flamenco meets hypnotic African rhythms and haunting harmonies with a melancholic wisp of Irish Folk. After the critical acclaim received for his first album, Franc O’Shea began to search beyond the c...
Nashville (Tennessee), USA - /PRNewswire/ -- Compass Records announces that it has purchased the physical distribution rights to the Green Linnet Records catalog and its affiliated world music label, Xenophile, from Digital Music Group, Inc. In a creative arrangement with a distinctly 21st century twist, DMGI purchased the assets of Green Linnet and simultaneously closed on a deal with Compass Records for the exclusive rights to the physical sales of the Green Linnet catalogs, including the retail, website and mail order business. Compass Records co-founder Garry West is excited by the opportunities that the synergy between the Green Linnet brand and Compass Record's burgeoning roster of Celtic artists will create."Green Linnet is the best known brand in Celtic music and over its 30 year history the label has cultivated and educated several g...
Sacramento (California), USA - /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Digital Music Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DMGI) , a content owner and distributor of digital music recordings focused on past-hits, out-of-print, back catalog, and independent label recordings, today announced it has sold the physical distribution rights for the Green Linnet Records catalog and its affiliated world music label, Xenophile, to Compass Records. Under the terms of the sale, DMGI will continue to own the master recordings, including the digital rights, of the Green Linnet catalog but has sold its physical distribution rights to Compass Records. DMGI previously announced the close of their acquisition of Green Linnet Records on May 10, 2006. Compass Records expects strong synergy between the Green Linnet brand and Compass Record's burgeoning roster of Celtic artists."Green Linnet is the best known brand in Celtic music and over its 30-year history, the label has cultivated and educated several generations of Celtic musi...
New York (New York), USA - Kanda Bongo Man will be performing atSOBs in New York onFriday, May 19 at 11:30pm.Tickets$22/$25.SOBs is located at204 Varick St.(at West Houston),NYC 10014. Phone:212.243.4940.Kanda Bongo Man is credited as being one of the pioneers of modern Soukous from the Congo (formerly Zaire). With his high tenor vocals alternating between lyrics in Lingala and French, he has sparked dancing in audiences around the globe. Kanda is the man who gave the world Kwasa Kwasa, the infectiously charged Congolese dance style. He has performed throughout the continent of Africa, in Australia, Europe, in the Middle East, in Canada, and the USA. Immediately following the performance of Kanda Bongo Man will be a dance party with spinning by DJ Sheun: NDombolo, Zouk, Makossa, M'Balax, Mapouka, Soca, Hip Hop, Sa...
Dublin, Ireland - On Fri 23rd June 2006 at 8:00pm the RTE National Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Brophy and uilleann pipes soloist Liam O'Flynn, along with a galaxy of stars of the Irish music scene will performA Celebration of the Music of Shaun Davey, one of Ireland's leading professional composers. The Concert will feature the atmospheric and deeply movingThe Brendan Voyageas well as the memorable music of the 2003 World Special Olympics Opening Ceremony which will feature on Shaun's forthcoming new album provisionally titled 'Shaun Davey; May We Never Have To Say Goodbye' Music of Celebration for Celtic traditional soloists, choir, pipeband, percussion, and orchestra...
Algeria - Renowned Algerian singer Cheikha Rimitti died today in Paris of a heart attack. She was 83.Rimitti was one of the most influential singers in the development of the popular Algerian music style known as Rai.She was born in 1923 near Sidi Bel-Abbès, in French-controlled Algeria. She became an orphan at a young age and had a hard and dissolute life. When she was twenty years old, she became close to a troop of musicians, the Hamdachis, with whom she shared a troubadour's life, singing in many cabarets and often dancing until her feet could not bear her anymore. In those times, dreadful epidemics spread through the country and put the emphasis on the daily sordid difficulties.Rimitti drew her inspiration from those desolation scenes and improvised her first verses : her repertoire is mainly based on that which has ...
