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Amadou and Mariam, "the blind couple from Mali", have been playing their warm African rhythms and infectiously catchy melodies for almost thirty years now. After establishing a reputation in Africa, the duo finally broke onto the international music scene in two stages, first with the hit single "Mon amour, ma chérie" in 1998. They then confirmed their new star status in 2004 with the album "Dimanche à Bamako", produced by Manu Chao.

Solidarity With Iranian People!

Argentinian accordionist CHANGO SPASIUK brings chamame to the world. PYNANDI (LOS DESCALZOS) available now on World Village.

Zanzibar's premier taarab orchestra, CULTURE MUSICAL CLUB's latest album SHIME is available now on World Village.

Djeli Moussa Diawara is a Guinean Kora player, singer and composer, half-brother of Mory Kante. 4 tracks of his upcoming album are available on the page, as well as more songs he composed for Kora Jazz Trio.
It should be noted that his Kora is a unique 32-stringed instrument.

Kurdish Experimental Folk Music

Born in 1977 in Mayo-Oulo in the mountains north of Cameroon into the ethnic group "fali and peuls".
Idrissou-Mana, (which is his Muslim name), began his musical life in the traditional music of the Savannah close to the griots and shepherds of his village. Idy-Oulo takes his influences from Makossa, Bikutsi and the Congolese Rumba and records his adventures as soloist accompanied by local musicians from the Charente region of France.

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Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, just as the civil unrest that rocked the country was beginning, rapper K'NAAN spent the early years of his life trying to avoid death and listening to the hip-hop records sent to him from America by his father, who had left Somalia earlier. When K'NAAN (whose name means "traveler" in Somali) was 13, he, his mother, and his two siblings were able to leave their homeland and join relatives in Harlem, where they stayed briefly before moving to Rexdale, Ontario, where there was a large Somali community.

Lyrics: Leah goldberg
Music: Ahoova Ozeri

Known throughout the world as Mama Africa,  is a legend who lived an extraordinary life. Born in South Africa in 1932, she first made her name as a featured vocalist with the Manhattan Brothers in 1954. Makeba's incredible voice won her the lead role in King Kong, a Broadway-inspired South African musical, together with Hugh Masekela, her future husband. She went on to conquer America where she sang at President Kennedy's birthday and worked with Harry Belafonte creating classics such as The Click Song and Pata Pata.

Txalaparta players from Basque, OREKA TX document their musical journeys on cd and dvd: NOMADAK TX. The cd is available now on World Village.

With his rich voice and soulful delivery, PAULO FILIPE is one of Canada's up and coming young Fado stars. Though born in Toronto, he has immersed himself in the expressionist sound of Portugal - a musical bridge that connects our souls with no language barrier

Pops Mohamed (aka “The Fucha-Rist”), South Africa’s celebrated ethnic African musician, is a firm traditionalist. He explores the fusion of his soulful music with modern influences and expertise. Healing Sounds From Mother Africa: An African Ambient Experience is the latest album release from Pops Mohamed. This is a continuation of his constant musical and traditional explorations, on which he plays a large number of instruments, including unusual ones like the kora (a harp from West Africa), the mbira (a thumb piano from Zimbabwe), the didgeridoo (native to the Aboriginal people of Australia) and the birimbau (developed by the South American Indians and the Khoisan of the Kalahari Desert).

The Voice of Tibet, SONAME delights listeners with new album PLATEAU available now on World Village.

What Tallowood has to say about the gigs, the music and the world in general.

Touareg legends TINARIWEN on myspace. (new album IMIDIWAN: COMPANIONS coming soon to World Village).

MONDAY MARCH 8 (International Women's Day) @ 6:00 pm

HarmoNYom in association with Drom & WKCR 89.9 FM present
“A VOICE FOR AYITI"
A Great Benefit Concert for the Women and Children in HAITI.

When Continents meet to support Haitian relief!
Amazing musicians from INDIA, AFRICA & HAITI will get together for a full evening of Music and Dance:

- Pandit Ramesh Misra on Sarangi
- Arun Ramamurthy, Carnatic Violinist
- Sitarist Ustad Ikhlaq Hussain
- Nitin Mitta on Tabla
- A.R. Balaskandan on Mridangam
- Singer & Song writer James Ruff
- Zing Experience (Paul Beaubrun & Cynthia Casasola)
- Drummer Percussionist Tiga Jean-Baptiste & Tchaka
- Source w/ Abdoulaye Diabate
& special Guest Yacouba Sissoko on Kora

After Party with super DJ Kamala (NYC)

Evening hosted by Hazelle Goodman, Actress & Comedienne.
Afro/Caribbean music by WKCR’s DJ David Ellenbogen
And Raffle to win many gifts! All proceeds to the cause.

@ DROM - 85 Avenue A (Between 5/6 Street) New York, NY www.dromnyc.com

Minimum Donation: $20 (Only at door)

100% of the donations will be channeled to Project Haiti (www.prohaiti.org) & MADRE (www.madre.org) 2 NGO helping Women & Children in Haiti.

For more details: Veronique@HarmoNYom.org

Festival International de Louisiane is truly a community event drawing together approximately 1,500 volunteers from all segments of the community to work together to celebrate both our diversity and the common human experience that binds us together. Through the arts presented and the joint efforts to produce it, the festival contributes to the spirit of community that is so unique to the Acadiana region.

Stay tuned for all upcoming Concerts & Events of Indian Classical Music organized in New York ...

HarmoNYom " A Voice for Indian Classical Music" seeks to serve as a “Voice” and platform for the world-renowned Indian Classical Maestros, as well as the emerging talents; a platform where musicians can bring forth enhanced exposure, awareness and appreciation of the rich Indian traditional music’s legacy and share their own dedication for music with a diverse and larger audience interested in preserving the Indian culture outside of India!

The Millennium Stage is found in the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. The Chairman of the national center for the performing arts, James A. Johnson, launched "Performing Arts for Everyone" in the winter of 1997. Performing Arts for Everyone is designed to introduce the Kennedy Center and its programs to a far wider audience than ever before by providing a performance open to the public and free of charge 365 days a year.

Millennium Stage is a premier stop for touring World Music artists. A video archive of past performances can be found on their website.

Mahalia Jackson, often called the greatest gospel singer, returned to her hometown to appear at the first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in April of 1970. While attending the Louisiana Heritage Fair in Congo Square (then known as Beauregard Square), she and Duke Ellington, who also appeared at the event, came upon the Eureka Brass Band leading a crowd of second-line revelers through the Festival grounds. George Wein, producer of the Festival, handed Ms. Jackson a microphone, she sang along with the band and joined the parade…and the spirit of Jazz Fest was born.

The Planet Arlington World Music Festival is an annual event across the Potomac River from Washington DC. It's the County’s signature event that brings musical groups who fuse traditional and contemporary sounds from around the globe to Arlington’s spectacular front yard at the Iwo Jima Memorial on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend each year.

In 2005, AMP Concerts and Avokado Artists, working the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), launched ¡Globalquerque! – New Mexico’s Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture. The inaugural festival was an affiliated showcase event of the Western Arts Alliance (WAA) Conference and featured thirteen international and local acts (over 100 performers) on three stages in one night at the NHCC. The event created a national and international buzz and was attended by notable presenters, agents and record labels from all over the country. In 2006 ¡Globalquerque! expanded into a weeklong, statewide celebration of international culture with elements spanning the entire state, culminating in the two-day festival at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, featuring educational workshops, community outreach events, the Global Village of Craft Culture and Cuisine and, of course, the best in World Music on three distinct stages. ¡Globalquerque! has hosted artists from more than forty countries and from across the US. In 2008 the festival hosted twenty performances by seventeen acts from five continents performing on three stages over two nights.

Alana Tutwiler is the Jacksonville Reggae Examiner. She covers reggae and other Caribbean music events of interest to the Jacksonville, FL, USA area as well as nationally and internationally.

The best little radio station in the world. From beautiful Alberta, Canada. Listen live online all over the world.

We daily post a new artist from any place in the world. We also add a short review so if the band is new to you (or to us!), you get to know something about it. Once in a while, we post articles and other fun stuff related to music.

A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures streamed with essays about the traditions and filmmaking. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites.

Stay tuned for all upcoming Concerts & Events of Indian Classical Music organized in New York ...

HarmoNYom "A Voice for Indian Classical Music" seeks to serve as a “Voice” and platform for the world-renowned Indian Classical Maestros, as well as the emerging talents; a platform where musicians can bring forth enhanced exposure, awareness and appreciation of the rich Indian traditional music’s legacy and share their own dedication for music with a diverse and larger audience interested in preserving the Indian culture outside of India!

One of our short videos from our CD on Myspace

Our djs are community volunteers. Our programming takes you on a musical exploration from jazz, blues, and folk to modern global hip hop, electronica, reggae, and dub. We present Democracy Now!, Free Speech Radio News and other cultural and public affairs programs. KBCS is the only station in the Greater Seattle Area that offers ongoing training opportunities.

Beginning as a tiny 10-watt station back in 1972, KEXP has grown over the years into an innovative, influential cultural force in the Seattle community and beyond.

KoToNTeeJ is a French blog in French, about all things relating to 3 main subjects : music I like (from Africa, mainly, to Jazz), music that helped me grow up (the 80's mainly), and music used for synchro and sound design (commercials, movies, cartoons...).
Started end of June '08, it's focus hasn't changed, and its popularity is not bad...
BTW, it's easily translatable in any language : there's a widget at the top of the page to help switch to your mother tongue...

For 50 years KPFK has pursued peace through knowledge, art, debate and positive action. During the June fund-drive you will have an opportunity to keep this brilliant concept alive and well.

KPFK has launched the “pledge it forward” campaign where Pacifica is asking you to join us in learning about the important challenges we all face today and then take positive action in your community.

With unity of purpose, education and positive action we can create an environment of peace and understanding.

Please tell us about the positive steps you are taking to improve our communities. Email us: PositiveAction@KPFK.org

Link TV broadcasts programs that engage, educate and activate viewers to become involved in the world. These programs provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the U.S. media

Mondomix, the World Music Web site Launched on the web in 1998, the on-line magazine Mondomix has since become the electronic media of reference for World Music.

An up-to-date reflection of the cross-over existing between tradition and cultural mixes.

Mondomix's multimedia database is a wonderful record of the past few years of World Music, enriched weekly in French and in English with exclusively original, new multimedia content. With an average of 3,6 milion read pages, 330 000 unique visitors each month, and developing working relationships and partnerships within the entire profession, Mondomix is currently a leading protagonist for the diffusion and promotion of World Music in France and around the globe.

The Museke project seeks to be the biggest database of African music lyrics and information. It also seeks to encourage discussion and accountability for African music in ways that would benefit society positively.

Blog de difusión de los diferentes estilos y artistas de la música gitana en español.

A Radio and Podcast Series Hosted by Michael Asch from the CKUA Radio Network
The CKUA Radio Network presents Smithsonian Folkways: Sounds to Grow On, a new 26-part series featuring the original recordings of the Folkways Collection, now a cornerstone of Smithsonian Folkways Records' vast catalogue. Hosted by Michael Asch, the only child of Folkways Records' founder Moses Asch, the weekly one-hour program debuted Sunday, January 18th, 2009. This series, researched by Robert Wiznura, is a co-production of The Smithsonian Women's Committee, Smithsonian Folkways Records and the CKUA Radio Network.

Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009, Songlines is the magazine that looks at the world through its music. From the latest world music hits from West Africa, Cuba or the Balkans, to songs of slavery and the indigenous music of Tibet. Explore the traditional instruments of the world: the sitar, the kora, the talking drum and beyond.

Spin the Globe world music radio: the best in world music, interviews, & culture, streaming live & featuring a Pacific Northwest events calendar + CD reviews & world music news.