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Thirsty for Chicha (Music)?
Cultural phenomena streak through popular consciousness like meteorites. There's a significant, even life-changing, impact made somewhere, but for many it's only a moment that flickers by, soon to be swallowed back into the cosmos. Chicha might have been like that. Instead, a once-obscure music that enjoyed a fanatic embrace in the Peruvian slums of the 1970s ...
Six Degrees Presents Natacha Atlas: "Mounqaliba," Out September 21
Globally celebrated singer Natacha Atlas has been building towards the subtle beauty of her brand new album ever since 2008's internationally acclaimed acoustic, orchestral album Ana Hina. Recorded with guests including pianist Zoe Rahman, a 20-piece Turkish ensemble and a chamber orchestra integrating western and Arabic styles, Mounqaliba (which means being in a state of reversal' ...
New French Chanson: "Eight For Matisse" Coming August 3
New French Chanson: Eight for Matisse: Digital Only, Out August 3 A new generation of French songwriters which grew up on New Wave, Electronica and British pop, has re-discovered the pleasures of writing French chanson. They draw from their cosmopolitan taste and usually update the genre, but they also remain faithful to the tradition of mixing ...
Joe Cuba: A Man & His Music--El Alcalde del Barrio
by Chris M. Slawecki
Exhaustive and exhausting (because you won't be able to stop dancing), A Man & His Music--El Alcalde del Barrio presents the first major retrospective of the 240 albums recorded by Joe Cuba, the Father of Latin boogaloo, and was released in February 2010 to commemorate the one year anniversary of his passing.Gilberto Navarro was ...
ZZK Records North American Tour Starts in July
BUENOS AIRES' ZZK RECORDS RETURNS TO NORTH AMERICA FOR A SUMMER 2010 TOUR FILLED WITH CUMBIA DIGITAL & DIGITAL FOLKLORICO LOOKS TO FANS TO HELP FUND THEIR DEBUT VIDEO PROJECT ZZK Records, Buenos Aires' most exciting and cutting edge record label, is returning to North America in July for what is shaping up to be their ...
Chico Trujillo's New Album 'Chico de Oro' out May 11
The superheroes of cumbia have a name. And that name is Chico Trujillo. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the band is at the peak of its powers. They play parties. They play stadiums. They play festivals. They play all over the world. And they can't be stopped. While the outfit's contagious, recklessly danceable sound is rich ...
Vieux Farka Toure Announces April U.S. Tour & World Cup Performance!
VIEUX FARKA TOURE TO PERFORM AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICK-OFF CELEBRATION CONCERT IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA ON JUNE 10, 2010 VIEUX ALSO RETURNS TO THE US FOR APRIL TOUR On Thursday, June 10, Vieux Farka Toure, the Malian guitarist/singer/songwriter and appointed “African guitar hero," will perform at the first-ever FIFA World Cup Celebration Concert in ...
Barbes Records Announces: La's Accordion Playing Punks Very Be Careful's " Escape Room" out April 13
Don't call Los Angeles's seminal vallenato band Very Be Careful a “world music" act. The musicians' sound may be seeded in a particular region - the coastal northeast of Colombia, where this accordion-driven folk music has been making pulses race and libidos rise since the 1950s - but what they play is raw and groove-oriented. As ...
March 9th: New Las Rubias Del Norte: 'Ziguala' (Barbes Records)
LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE's ZIGUALA IN STORES MARCH 9th: The Group's Third Album Puts a Global Repertoire Through a Latin Grinder What if America lost the war for cultural imperialism, rock 'n' roll never existed, and Latin music became the common language for popular sounds the world around? You dont really have to imagine it. Just ...
Fania Records Presents "Joe Cuba: El Alcalde Del Barrio" (2xcd) out February 23
FANIA ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF A DELUXE 2-DISC 34-TRACK BOX SET OF THE LATE LEGENDARY JOE CUBA: A MAN AND HIS MUSIC: EL ALCALDE DEL BARRIO New York, NY -- Fania Records announcedthe release of a deluxe 2-disc, 34-track box set of the father of Latin Boogaloo, Joe Cuba. This release is scheduled for February 23, ...
