Jello Biafra and Shepard Fairey Spoof Obama 'Hope' Image
Any album with a title that openly mocks President Obama needs a cover ...
Chuck and Albert Give 'Anne of Green Gables' Competition -- With Lost Acadian Tunes
Eastern Canada's Prince Edward Island is generally known internationally for three things: 1) as the ... Read More »
Césaria Evora Looks East to Egypt on New Album -- Sort Of
It's a dream match: The creamy, husky voice of Cape Verdean singer Césaria Evora -- one of ... Read More »
Puerto Plata's Bachata Renewal Ready for a Dominican Republic Homecoming?
"I'm now enchanted with life -- and have forgotten about death." That's a pretty noteworthy remark ... Read More »
Vodou and Beyond: Alan Lomax's Astounding '30s Haiti Archives Released
In 2005, ethnomusicologist Gage Averill found himself introducing pioneering African-American dancer ... Read More »
Serbian Stars Boban and Marko Markovic Lead the Global Brass Parade
Call it the revenge of the band geeks. It seems that everywhere you turn these days, you can find ... Read More »
Silk Road Ensemble Thread Their Way Through New Lands and Sounds
OK, so it's not Van Halen moving on without David Lee Roth or Genesis keeping things going after ... Read More »
Baaba Maal Invites Us All to Senegal -- Let's Go!
Baaba Maal has spent most of his life musically reaching out from his native village of Podor, ... Read More »
Digging Deep Into Cuba's Funky Revolution
Listen to the sound of revolution: Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, 'Vehicle' Seem ... Read More »
Justin Adams, Lu Edmonds and Ben Mandelson Get Downright Triabolical
Hard not to look at the choice of 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' for the lone cover on ... Read More »
Kailash Kher Is an Indian Idol With Folk Twists
Okay. So with Ellen DeGeneres having taken over for Paula Abdul at the judges' table of 'American ... Read More »
Irish? Yiddish? Whateverish? Lorin Sklamberg Puts It Together on Two Projects
If you ran into Lorin Sklamberg in January 2009 and he seemed a little, well, distracted, he begs ... Read More »
They're Alive! And Os Mutantes' New Tropicália Is No Mere Zombie Revival
Sergio Dias came upon an unexpected procession while strolling along Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles ... Read More »
Algerian Rai King Khaled Seeks 'Liberté' in a Different Desert
Khaled, the king of Algerian Rai music, is gearing up for a pretty amazing November concert. He'll ... Read More »
A Tale of Two Angolas: Old and New, Semba and Kuduro, Weird and Weirder
"Angola's a really weird place." That comes not from a tourist, not from a xenophobic businessman, ... Read More »
Jewish Mambos and Yiddish Cha-Chas? That's Meshugenah!
"Cursing in Yiddish is part of the Latin musician's birthright!" So says Latin musician Arturo ... Read More »
We Want It Now! For International Releases, US Is Behind the Music Curtain
A big world-music fan had a frustrating shopping experience recently in Los Angeles. "I was at ... Read More »
