Pakistani Surf Rock? A New Archives Compilation Catches That Surprising Wave
Radiodiffusion Surf's up, Islamabad! Hang 10, Lahore! Catch a wave, Karachi! Uh.... ... Read More »
Sway Machinery and Khaira Arby Bridge West Africa and West Side of Manhattan
Tatiana McCabe Jeremiah Lockwood had to keep reminding himself where he was one night last ... Read More »
Kodo at 30: Still Beating the Big Drum for Japanese Culture -- Even Sans Big Drum
Buntaro Tanaka It's the world music answer to the 'Phantom of the Opera' chandelier. The ... Read More »
An Irishman in Tokyo: Johnsons Motorcar's Celtic Rock Shines in the Rising Sun
Kamewada If you're looking for a big St. Patrick's Day celebration this year, head to that ... Read More »
Ladysmith Black Mambazo's New Album Revives Childhood 'Zulu Farm' Memories
Luis Leal Albert Mazibuko has childhood on his mind, and not just because his 18-month-old ... Read More »
2011's First Trend? It May Be Indie Labels Going Global on a World Music Trek
Sarah Weeden Is Bamako the new Brooklyn? Garifuna the new grunge? Front-porch sessions in Rwanda ... Read More »
Jake Shimabukuro, an Un-Hawaiian Ukulele Virtuoso, Is Finding His Hawaiian Side
Danny Clinch Jake Shimabukuro may be the most acclaimed musician to come from the state of Hawaii ... Read More »
Best World Music Albums of 2010
Christina Jaspars A project 14 years in the making, an artist who gathered force at home for two ... Read More »
Indian Team EarthSync Re-Landscapes Sufi Devotional Singers for 'Nagore Sessions'
EarthSync Not long after the 2004 tsunami devastated much of India's Tamil Nadu along the Bay of ... Read More »
'The Sound of Siam' Takes a Wild Trip to Thailand's Musical Leftfield
Soundway Recordings Even the most dedicated, knowledgeable, global-minded music nut every now and ... Read More »
Los Van Van Revisit US From Cuba With Hopes for No Protest Sideshows
Fuego Entertainment Something very exciting is expected to happen when Los Van Van kick off their ... Read More »
Marc Ribot Makes Classical Musician Case for Haitian Guitarist Frantz Casseus
Smithsonian Folkways For years, Marc Ribot, a musician with, among other things, a voracious ... Read More »
Gigi Sings Hope Songs for Ethiopia -- With Hopes for a Homecoming
Petulia Mattioli Don't book your flights quite yet. But if you're a world music fan (and given ... Read More »
Ranjit Barot Lights His Indian Fusion Fuse With John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain
Abstract Logix "I would go and sing hymns in the morning and come home and listen to sitar and ... Read More »
Ian Brennan's Rwanda Music Search Literally Finds the Good Ones
Daniela Delli Ian Brennan was sitting outside a house in Kigali, Rwanda, one July night in 2009. ... Read More »
'AfroCubism' Circles Back to Complete Buena Vista's Cuba-Mali Connection
Christina Jaspars There wasn't a lot of talking in Madrid's Studio Sonoland on a day near the end ... Read More »
