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	Listen for Life, Carnegie Hall, Listen For Life is a global organization created for the preservation and advancement of musical culture by serving the needs of music, musicians and music listeners in every region of the world. Through a variety of outreach, education and media projects, LFL aims to create an international family of music listeners in community with those who compose, teach, and perform all of the wonderfully diverse musical styles that can be heard on the planet. LFL has been frequently asked by UN-related organizations in Geneva to create music events worldwide that will raise awareness of the UN Millennium Development Goals and/or International Peace Day. 11/23/11 >> more
	Gods Robots, Stormy Weather (Self-Release), Gods Robots now gears up for their big EP release “Stormy Weather” on Bit Torrent. Bit Torrent has chosen less than ten artists/bands for their artist spotlight program.This program helps promote the band, distribute their music to a user base of 160 million Bittorrent users, and build their social media graph. Guesting on the album is sarode virtuoso Alam Khan. 11/17/11 >> more
	JANYA, NYC Concert, Janya is an all female group, Lola Jung Danza- Voice, Seungmin Cha- Daegeum and voice, Eunsun Jung- Gayageum, and Woonjung Sim- Janggo and percussion. Janya celebrates women in music and culture. The music ranges from meditative to the dramatic—it’s something you’ve never heard before and it’s as if these women are speaking directly to the heavens. Janya is paving new ground in music. 11/15/11 >> more
	António Zambujo, U.S. Tour, António Zambujo is a quite singular artist in Lisbon's Fado environment. Besides his musical education - studied clarinet from the age of 8 and classic guitar further on - he was deeply influenced by the music of his homeland region, Cante Alentejano, a male choir chant from the south of Portugal. But Zambujo sings Fado; as a matter of fact, he is showing us how it can be contemporary. 09/27/11 >> more
	Sibiri Samake, Dambe Foli (System Krush), “If the blues’ origin can be traced to West Africa then this album puts listeners squarely at the doorstep of one of modern music's cornerstones,” said Aja Salvatore, founder of K.S.K. on introducing the grassroots label’s latest foray to share and champion the music and talented musicians of West Africa. 09/21/11 >> more
	Joaquin Diaz, On Tour, On his first US tour since 2008, merengue master accordionist JOAQUIN DIAZ and his high energy band return to perform several world music festival and concert dates after, literally, touring around the world. It’s a long way from his roots in San Pedro de Marcoris, in the Dominican Republic 09/02/11 >> more
	Nawal, Embrace the Spirit (Jade/Warner Music), Internationally renowned artist, Nawal, is celebrating the release her new album Embrace the Spirit (Jade/Warner) on September 13, 2011 with a tour in the United States.Nawal’s last invitation to the US was at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC in 2009. The international press awarded her previous release “Aman” with stunning reviews, and theNew York Times stated it was “one of the most notable world music CDs released over the last year.” 08/29/11 >> more
	Tarana, After the Disquiet EP (Self-Release) , “Few groups stretch the boundaries of jazz further than Ravish Momin's Tarana, which performed Friday night at the Andy Warhol Museum. They build beautiful, utterly unpredictable improvisations from elements as disparate as Indian classical music, electronic music and a vast panoply of East Asian rhythms. Yet, their singular commitment to heavy, groove-based rhythms -- even in extremely complex time signatures -- is utterly irresistible, and something any rock, pop or hip-hop fan can pick up on immediately.” 08/16/11 >> more
	Damjan Krajacic, Glide (RoundTone Records), The flute is a percussion instrument: Though known for its delicacy and nuance, it can burst, ring, and punctuate. That’s what Zagreb-born, L.A.-based musician and composer Damjan Krajacic discovered as he heard the flute tearing through a Latin jazz number. 07/20/11 >> more
	Joel Rubin, Azoy Tsu Tsveyt (Tzadik), Joel Rubin’s clarinet can trill like a sparrow, wail like the life of the party, and sing like a voice in sacred rapture. Deeply connected to the lost-and-found world of klezmer—he wrote one of the first major scholarly works about it—Rubin takes old-world frolics and hasidic songs, and interprets them with freewheeling verve and classical lyricism. 07/07/11 >> more
	Addis Acoustic Project, Tewesta "Remembrance" (World Village), Ethiopia isn’t usually the first locale that comes to mind when one thinks of music made with acoustic guitars, accordion, mandolin and clarinet. Yet those instruments are at the core of Tewesta “Remembrance” (World Village), the new release by Addis Acoustic Project, a sextet that transports instrumental Ethiopian pop hits from the 1950s and ’60s into the modern world. Informed not only by classic African music but by jazz, Latin and other styles, AAP creates an intoxicating, charming blend of sounds that Mondomix.com called “a gentle groove with carefully rounded edges.” 07/05/11 >> more
	Guarco, Fiebre (Guarco.net), The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter’s long-simmering debut Fiebre (“Fever,” guarco.net; August 9, 2011) bursts with these tensions. It moves frenetically between pissed-off revolutionary and blasé hipster, between worldly sarcasm and magical realism, between Spanish and English. It shakes, questions, and burns, with help from producer, engineer, and friend Ben Kane (D’Angelo, The Roots, Blitz the Ambassador). 06/03/11 >> more
	Fanfare Ciocarlia vs. Boban & Marko Markovic, Balkan Brass Battle (Asphalt Tango), Finally, the two titans of East European Gypsy music go head to head in a Balkan brass encounter of epic proportions. Following the tradition of brass battles from Serbia’s legendary Guca Brass Festival to New Orleans’ mean streets, the Balkan Brass Battle showcases the wit, passion and musical genius of Europe’s Romany Gypsy people. 05/04/11 >> more
	Lobi Traoré, Bwati Kono (Kanaga System Krush Records), “One of Mali’s most hard-rocking guitarists, Lobi Traoré, died suddenly at 49 in Bamako this past June…Lobi had earned the admiration of connoisseurs from Bonnie Raitt to Damon Albarn, and was about to release his ninth album: the career-topping electric live set Bwati Kono [Kanaga System Krush].” 04/22/11 >> more
	FIAF Presents World Nomads Morocco: Music, Sounds have long crossed Morocco, with the slow steps of desert dwellers or with the lightning speed of mp3s. They intermingled, forming layer upon layer of rich resonance, heady beats, and defiant songs. They became Andalusian virtuosity (Orchestra of Fes with Françoise Atlan; April 30), vibrant hip hop (Soultana; May 6), intense trance traditions (Master Gnaoua Musicians; May 21), Berber jazz and Arabic improvisation (Brahim Fribgane & Ibrahim Maalouf; May 5), the rush and melody of purring street corners (Soundwalk: The Passenger; May 9). 04/21/11 >> more
	Taj Weekes, U.S. Tour (Jatta Records), St. Lucian singer-songwriter Taj Weekes makes music that grooves like waves on a beach: seemingly gentle yet insistently powerful. On stage and on albums like the recent A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen (Jatta Records), Weekes and his band Adowa unite a vibrant diversity of sounds with thoughtful, lush arrangements and a long-honed penchant for telling tales of hardship and hope 04/14/11 >> more
	Boy Without God, God Bless the Hunger (Self-Release), Classic records from the last fifteen years are often marked by bizarre combinations of influences: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a mix of junkyard marching band, fuzz guitar, and abstracted lyrics that are equal parts God, sex, nightmare and holocaust; Yankee Hotel Foxtrot blurs Wilco's melancholy, country-tinged indie rock with thick clouds of electronic noise; For Emma, Forever Ago blends autotune and acoustic guitars so seamlessly you'd think they had always been together. The list can go on and on. 04/08/11 >> more
	Afro Roots World Music Festival, Miami, FL – Community Arts and Culture presents the 13th Annual Afro Roots World Music Festival, Celebrating 13 years of serving Miami Dade County with quality programs, this festival has been noted by some as the longest running world music festival in Miami. The festival has been able to expand its reach beyond local South Florida artists by bringing in performers from African countries such as Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, and the Republic of Congo. This global connection through music has helped the festival evolve into one of Miami’s most culturally diverse events. 03/25/11 >> more
	When Harry Tries to Marry Soundtrack, “Music and movies go hand in hand when you come from a culture like ours,” notes India-born, U.S.-raised director Nayan Padrai. “A soundtrack is about telling a story, rather than simply licensing some tracks.” 03/14/11 >> more
	Watcha Clan, Radio Babel (Piranha Musik), The biblical city of Babel and its infamous tower have received bad press over the centuries. Imagined as a looming structure built by children in which all residents spoke the same language, the omnipresent God decided to trick humans in order to make them scatter - the word Babel is derived from the Hebrew balal, to “jumble.” Yet if we consider the tower as a prototype radio transmitter, as Marseille, France-based Watcha Clan does on its latest album, Radio Babel (Piranha), the sound of one world singing and dancing together makes perfect sense. 03/11/11 >> more
	The Native America North Showcase 02/28/11 >> go there
	La Cherga, Revolve (Asphalt Tango Records) 02/22/11 >> go there
	Dr Jayanthi Kumaresh, Mysterious Duality (EarthSync) 01/25/11 >> go there
	Tarun Nayar, 22° of Beatitude (Chaiwalla's Boombox) 01/24/11 >> go there
	Kitka's Caucasian Connections Project Performances and Workshops 01/24/11 >> go there
	Geoff Berner, Victory Party (Mint Records) 01/14/11 >> go there
	Banco de Gaia, Songs From The Silk Road (Disco Gecko) 01/12/11 >> go there
	Carlos GoGo Gomez, New Paradigm Global Music (Kidlat Records) 12/14/10 >> go there
	Chopteeth, Chopteeth Live (Grigri Discs) 12/08/10 >> go there
	Sara Banleigh, The Folk EP (Self-Released) 12/02/10 >> go there
	Telepath, Crush (Self-Release) 11/08/10 >> go there
	Various Artists, Nagore Sessions (EarthSync) 10/13/10 >> go there
	Copal, Into the Shadow Garden (Self-Release) 10/01/10 >> go there
	Sonia Brex, Naif (Piranha Musik) 09/29/10 >> go there
	Womeximizer 09/23/10 >> go there
	Khing Zin & Shwe Shwe Khaing, Voices Over The Bridge (EarthSync) 09/07/10 >> go there
	Huun Huur Tu, Ancestors Call (World Village) 09/03/10 >> go there
	Emily Smith, North American Tour 09/01/10 >> go there
	Pedro Moraes, North American Tour 08/16/10 >> go there
	Debo & Fendika, North American Tour 08/09/10 >> go there
	Oreka TX, North American Tour 08/05/10 >> go there
	Gecko Turner, Gone Down South (Lovemonk) 08/04/10 >> go there
	Shye Ben-Tzur, Shoshan (EarthSync) 07/27/10 >> go there
	Mohammed Alidu and the Bizung Family, Land of Fire (Self-Release) 07/27/10 >> go there
	Toussaint, Black Gold (I Grade Records) 07/16/10 >> go there
	Systema Solar, Systema Solar (OneRPM) 07/12/10 >> go there
	Occidental Brothers on Tour 07/07/10 >> go there
	Te Vaka, North American Tour 06/16/10 >> go there
	Cuchata, Amor, Cambio, Y La Verdad 06/16/10 >> go there
	A New Day; Laya Project Remixed, Various Artists (EarthSync) 06/04/10 >> go there
	Magnifico, Magnification (Piranha) 06/04/10 >> go there
	Daniel Cros, Las vueltas que da la vida (ROSAZUL) 06/03/10 >> go there
	Janaka Selekta, Pushing Air (Chaiwalla’s Boombox) 05/24/10 >> go there
	Lo'Jo, New York Concerts 05/24/10 >> go there
	Josef Koumbas, Waiting (Tumi Music) 05/17/10 >> go there
	Pablo Sanchez, Release Da Freak (Wonderwheel Recordings) 05/05/10 >> go there
	Feufollet, En Couleurs (Feufollet Records) 04/21/10 >> go there
	Laya Project, Various Artists (EarthSync) 04/15/10 >> go there
	Various Artists, Dalai Lama Renaissance Soundtrack (White Swan) 04/08/10 >> go there
	Egypt Noir, Various Artists (Piranha Musik) 04/06/10 >> go there
	Just a Band, 82 (Akwaaba Music) 04/05/10 >> go there
	Footsteps in Africa, Nomadic Remix (KiahKeya Productions) 03/30/10 >> go there
	Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda, 2010 Tour 03/24/10 >> go there
	Gianmaria Testa, Solo Dal Vivo (Produzioni Fuorivia) 02/23/10 >> go there
	Lokesh, Utopia (Moonrise Records) 02/18/10 >> go there
	Jorge Strunz, Neotropical Nocturnes (Selva) 02/18/10 >> go there
	Sweet Electra, When We Abandoned Earth (Sweet Electra) 02/04/10 >> go there
	My Name is Khan, Soundtrack (SIN/Sony India) 01/18/10 >> go there
	Kartick & Gotam, Business Class Refugees (EarthSync) 01/06/10 >> go there
	Tito Gonzalez, Al Doblar la Esquina (www.titoysusondecuba.com/) 12/21/09 >> go there
	Jerry Leake, Cubist (Rhombus Publishing) 11/23/09 >> go there
	Joyful Noise (I Grade Records) 11/17/09 >> go there
	EarthRise SoundSystem, The Yoga Sessions (Yoga Organix/White Swan) 10/26/09 >> go there
	WOMEXIMIZER 10/14/09 >> go there
	The Spy from Cairo, Secretly Famous (WONDERWHEEL) 10/07/09 >> go there
	Mahala Rai Banda, Ghetto Blasters (Asphalt Tango Records) 10/06/09 >> go there
	Mr. Something Something, U.S. Tour 09/16/09 >> go there
	BalkanBeats, A Night in Berlin (Piranha Musik) 09/09/09 >> go there
	Les Triaboliques, rivermudtwilight (World Village) 09/02/09 >> go there
	Christine Vaindirlis, Dance Mama! (Ubuntu World Music) 08/31/09 >> go there
	Slide to Freedom II, Doug Cox and Salil Bhatt (NorthernBlues Music) 08/19/09 >> go there
	Indian Ocean, B.B. King Blues Club, NYC 08/17/09 >> go there
	Boban i Marko Markovic, Devla (Piranha Musik) 08/17/09 >> go there
	Salsa Celtica, U.S. Tour (Discos León) 07/29/09 >> go there
	Khaled, Liberté (Wrasse Records) 07/01/09 >> go there
	Amadou & Mariam, The Magic Couple (Wrasse Records) 06/30/09 >> go there
	[dunkelbunt], Raindrops and Elephants (Piranha Musik) 06/18/09 >> go there
	Aphrodesia, Precious Commodity (Shackrobeat Records) 06/17/09 >> go there
	Selaelo Selota, Lapeng Laka (SIN/Sony South Africa) 06/12/09 >> go there
	Sister Fa, Sarabah: Tales from the Flipside of Paradise (Piranha Musik) 05/20/09 >> go there
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