world music
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2013 kicked off with 'Red Hot + Fela Live!' (pics, setlist)
Kronos Quartet isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind when the Nigerian bandleader Fela Anikulapo Kuti is mentioned. Afrobeat, funk, protest, defiance and dancing are a lot closer to the top of the list…
Omar Souleyman releasing LP w/ Four Tet, touring, playing Issue Project Room 10th anniversary (dates & stream)
Omar Souleyman at Central Park in 2011 (more by David Andrako)
Syrian pop musician Omar Souleyman has been gaining recognition here in America thanks to some compilations/live albums on Sublime Frequencies, the live shows he’s been doing here over the last few years, and his association with Bjork…
Third Man Records' Rolling Record Store coming to Wicker Park this weekend
Third Man Rolling Record Store in Wicker Park, August ’12 (more by Milos Markicevic)
Much like they did during Lollapalooza 2012, the Third Man Rolling Record Store will be parked outside of Reckless Records in Wicker Park this weekend…
LAMC 2013 is this week (July 9 - 13 @ various NYC venues)
The annual Latin Alternative Music Conference is returning to NYC for its 2013 installment this week. It begins today (7/9), and runs through Saturday (7/13)…
Pharmakon playing shows with Swans and other dates
Pharmakon at Drone Activity in Progress (more by PSquared Photography)
Pharmakon‘s tour schedule has increased a bit recently, including adding a string of dates with Swans (…
The Breeders, Perfume Genius, Chance the Rapper, Metz & more to play Pygmalion Music Festival 2013 (tix on sale today)
The 2013 Pygmalion Music Festival is slated to take place from September 26-28 at various venues throughout Champaign-Urbana, IL. Their initial lineup features The Breeders, Youth Lagoon, Major Lazer, Chance the Rapper, Foxygen, Daughter, Perfume Genius, Metz, On An On, Nat Baldwin, and many more, with a second artist announcement due in June…
Death to All returns w/ 'Human' lineup for North American tour
Paul of Cynic with Death to All, June 2012(more by Justina Villaneuva)
Death to All returns for a second helping, gathering the crew of their 1991 Human LP (Paul Masvidal, Steve DiGiorgio, Sean Reinert but clearly sans mastermind Chuck Schuldiner, who passed away many years ago) for a set of carefully selected dates in North America…
globalFEST 2013 in pics & videos (Oliver Mtukudzi, Fatoumata Diawara, Mucca Pazza, Kayhan Kalhor & more)
Over the last decade Globalfest has presented 21st-century world music as an accelerating fusion, a recombinant free-for-all of local traditions meeting ideas and technologies from afar…
'FELA!' is going on tour, coming to the Arie Crown Theater
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FELA!, the musical, is going on an extensive US tour this year with multiple performances in each city it visits. That tour will begin later this month in Washington, D…
globalFEST 2013 announces full lineup w/ Oliver Mtukudzi
Annual NYC world music festival globalFEST, whose name was recently borrowed for a much bigger one-off event in Central Park, have announced the lineup for their 2013 festival which will go down on all three stages at Webster Hall on January 13…
