world music
Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang playing Celebrate Clark Street & the Empty Bottle
DOWNLOAD: Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang – “Feba” (MP3)
Sierra Leonean singer Janka Nabay and his Bubu Gang are set to release their new LP, En Yay Sah, on August 7 via Luaka Bop…
Omar Souleyman on tour, playing Webster Hall tonight (dates)
Omar Souleyman at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
Dabke singer Omar Souleyman is currently on a tour with Dengue Fever which hits NYC TONIGHT (6/4) at Webster Hall, before hitting Philly on Tuesday and wrapping up in DC on Wednesday…
Amadou & Mariam released a guest-filled LP, playing Lollapalooza
DOWNLOAD: Amadou & Mariam – “Dougou Badia” (feat. Santigold) (MP3)
Malian duo Amadou & Mariam released their new album, Folila, last month via Nonesuch in the US…
FELA! The Musical is coming to the Oriental Theatre; Fela Band performing @ Lincoln Hall
FELA!, the musical based on the life of the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti is coming to Chicago’s Oriental Theatre for a two-and-a-half week run starting on March 27th…
Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar are coming to the Empty Bottle
Mercury Prize-winning tabla player, producer, and composer Talvin Singh teamed up with sitar player Niladri Kumar earlier this year, to release their debut album Together via World Village…
World Music Festival Chicago coming - full lineup, & schedule
The 2011 edition of Chicago’s World Music Festival is coming soon. The annual fest takes over various venues throughout the city from September 15 – 22…
Crosses is Shaun of Far † Chino of Deftones † Chuck Doom; Argonauts is Dave Witte & friends (playing Gwar-B-Q)
Crosses is a new crew that features Shaun Lopez of FAR and Chino Moreno of Deftones, and the trio (Chuck Doom rounds it out) have released a new EP for download…
Fela! Broadway Cast Recording release party & album stream (and a chance to win tix to the Broadway show)
The previously mentioned BV-co-presented Fela! cast party/album release show is happening at Brooklyn Bowl on June 7th. DJ Questlove, Fela drummer Tony Allen (who also has another show coming up), OP…
Orchestra Baobab - 2008 Tour Dates (2 free NYC shows)
Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese Afro-Cuban, Son, and Pachanga band. Organized in 1970, as a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band, Orchestre Baobab adapted the then current craze for Cuban Music (growing out of the Congolese Soukous style) in West Africa to Wolof Griot culture and the Mandinga musical traditions of the Casamance…
Black Kids - 2008 Tour Dates (Santos' Party House)
this is what it looks like upstairs @ Santos’ Party House….
If anyone has something nice to say about a Black Kids live performance, speak up now…
