It's been awhile since we've checked in on some of the other world music blogs on the interwebs, so it's high time we caught up with some of my favorite sites.
Over at DubMC.com, where the business side of world music is the name of the game, blogger Dmitri Vietze has a few Q&As with influential performing arts programmers Neal Copperman, Jordan Peimer, and Tom Frouge, asking them about their favorite sights and sounds at this fall's WOMEX convention in Copenhagen. Curious as to what sort of multicultural programming you're likely to see in the coming year at your favorite local world music venue? Check out their favorite picks -- those guys are real tastemakers!
At World Music Central, a mystery blogger known only as Pascale158 gives us a quick rundown of the career of African diva Dobet Gnahore, which concludes with a little bit of what seems to be insider information: we'll be seeing a new Gnahore CD in early 2010. I find this tremendously exciting, as Dobet Gnahore, who I'd liked since I heard her 2007 release Na Afriki, but went crazy for once I saw her in real life at the 2009 Festival International de Louisiane (I have the pictures to prove it), and I can't wait to hear what she comes up with next.
Over at Spinner.com, Steve Hochman talks with another African diva, the formidable Angelique Kidjo, who also has a new record coming out in early 2010. Hochman snagged himself a way-in-advance preview of that record, and even has a clip from one of the songs available so you can listen, too! Sounds good to me... I can't wait to hear the whole thing!
Feel free to leave a comment and share links to anything great you've read about world music lately!
Over at DubMC.com, where the business side of world music is the name of the game, blogger Dmitri Vietze has a few Q&As with influential performing arts programmers Neal Copperman, Jordan Peimer, and Tom Frouge, asking them about their favorite sights and sounds at this fall's WOMEX convention in Copenhagen. Curious as to what sort of multicultural programming you're likely to see in the coming year at your favorite local world music venue? Check out their favorite picks -- those guys are real tastemakers!
At World Music Central, a mystery blogger known only as Pascale158 gives us a quick rundown of the career of African diva Dobet Gnahore, which concludes with a little bit of what seems to be insider information: we'll be seeing a new Gnahore CD in early 2010. I find this tremendously exciting, as Dobet Gnahore, who I'd liked since I heard her 2007 release Na Afriki, but went crazy for once I saw her in real life at the 2009 Festival International de Louisiane (I have the pictures to prove it), and I can't wait to hear what she comes up with next.
Over at Spinner.com, Steve Hochman talks with another African diva, the formidable Angelique Kidjo, who also has a new record coming out in early 2010. Hochman snagged himself a way-in-advance preview of that record, and even has a clip from one of the songs available so you can listen, too! Sounds good to me... I can't wait to hear the whole thing!
Feel free to leave a comment and share links to anything great you've read about world music lately!
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