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- Best Gifts for Reggae Music Fans - Reggae Music Gift Ideas…Created: 2009-12-06 @ 22:58:07 EST
Need some gift ideas for the reggae music listener in your life? Look no further - this list covers music, books, and more!… - 2010 World Music Grammy Nominees - Grammy Nominees in the 2010 World…Created: 2009-12-02 @ 23:09:40 EST Updated: 2009-12-03 @ 01:21:57 EST
The 2010 Grammy Nominations are in, and as always, it's a bit of an odd lot over in the world music categories. Nominations in traditional and contemporary world music went to artists as varied as… - Busting World Music Myths - Misconceptions About World Music…Created: 2009-11-17 @ 23:34:03 EST
World Music is often dismissed as simply not cool enough, fun enough, or glamorous enough for average people to listen to. We world music listeners, however, know better than that! Let's bust som… - FELA the Musical - Profile of Broadway Musical Fela - Based on the L…Created: 2009-11-08 @ 22:55:10 EST
FELA! is a musical that debuted on Broadway in the Fall of 2009. It is based on the life of Nigerian musician and political revolutionary Fela Anikulapo Kuti, told in a first-person narrative styl… - Orla Fallon - Distant Shore - CD Review of Orla Fallon's Distant Sho…Created: 2009-10-24 @ 20:59:54 EDT Updated: 2009-10-24 @ 21:02:59 EDT
Orla Fallon is best-known as being the harpist and one of the singers from the international sensation Celtic Woman. Her CD 'Distant Shore,' which is her first solo release since she left Celtic W… - Celtic Music Christmas CDs – Christmas Music CDs from Celtic a…Created: 2009-10-18 @ 22:34:55 EDT Updated: 2009-10-19 @ 16:05:05 EDT
Add some Celtic flavor to your Christmas season with these Celtic music Christmas CDs. From Celtic artists as diverse as new age-influenced Enya to traditional Irish musicians Cherish the Ladies, … - Deejay - What is a Reggae and Dancehall Deejay…Created: 2009-10-11 @ 22:53:42 EDT
In reggae and dancehall music, a deejay is an artist who toasts (or raps) over a riddim (or pre-recorded beat). Deejays create on-the-fly lyrics to riddims that are generally chosen or programmed … - The Harder They Come - Movie and Soundtrack Information - Jimmy Clif…Created: 2009-09-28 @ 18:11:52 EDT
'The Harder They Come' is a seminal reggae music movie, starring reggae icon Jimmy Cliff, who plays Ivanhoe Martin, a jobless Jamaican man who wants to make a living as a musician, but ends up as a… - Jimmy Cliff Profile and Biography - Biography of Reggae Legend Jimmy…Created: 2009-09-28 @ 18:10:13 EDT
Jimmy Cliff is a legend of Jamaican reggae music and is, after Bob Marley, probably the best-known Jamaican musician of all time. Jimmy Cliff's hit songs include "You Can Get it if you Really… - Ashkenaz - Berkeley, California - World Music Venue Ashkenaz…Created: 2009-09-09 @ 19:24:37 EDT
Ashkenaz is a legendary world music venue in Berkeley, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area). Founded by the late David Nadel, Ashkenaz functions as a non-profit community center which offers… - Huun Huur Tu and Carmen Rizzo - Eternal - CD Review of Huun Huur Tu …Created: 2009-08-30 @ 12:48:54 EDT Updated: 2009-08-30 @ 14:11:29 EDT
Huun Huur Tu and Carmen Rizzo's new CD, 'Eternal,' is a collaborative effort between not just the artists, but the genres: Tuvan Throat Singing and World-Electronica must find a way to intermingle … - Oumou Sangare - Seya - CD Review of Oumou Sangare's SeyaCreated: 2009-08-16 @ 12:22:54 EDT Updated: 2009-08-16 @ 12:24:16 EDT
Oumou Sangare's latest CD, Seya, is the first internationally-released CD from the queen of Malian music in six years. Read my review of "Seya," and get a taste of this extraordinary wor… - Huun Huur Tu = Profile of Tuvan Throat Singers Huun Huur TuCreated: 2009-08-16 @ 11:20:57 EDT
Huun Huur Tu is perhaps the most famous Tuvan throat singing group ever to emerge from the small Republic of Tuva. Blending xoomei (what Tuvans call Tuvan throat singing) with traditional instrume… - Nyabinghi Drumming - What is Nyabinghi Drumming - Nyabinghi DrumsCreated: 2009-08-09 @ 23:29:50 EDT
Nyabinghi drumming is a form of ritual drumming used for prayer and meditation in the Rastafarian religion. The rhythms of nyabinghi drumming, which come from African rhythms, are integral to the … - Essential Traditional Ska Music Starter CDs - Best Traditional First…Created: 2009-08-09 @ 23:22:38 EDT
Though ska music experienced a resurgence in the 1990s, when it was fused with rock and punk, ska experienced its first wave in Jamaica in the 1960s. Traditional ska music is a combination of trad… - All About Jamaican Music - Information About Jamaican Music Genres a…Created: 2009-08-09 @ 22:55:21 EDT Updated: 2009-08-09 @ 23:16:19 EDT
Jamaican music is some of the most popular music in the world. Trailblazers like Bob Marley put the music of Jamaica on the map, but the history of Jamaican music is peppered with hundreds of amaz… - Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo - CD Review of Vieux Farka Toure FondoCreated: 2009-07-28 @ 15:18:55 EDT Updated: 2009-07-28 @ 17:12:49 EDT
Vieux Farka Toure's second album, Fondo, is a tradition-respecting yet forward-thinking record from the son of the late great Ali Farka Toure. Unlike his first album, which was something of an hom… - Toumani Diabate Profile and Biography - Biography of Malian Kora Pla…Created: 2009-07-25 @ 18:25:36 EDT
Toumani Diabate is one of Mali's most important and celebrated musicians. As a kora player, Toumani Diabate keeps alive a centuries-old griot tradition. Toumani Diabate both performs traditional … - Top 10 Myths About World Music - Debunking World Music Myths…Updated: 2009-11-17 @ 23:35:25 EST
World Music fans are all hippies. World Music isn't sexy. World Music is weird and hard to listen to. World Music is all in foreign languages. Sound familiar? Time to debunk world music myths!… - World Music Albums for Christmas - Christmas Holiday World Music CDs…Updated: 2009-10-19 @ 14:30:47 EDT
Are you going to snap if you have to hear "Jingle Bell Rock" one more time? Yeah, me too. Luckily, there are dozens of fabulous world music artists who have released Christmas albums th… - Must Reads: Essential Articles and Resources about WorldmusicUpdated: 2009-09-30 @ 11:27:41 EDT
- Roots Reggae Information - What is Roots Reggae…Updated: 2009-09-28 @ 18:14:52 EDT
Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae music, characterized by socially conscious and spiritual lyrics. Roots reggae peaked in the late 1960s with Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and their contemporaries, b… - Reggae Music 101 - Learn More About Reggae Music - History of Reggae…Updated: 2009-09-28 @ 18:14:18 EDT
Reggae music is perhaps one of the best-known genres of world music. Reggae music was created and popularized in the United States in the 1960s by artists such as Bob Marley and Peter Tosh… - If You Like Bob Marley - Bob Marley Related Reggae Artists - More Re…Updated: 2009-09-28 @ 18:13:23 EDT
If you like the reggae music stylings of Bob Marley, check out some of these related reggae music artists. This list includes Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh, who were part of The Wailers, Bob Marley'… - Oumou Sangare Biography and Profile - Biography of Oumou SangareUpdated: 2009-08-16 @ 12:38:57 EDT
Oumou Sangare is an African musician of Wassoulou descent. Born in the southern region of Mali, Oumou Sangare has become one of the best-known Wassoulou musicians in the world, and one of Mali's f…