World Music Articles

The Afro-Caribbean Music Connection. (There is also a mirror site in Germany, courtesty of Gregor Arnold Stölting.)

Fin de Siècle Music, published in The San Juan Star, "Venue" section, p. 15, March 31, 1996.

The Sands of Cape Verde, published in The San Juan Star, "Venue" section, p. 15, May 19, 1996.

Indonesia: A Musical Archipelago, published in The San Juan Star, "Venue" section, June 30, 1996.

Meistersingers of the Steppe, published in The San Juan Star, "Venue" section, p. 13, August 4, 1996.

The Brightest Star of Qawwali, published in The San Juan Star, "Venue" section, p. 8, December 1, 1996.

Senegal: Baobabs, Boubous, and Mbalax, published in The San Juan Star, "Venue" section, p. 11, March 16, 1997.

Note: Selected articles have also been featured in RootsWorld and the Record Reviewer.

Brief CD Reviews

(Written for RootsWorld.)

Bale Seni Megasari: Java Kecapi Suling
Eyuphuro: Yellela
Franco: The Rough Guide to Franco
Gamana: Le Marija
Ghazal: Moon Rise Over the Silk Road
Huun-Huur-Tu: Where Young Grass Grows
Kalindi-Ka: Yo
Alioune Kassé: Exsina
Sanna Kurki-Suonio: Musta
Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga: Ujumbe
Gopal Shankar Misra: Out of Stillness
Aliakbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi: Whisper
Aliakbar Moradi and Parvin Namazi: Kurdaneh
Ugis Praulins: Paganu Gadagramata
Hüsnü S¸enlendirici and Laço Tayfa: Çiftetelli
Tai Tu Nam Bo: Saigon: Masters of Traditional Music
Tajima Tadashi: Master of Shakuhachi
Transjoik: Mahkalahke
The Uyghur Musicians From Xinjiang: Music From the Oasis Towns of Central Asia
Yat-Kha: Dalai Beldiri
Yim Hok-Man: Poems of Thunder: The Master Chinese Percussionist
Various Artists: Land of the Sufis: Soul Music from the Indus Valley
Various Artists: The Music of Islam and Sufism in Morocco
Various Artists: The Music of Vietnam
Various Artists: La Route des Gitans (The Gypsy Road)
Various Artists: Living Art, Sounding Spirit: The Bali Sessions
Various Artists: The Road to Kes¸an: Turkish Rom and Regional Music of Thrace
Various Artists: Saraca: Funerary Music of Carriacou
Various Artists: Tuva, Among the Spirits

Concert Reviews

Yat-Kha: Live accompaniment for V. I. Pudovkin's silent film epic Storm Over Asia

Other World Music Sites

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