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Who
Will Win the World Music Grammy Award?
Anticipation builds for who will win
for Best World Music Album as the countdown
to the Grammys continues. To refresh
your memory, the nominees for the major
award are Toumani Diabaté &
Sidiki Diabaté for “Toumani
& Sidiki,” Angélique
Kidjo for “Eve,” Wu Man, Luis
Conte & Daniel Ho for “Our
World In Song,” Sergio Mendes for
“Magic” and Anoushka Shankar
for “Traces Of You.” The 2015
Grammy Awards will be held Sunday, February
8th, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
1/27/15 |
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Red
Baraat Return with New Album, ‘Gaadi
of Truth’
Brooklyn-based bhangra band Red Baraat
return with “Gaadi of Truth,”
the follow-up to 2013's critically-acclaimed
album “Shruggy Ji.” The new
record fuses North Indian bhangra rhythms,
brass funk, D.C. go-go beats and hip-hop,
with elements of South Asian qawwali
and South American cumbia. Led by dhol
player Sunny Jain, the eight-piece drum
and brass ensemble have announced a
string of North American shows in February
and March. Red Baraat will host their
fourth annual Festival of Colors to
celebrate Holi, which has now expanded
to four cities: New York, Washington
DC, Philadelphia and Boston.
1/19/15 |
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Dom
La Nena Premieres Video for New Single
Brazilian singer and cellist Dom La
Nena has premiered a video for her new
single “Llegaré.” The
video footage was filmed by her husband,
who just goes by Jeremiah, while on
tour with La Nena in North America.
The track is taken from La Nena’s
upcoming second album “Soyo,”
due for release March 3rd on Six Degrees
Records. Hear it before you can buy
it on NewWorldBuzz. WATCH
1/16/15 |
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Daby
Touré Set to Release New Album
Mauritanian-Senegalese singer, songwriter
and guitarist Daby Touré returns
in May 2015 with a phenomenal new album
on Cumbancha and a renewed creative
energy. Touré has shared the
stage and studio with Peter Gabriel,
Souad Massi, Enzo Avitabile, Skip McDonald
and The Touré-Raichel Collective.
Whether he appears solo or with his
full band, Daby Touré never fails
to astound audiences with his ethereal
voice, masterful guitar work and catchy
original songs.
1/14/15 |
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Skip&Die
Unveil New Single ‘Cosmic Serpents’
After setting stages on fire around
the planet during their successful two-year
Riots In The Jungle tour, pan-tropical
future bass band Skip&Die are back
with an exhilarating new album, entitled
“Cosmic Serpents.” Set for
release March 2015, the new album was
written and recorded in Brazil, Egypt,
Argentina, Colombia, La Reunion island,
South Africa, Portugal and the Netherlands.
South African songwriter, vocalist and
visual artist Cata.Pirata and her band
are joined on “Cosmic Serpents”
by a handful of exciting guests from
around the globe. The first single and
video is the title track, “Cosmic
Serpents,” now trending on NewWorldBuzz.
WATCH
1/11/15 |
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Kassé
Mady Diabaté Returns with New
Album
West African singer Kassé Mady
Diabaté returns with his new
album “Kiriké” January
6, 2015 on Six Degrees Records. “Kiriké,”
a collaboration with Malian kora maestro
Ballaké Sissoko and French cellist
Vincent Segal, represents a traditional
acoustic music trend that has been emerging
in Bamako. Kassé Mady Diabaté
is revered worldwide as one of the great
griots of his generation and “the
greatest singer in Mali,” as described
by fellow countryman Salif Keita. Listen
to the album’s lead track “Simbo”
on NewWorldBuzz.
12/30/14 |
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