The World Music Festival’s 21 free concerts feature a crowd of international talents—among them hallucinatory Argentine singer-songwriter Juana Molina, generation-spanning Cuban big band Orquesta Akokán, and omnivorous Congolese groove machine Jupiter & Okwess.
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Excavated Shellac digs up a raucous Turkish dance tune from 1946
A driving folk tune from the superb new international compilation Excavated Shellac: Reeds
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12 O’Clock Track: “Zivot Cigana,” a blast of Balkan brass from Boban and Marko Markovic
A brassy burner from the forthcoming album Gipsy Manifesto
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12 O’Clock Track: “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja,” wild Indian brass-band music from Jaipur Kawa
The wild and woolly sound of Rajasthan’s Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
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Iraqi maqam master Hamid Al-Saadi on a screen near you
Episodes of the new WYCC music show Musicology: Live From the Old Town School of Folk Music are now available on YouTube
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The Old Town School takes to the airwaves with Musicology
The Old Town School of Folk Music and WYCC partner to present a promising new TV program featuring international music concerts taped at the school’s concert hall.
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International music on your radio tonight
Tonight on WBEZ’s Radio M, I’ll play music by the New York Gypsy All-Stars, who play Martyrs’ on Saturday.
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My last year-end music list from 2011, I promise
Tonight Radio M host Tony Sarabia and I play our favorite international music from 2011.
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Best of 2010: One Last List (Really!)
My picks for the best international music of 2010.
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Sergent Garcia returns to Chicago
France has long had one of Europe’s most dynamic and disparate immigrant populations, so it makes sense that it would produce lots of multiculti musical acts like Sergent Garcia, who are playing tonight at the Logan Square Auditorium. Writing about the band’s Chicago debut back in 2000, I was impressed by their unself-conscious, party-friendly mix […]
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Globalfest online
This year you can hear New York’s Globalfest live on your computer.
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On the radio
My monthly guest slot on WBEZ’s Radio M comes a week early, this Friday at 9:30.
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More ways to buy globally
More places on the Internet to track down hard-to-find international jams.
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Browse locally, buy globally
Find both traditional and contemporary sounds from around the globe in the comfort of your own home.
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Worldly woman–ugh
Brazilian singer Luca Mundaca transcends the touchy-feely slime of a recent Putumayo compliation.