Love these guys. Sorry about the French sub titles.
Chucho Valdés - “Afro-Comanche” Live
“Border-Free” (2013): Valdes’ fiery piano has a gentle, if not subtly romantic secret hidden deep in. Latin-American magic par excellence and a homage to all kinds of musical roots…A superb album with a kind touch by Branford Marsalis…
From May 30 to June 2, the Dresdner Sinfoniker, led by Italian conductor Andrea Molino, will perform Symphony for Palestine by Iranian composer and kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor in Jenin, Palestine and Ramallah, East Jersusalem.
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NEW EMEL MATHLOUTHI MA LKIT (NOT FOUND) ©kelmti horra// World village (by Emel Mathlouthi)
Don’t miss a rare U.S. concert by Emel Mathlouthi in New York on May 22! At FIAF / French Institute Alliance Française for World Nomads Tunisia.
“Ma Lkit” is from the album Kelmti Horra.
(via Rising Tuareg Band Terakaft to Perform in London on May 29 | World Music Central.org)
“Terakaft, one of the rising stars in Tuareg music will bring their desert blues sound to Electrowerkz in London on May 29,2013.
Comprised of two original members of Tinariwen, the band was formed in 2001 in Kidal (Mali). This Tuareg desert rock band uses droning guitars, pulsating rhythms, and powerful, mournful vocals. Terakaft means ‘Caravan’ in their mother tongue and they tell tales of a nomadic people, of families displaced, of violence, loss, sadness and defiance…”
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