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“there are so many choice cuts to rave about but you can’t go far wrong with Deux bâtons and La Marseillaise en créole…Even without the lyrical knowledge this is the sort of music that inspires revolution against everything that has come to represent the materialistic and mainstream” - Folk Radio UK on Lo’Jo’s Cinema el Mundo

Lo’Jo tours the UK next week!

Lo’Jo’s UK tour starts on Tuesday in Manchester and Wednesday in London as well! (hmm, tough choice.)

May 28 - Band on the Wall in Manchester
May 29 - Rich Mix in London
May 30 - Ropetackle Arts Centre in Shoreham-by-sea
May 31 - Theatr Mwldan in Cardigan
June 1 - Wychwood Tackle in Cheltenham
June 2 - DanceEast in Ipswich

Terakaft tours the UK starting next Tuesday!

May 28 - Ruby Lounge in Manchester
May 29 - Electrowerkz in London
May 31 - Hay-on-Wye Festival
June 28 - Glastonbury Festival

EMEL MATHLOUTHI On tour 2013 (by Emel Mathlouthi)

Emel Mathlouthi performs at FIAF / French Institute Alliance Française in New York City tomorrow!

Check out her 2013 Tour video.

Kelmti Horra is available on iTunes! ”[‘Ma Lkit’] heralds the arrival of a big new voice on the world music scene.” - Nat Geo Music

World Nomads Tunisia (through May 31) The French Institute Alliance Française presents the fifth edition of its World Nomads festival, which celebrates French-speaking cultures. Events will take place at the institute and at sites around the city. On Wednesday at 8 p.m., the Tunisian singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi, whose protest songs were banned on Tunisian radio, will perform at Florence Gould Hall, French Institute Alliance Française, 55 East 59th Street, Manhattan; $25, $20 for members.

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—	Spare Times for May 17-23 - NYTimes.com

“Inside the theater, Emel Mathlouthi wows the crowd. By the end of the night, the audience is weeping as she sings songs about continuing a struggle for freedom.” - ‘From The Heart Of Egypt’s Revolt’ on NPR’s All Things Considered streaming now.

Catch Mathlouthi live at a rare U.S. concert next Wednesday at the French Institute Alliance Française in NYC!

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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(via harmonia mundi store :: New Releases Tokyo String Quartet, Ravi Shanker, Philip Glass)

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