Santigold – Rethinking World Music from a 2012 Perspective – by Anupa Mistry

Santigold – Rethinking World Music from a 2012 Perspective – by Anupa Mistry
Don’t tell Santi White that Disparate Youth, the dubby call-to-arms anthem from her recently released sophomore album, Master Of My Make-Believe (Atlantic), sounds like rap-rock band 311. Or Drake’s Headlines.

A Night With Bill King – The Roots That World Music Left Behind

Now this may not be your typical post here today…

But this is something intriguing and at its core is based in World Music. If you look at the history of the Old South, you’ll know that the music that defines it came from the melting pot of World Music that the then inhabitants brought with them. This melange of music is what is brought forth in the new Bill King performance, ‘A Night With Bill King.’

Send Off – A Note To Billy Bryans

Send Off – A Note To Billy Bryans
Propelled along a sunny Queen Street near Spadina by the rumbling of a dozen samba drummers Sunday, it was easy to be transported back to an earlier, long-lost era on that legendary cultural thoroughfare.

Asian Sound Slam – “Not a typical Sunday night at Lula Lounge”

Executive Blog – by Alan Davis     Last weekend’s Asian Sound Slam was a great step in Small World’s ongoing initiative to support the careers of worthy young artists. Falling as it did within ...

Senegalese musician pounds out cheerful world music at New Orleans Jazz Fest – By Laura McKnight, The Times-Picayune

New Orleans Jazz Fest crowds basked in sounds from across the globe Saturday as Senegalese performer Cheikh Lô offered a performance as colorful and unique as his signature patchwork tunic.