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World Music

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Beats Antique on Tribal Belly Dance and the Common Thread in Global Party Rhythms

    By J POET Beats Antique's kaleidoscopic carnival of belly dancers and musicians moves to a dizzying whirl of electronica mashed up with Middle Eastern grooves, Balkan wedding music, flamenco, French gypsy jazz, hip-hop, and dub reggae, for a sound that appeals to world music lovers as well as dance ... More >>

  • Music

    July 13, 2011

    Seun Kuti: Show Preview

    By J POET Beats Antique's kaleidoscopic carnival of belly dancers and musicians moves to a dizzying whirl of electronica mashed up with Middle Eastern grooves, Balkan wedding music, flamenco, French gypsy jazz, hip-hop, and dub reggae, for a sound that appeals to world music lovers as well as dance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Soul-Funk Outfit The Budos Band Wants To Harsh Your Mellows, Hippies

    Lotsa people, lotsa attitude.​You've got to love New Yorkers for their blatant honesty. Speaking to Jared Tankel, baritone saxophone player in 10-piece Staten Island global-funk group The Budos Band, he makes it clear to aspiring rappers that his instrumental band is not interested in collaboratin ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2010

    Fool's Gold puts Hebrew words over Muslim music. Everybody dances.

    Lotsa people, lotsa attitude.​You've got to love New Yorkers for their blatant honesty. Speaking to Jared Tankel, baritone saxophone player in 10-piece Staten Island global-funk group The Budos Band, he makes it clear to aspiring rappers that his instrumental band is not interested in collaboratin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2010

    Hebrew for "Happiness"

    Lotsa people, lotsa attitude.​You've got to love New Yorkers for their blatant honesty. Speaking to Jared Tankel, baritone saxophone player in 10-piece Staten Island global-funk group The Budos Band, he makes it clear to aspiring rappers that his instrumental band is not interested in collaboratin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Taj Mahal, Ravi Shankar, Vieux Farka Touré Among Performers in SF Jazz Festival

    Cedric AngelesVieux Farka Touré​The nonprofit SFJAZZ announced its lineup today for the 28th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, which runs from September 14 to November 20. Tickets go on sale Sunday, July 11, and prices vary for each concert. Highlights include:Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabaté and Vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Monday's Pick: Tinariwen at Yoshi's

    Thomas Dorn​TinariwenYoshi's SF8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $20-$30The term "desert blues" is more than a little reductive, but it does at least begin to describe the sound of Tinariwen, a North African group of Tuareg tribesmen. Over bass and hand percussion in swaying, trance-like rhythms that threaten t ... More >>

  • Music

    June 16, 2010

    Show preview: Tinariwen

    Thomas Dorn​TinariwenYoshi's SF8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $20-$30The term "desert blues" is more than a little reductive, but it does at least begin to describe the sound of Tinariwen, a North African group of Tuareg tribesmen. Over bass and hand percussion in swaying, trance-like rhythms that threaten t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    Sweet and Saur

    Thomas Dorn​TinariwenYoshi's SF8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $20-$30The term "desert blues" is more than a little reductive, but it does at least begin to describe the sound of Tinariwen, a North African group of Tuareg tribesmen. Over bass and hand percussion in swaying, trance-like rhythms that threaten t ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2010

    Heavyweight Bass Rumble

    Thomas Dorn​TinariwenYoshi's SF8 p.m. and 10 p.m., $20-$30The term "desert blues" is more than a little reductive, but it does at least begin to describe the sound of Tinariwen, a North African group of Tuareg tribesmen. Over bass and hand percussion in swaying, trance-like rhythms that threaten t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Weekend Chatter: Buraka Som Sistema Q&A

    ​Lisbon-based Buraka Som Sistema headlines Mezzanine Saturday night, bringing its mashup of vocal percussion with zombified, broken-legged dance contortions. The foursome who leapt into global view with 2008's Black Diamond is now making its second SF visit. The group will batter crowds with dis ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2009

    Bigger than Gandhi

    ​Lisbon-based Buraka Som Sistema headlines Mezzanine Saturday night, bringing its mashup of vocal percussion with zombified, broken-legged dance contortions. The foursome who leapt into global view with 2008's Black Diamond is now making its second SF visit. The group will batter crowds with dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Weekend Pick #1: Fela B-Day Celebration

    Afrobeat's Ancestor: Fela Kuti​ It's hard to think of a more iconic artist than Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The founder of Afrobeat, who famously proclaimed "music is a weapon," was both a voice of progressive social change--and often uncomfortably-honest socioeconomic critique--and a musical visiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Ricardo Lemvo brings the Mambo to GAMH Tomorrow

    Ricardo Lemvo​ Along with Habib Koite, Ricardo Lemvo  is one of those guys who always seems to be on every Putumayo world music compilation, playing funky Congolese-inflected Latin music. Though he's currently based in Los Angeles, Lemvo hasn't appeared much on local stages, so world music ... More >>

  • Music

    August 19, 2009

    Aphrodesia spreads Afrobeat cross-country

    Ricardo Lemvo​ Along with Habib Koite, Ricardo Lemvo  is one of those guys who always seems to be on every Putumayo world music compilation, playing funky Congolese-inflected Latin music. Though he's currently based in Los Angeles, Lemvo hasn't appeared much on local stages, so world music ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2009

    Femi Kuti

    Ricardo Lemvo​ Along with Habib Koite, Ricardo Lemvo  is one of those guys who always seems to be on every Putumayo world music compilation, playing funky Congolese-inflected Latin music. Though he's currently based in Los Angeles, Lemvo hasn't appeared much on local stages, so world music ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2009

    King Sunny Adé's legnthy reign

    Ricardo Lemvo​ Along with Habib Koite, Ricardo Lemvo  is one of those guys who always seems to be on every Putumayo world music compilation, playing funky Congolese-inflected Latin music. Though he's currently based in Los Angeles, Lemvo hasn't appeared much on local stages, so world music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Berkeley World Music Festival This Weekend

    Wassup, World: Markus James and the Wassonrai To travel around the world this weekend, all you have to do is hop on BART and come to Berkeley. The annual Berkeley World Music Festival happens Saturday, June 6, with various ethnic music specialists and purveyors of global rhythms in an around the T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Experience Afrofunk: Sila Drops New Album

    EKAphotographyElectable: Sila performs with the AFE at Stern Grove San Francisco's favorite Kenyan Afro-groovester, Victor Sila, has just released Black President, his second album with the Afrofunk Experience. I'll admit to being a bit biased--Sila is a friend of mine, and I wrote his bio--but I r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    The Wanderers

    EKAphotographyElectable: Sila performs with the AFE at Stern Grove San Francisco's favorite Kenyan Afro-groovester, Victor Sila, has just released Black President, his second album with the Afrofunk Experience. I'll admit to being a bit biased--Sila is a friend of mine, and I wrote his bio--but I r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Alice Russell Comes to SF

    Digby OldridgeCrazy just like you: Alice RussellThese days, apparently, British pop-soul sirens are a dime a dozen. Why, all you have to do is go to any smoke-filled pub in Nottingham, peer under the table, and you'll find the next Joss Stone, Lily Allen, or Amy Crackhouse. Seriously, though, Alice ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Global Drum Project Snags World Music Grammy

    Global Drum Project Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart didn't invent world music. But he was among the first to take it out of the hands of ethnomusicologists and into the clutches of pop culture. Eighteen years ago, Hart and tabla titan Zakir Hussain won the first World Music Grammy for ... More >>

  • Music

    September 10, 2008

    International crate digging gets new life online

    Global Drum Project Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart didn't invent world music. But he was among the first to take it out of the hands of ethnomusicologists and into the clutches of pop culture. Eighteen years ago, Hart and tabla titan Zakir Hussain won the first World Music Grammy for ... More >>

  • Music

    September 3, 2008

    Gettin' brassy with the Hornucopia Festival

    Global Drum Project Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart didn't invent world music. But he was among the first to take it out of the hands of ethnomusicologists and into the clutches of pop culture. Eighteen years ago, Hart and tabla titan Zakir Hussain won the first World Music Grammy for ... More >>

  • Music

    June 4, 2008

    Black Stars:

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007

    Local label Six Degrees earns three Grammy nods

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Music

    November 28, 2007

    Youssou N'Dour

    Rokku Mi Rokka (Nonesuch)

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    Bay Area's Annual Didjeridu Fix To Be Satiated Friday

    Rokku Mi Rokka (Nonesuch)

  • Music

    September 26, 2007

    Balkan Beat Box

    Nu Med (J-Dub)

  • Music

    August 29, 2007

    Zap Mama

    Supermoon (Heads Up)

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2007

    Mission Indian That's Not Pakwan For Once

    Supermoon (Heads Up)

  • Music

    November 22, 2006

    Lemonade samples the world on the way to the dance floor

    Supermoon (Heads Up)

  • Music

    June 14, 2006

    We Are the World

    Global fusion takes club music to outernational heights

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2004

    Fantastic Voyage

    Get off your high horse and listen to some fine world music at "Putumayo: Latinas -- Women of Latin America"

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2003

    Feed Your Head

    The San Francisco International Arts Festival now rocks with world music

  • Music

    September 18, 2002

    House of Tudor

    A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

  • Summer Guide

    June 19, 2002

    Music

    A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

  • Music

    January 9, 2002

    The Week's Can't-Miss Performance

    Russell Gunn aims outside the boundaries of jazz convention

  • Calendar

    September 5, 2001

    There's a Griot Goin' On

    Guitarist and singer Habib Kolte expands on the vibrant musical traditions of Mali

  • Music

    May 9, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Silke Tudor explores sensual songbirds, chaotic mandalas, and constipated tyrants

  • Music

    May 2, 2001

    A Matter of Degrees

    Local label Six Degrees weathers the storm of success

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2000

    Good Golly, It's Mali

    Oumou Sangaré and Habib Koité

  • Music

    July 5, 2000

    Tool(s) of the Man

    Mickey Hart is still pursuing that perfect beat -- in words, sound, and even government service

  • Music

    May 24, 2000

    Riff Raff

    It's a Big World After All; When Your Band Breaks; Oops

  • Music

    May 10, 2000

    Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em

    Zakir Hussain is one of the country's finest tabla musicians, but can Indian percussion music play in Peoria? It just did.

  • Music

    August 18, 1999

    Hear This

    Zakir Hussain is one of the country's finest tabla musicians, but can Indian percussion music play in Peoria? It just did.

  • Calendar

    August 11, 1999

    Night & Day

    Zakir Hussain is one of the country's finest tabla musicians, but can Indian percussion music play in Peoria? It just did.

  • Music

    March 24, 1999

    Fiddling With Tradition

    For local klezmer musicians, experimenting with Jewish music's history is just as important as embracing it

  • Music

    May 6, 1998

    Reviews

    For local klezmer musicians, experimenting with Jewish music's history is just as important as embracing it

  • Music

    November 5, 1997

    Hear This

    For local klezmer musicians, experimenting with Jewish music's history is just as important as embracing it

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