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August 2010 Tweets: World Music in Review
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
Violin+swarveena concert, Bangalore, Sep 4 http://bit.ly/9JM88Q  http://bit.ly/cY59Cv  CN Chandrasheskar, Prakash Sontakke
Behind the Blogs: Digital Music Trends http://bit.ly/cm7aIH 
Festivals commemorate 100th birth anniversary of gypsy-jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt http://bit.ly/ca6lIi 
Estonia hosts world’s first digital song festival http://bit.ly/9ey3pr 
Review: The Newport Waterfront Reggae Festival, [...]

July 2010 Tweets: World Music in Review
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
 
World Cup anthem singer: a fan of Bollywood! http://bit.ly/9zw2vI  Bollywood video visuals next!
My concept note for the World Music Cafes network http://music.techsparks.com/?p=153 Come join me!
New label for global Indian music: Universal + Desi Hits http://nyti.ms/dyMDyP  http://bit.ly/beuY6f  (Forbes, New York Times)
Bollywood [...]

Day Three, Rainforest World Music Festival: A Thunderous Climax!
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
 
Day Three of the 13th Rainforest World Music Festival was probably one of the wettest ever, with rain pouring throughout the evening performances and lighting and thunder providing a continuous backdrop. But the afternoon workshops were magnificent, as was the trademark [...]

World Music: A Saturday Feast!
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
 
Day Two of the 13th Rainforest World Music Festival was blessed with magnificent clear weather, perfect for a terrific lineup of bands for evening performances and afternoon workshops.
 
At the morning press briefing, the bands shared their experiences at the festival in the course of the [...]

13th Annual Rainforest World Music Festival: Awesome Lineup, Unmatched Ambience!
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
 
Day One of the annual Rainforest World Music Festival in Sarawak, Malaysia – now in its 13th edition – kicked off in magnificent style today. In terms of lineup and ambience, few world music festivals come even close to this [...]

June 2010 Tweets: World Music in Review
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
 
July music festivals: Montreux jazz, Rock Werchter, Salzburg! http://bit.ly/aOu9AN 
Asia-Pacific Song Contest: Mumbai, November! http://www.oursound.asia/ 
28th San Francisco Jazz Festival Lineup Announced http://bit.ly/92twpV www.sfjazz.org 
World music: reviews of African releases by Dobet Gnahoré, Pops Mohamed, Konono http://bit.ly/bvqkQy 
World Music Day (June 21) [...]

The World Music Cafes
 
by Madanmohan Rao
Word Music Editor and DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
Email: madan @ techsparks .com
May 22, 2010
 
 
Correct me if I am wrong – or join me if I am right – but the time is ripe for a worldwide chain of World Music Cafes. Hard Rock Café and Planet Hollywood have built on rock and [...]

Miri International Jazz Festval 2010: Mojo, Magic and Moods!
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World/Jazz Music Editor & DJ
Tweets: http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
With a superb mix of stellar artistes and emerging talent, the Miri International Jazz Festival (MIJF) should now be a notable fixture on the jazz map of Asia. While other regional festivals like JakJazz and JavaJazz will blow you away [...]

April 2010 Tweets: World Music in Review
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
 
Universal Music Group reaches out to Spanish-speaking music fans
with #mobile http://bit.ly/aBWeIo 
Festival International de Louisiane www.festivalinternational.com 
http://bit.ly/9ceHwF  Francophone music, Louisiana
A fabulous resource: world music interviews on NPR Web site http://n.pr/cyrFzF 
Profile of tabla player Fazal Qureshi http://bit.ly/d2fjP3  World music
band: [...]

March 2010 Tweets: World Music in Review
 
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
http://twitter.com/MadanRao
 
 
At BaliSpirit Festival: workshops on yoga, dance; music treats tonight: Daphne Tse, Mamadou Diabate! http://bit.ly/9HKe0x 
RT @BaliSpiritFest Blogpost on opening night of BaliSpirit Festival
2010: http://music.techsparks.com/ 
Great meeting Yeshe, Daphne Tse, Ganga Giri, other cool
musicians today! Looking forward to their shows [...]