Thursday, July 1st, 2010
June 2010 Tweets: World Music in Review
by Madanmohan Rao
World Music Editor & DJ
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) in Turkey, Bangladesh, Morocco http://bit.ly/cxy5Cz http://bit.ly/d0RNDr http://bit.ly/d1hp1J http://bit.ly/b3FnHJ
World music and fair trade: Sixth annual Keystone music festival http://bit.ly/aRSoyn
Herbie Hancock Goes Global for “The Imagine Project” http://bit.ly/aRSoyn Duets sung in seven different countries on five continents
KEXP World Music Festival features Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen http://bit.ly/aOJoMX
Shillong: “Rock capital of the northeast’ in India http://bit.ly/d51QDv
Los Angeles World Music Festival, June 20 http://bit.ly/biWT5w Baaba Maal, Tinariwen
Luanda Jazz Festival, July-Aug http://bit.ly/b2bg2k www.LuandaJazzFest.com
Globalisation: African music in Australia http://bit.ly/9s8XEA
New Sri Lankan percussion CDs on my review list: Elephant Foot (Rainforest) and Bahu Ranga (Ravibandhu)
Mrigya: raga-based fusion http://bit.ly/aeucGV
More Indo-jazz fusion, and a free online album: The Brown Indian Band www.brownindianband.com http://bit.ly/d8fcsP
Music Tech conference: #Mobile fueling growth and complexity of music business http://bit.ly/9oB3dg http://bit.ly/b1KpcP
Interview with Indian violinist brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh http://bit.ly/d3g62u
Review of “Spirit And Spice” - Indo-jazz fusion album by George Brooks http://bit.ly/d3g62u
Burmese harp: profile of an instrument http://bit.ly/9wxUC0 (Bangkok Post)
World Music 2010 awards from Songlines magazine http://www.songlines.co.uk/music-awards/
Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, June 18-20 http://bit.ly/dAplyK
World music stars get the World Cup off to a rocking start in Soweto http://bit.ly/ad0W9Z http://bit.ly/8ZC5Y2
Profile of Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, rhythmic innovator behind the music of Fela Kuti http://bit.ly/cLC1cT
World music: Putumayo label presents South Africa http://bit.ly/9r72AC
Festival Afro-Flamenco 2010: Flamenco + South African Music in Soweto http://bit.ly/cFX9qN June 6
Ranking of countries in terms of downloaded mobile Bollywood tracks! http://bit.ly/dd9c9G UK, Singapore, Finland, Germany, Australia
Indian vocalist Shankar Mahadevan: Creating Means Taking Risks in ‘Untapped Territory’ http://bit.ly/cDkPrc
Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan: ‘Technology and Tradition Have to Be Friends’ http://bit.ly/cJ9vTe
World music: Angelique Kidjo and Sarazino together in concert! http://www.sterngrove.org/june20_10.html http://bit.ly/cmhySZ
My concept note for “The World Music Cafes” http://music.techsparks.com/?p=153 Join me… 
New release: The Rough Guide To The Music Of India (Second Edition) http://bit.ly/anCoxx http://amzn.to/d5mGhP
Montreal International Jazz Festival, June 25 - July 6 !!! www.montrealjazzfest.com http://bit.ly/dugvlx
Summer time, reggae time! Three cool festivals: www.uprisingmusicfestival.com www.jazzreggaefest.com www.reggaeontheriver.com