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The Season for African Music

by Rob Weisberg

July 16, 2009

Summer is always a good time for world music fans, thanks to all the festivals and smaller events that bring in artists from abroad and bring local artists out from the woodwork. This Saturday, the....

World Music Descends on NYC

by Rob Weisberg

January 09, 2009

Sunday night at Webster Hall - it's New York's annual sneak peak at bands that could be on the verge of international fame. Global Fest brings together 12 world music acts on three stages. And WNYC....

Red Hot +Rio

by Rob Weisberg

December 03, 2008

Almost 20 years ago, the "Red Hot" organization came up with a strategy to raise awareness and money around HIV/AIDS prevention. They presented big benefit concerts and multi-cultural, multi-artist ....

World Musicians Sing the Obama Tune

by Rob Weisberg

November 06, 2008

Barack Obama wasn't just popular among the young; he was the favorite of musicians from around the world. WNYC's Rob Weisberg has this musical tribute. ....

Gypsy Music Festival Hits New York

by Rob Weisberg

September 23, 2008

DJs spinning souped-up versions of old European folk songs have been drawing crowds in Europe and in the US for the past several years. A notoriously rowdy downtown club called Mehanata was the orig....

Bollywood Legend Plays Carnegie Hall

by Rob Weisberg

April 16, 2008

One of the biggest stars figures in Indian pop culture will play Carnegie Hall tomorrow night: the Bollywood film singer Asha Bhosle. Asha has recorded thousands of songs, and this year she celebrat....

Modern Gypsy Music

by Rob Weisberg

July 13, 2006

Goran Bregovic is not a Gypsy himself. The songwriter and guitarist grew up in Sarajevo, where the music was always in the air. Classically trained, he first chose rock and roll, and became a huge s....