- Blogs, Bleader, May 13, 2013
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Bodega Pop unearths Cambodian rock gems
New finds from Astoria, Queens' premiere world-pop blog
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Dave Matta, the educator"I feel a great deal of responsibility as a DJ in this town."
- Music, Music Feature, Sep 18, 2012
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The World Music Festival: Down but not out
Bureaucratic fumbling has diminished its lineup, but some greatness remains—including Fatoumata Diawara, Slavic Soul Party!, and Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 25, 2012
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Welcome to post-Orlove Chicago
Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili, who had to cancel a long-in-the-works Pritzker date last year due to visa problems, skip Chicago on their first U.S. tour
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 24, 2012
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More Sounds from Sofrito
British DJ crew Sofrito serves up another killer comp of Caribbean, South American, and African grooves
- Music, Three Beats, Mar 26, 2012
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Three Beats: A prepared-piano preview of A John Cage Festival
Plus: A posthumous party for incredible string man Sandy Bull, and an eighth-birthday bash for punk label Underground Communique
- Music, Music Feature, Sep 15, 2011
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Our guide to the World Music Festival
Eight days, 22 venues, 52 shows—and music from more than 30 countries
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 12, 2011
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Novalima brings jacked-up Afro-Peruvian grooves to Rogers Park tonight
Afro-Peruvian beat merchants Novalima return to Chicago tonight with a performance at Mayne Stage; hear a track from the group's forthcoming album, Karimba.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 5, 2010
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Legendary Romany Reedist Ferus Mustafov Makes a Rare Visit
Ferus Mustafov, a legendary Romany reedist from Macedonia, plays two rare local shows this weekend.
- Music, Music Sidebar, Jul 22, 2010
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Celebrate Clark Street
Rogers Park hosts a festival of world music, featuring Mr. Something Something, Magic Carpet, Funkadesi, Los Vicios de Papa, Chicago Samba, and others.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 25, 2010
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The Rough Guide to World Music Returns (and Departs?)
The Rough Guide to World Music has published the excellent second volume of its latest edition, but this may be its last hurrah.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 5, 2009
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I Bring What I Love
Black World Cinema presents a discounted preview screening of "Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love" a day before the documentary about the iconic Senegalese singer and activist opens for a weeklong run at Chatham 14.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 17, 2009
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International Music News, Bad and Good
WBEZ drops Afropop Worldwide; the U.S. government grants visas to Cuban musicians for the first time in six years.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2009
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Arabic pop in Indiana
Arabic pop superstar Kazem Al Saher plays the Venue at Horseshoe Casino on Friday night.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 11, 2009
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Michael Orlove goes international
Michael Orlove from Cultural Affairs takes his curatorial skills global.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 24, 2009
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World-music presenters converge on Chicago
World-music presenters from the midwest gather at the Morse Theater on Tuesday night to plot the year's offerings.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 8, 2008
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Burkina Electric: what dissolving borders really sound like
Burkina Electric, a group with African and European members, demonstrates a more genuine way to connect cultures.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 4, 2008
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"World Music": actual foreign people no longer required
White Americans can apparently make "world music" now, but good luck getting respect if you're a foreigner who plays the traditional music they're ripping off.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 11, 2007
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Schmaltz 'n' Roll
Gogol Bordello: punk rock's very own Borat.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 19, 2007
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State of the world
The latest collection from world music DJ Charlie Gillett is a letdown.
