Ali Farka Touré Shares 'Cherie' Featuring Oumou Sangaré
by Michael Major - Feb 13, 2023
Voyageur, the new album from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, is out next month on World Circuit Records. In anticipation of the forthcoming record World Circuit is debuting the new track “Cherie” featuring acclaimed Malian diva and longtime friend of Touré’s Oumou Sangaré.
Afel Bocoum Premieres New Track 'Dakamana'
by Kaitlin Milligan - Jul 14, 2020
In celebration of Malian songwriter and guitarist Afel Bocoum's forthcoming studio album Lindé—due September 4 via World Circuit Records and executive produced by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz) and World Circuit's Nick Gold—Bocoum is premiering the album track “Dakamana.”
World Circuit Records Reissue Four Cornerstone Albums
by Abigail Charpentier - Sep 6, 2019
World Circuit Records is reissuing four of its cornerstone albums. Remastered and available on vinyl for the first time, Ali Farka Touré's Savane and Omara Portuondo's Buena Vista Social Club Presents are on LP and digital formats today, followed by Radio Tarifa's Rumba Argelina and Guillermo Portabales' El Carretero, which are due on CD, LP and digital formats on October 4.
Afro-Cuban All Stars Come To USJ
by Stephi Wild - Apr 8, 2019
The Autorino Center will host the internationally renowned Afro-Cuban All Stars on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hoffman Auditorium, Bruyette Athenaeum. This Cuban big band, featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary Buena Vista Social Club, brings the sizzling sounds of Havana to the Hartford area for the first time ever. Led by the legendary Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, they perform music from the rich and soulful golden era of pre-revolutionary Cuba.
AFRO-CUBAN ALL STARS Bring Sounds Of Havana To West Hartford
by Julie Musbach - Mar 20, 2019
The Autorino Center will host the internationally renowned Afro-Cuban All Stars on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hoffman Auditorium, Bruyette Athenaeum. This Cuban big band, featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary Buena Vista Social Club, brings the sizzling sounds of Havana to the Hartford area for the first time ever. Led by the legendary Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, they perform music from the rich and soulful golden era of pre-revolutionary Cuba.
Juan De Marcos And The Afro-Cuban All-Stars Make Debut at The Soraya, Today
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 19, 2018
The electrifying Afro-Cuban All-Stars, under the guidance of legendary Juan de Marcos, pay tribute to Cuba's golden age of music when the band makes its debut at The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) today, January 19. Mixing the joy and melancholy for Cuba's past with the exuberant sounds of contemporary performance, the 17-piece Afro-Cuban All-Stars bring the next generation of Cuban music to life on stage. In addition, the evening will also feature The Soraya debut of the Havana-based Harold L pez-Nussa Trio, which will open the evening.
Juan De Marcos And The Afro-Cuban All-Stars Make Debut at The Soraya, 1/19
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 21, 2017
The electrifying Afro-Cuban All-Stars, under the guidance of legendary Juan de Marcos, pay tribute to Cuba's golden age of music when the band makes its debut at The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) on Friday, January 19. Mixing the joy and melancholy for Cuba's past with the exuberant sounds of contemporary performance, the 17-piece Afro-Cuban All-Stars bring the next generation of Cuban music to life on stage. In addition, the evening will also feature The Soraya debut of the Havana-based Harold L pez-Nussa Trio, which will open the evening.
Orchestra Baobab Premieres New Single at Clash
by Caryn Robbins - Mar 13, 2017
West Africa's iconic dance-band, Orchestra Baobab premiere their new single “Fayinkounko” from their forthcoming record at Clash who call it, “sparkling West African pop with a touch of class...a real ear-worm of a track,' raving that it, 'unfolds with a palpable sense of grace, the coy, playful rhythms matched by delirious melody...[it] seems to radiate with shimmering, beatific light.'
Photo Flash: Culture & Cocktails at The Colony Welcomes Tommy Tune
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 13, 2015
The popular series CULTURE & COCKTAILS, hosted by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, recently concluded its 10th anniversary season by attracting 175 song and dance fans to The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach for a Conversation with Broadway legend Tommy Tune.