Festivals Around the World: Couleur Café 2009
Filed in Uncategorized, June 25, 2009, 10:37 amIf you’re into World Music, one of the best international festivals around is this weekend, June 26th – 28th, the Couleur Café 2009 Festival in Belgium. Started in 1990, Couleur Café is a dual celebration of the music of the world’s cultures and the start of summer. Artists representing a range of musical genres, [...]
Putumayo Artist Spotlight: Gilberto Gil
Filed in Putumayo Artist Spotlight, June 16, 2009, 1:43 pmOur artist spotlight series is designed to provide a quick overview and introduction to great artists who our readers may not have heard of otherwise. The concept for the series was partially inspired by the legendary singer, actor, and social activist Harry Belafonte, who, when he met Putumayo founder and CEO Dan Storper recently, told [...]
Putumayo Artists playing for FREE in New York City this Summer!
Filed in Events, Putumayo World Music, June 10, 2009, 10:52 amPutumayo World Music’s main office is located right in the heart of New York City, and one of the best things about summer in New York is all of the wonderful free concerts that are available. We have put together a list of free concerts by exceptional artists featured on Putumayo compilations! Don’t [...]
Official Blog Launch & Kickoff Post: DJ Spooky, Lila Downs and Herbie Treehead Discuss Kids Music!
Filed in Putumayo Kids, June 5, 2009, 9:30 amPutumayo is proud to announce the launch of our new blog! Putumayo’s blog will continue to reflect the mission of Putumayo to introduce people to the music of the world’s cultures. For our kick-off post we interviewed some friends of Putumayo: DJ Spooky, Lila Downs and Herbie Treehead to see what they had to [...]
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