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Tinariwen @ Le Poisson Rouge Tinariwen are touring North America in the first quarter of 2010 .

Bluegrass, fado, opera and jazz fuse together at Georgia's glorious medley of a festival.

The Long Beach MC has been an international icon since his days as Dr. Dre's protege in the early '90s. He will perform some material from Malice in Wonderland,' his 10th studio album that is set to be released Dec.

With her mahogany-rich voice, impassioned performances and striking looks, the Portuguese fado singer Mariza has, in a few short years, become a reigning diva on the world music scene.

Fado singer Mariza returns to Houston to perform hits from her Latin Grammy-nominated, triple platinum album Terra , which blends flamenco and morna , as well as jazz and folk.

Fado singer Mariza returns to Houston to perform hits from her Latin Grammy-nominated, triple platinum album Terra , which blends flamenco and morna , as well as jazz and folk.

The Brattle's Python-A-Thon is a brave endeavor - we're not sure we could endure an entire day of Monty Python fans in our own house.

Bangkok, with its schedule of events this season, will keep the culture buffs busy.

Like tango is to Argentina, so fado is to Portugal. A powerful music tradition that encapsulates within its lyrics the hopes, the disappointments, the emotions, the love and the everyday struggle of life.

Holland's Beets Brothers Quartet and Switzerland's Starch will fire up some European jazz for Bangkok next week After rousing visits from American jazz artists Benny Golson and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bangkok isn't about to let the groove slide.

Without a doubt, one of the freshest, most charming and beguiling releases I've heard in quite some time comes from the Portuguese group Deolinda, named for the fictitious female created by guitarist/songwriter Pedro da Silva Martins.

Mariza is an artist known as much for the striking contrast of her snow blonde hair, as her impact on Portugal's Fado music.

WORLD and folk music is coming to next month's Ripon International Festival in the form of a "great young diva" and an award-winning folk duo.

With a slight nod to the cash crisis, this autumn's Bangkok International Festival of Dance and Music refuses to compromise on class Let's admit it: The programme for this autumn's Bangkok International Festival of Dance and Music is not so diverse or cutting-edge as that of its Singapore and Hong Kong counterparts.

True, to really appreciate Carlos Saura's "Fados" one needs to speak either Spanish or Portuguese.

Global Village playlist for Monday May 18th 2009 with host Maggie LePiqueA in-studio guest in the 11am hour:A Sinatra archivist Charlie Pignone 1. CHARNETT MOFFETT W/ YUNGCHEN LHAMO "Call For Peace"THE ART OF IMPROVISATION MOTEMA RECORDS 2. ANDY NARELL & RELATOR "Gavaskar" UNIVERSITY OF CALYPSO HEADS UP INTERNATIONAL DUE IN JUNE '09 3. BRENDA ...