Mali

"The Record" at MAM delves into vinyl's revolutionary history

Tinariwen at Grand Central November 10

Tinariwen Brings Desert Rebel Rock to Grand Central November 10

​​While there's reason to rage against the media saturation inherent to the internet (e.g. too many chill/witch/triangle clone bands uploading from their bedrooms), you've got to celebrate the World Wide Web for the incomparable access it grants to musical worlds previously impossible to connect ... More >>

TV on the Radio at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 25

​​While there's reason to rage against the media saturation inherent to the internet (e.g. too many chill/witch/triangle clone bands uploading from their bedrooms), you've got to celebrate the World Wide Web for the incomparable access it grants to musical worlds previously impossible to connect ... More >>

Manu Chao at Klipsch Amphitheater September 9

​​While there's reason to rage against the media saturation inherent to the internet (e.g. too many chill/witch/triangle clone bands uploading from their bedrooms), you've got to celebrate the World Wide Web for the incomparable access it grants to musical worlds previously impossible to connect ... More >>

Jam Cruise 2012 Doles Out Umphrey's McGee and 38 Other Doses of Trippy Tuneage

The Captain is calling you! It's time to trip!​On January 4, 2011, the ninth annual Jam Cruise got totally sunk in a sea of negative vibes when federal agents and K-9 officers from ICE, the U.S. Marshals Service, the DEA, and the Broward Sheriff's Office conducted a joint drug raid as hippies, her ... More >>

Private collection explores erotic instinct through art

The Captain is calling you! It's time to trip!​On January 4, 2011, the ninth annual Jam Cruise got totally sunk in a sea of negative vibes when federal agents and K-9 officers from ICE, the U.S. Marshals Service, the DEA, and the Broward Sheriff's Office conducted a joint drug raid as hippies, her ... More >>

Toubab Krewe at Electric Pickle November 18

The Captain is calling you! It's time to trip!​On January 4, 2011, the ninth annual Jam Cruise got totally sunk in a sea of negative vibes when federal agents and K-9 officers from ICE, the U.S. Marshals Service, the DEA, and the Broward Sheriff's Office conducted a joint drug raid as hippies, her ... More >>

Toubab Krewe Turns Up the Tribal Psych at the Electric Pickle November 19

Photo by C. Taylor Crothers​Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, world-beat rock band Toubab Krewe is kinda like Animal Collective's cousin from the country whose long-absent daddy happens to be the Dead. Taking cues from indie rock, psychedlic jam, and traditional Malian tuneage, the Krewe twi ... More >>

South Florida Native Altidore Sets Up Tying Goal, Worst Ref Ever Robs U.S. of Win

Whew. So how exactly is a U.S. soccer fan to feel after this morning's nail-biter against Slovenia? Pissed that the defense slept through the first half to give the Slovenes a 2-0 halftime lead? Exhilerated that the Yanks pulled off a stunning second half comeback to walk out with a draw? Or furi ... More >>

Around Town This Weekend: NBA Playoffs, LGBT Film Fest, Jim Gaffigan, and Animal Collective

The collective is an animal.​Whether you're overworked or unemployed, take a deep breath because the weekend is finally here. But, to paraphrase Les Claypool, weekends don't mean so much when you're unemployed, 'cept you get to hang out with your working friends. So make some plans to get together ... More >>

Like Father, Like Son

The collective is an animal.​Whether you're overworked or unemployed, take a deep breath because the weekend is finally here. But, to paraphrase Les Claypool, weekends don't mean so much when you're unemployed, 'cept you get to hang out with your working friends. So make some plans to get together ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

The Mission Veo is a local favorite on Nova's Radio X.Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists for South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to read past installments.University of Miami - WVUM 90.5 FM, "The Voice"The Voice is dedicated to playing music ... More >>

Mariza and the Fado Renaissance

The Mission Veo is a local favorite on Nova's Radio X.Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists for South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to read past installments.University of Miami - WVUM 90.5 FM, "The Voice"The Voice is dedicated to playing music ... More >>

Call to Action

Don’t spend this International Women’s Day at the spa.

The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

Tonight! At the screening of Festival in the Desert.

Vieux Farka Touré

Vieux Farka Touré (World Village)

Africa Unwrapped

At MAC, "Snap Judgments" breaks from clichés

Wild Trucks, Wild Hearts

Amadou and Mariam use the exotic to comment on the universal

Deep Roots

Corey Harris digs down to Africa to retool the blues

Are You Experienced?

This year age triumphed over youth in world music

This Week's Day by Day Picks

This year age triumphed over youth in world music

African Electrification

To remix or not to remix? These two recordings argue for the latter.

Various Artists

Watch How the People Dancing: Unity Sounds From the London Dancehall, 1986-1989 Honest Jon's/Astralwerks

Cuban Cowboys, African Salsa

Eliades Ochoa is more fun than ever, but Small World misses the Congo

The Buena Vista Pirates Club

Senegalese old-timers Orchestra Baobab get better with age

He's Got the World Beat

It takes a global village to make Manu Chao music

Various Artists

In Griot Time -- String Music from Mali Sterns Africa

Secrets Kept

Finally an exhibition you can dance to

Mamadou Diabate

Tunga (Alula Records)

Afel Bocoum

Alkibar
(World Circuit/Nonesuch)

Art Mart

Timbuktu African & Caribbean Marketplace

Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabaté

Kulanjan
Hannibal

Kandia Kouyate

Kita Kan

Rotations

The Comedian Harmonists, Kandia Kouyate

Salif Keita

Mama

Rotations

Salif Keita and 8 1/2 Souvenirs

Swinging Addis

Ethiopiques

Kulchur

Ethiopiques

Closing in on Baba

Ethiopiques

But Does It Rhyme?

Ethiopiques

Baba's Big Bucks

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

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African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

The Baba Chronicles, Part 2

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

The Baba Chronicles

For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

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For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

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For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

Program Notes

For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

With a Cherry on Top

The sweet sounds of the whole world return to the Cameo