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 Lake of Stars Festival  -  3-day music festival
Since 2004, autumn in Malawi has seen the Lake of Stars Festival take place on the palm fringed shores of Africa's third largest lake: Lake Malawi. The festival raises money for charity, promotes Malawian music and provides travellers and Malawians alike with the opportunity to enjoy fantastic live music in an exotic and beautiful location.

Music Guides / Related Books

Rough Guide to World Music Volume One: Africa, Europe & The Middle East 
Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo (Editor)
The septuagenarian Cheikha Rimitti is the godmother of rai, a no-holds barred singer with a voice like sandpaper, a larger-than-life personality and a gift for raunchy lyrics. With the success of younger rai superstars such as Khaled has come renewed recognition for Rimitti, and this latest album combines traditional instrumentation with the modern rai pop sound of synths and drum machines. She is assisted by the production of Mohammed Maghni and Bellemou Messaoud - two key figures in modern rai - who help make tracks such as "Nakhla", "Mani Man" and the seductive "Saida" truly irresistible. After almost half a century, Rimitti?s powers show no signs of waning and Nouar includes some of her best work ever.
Paperback 784 pages (November 25, 1999); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1858286352

Rough Guide to World Music Volume Two: Latin and North America, the Caribbean, Asia & the Pacific 
Mark Ellingham, James McConnachie, Simon Broughton (Editor)
Paperback 704 pages (August 31, 2000); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1858286360

World Music: A Very Short Introduction -  Philip V. Bohlman
'World music' emerged as an invention of the West from encounters with other cultures. This book draws readers into a remarkable range of these historical encounters, in which music had the power to evoke the exotic and to give voice to the voiceless. In the course of the volume's eight chapters the reader witnesses music's involvement in the modern world, but also the individual moments and particular histories that are crucial to an understanding of music's diversity. World Music is wide-ranging in its geographical scope, yet individual chapters provide in-depth treatments of selected music cultures and regional music histories. The book frequently zooms in on repertoires and musicians - such as Bob Marley, Bartok, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - and attempts to account for world music's growing presence and popularity at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Paperback 198 pages (May 30, 2002); Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; Language: English; ISBN: 0192854291

Music Worldwide -  Elizabeth Sharma
Music Worldwide investigates both folk and traditional music from various parts of the non-Western world. The book describes the predominant instruments in each chosen culture and explores the main musical ingredients of different styles. By studying the explanatory text, illustrations and printed music extracts, the student will be suitably equipped to tackle the chapter assignments, which exploit the GCSE requirements of Listening, Composing and Performing.
Paperback 72 pages (February 26, 1998); Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 052137622X


Links 

 Center for World Music and relating Arts
The Center for World Music and Related Arts is a nonprofit organzation whose primary purpose is to foster awareness and understanding of the world's performing arts and cultural traditions through programs of performance and teaching, including workshops and cultural tours abroad

 SmithsonianStore 

 World Music Net - books, cd's, dvd's, mp3's, music guides
World Music Network has been releasing the Rough Guide music series in association with the Rough Guide travel book publishers since 1994, covering such diverse destinations as Ireland, South Africa, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Cuba, Indian Ocean and the Himalayas. With the Rough Guide series, World Music Network aims to provide the best possible starting point from where to explore the music of a region or style and to present the various musical styles from around the world to a new audience.

 World Music Portal [ english / spanish language ]
World Music Portal is an initiative of music journalist, record/TV producer and music researcher, Ángel Romero. The purpose is to develop an educational and informative world music (traditional and contemporary folk/roots music from all over the world) Web site that features the latest information together with resources for music fans, industry professionals and academics.
It features current news; CD, book and film reviews; artist profiles/discographies; resources such as glossaries and descriptions of musical instruments, as well as listings of world music festivals, record labels, booking agents and media (radio, press, TV and online media).


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