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Sardinian trumpeter Paolo Fresu has joined forces with a Corsican vocal septet to make some remarkable music on his new CD, “Mistico Mediterraneo.” The World’s Ken Bader has today’s Global Hit. Download MP3Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
If you know jazz-funk from the 1970s, you know this band: The Brecker Brothers. Both Brecker brothers — Randy on trumpet, Mike on tenor sax — made big names for themselves.
With all the talk of the 40th Woodstock anniversary, we’re going to take note of another festival that has been celebrating music every year since the sixties. The Serbian town of Guca: it’s slowly getting back to normal today, a week after it was invaded by close to 150,000 people. Guca’s usual population is 20,000.