Saban Bajramovic was one of the most inventive and honoured Rom singers, composers and poets in the Balkans. He died on 8 June 2008 in his native town of Nis in Serbia at the age of 72.

Video extracts of Salif Keita’s concert at the Banlieues Bleues Festival in Bagnolet (Paris-IDF) in March 2008.

Cameroonian singer-bassist-composer Richard Bona releases his seventh album, a live CD that promises the listener to « make (him/her) sweat ».

It was not only in France that 1968 was a year unlike any other. Alongside social and political uprisings just as violent as in France if not more so, in Jamaica the word “reggae” was invented that year...

Daniel Melingo continues to promote his latest album, the sublime Maldito Tango in Europe with concerts and interviews.

During the Sacred Music Festival of Fez, the trance of the boogie-woogie took hold of the mystic scat of the voice of Ali Faiz.

The remarkable Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat continues to perform in Tehran despite the partial ban on public singing by women. Her sister Marjan and husband Atabak join her to promote rare classical music from Iran.

Speed Caravan release their first album, Kalashnik Love which is noteworthy for its vast coherency, its infallible ingenuity and its impressive sonic architecture...

One of the most enduring figures of Latin music, Israel “Cachao” Lopez died in a Florida hospital on March 22nd.

The Staycalm! Collective in Paris release a consummate documentary/CD/booklet on rap in the former French colonies of West Africa on March 27th.

The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari and Capleton were part of an evening devoted to Jamaican music at the last Printemps de Bourges festival in central France. We interview these two musical entities who are generations and philosophies apart.

Mondomix marks its tenth anniversary year with a 4-CD compilation of its favourite music. Sixty songs that take you around the globe in 24 hours, all for less than the price of two cinema tickets in Paris.

WOMEX 07
The 14th edition of the World Music Expo. Mondomix brings you the highlights of the showcases and workshops that marked this gathering of world music specialists and retailers.

FADAL DEY
Mondomix devotes this report to the news of a brutal attack against one of the most popular singers in the Côte d’Ivoire, Fadal Dey. The artist was set upon by counterfeiters in Abidjan.

MONDOMIX ON TV5
TV5, the international french speaking TV network is offering Mondomix the opportunity to express the world’s musical diversity.

MONDOMIX FRENCH VERSION
In this month’s French version of Mondomix : BEIHDJA RAHAL , HOMAYOUN SAKHI, HAROUN TEBOUL, VINICIO CAPOSSELA, CHET NUNETA...