Festival of World Cultures

I went to the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council's, Festival of World Cultures (29/30 August 2009). On Saturday evening the extrordinary Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha (DakhaBrakha means “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language) were playing at the Royal Marine Hotel.


I found their website at http://www.dakhabrakha.com.ua/ and some of their music can be heard in full on their site.

[Foto: Jakub Badelek]


World Music

For those interested in world music see -

The Rough Guide to World Music

The Second Edition has 2 volumes:

World Music (Africa, Europe and the Middle East): The Rough Guide Volume 1: Europe, Africa and the Middle East v. 1 by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, and Richard Trillo (Paperback - 25 Nov 1999)

World Music (Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific): The Rough Guide Volume 2: v. 2 by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, James McConnachie, and Orla Duane (Paperback - 31 Aug 2000)

The Third Edition will have 3 volumes (no info on third volume yet):

The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa and the Middle East v. 1 (Rough Guide Music Guides) by Rough Guides (Paperback - 28 Sep 2006)

The Rough Guide to World Music: Europe and Asia v. 2 (Rough Guide Music Reference) by Rough Guides (Paperback - 1 Dec 2009)