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  1. "Rishte" on Sonic Boomers: "all about magic... bending consciousness to take us somewhere new." http://tinyurl.com/nwenol
  2. Oreka Tx's film "Nömadak Tx" screens in L.A. on Aug 23! http://tinyurl.com/nuccsw. More info here: http://tinyurl.com/p4f5rc.
  3. Fun pics of World Village zydeco star C.J. Chenier at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival! http://tinyurl.com/knedkf
  4. "Naya Dhin" from "Rishte" heard on BBC's World of Music w/ Charlie Gillette: http://tinyurl.com/l3m7d7
  5. Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas's "Rishte" is OUT NOW on World Village! http://tinyurl.com/qom5rg
  6. Coming in August: Irish artist Susan McKeown & the Klezmatics' Lorin Sklamberg's "Saints & Tzadiks"! http://tinyurl.com/chltjd
  7. Excellent "Rishte" review on A World of Music! "timeless ethereal quality...wholly satisfying" http://tinyurl.com/nfopus
  8. Orquestra Arab de Barcelona's "Maktub" in Songlines: "quite exquisite" http://tinyurl.com/nazjqh
  9. "Rishte" in La Vanguardia: "like entering the Mississippi delta and the Ganges." http://tinyurl.com/lvrxbn
  10. "Rishte" in Uncut: "ragtime vamps provide elaborate drones for traditional ghazals...'Special Rider Blues' gets an eastern-tinged reading"
  11. "Rishte", Songlines Top of the World: "collaboration works brilliantly...[Akhtar's] voice is a heaven-sent gift." http://tinyurl.com/lz3beu
  12. Gary Lucas & Najma Akhtar's "Rishte" in fRoots: "epic in scope & intensity...Najma's voice extremely graceful...dynamic & challenging"
  13. "Rishte" in Metro UK: "definite allure to these melodies" "a fabulously different direction".
  14. WOMEX 2009 features World Village artists Kayhan Kalhor & Oreka Tx! The festival is in Copenhagen, 10/28-11/1. http://tinyurl.com/ljkpz7
  15. Catherine Russell in The Roanoke Times! "her rich & resonant alto...singing with a sense of fun & shimmying" http://tinyurl.com/lv53bf
  16. "Rishte" is Disc of the Day on the Jazz Breakfast! "pretty slice of exotica" http://tinyurl.com/kwf8ha
  17. "Rishte" review on World Music Central! "will likely attract mass appeal" http://tinyurl.com/msyhjf
  18. Zydeco's CJ Chenier performs live at noon tomorrow on KWUR in St. Louis! To support his show at Pop's in Sauget: http://tinyurl.com/mz727e
  19. Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider's "Silent City" featured on Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise: http://tinyurl.com/nlg2pr
  20. Whitetree (ChantduMonde/harmoniamundi's Ludovico Einaudi) concert in Billboard "dazzled a packed house...understated & emotionally powerful"