Music Rough Guides Music Rough Guides has been releasing the Rough Guide music series in association with the
Rough Guides travel book publishers since 1994, when the first world music book and album in that series were released. Since then, Music Rough Guides have covered destinations as diverse as
Afghanistan,
Ethiopia,
Japan, and
Hungary. They have also covered musical styles such as
merengue music,
klezmer,
salsa and
Bollywood.
Mory Kante,
Nuru Kane,
Ramzi Aburedwan,
SambaSunda,
Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis and 'Gaelic Americana' artist
Kyle Carey.
Introducing A separate artist label to
Riverboat Records,
Introducing was launched by World Music Network in 2004, out of a desire to promote exposure for previously undiscovered musical talent from around the world. Introducing showcases artists previously unreleased or unavailable outside of their own country. The Introducing label has had a number of releases including features for Ethiopian reggae-fusion project
Invisible System, and Saharan blues band
Etran Finatawa. Other projects include albums from Miami Latin hip-hop collective
Spam Allstars, South African
maskanda player
Shiyani Ngcobo, Chinese folk band
Hanggai and a release by the desert blues master
Mamane Barka.
Think Global World Music Network has released a number of fundraising albums released in association with
Amnesty International and
Oxfam. The Think Global series aims to promote music that reduces poverty, defends human rights and encourages protecting the environment. Releases include
Think Global: Women Of Africa and
Think Global: Tango. == Battle of the Bands ==