Double Tiger – Sharp & Ready (Easy Star Records, 2017) New York artist Double Tiger (Jay Spaker) makes appealing modern dub reggae loaded with electronic…
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Wake Up
Jennifer Saran – Wake Up (Tarpan Records, 2017) Although Wake Up features celebrated South African ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Carlos Santana as guests, this…
View More Wake UpArtist Profiles: Little Hatch
Little Hatch likely was the best harmonica player ever to make Kansas City home. He died on January 14, 2003 at 81 years-old. Little Hatch…
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Lin Sheng-xiang is one of the most prominent folk musicians in Taiwan today. As a founding member of the groundbreaking Labor Exchange Band Sheng-xiang fused…
View More Artist Profiles: Lin Sheng-xiangCubanized American Hits
Havana Maestros – AmeriCuba (Warner Music, 2017) Cuban music goes well with jazz, African music and other sounds. On AmeriCuba, the producers envisioned adding Cuban…
View More Cubanized American HitsArtist Profiles: Lhasa
Her story began in Big Indian, a tiny village perched among the Catskill Mountains of New York although she didn’t stay there long. Lhasa’s (full…
View More Artist Profiles: LhasaArtist Profiles: Len Boogsie Sharpe
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1953 ‘Boogsie’ as he is known began to play the steelpan at the age of three. The beginning…
View More Artist Profiles: Len Boogsie SharpeArtist Profiles: Lee Sexton
Lee Sexton is one of the most respected and revered traditional musicians in eastern Kentucky. A master of traditional banjo styles both two-finger picking and…
View More Artist Profiles: Lee SextonArtist Profiles: Ledward Ka’apana
Ledward Ka’apana is a master of the art of Hawaiian slack-key guitar and widely regarded as one of its greatest innovators. He is also one…
View More Artist Profiles: Ledward Ka’apanaArtist Profiles: Lawrence Okello
Lawrence Okello is a professional percussionist and multi-instrumentalist from Uganda. Since joining the Ndere Troupe in 1997 he has been performing with them in Uganda…
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