A Teahouse Exile, Tuned to Badakhshan
Panjshanbe Maftun – Made in Lyublino: Afghan Songs (Antonovka Records / Hindukush Tapes, 2026) Recorded on 15 January 2024 at the Afghan teahouse Takhar in…

Panjshanbe Maftun – Made in Lyublino: Afghan Songs (Antonovka Records / Hindukush Tapes, 2026) Recorded on 15 January 2024 at the Afghan teahouse Takhar in…
View More A Teahouse Exile, Tuned to BadakhshanNapoli World will return to Naples, Italy, from December 3-5, 2026, for its fifth edition, after the international showcase festival received a record 534 artist…
View More Napoli World Sets Submission Record With 534 Artists From 85 CountriesKing Ayisoba — Pure Confusion (MAIS UM MAIS, 2026) Ghanaian musician King Ayisoba‘s seventh album, Pure Confusion, presents a captiovating mix of Ghanaian roots music,…
View More King Ayisoba Teams With Adrian Sherwood for Seventh Album ‘Pure Confusion’Reggae music can sometimes be self-referential to the point of parody, but when it’s as potent as “Jah Jah Riddims” by PJ Far-West Selecta, it…
View More Riddim Yuh Nuh RefuseSamarpan’s UTSAV returns to Cardiff in September 2026 with a program of South Asian classical dance and music, led by Bharatanatyam artist Priyadarsini Govind and…
View More UTSAV 2026 Brings Indian Classical Dance and Music to WalesFolkestone will host the first Big World Festival from October 1 to 4, 2026, with a program devoted to world music traditions from Africa, Europe,…
View More Big World Festival Brings World Music Traditions to Folkestone for Inaugural EditionBirdvox – Shamming The Drama (Hudson Records, 2026) New British folk outfit Birdvox packs serious pedigree on Shamming The Drama. Sarah Hayes, Inge Thomson, Jenny…
View More Birdvox’s Shamming The Drama Soars on Folk Instinct, Stumbles on Pop AmbitionLa Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla will bring flamenco and early music together at the Church of San Luis de los Franceses, with six exclusive…
View More Pedro el Granaíno and Alejandro Hurtado Bridge Flamenco and Baroque Music at San Luis de los FrancesesArtur Menezes won the Unsigned Only Music Artist of The Year Award with the song “Once Again.” He is a Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based guitar player,…
View More Blues Musician Artur Menezes Wins Unsigned Only Music Artist of the Year AwardSwiss reggae artist Jah Bast gives us all hope for how things to come should and shouldn’t be. His “Shadow of the Future,” composed in…
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