The founders of New York City’s Ragas Live Festival realized they couldn’t have a 24-hour live festival this year. Instead, they decided to live stream…
Elida Almeida, a 27-year old singer form Cape Verde, has a new album titled Gerasonobu. Although Almeida’s roots lie on the island of Santiago, she…
Mista Savona Presents Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 will be released in 2021. This is the follow up to the acclaimed 2017 debut album. A…
The Nation Beat collective, led by drummer and percussionist Scott Kettner has released a new music video. The song is the title track of the…
Global Control / Invisible Invasion from Ammar 808 is the top album in November 2020 at the Transglobal World Music Chart. Ammar 808 is the…
The album Enlighten the Night from Iranian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat is once more the most popular album at the World Music Charts Europe in November…
Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies has announced the reissue of the classic Ghanaian Highlife album Obi Agye Me Dofo from Vis-A-Vis. The release date…
Folk Alliance International has announced the dates of its upcoming virtual conference, Folk Unlocked. The event will take place February 22-25, 2021. Folk Unlocked will…
A new book titled ‘Unlikely Angel, The Songs of Dolly Parton’ (University of Illinois Press, 2020) by Lydia R. Hamessley is now available. The book…
Deep Formosa is a new EP that showcases the collaborative work of three Taiwanese indigenous acts and Grammy Award winner Deep Forest (Éric Mouquet). The…