Lulendo – Mwinda (Buda Records, 2017) Mwinda is the fourth studio album by Angolan singer-songwriter and likembe (thumb piano) player Lulendo Mvulu. Most of…
Likembe Meets Afropop
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
Psychedelic Trance Blues from Siberia
ХаPа [KhaRa] – “Мерячение” [Meryachenie] (Sketis Music SKMR-125, 2016) KhaRa ia an exciting genre-defying Siberian trio that combines blues jams, shamanic percussion, Slavic melodies and…
Gabriel Fliflet’s Warm and Poetic Norwegian Songs
Gabriel Fliflet – Sevje (Etnisk Musikklubb, 2017) Sevje is a calm, laid back album by Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Fliflet. It’s a melodic recording…
Global a Cappela Expressions
Asaran Earth Trio – Why Should Your Heart Not Dance (2017) Why Should Your Heart Not Dance is an independent release by New York-based,…
Artist Profiles: Zein Al-Jundi
Zein Al-Jundi was born and raised in Damascus, Syria. She began singing professionally at the early age of five and over the next 12 years…
Artist Profiles: Yungchen Lhamo
Yungchen Lhamo was born near Lhasa, Tibet at a time when the isolated ‘forbidden kingdom’ was caught in the ravages of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.…
Artist Profiles: Yat-Kha
Yat-Kha started in 1991 in the hyper-industrial Siberian steel-belt city of Boris Yeltsin’s then home-town of Sverdlovsk. Albert Kuvezin – taking a holiday from the…
Artist Profiles: Yange Yange Trio
Yange Yange Arts is a Wagogo cultural group from the central Tanzanian region around the city of Dodoma. Tanzania has some 12 ethnic groups none…
Artist Profiles: Yulduz Usmanova
Uzbek singer Yulduz Usmanova was born on December 12, 1963 in Margilan, Uzbekistan. She was a unique phenomenon in the global pop culture of the…
Artist Profiles: Yalla
Yalla is one of the leading popular music groups in the former Soviet central Asian republic of Uzbekistan. The band is from Tashkent the capital…