This January 15th concert is a classic Celtic Connections bill, featuring a contrasting trio of top roots acts from Scotland, Ireland and the United States…
Several acts from Scotland, Skerryvore, Mànran and Calum Iain MacCorquodale & Malcolm Jones, will be performing Sunday, January 16th at 7:30pm at O2 ABC Glasgow.…
Childsplay Waiting for the Dawn (Childsplay Records 005, 2010) Childsplay is a superb acoustic ensemble that brings together a large number of fiddlers around violin…
Joan Soriano El Duque de la Bachata (Iaso Records IAS-CD/DVD-005, 2010) Joan Soriano is known as El Duque de la Bachata (The Duke of bachata).…
Estun-Bah From Where the Sun Rises (Canyon Records, 2010) It’s good to see young American Indian musicians pursuing musical projects that go beyond pow-wow and…
Cape Verdean musician Norberto Tavares (1956-2010) died December 26th in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Tavares suffered from complications from diabetes and kidney failure. He had a…
Inna Zhelannaya Cocoon (7d Media, 2010) One of the most pleasant surprises in 2010 was Cocoon, the first U.S. release by Russian world music icon.…
The fiddle plays an essential role in Norwegian folk music. Musicians use two types of fiddles, the regular fiddle and the hardanger fiddle, which is…
Wingless Angels II (Mindless Records, 2010) In Jamaica there is a form of African rooted music that is comprised of drums and chanting known as…
Los Chicharrons Roots Of Life (Tummy Touch Tuch2022CD, 2011) Even though Los Chicharrons have a background in dance music, they have recorded one of the…