Founded by award-winning Trinidadian/Canadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town is named after the historic neighborhood in Port-of-Spain where calypso was born. Gonsalves grew up…
Sohini Alam is a British Bangladeshi vocalist in the bands Khiyo and Lokkhi Terra. The group Khiyo’s debut album, described as ‘Bengali music with…
Spanish singer-songwriter Josefina Gómez Llorente, better known as La Jose, has a wide repertoire spanning Iberian music, flamenco songs, Sephardic melodies and Indian classical…
Scotland’s folk-fusion band Shooglenifty was formed in Edinburgh 25 years ago, and the 1980s electronic and dance influences are evident in their sound today…
Balbir Kumar, Gunnar Muhlmann Essence of Delhi (Music Today, 2005) This album tries to capture the cultural and social diversity of Delhi, which Indian writer…
“Music has a tremendous power and with it comes a huge responsibility too” – Prem Joshua From the 1990s, multi-instrumentalist Prem Joshua and his band…
The annual Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia) is now in its 18th edition, and featured 24 bands from around the planet.…
The 18th Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) in Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysia), regarded as one of the Top 25 music festivals by Songlines magazine, delivered…
The Montreal International Jazz Festival, now in its 35th edition, is a premier showcase of established and emerging jazz artistes from around the world,…
Deobrat Mishra is a seventh generation sitarist of the Benares Gharana, continuing the tradition of his father Pandit Shivanth Mishra and grandfather Pandit Mahadev…