Luis Giménez Amorós – Fiesta Popular Experimental de Moros y Cristianos (KRB, 2024) Fiesta Popular Experimental de Moros y Cristianos presents an innovative fusion of…
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Djam!, A Global Guitar Safari
Djam!- Djam! (Guitar Globetrotter Recordings, 2024) Djam! is a high energy collaboration between two exceptional guitarists: Joep Pelt and Bounaly Traoré. Joep, who honed his…
View More Djam!, A Global Guitar SafariDawning Again: Sons of Membertou’s Wapna’kik Reissued for 30th Anniversary
Sons of Membertou – Wapna’kik: The People of the Dawn (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2025) Folk music, at its most profound, serves as a bridge—between past…
View More Dawning Again: Sons of Membertou’s Wapna’kik Reissued for 30th AnniversaryGerardo Frisina & Toco Return with ‘Deixa Passar and Ilê’ EP
Gerardo Frisina and Toco, featuring Luzia Dvorek – Deixa Passar / Ilê (Schema Records, 2025) Five years after Frisina Meets Toco, Gerardo Frisina (Italy) and…
View More Gerardo Frisina & Toco Return with ‘Deixa Passar and Ilê’ EPFlute Expectations: Flook’s Timeless Sound Evolves with Sanju
Flook – Sanju (Flatfish Records, 2025) Flook has entered its fourth decade with Sanju, an album that reaffirms their distinct, deeply-grounded, engaging and dazzling flute-driven…
View More Flute Expectations: Flook’s Timeless Sound Evolves with SanjuAhmadreza Nabizadeh Bridges Persian Folk and Pop with Do Dooneh
Ahmadreza Nabizadeh – Do Dooneh (X DOT 25 Music, 2022) Ahmadreza Nabizadeh’s Do Dooneh masterfully amalgams Persian folk and pop using his powerful, emotive baritone…
View More Ahmadreza Nabizadeh Bridges Persian Folk and Pop with Do DoonehThe Music World is Their Oyster
Ghazi & Boom.Diwan x Arturo O’Farrill- Live in the Khaleej! (self released, 2025) Lest you doubt the infinite possibilities for fusion in the global music…
View More The Music World is Their OysterTrio Da Kali’s Bagola: A Stellar Recording Rooted in Manding Traditions
Trio Da Kali – Bagola (One World Records, 2025) In Bagola, Trio Da Kali presents a scintillating collection of newly composed songs, in which the…
View More Trio Da Kali’s Bagola: A Stellar Recording Rooted in Manding TraditionsDanilo Pérez and Bohuslän Big Band Unite Jazz Cultures with Lumen
Danilo Pérez and the Bohuslän Big Band – Lumen (Prophone Records, 2024) Lumen by Danilo Pérez and the Bohuslän Big Band is a striking new…
View More Danilo Pérez and Bohuslän Big Band Unite Jazz Cultures with LumenNOTIFY’s ‘Worlds Collide’: A Bold Fusion of irish Tradition and Innovation
NOTIFY – Worlds Collide (Liosbeg Records, 2025) NOTIFY, a six-piece contemporary instrumental ensemble from Ireland, has released an ambitious and extraordinary new live album, Worlds…
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