British folk legend Dick Gaughan has a new recording available on the Greentrax label. Lucky for Some (CDTRAX 290) consists of seven of Dick’s own…
Dick Gaughan Releases Lucky for Some
Category: New CDs and digital releases
Sangam, Confluence of Musical Spirits
Sangam (ECM B0006160-02) is the first release from Charles Lloyd’s new trio with Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland, the gifted drummer from…
Tara Music Re-Releases Stocktons Wing Live – Take One
Dublin, Ireland – Stocktons Wing Live – Take One was without doubt the group’s bestselling album capturing their eclectic live sound. Throughout the Eighties Stockton’s…
Galician Celtic Pioneers Present Arboretum
Doa, one of the pioneers of Galician folk music in the 1970s, is back with a new recording titled Arboretum (Xingra). Doa was characterized by…
Benjamín Escoriza, Radio Tarifa’s Vocalist, Releases Solo Album
Madrid, Spain – The founder and vocalist of Radio Tarifa, Benjamín Escoriza, has released his first solo recording. Alevanta is a powerful mix of Arabic…
The New Sounds of Africa
The African Guitar Summit CD (CBC Records TRCD 3014), released last year by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, integrated several of the best African guitarists living…
Richard Khuzami Releases Fused
New York (New York), USA – Fused is producer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Khuzami’s celebration of the cultural and ethnic forces that surround him. Recorded in…
Samite’s Embalasasa, Ugandan Roots
Bloomington (Indiana), USA – Embalasasa is the name of Samite’s new CD released by Triloka Records on March 14, 2006. “On the title song, I…
Mbira Queen Stella Chiweshe Releases Double CD
When British colonizers tried to stop mbira sessions in what is now known as Zimbabwe, the police were so enchanted by the music they…
Wa-Zimba, Keeping the spirit of Madagascar alive
San Francisco (California), USA – Tinder Records releases French-Madagascar trio Wa-Zimba’s debut, Mande Wazy. Based in France and founded by French jazz-fusion guitarist Philippe Robert,…