Some music is so finely crafted that the genre in which it is conceived becomes irrelevant to the music itself. Such was the case with…
Turtle Island Quartet Celebrates the Music of John Coltrane
Category: New Releases
Cape Verdean Singer-Songwriter Tcheka Emerges with his Own Sound
Following the recent eruption of great women singers from Cape Verde, along comes a new sound from a young man named Tcheka. Having penned the…
Brass Bands from Podolia, Klezmer and other Jewish Music
Vienna, Austria – The new CD series of the Phonogrammarchiv presents the results from field projects conducted in cooperation with the archive. Vol. 1 is…
Piano Giant Michel Camilo Talks About His New Release, Spirit of the Moment
Pianist Michel Camilo, whose career spans three decades, two hemispheres and a range of jazz, Flamenco and classical styles, understands the importance of living in…
The Rough Guide To African Blues
San Francisco (California), USA – Nowadays it is almost universally accepted that the DNA of the blues can be traced back to Africa. Featuring significant…
World Music Visionaries Temple of Sound Release GlobalHead
UK – One of the most creative British world music acts, Temple of Sound, is releasing their fifth studio album Globalhead on May 8th 2007…
Hutchy Combines Electronic Elements with Classic Dancehall and Reggae on New CD
Washington D.C., USA – Jamaican musician Hutchy has released My Time, the first full-length release on Ruff Cut Records. Michael Hutchinson a.k.a Hutchy is the…
Ivory Coast’s Dobet Gnahoré Crosses and Cultures on Na Afriki
When she was a young girl in the Ivory Coast, Dobet Gnahoré knew she wanted to devote her life to the arts. At age 12,…
The Rough Guide To Bellydance Café
San Francisco (California), USA – Late night get-togethers at an outdoor café, hookah pipes, chatter and the strong smell of coffee, are all part of…
Cross Pollinator Ashley Maher Releases Her Latest Album “Flying Over Bridges”
Spin Wild Records announced the release of “Flying Over Bridges”, the fourth album by veteran world music/folk/jazz singer-composer-bandleader Ashley Maher. Recorded in Los Angeles, it…