Interview with Graphic Artist and Music Video Director Mattias Gordon
Mattias Gordon is an audiovisual artist that has been creating stimulating music videos for various world music artists. He was born in 1964 and lives…
La Pegatina’s Mestizo Ability
La Pegatina Eureka! (Kasba Music, 2013) Mestizo-pop band La Pegatina delivers a wide-range of joyful musical genres on its fourth album titled Eureka! The panglobal…
Dynamic Trance World of Gnawan Music
Simo Lagnawi The Gnawa Berber (Riverboat Records/World Music Network, 2014) Right from the outset of Simo Lagnawi’s latest The Gnawa Berber the listener is flung…
A Delicious Bite On Afrobeat
Tony Allen Film of Life (Jazz Village, 2014) A drummer and musical director for Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s band Africa 70 for more than 10 years…
Admired World Music Booking Agency Eye for Talent Becomes Riot Artists
American world music booking agency Eye for Talent, founded by Bill Smith, has joined forces with Evan Smith and former artist manager and record company…
Allen Toussaint and Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Bring the Best of New Orleans Music to Carolina Theatre of Durham
Two of the finest acts from New Orleans are touring together for the first time this fall and will be performing on Thursday, November…
The Timple’s Mestizo Sounds
Beselch Rodríguez In-diferente (Multitrack, 2009) Beselch Rodríguez is part of a new generation of timple players in the Canary Islands that are creating new hybrid…
Espiritu Gitano to Present Flamenco: Felah-Menguz in New York
New York-based Flamenco ensemble Espiritu Gitano will present its new show titled Flamenco: Felah-Menguz on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Roulette in Brooklyn, New York.…
Irish band Kila Releases Suas Síos Music Video
Celebrated Irish contemporary folk music band has released a new videoclip titled Suas Síos directed by the talented Mattias Gordon. ‘Suas Síos is a…
The Touré-Raichel Collective to perform at Peter Norton Symphony Space
The Touré-Raichel Collective is set to perform on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. This concert at Symphony…