Lô And Behold: Maame, a DYI Effort
Cheikh Lô – Maame (World Circuit, 2025) A decade has passed since Cheikh Lô last offered a studio album, and Maame feels like a homecoming…
Finely Crafted Ladino Songs
Sarah Aroeste Gracia (Aroeste Music, 2012) Sarah Aroeste is another name to add to the increasing number of female Sephardic music singers. The American vocalist…
Foggy Mountain Special: A Bluegrass Tribute To Earl Scruggs to Be Released June 5
Over a period of two years, many of the best banjo players in bluegrass got together in Nashville (Tennessee) to record Foggy Mountain Special: A…
Music From Kevin Costner TV Series Hatfields & McCoys Now Available
The album “Famous For Killing Each Other: Music From and Inspired by Hatfields & McCoys” (Madison Gate Records) is now available. The recording, written and…
Clearwater Festival 2012 to Feature Folk, Bluegrass and World Music Acts
Music and environmental festival Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival (The Clearwater Festival) will take place on June 16 & 17, 2010. Over the weekend, hundreds…
Spanish Vocalist Lara Bello to Present New CD Primero Amarillo Después Malva in New York
Spanish world music singer and composer Lara Bello is set to perform on Thursday, May 24 at 19:00 (7:15 pm) at DROM New York City.…
New Congo Classics
Modogo & Sam Black Bazar (Lusafrica 562982, 2012) The idea of bringing Congolese rumba back to its roots isn’t a new one, but it’s one…
Fania Reissues Ismael Miranda Collection
Fania Records is releasing Ismael Miranda’s “El Niño Bonito” A Man & His Music. “A definitive tribute to the one-of-a-kind Ismael Miranda was missing from…
Ukulele Star Jake Shimabukuro and Famed Producer Alan Parsons Collaborate on New CD
Ukulele sensation Jake Shimabukuro is in the recording studio with Alan Parsons, engineer of the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road‘ and Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side Of The…
Polka’s Eddie Blazonczyk Dies
Famed musician, bandleader and independent record label owner Eddie Blazonczyk Sr. died Monday, May 21, 2012 at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, Illinois from…
The Feel of a Cumbia Classic
Los Miticos Del Ritmo Los Miticos Del Ritmo (Soundway, 2012) Some of the best cumbiana and vallenato musicians from Cali were assembled by British producer…