The Land That Is Not
Sinikka Langeland The Land That Is Not (ECM, 2011) Sinikka Langeland is a singer, composer and kantele player from Norway. In recent years she has…
Interview with Musician and Fusionist Jim Matus
Musician and composer Jim Matus is involved in several of the most interesting world fusion projects taking place in the United States. He reveals his…
Orchestra Baobab Announces UK January 2012 Tour
Renowned Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab is making a long awaited return to the UK in 2012, playing at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow on…
International Children’s Choral Ensembles Meet Electronica
Aomusic And love rages on! (AO Music 2011) Aomusic has made a noteworthy global electronica album that combines several international children’s choirs with electronic music.…
Fatoumata Diawara Planning 2012 International Tours to Promote Debut Album
Malian sensation Fatoumata Diawara will tour extensively in Europe in 2012, play a handful of dates in Australia and play a series of dates in…
Renowned Cuban Pianist Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers with Special Guest Buika to Perform at Carnegie Hall
Cuban piano maestro Chucho Valdés and his band the Afro-Cuban Messengers are set to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, January…
Ancient and Electronic Marrakech
Caravane Caravane (Marrakchi Records MR001, 2011) Caravane is the global electronica project of British musician Nick Wilde. He moved to Marakech (Morocco), where he opened…
Musical Poetry of Vitier and Martirio
José María Vitier and Martirio El Aire que te Rodea (Sony Music, 2011) Cuiban pianist and popular Spanish singer Martirio join forces on El Aire…
The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal
The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal Walking On (Real World) This vintage Indo-British fusion album features a collaboration between sitar virtuoso Ananda Shankar…
Antonio Carlos Jobim to Receive a Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy
The Recording Academy announced its Special Merit Lifetime Achievement Awards recipients today, December 21st, 2011. Brazilian arranger, singer and pianist/guitarist Antonio Carlos Jobim is one…