Ashley Maher’s Music of Hope and Beauty
In the midst of stressful times, why not take a break, relax, sip some tea, and listen to Tree to Tree. This is Ashley Maher’s…
Deep Fried Blues
Claude Hay Deep Fried Satisfied (Ingot Rock, 2010) If I had to guess the only box Claude Hay ever put himself in was one that…
Reggae Event One Love Festival Returns 9th – 21st August 2011
The One Love Festival, the UK’s No1 Reggae and Dub fest will return with an outstanding line-up already confirmed. The organizers have released a limited…
Canadian Bansuri Master Catherine Potter Dies at 52
Canadian musician Catherine Potter lost her battle with breast cancer on December 3, 2010, at the age of 52. She was widely considered Canada’s master…
Flamenco Star Enrique Morente in Intensive Care
Enrique Morente, one great masters of flamenco, is in “stable condition,” according to his family, at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Madrid’s Clínica La…
Mysterious Duality
Jayanthi Kumaresh Mysterious Duality Just Me (EarthSync, 2010) Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh’s Mysterious Duality, out on the EarthSync label, is one giant leap into the ethereal…
New Film About The Iconic Folk Singer Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune is a new film by acclaimed filmmaker Kenneth Bowser (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls & Live From New York, SNL…
Londoners Angry at BBC Decision to Axe British Capital’s Only World Music Show
A big furor is developing in the British capital, following BBC Radio London’s decision to cut the station’s only world music program A World in…
Tomáš Kočko Releases Hej koleda Video
Czech world music group Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr has released a new stop motion video titled ‘Hej koleda!‘, written and directed by David Musil. Tomáš…
Guitar Luminaries Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuária to Release Lagrimas Mexicanas
Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuária’s new album, Lágrimas Mexicanas, epitomizes a union of extraordinary musicians. Frisell’s and Cantuária’s own music have clearly distinctive origins, but…
Drums Are Medicine
Tony Vacca The Senegal-America Project (World Rhythms WR0601, 2006) Master drummer Tony Vacca brings together an impressive collection of American and Senegalese musicians in the…