Loko Gasy Brings Together Regional Madagascan Traditions on ‘Mifankatiava’
Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava (AudioMaze, 2025) Antananarivo quartet Loko Gasy has a new album, Mifankatiava (Love each other). The highly talented group, founded in 2023…
Día De Los Muertos In Queens: MexFest Brings Art, Altars, And Mariachi To Flushing Town Hall
Flushing Town Hall will launch its inaugural MexFest with an arts exhibition running October 15–November 30, 2025, and a community Día de los Muertos celebration…
Tuning Into the Heart of Sarajevo: Divanhana’s Radio Sevdah
Divanhana – Radio Sevdah (CPL-Music, 2025) When Radio Sevdah begins, it feels like stepping into a warmly lit kitchen filled with familiar voices. The static…
Celebrate Halloween with Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Bad Moon Rising Shadows on the Bayou
A new Creedence Clearwater Revival compilation has collected some of the band’s classic songs that have a haunting Halloween spirit. Bad Moon Rising Shadows on…
Radio Tarifa Lights The Dark On ‘La noche’
Radio Tarifa – La noche (Buda, 2025) Radio Tarifa, now the duo of multi-instrumentalists Faín Sánchez Dueñas and Vincent Molino, returns many years later with…
A Piece of Infinity, Meklit’s Smithsonian Folkways Debut
Meklit – A Piece of Infinity (Smithsonian Folkways, 2025) Meklit will release A Piece of Infinity, her first album for Smithsonian Folkways, on September 26.…
‘O Rom’s “Radio Rom” Dials Up Southern Italian Melting Pot
‘O Rom – Radio Rom (Phonotype Records, 2025) I pressed play, expecting a postcard from Naples, and heard a joyful traveling station. Radio Rom recounts…
Lena Jonsson & Johanna Juhola Unveil ‘Polska efter Johan Erik Taklax’
Swedish fiddler Lena Jonsson and Finnish accordionist Johanna Juhola have released the single “Polska efter Johan Erik Taklax” (Nordic Notes). The traditional song features an…
Spiky Grooves: Los Cinco Cardones Unveil Debut Album
Los Cinco Cardones – El Quinto Cardón (Some Other Planet, 2025) Mexico-based collective Los Cinco Cardones brings together a diverse range of musical genres such…
Silvana Estrada Drops “Dime,” A Lush, Orchestral Folk Single
Mexican vocalist Silvana Estrada ha released the new single “Dime” (“Tell Me”) via Glassnote Records. The track features orchestral arrangements by Oscar-nominated composer Owen Pallett,…