Merlefest 2006 Podcast
Nashville (Tennessee), USA – Sugar Hill Records has released a Merlefest podcast. it includes informal interviews with Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), Chris Eldridge (The Stringdusters),…
Ben Sures Wins John Lennon Songwriting Award
Toronto, Canada – Toronto’s Ben Sures has picked up this year’s John Lennon Songwriting Award in the folk category; he is the only Canadian among…
Yoshi’s Jazz House Celebrates the CD Release of Descarga En California
Yoshi’s Jazz House, in Oakland, will celebrate May 17th the release of fiery pianist and composer Rebeca Mauleón’s new CD, Descarga en California. On the…
Soulfège, Live Hip-Hop, Highlife and Reggae Jam in New York
New York (New York), USA – Soulfège will perform Thursday May 11th at 9:30pm at Makor, Steinhardt Building, 35 West 67th Street, New York. Fusing…
Bruce Molsky Debuts Album
I really wanted to be in New Orleans this past weekend. The Jazz & Heritage Festival was calling to me like troubadour calling for his…
A Musical Balancing Act
Sara Tavares Balancê (Times Square Records TSQ-CD-9054, 2006) Let me first disclose that I haven’t the computer knowhow to type this album’s title with the…
David Lewiston, World Music Producer and Explorer, Will be Honored at the Rubin Museum of Art
New York (New York), USA – David Lewiston, the British-born producer whose adventurous ear and globe-trekking spirit led to a career spanning more than four…
Vem, Sacred songs from Armenia
Lucineh Hovanissian Vem, Sacred songs from Armenia (Studio SM /Abeille Musique) “VEM” means rock in Armenian. The name of the album concerns the site where…
Galician Celtic Pioneers Present Arboretum
Doa, one of the pioneers of Galician folk music in the 1970s, is back with a new recording titled Arboretum (Xingra). Doa was characterized by…
Gotan Project Worldwide Tour
Paris, France – The French group, Gotan Project, released a new CD Lunatico April 10 in the UK and April 11 in the US, five…