Annie Humphrey: A Tigress with a Guitar
Social activism has fueled songs for many generations. During the previous century folk songs fueled the international Republican fighters during the Spanish Civil War, ignited…
Luis Gomez Ballad Festival Returns to Cienfuegos
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Cienfuegos, Cuba.- Cuban country music returns to Cienfuegos, when the Third Luis Gomez Ballad Festival takes place January 22 to 25.…
Walter Grealis
Walter Grealis, longtime supporter of the Canadian music industry, founder of the trade publication RPM and one of the inspirations behind the Juno Awards, died…
Pamyua Wins Big for Alaska Natives
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – The Anchorage-based quartet Pamyua took top honors Saturday night at the Native American Music Awards in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when…
Klezmer With An Edge
David Krakauer Live in Krakow (Label Bleu LBLC 6667) Any CD that kicks off with a mix of Klezmer clarinet aided by samples from a…
Rune Songs: Vainamoinen Returns
Ove Berg & Sinikka Langeland – Tirun Lirun (Finnskogen Kulturverksted) Freya Aswynn – Songs of Yggdrasil (Llewellyn) Why is it that when you become interested…
We Refuse to be Enemies
Under the banner “We Refuse to be Enemies,” several hundred Jews, Arabs, and community members gathered on a rainy, snowy evening in December to eat,…
Armenia The Beautiful
Cascade Folk Trio Old Street (Bandaz Records BZ 2764, 2003) Before this disc came along, I didn’t have much in the way of music from…
Putumayo Releases Sahara Lounge
New York, NY – Putumayo released today Sahara Lounge, an album of laid-back fusions of traditional Middle Eastern melodies, rhythms and instrumentation with cutting edge…
Toumani Diabate Recording For World Circuit
London, UK – World Circuit announced recently that it is working with Malian kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate. Widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest…