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…

The Andrea Parodi Prize competition, one of the most important European world music contests, is now accepting artists for its 15th edition. Finals will be…
View More Open Call to World Music Artists, Andrea Parodi Prize 2022Moroccan band Issam Kamal and Mazagan are back together after 8 years. The group pioneered chaabi groove, an infectious mix of North African chaabi (shaabi),…
View More Chaabi Groove Pioneers Issam Kamal & Mazagan Return with “Talayne”The DVD titled The American Folk Blues Festivals: The British Tours 1963-1966 (Hip-O Records, 2007) showcases iconic songs by some of the most significant American…
View More A Video Portrait of Influential Blues Musicians in the 1960sSantana – Blessings and Miracles (Starfaith/BMG, 2021) “Blessings and Miracles,” the new album from Carlos Santana, presents a wide range of musical styles and stellar…
View More King of Afro-Latin Rock Back with Blessings and MiraclesAcclaimed Quebec band Les Grands Hurleurs has a new album called Ellipse (La Compagnie du Nord). Ellipse showcases Les Grands Hurleurs’ traditional music style with…
View More Ellipse, the New Album from Quebec Folk Superband Les Grands HurleursMoroccan band Groupe Mazagan, or simply Mazagan, was formed in the summer of 1998 by three teenage friends from El Jadida in western Morocco: Issam…
View More Artist Profiles: MazaganGirls’ choir Kuželovské Zpěvulky (Singers from Kuželov) from the Czech Republic has released its second album, V Kuželově sú děvčata … jak tá malina (There…
View More Czech Girls Choir Kuželovské Zpěvulky Unveils Second AlbumAward-winning Jamaican bassist and producer Robbie Shakespeare, co-founder of Sly & Robbie passed way in Florida, USA on December 8, 2021. Robbie Shakespeare was a…
View More Influential Reggae Bassist Robbie Shakespeare of Sly & Robbie, Dies at 68Witst noch dat d’r near wie (Makkum Records) is the second Frisian-language album from Zea, the project of Dutch musician Arnold de Boer. The album…
View More Zea Releases Frisian-language Album Witst noch dat d’r near wiePlaying For Change and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment will take place December 15th, 2021…
View More Playing For Change and Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment