We Banjo 3: Live From Ireland
We Banjo 3 (WB3) are set to perform on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 5:00 pm EST. The virtual experience, We Banjo 3: Live From…
GrassRoots Live! at Shakori Hills 2021
Shakori Hills festival organizers have announced GrassRoots Live! at Shakori Hills: an intimate, Pod-based, socially-distanced, limited capacity series of one night concerts on the Meadow…
Intensely Percussive Futuristic Gnawa Sounds
Electric Jalaba – El Hal – The Feeling (Strut Records, 2021) Electric Jalaba is a fantastic group based in the UK that intertwines transfixing Gnawa…
Ivorian Star Dobet Gnahoré Releases Music Video ‘Lève-toi’
African music star Dobet Gnahoré has released a new music video for the single ‘Lève-toi.’ Dobet Gnahoré is set to release her new album “Couleur”…
Geodesia, Masterful Mandolin and More String Delights from Luis Peixoto
Luís Peixoto – Geodesia (Groove Punch Studios, 2021) Luís Peixoto, one of the finest Portuguese string instrument (cavaquinho, mandolin) players in Portugal, has released a…
Jupiter & Okwess To Release Na Kozonga
Congolese band Jupiter & Okwess is set to release its new album “Na Kozonga” on April 23, 2021. “Na Kozonga” is the fruit of the…
The founding father of world music
The teenage John Phillpott went down to the local cinema rather than the crossroads… and there he encountered the man who was arguably the founding…
A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Reissue of Rare Progressive Folk from Oberon
A new, remastered edition of Oberon’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream will be available April 16, 2021. Oberon was a progressive folk music band from the…
Slovenian Roots Meet Adventurous Jazz
Vasko Atanasovski Adrabesa Quartet – Phoenix (Moonjune Records, 2020) Phoenix presents the Adrabesa Quartet led by Slovenian saxophonist Vasko Atanasovski. The quartet features top instrumentalists…
Lebanese Artist Tania Saleh Rolls Out “10 A.D.”
Lebanese singer-songwriter Tania Saleh has released a new album titled “10 A.D.” (10 Years After Divorce). “10 A.D.” explores the conditions for women from different…