Lokembe Act Acholi Machon Releases Sons of South Sudan
South Sudanese band Acholi Machon has a new EP album titled Sons of South Sudan (Good Deeds Music). The new material is being released in…
Six Degrees Releases Posthumous Recording by Cheb i Sabbah
Before he died in 2013, world fusion artist Cheb i Sabbah nearly completed a final recording. The song “Keep Coming Back” is the first single…
A 20th Anniversary Celebration of Besh o droM
Besh o droM – 20 (Fonó, 2019) Hungarian band Besh o droM celebrated its twentieth anniversary with the album titled 20, released in 2019. The…
Official Documentary Celebrates the Music of Scotland’s Runrig
The documentary There Must Be A Place provides a look into one of Scotland’s most popular folk-rock music bands. In 1973, two brothers and a…
Artist Profiles: Pablo Mayor & Folklore Urbano
While working as a professor of jazz at Universidad Javeriana in Bogota (Colombia) in 1998, Pablo Mayor began his personal search, a process of first…
Songs Inspired by Persian Music and Zoroastrian Prayers
Ariana Vafadari – Anahita (Quart de Lune, 2020) Anahita is the musical creation that came out of the friendship and artistic collaboration of two French-Iranian…
“Kingston Bolero” Transforms Classical Piece into Dub Reggae Ballad
“Kingston Bolero” is a single that takes the iconic original “Bolero” classical orchestral piece and transforms it into a dub ballad. Produced by Emanuele Della…
Acoustic Mediterranean Beauty Across Time
Efrén López and Christos Barbas – Atlas (Seyir Muzik, 2021) Two remarkable multi-instrumentalists and composers collaborate on ‘Atlas’ delivering exquisite, thoughtful performances on string and…
Piping Live! Reveals 2021 Program
Glasgow’s Piping Live! festival has announced the 2021 program. The nine-day event will take a hybrid approach for 2021, combining in-person performances at The National…
Gorgeous Collaboration Between Guitarist Yamandú Costa and Vocalist Mônica Salmaso
Yamandú Costa, one of Brazil’s greatest guitar players, and superb vocalist Mônica Salmaso recorded a collaboration titled “Entidade.” The song showcases the simple beauty of…