A Step Well Taken: Roomful Of Blues ‘Steppin’ Out!’
Roomful Of Blues — Steppin’ Out! (Alligator Records, 2025) Roomful of Blues returns with Steppin’ Out!, the band’s 20th album and the first to feature…
Harboring Genius: Agustín Pereyra Lucena’s Rare Gem Resurfaces
Agustín Pereyra Lucena – Puertos de Alternativa (Far Out Recordings, 2025) Far Out Recordings expands its archival series with the first-ever vinyl reissue of Puertos…
Hildá Länsman’s Voice of the North
(headline image: Hildá Länsman – photo by Meeri Koutaniemi) Hildá Länsman was born in 1993 in Utsjoki, Finland. Utsjoki is Finland’s northernmost corner, where the…
Harp player MAL Unveils “Connadh”
Glasgow-based Celtic music harper Malachy Arnold, known as MAL, has unveiled his latest single, “Connadh.” Arnold began playing harp at age five, inspired by his…
Strings of a Feather
Ahmed Mukhtar and Lusardi Monteverde – Al-hambra (ARC Music, 2025) Flamenco guitar and the Arabic lute known as the oud go together like, well, feel…
Down The Emerald Aisle: Greg Blake Unveils “Nora McNally”
Greg Blake, an award-winning bluegrass vocalist and guitarist, has released “Nora McNally,” his new single. Songwriter Milan Miller wrote the track. The song is a…
Key Move: Chrysalis Global Launches ‘Guitari Baro’
(headline image: Guitari Baro – Photo by Carolina Vallejo) Chrysalis Records has launched its Chrysalis Global imprint with an instrumental debut, Guitari Baro (Guitar Conversations),…
Kayhan Kalhor to Bring Rare Persian Classical Concert to New York
(headline image: Kayhan Kalhor © Liudmilla Jefferies for Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck) Iranian kamancha virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor will return to New York City for a rare…
Saha Gnawa Channels Spellbinding Gnawa Roots Into Future Sound
Saha Gnawa – Saha Gnawa (Pique-Nique Recordings, 2025) Saha Gnawa is a Brooklyn-based ensemble that combines transfixing Moroccan Gnawa music with jazz, from New York’s…
Yimenga, Solo Debut by Solo Diarra
Solo Diarra – Yimenga (Global Sonics GS06125, 2025) Yimenga is the debut solo album of Burkinan multi-instrumentalist Solo Diarra. Yimenga means “Be Yourself” in Bambara.…