Paulo Tato Marinho’s Masterful Portuguese Bagpipes
Paulo Tato Marinho – Gaitas de Fole em Portugal (Fundacao GDA, 2018) Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Paulo Tato Marinho dedicates Gaitas de Fole em Portugal (Bagpipe music…
Artist Profiles: Paulo Tato Marinho
Paulo Tato Marinho was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1964. He is dedicated to bagpipes as an instrumentalist, teacher, researcher, composer and builder. He began…
Artist Profiles: Baraka Moon
Baraka Moon is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The group mixes mystical Sufi trance songs, Indian ragas, African rhythms and the Australian Aboriginal…
Artist Profiles: Becky Buller
Becky Buller grew up in Minnesota. She played fiddle with her parents and Gordy and Roxy Shultz in the group Prairie Grass. She studied classical…
Jeonju International Sori Festival, a Fascinating Window into Korean Music and Beyond
The 2019 Jeonju International Sori Festival took place October 2-6 in Jeonju, a city located in southwestern South Korea. The festival is held in a…
Artist Profiles: Omiri
Omiri is the project of Portuguese multi-instrumentalist and composer Vasco Ribeiro Casais. Omiri combines Portuguese traditional folk music with electronics and stunning live visuals. In…
Robust Finnish Presence at WOMEX 2019
The World Music Expo 2019 starts next week in Tampere, Finland. Tampere is the 3rd largest city in Finland and a multi-talented music hub. It…
Artist Profiles: Pekko Käppi
Composer, producer, researcher and ethnomusicologist Pekko Käppi was born in 1976. He is a jouhikko player from Tampere and a part-time instructor at the Sibelius…
Artist Profiles: Pauanne
Finnish band Pauanne explores the pagan traditions of Finnish folk music. The trio has uncovered and collected long-lost folk music that includes stories of spells…
Latin Jazz Maestro Ray Santos Dies at 90
Musician and composer Ray Santos died October 17, 2019. Ray Santos was born December 28, 1928 in New York City to Puerto Rican parents. Known…