Remarkable Latin American and Bluegrass Alchemy
Che Apalache – Rearrange My Heart (Free Dirt Records, 2019) Che Apalache is a fascinating band from Buenos Aires (Argentina) that brings together Argentine, Mexican,…
Borneo Indigenous Tribal Dance 2019
The Borneo Indigenous Tribal Dance 2019 will take place at Miri Times Square from September 27 to 28, 2019. Miri is located in northern Sarawak,…
Dymphi Peeters Soars
Dymphi Peeters started out life in Afferden, Limburg, a small town in the Netherlands of about 2000 people. As a child, she never imagined becoming…
Same Sky, Talented International Artists Come Together Through Digital Platform
Various Artists – Volume One Same Sky (Beyond Music, 2019) Beyond Music, the innovative digital platform designed to encourage and nurture international collaborations, has released…
Garifuna Collective, Uplifting Musical Traditions and Resilience
The Garifuna Collective – ABAN (Stonetree Records, 2019) The Garifuna Collective delivers an album where Garifuna musical traditions are combined with modern musical forms such…
Global Chaos Theories from the The Souljazz Orchestra
The Souljazz Orchestra – Chaos Theories (Strut Records, 2019) Canadian jazz collective The Souljazz Orchestra, led by songwriter and arranger Pierre Chrètien, combines a wide…
Artist Profiles: Brian Dunning
Brian Dunning was a professional flutist in Ireland, playing regular classical and jazz gigs, before arriving to the United States in 1977 to study at…
Artist Profiles: Markku Lepistö
Markku Lepistö, from southern Ostrobothnia, is one of Finland’s most dynamic accordionists, having been playing folk and dance music since age five. A graduate of…
Artist Profiles: Antonio Machin
One of the early legends of Cuban music, Antonio Machín led his own acoustic band in the 1920s, and eventually emigrated from the island, first…
Artist Profiles: V.K. Raman
V.K. Raman, one of the leading flutists in the Carnatic style of Music, started learning flute at the age of 9. At the age of…