Angelique Kidjo’s Celia Tops the August 2019 Transglobal World Music Chart
The album Celia, Angelique Kidjo’s tribute to Afro-Cuban singer Celia Cruz is the number one album in August 2019 on the Transglobal World Music Chart.…
Malawi’s one-man band Faith Mussa Releases Kalilima
Multifaceted Malawian musician Faith Mussa has a new album titled Kalilima. The album features irresistible African rhythms combined with subtle electronics, glistening production and layered…
Artist Profiles: Faith Mussa
Faith (CheMuphuwa) Mussa was born in August 1985 in Ndirande, Malawi. Faith began playing hand-made gallon guitars when he was just 10 years-old in Blantyre,…
Candid Respect for American Stringband Music
Tui – Pretty Little Mister (Pretty Little Mister, 2019) The shiny sparkly goodness whipped up on the debut recording Pretty Little Mister by the duo…
Amadou & Mariam Touring Europe with Blind Boys of Alabama
Malian duo Amadou & Mariam are presently on tour in Europe with the Grammy award-winning American band Blind Boys of Alabama. In celebration of the…
A New Side of Kurdish Fusion
Adir Jan – Leyla (Trikont, 2019) Singer-songwriter and saz player Adir Jan Tekîn formed the project Adir Jan (Adirjam) in the spring of 2014. Although…
Artist Profiles: Olena Podluzhnaya UUTAi
Olena Podluzhnaya, with the stage name UUTAi, is a singer and khomus player from Yakutia, Russia. Ms. Podluzhnaya says: “My native Republic is the world…
Artist Profiles: Dmitry Paramonov
Dmitri Paramonov is a renowned expert and researcher of Russian traditional culture. He’s also a musician, a scholar of various Russian traditional instruments, rune singer…
The ArtsCenter in Carrboro Reveals 2019-2020 Performance Season
The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, North Carolina has announced its 2019-2020 Performance Season, featuring a wide range of over 20 locally and nationally acclaimed artists and…
The Thriving Malagasy Scene During the 1970s-1980s
Various Artists – Alefa Madagascar – Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984 (STRUT207, 2019) Strut continues its essential compilation series of Indian…