Artist Profiles: Grupo Cimarrón
The Grupo Cimarrón ensemble is known for their explosive música llanera (plains music) and fast-paced, triple-meter joropo. They live up to the meaning of their…
The Idiosyncratic Vocals of Moken
Moken – Missing Chapters (Moodswing Records, 2019) Cameroonian singer-songwriter Moken delivers a genre-defying album where virtuosic jazz meets Afro-roots, American folk, lively Afropop and blues.…
Rainforest World Music Festival 2020 To Be Held July 10-12
The 23rd edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival will be held on July 10-12 in 2019 in Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo). As one of…
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…