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…
The Captivating Sounds of Mauritius
Mauravann, one of the finest roots music acts from Mauritius performed on July 14, 2019 at the Rainforest World Music Festival’s Theatre Stage. Mauritius is…
Artist profiles: Daniel Sandén-Warg
Daniel Sandén-Warg was born in 1977 in Østersund, Sweden. He grew up in Karlstad, where he started playing the guitar at an early age, Jimi…
Artist Profiles: Harald Bauweraerts
Harald Bauweraerts grew up in a musical family and therefore had the opportunity to learn to play the hurdy gurdy at the very young age…