Artist Profiles: Altai Kai
Founded in 1997, Altai Kai is an ensemble of throat singers from the Republic of Altai. With an eye to preserving the traditional music of…
Artist profiles: Steve Riley
Steve Riley was born in Mamou, Louisiana in 1969. He grew up there, a prairie town of Mamou where Cajun French is spoken on the…
Artist Profiles: Fabiola Perez ‘La Fabi’
Fabiola Pérez, better known as “La Fabi”, was born on May 25, in Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz). She grew up in the Barrio Bajo…
The Lorient Festival Dedicates the 2019 Edition to the Music of Galicia
The new edition of the prestigious and established Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival (Brittany, France), directed since nearly a decade ago by journalist, cultural activist and producer…
Timeless Country Blues
Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Country Blues (World Music Network/Rough Guides, 2019) Several years ago I was at a neighborhood party where the…
Playful Guitar, Vocals and Kora
AKA Trio – Joy (Bendigedig, May 2019) AKA Trio, an international collaboration featuring Italian guitarist Antonio Forcione, Senegalese kora player and lead vocalist Seckou Keita…
The Nest Collective Announces the 2019 Season of Campfire Club
British cross-cultural folk music presenter The Nest Collective has announce the 2019 season of its Campfire Club. For over 5 years, Campfire Club has been…
That’s Not Tango – Astor Piazzolla, A Life in Music to Debut at Jazz at Lincoln Center
That’s Not Tango – Astor Piazzolla, A Life In Music is a project imagined by Lesley Karsten and written by Karsten and Stephen Wadsworth. The…
Artist Profiles: Oumar Konate
Virtuoso guitarist and singer-songwriter Oumar Konate was born in Gao, northern Mali. At six, Oumar was leading his first band in the street in front…
Santana and Buika Back to the Roots
Santana – Africa Speaks (Concord Records, 2019) Two iconic artists, guitarist Carlos Santana and vocalist Santana teamed up to record a superb album titled Africa…