Artist Profiles: Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss was born July 23, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois, but was raised in Champaign, Illinois. She began studying classical violin at five years old…
Artist Profiles: Alison Brown
Alison Brown was born August 7, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut. She began her music career at a young age, playing banjo in several Southern California…
Houssam Gania’s Trance Ritual Music
Houssam Gania – Mosawi Swiri (Hive Mind Records, 2019) Sometimes the best music is the result of misery. Think about it, a good number of…
Artist Profiles: Alex de Grassi
Alex de Grassi was born February 13, 1952 in Yokosuka, Japan but grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He started music on the…
Artist Profiles: Robert Tree Cody
Robert “Tree” Cody (also known in the Maricopa language as Oou-Kas Mah Quet or “Thunder Bear”) was born April 20, 1951, in Los Angeles, California.…
Artist Profiles: Riley Baugus
Riley Baugus was born November 28, 1965 in North Carolina. He was brought up in a household where recordings of old-time music were often played,…
Artist Profiles: Andy Narell
Though a native of New York, Andy Narell has spent more than two decades developing a global reputation as a steel pan virtuoso whose multicultural…
Artist Profiles: Bill Frisell
In a career that spans more than 20 years and numerous recordings, guitarist, composer and bandleader. Frisell’s Nonesuch discography includes 16 albums, ranging from original…
Voice of the Steppes: Interview with Urna Chahar-Tugchi
Urna Chahar-Tugchi, an artist from Inner Mongolia, recently released an album titled Ser, a collaboration with Polish group Kroke. Urna discusses her musical background and…
Mokoomba Revals Spring 2019 North American Tour
Mokoomba, Zimbabwe’s leading roots music act returns to North America for a tour of Canada and the United States this April. The popular world music…