Artist Profiles: Carmen Linares
Carmen Pacheco Rodríguez, better known as Carmen Linares, was born in 1951 in Linares, a small village in Jaen province, Spain. She has earned by…
Artist Profiles: Carles Benavent
Bass player, Carles Benavent, was born in the Pueblo Seco (Poble Sec) neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain. His earliest days playing music were in blues and…
Artist Profiles: Carlos Núñez
Thoruhgout his career playing the gaita (Galician bagpipe) Carlos Núñez , a charismatic piper from Spain’s northwestern coast, has collaborated frequently with the Chieftains, Ry…
Artist Profiles: Carlos Piñana
Carlos Piñana is the youngest of the Piñana saga, a family of deep flamenco tradition that started with the patriarch, his grandfather Antonio Piñana, a…
Artist Profiles: Camerata Meiga
Camerata Meiga started off as the natural development of a previous musical existence as Xeque Mate (Checkmate). They had recorded two albums under that name:…
Raga Jazz from Washington DC
On All Barriers Fall (Buzkhashi Rercords, 2018), Washington DC-based Broto Roy Quartet plays original melodic pieces and improvisation, where Indian music meets American jazz. The…
Artist Profiles: Camarón de la Isla
“You only had to listen to Camarón once to know that he was a genius” – Paco de Lucía. Camarón de la Isla was one…
Urna and Kroke, a Well-Designed Collaboration
Urna and Kroke – Ser (Urna Chahar-Tugchi / Uct, 2018) One would think that teaming up a singer born to nomadic herders on the Ordos…
Anouar Brahem to Perform Blue Maqams in London
Tunisian composer and oud maestro is set to perform on Friday, March 15, 2019 at Barbican Hall in London. The concert draws together Brahem’s profound…
Artist Profiles: Buika
Buika (pronounced BWEE-kah) was born Concha Buika on the Spanish island of Mallorca, to parents who arrived to Spain as political exiles from Equatorial Guinea.…