Interview with Faith i Branko
She’s an English rose, an accordionist and circus performer from a Cotswolds hamlet. He’s a virtuoso Roma violinist from a village in West Serbia. How…
Artist Profiles: Juluka
Juluka was a trailblazing band based in Johannesburg, South Africa, led by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu. The band formed in the early 1970s and…
Artist Profiles: Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, England in 1953 was raised in his mother’s native land of Zimbabwe before emigrating to South Africa at the age…
Artist Profiles: Cheikh M’Baye and Sing Sing Rhythm
Cheikh M’Baye and Sing Sing Rhythm is a drum and dance company of Wolof griots from Medina, Senegal. Founded in 1987, the group is named…
Artist Profiles: Katalena
Forming Katalena was quite coincidental. Coming from different musical backgrounds from more or less classic rock (Sfiltrom, Terra mystica, Bast), folk (Terra folk), blues (Moj…
Hypnotic Strings of Africa at A World in Trance 2019 in New York
A World in Trance 2019 will present the Hypnotic Strings of Africa on Saturday March 23, 2019 at Roulette in New York. Derek Gripper’s investigation…
The Music of the Bushinengé of French Guiana
Nèg Mawon de Guyane is the title of the album from Les Bushinengé (Buda Musique, 2019) The Bushinengé people are descendants of slaves who escaped…
Artist Profiles: Daby Balde
Daby Balde’s arrangements are based on his Fula traditions from the south of Senegal. They feature the fiddle, accordion and flute alongside the more familiar…
Artist Profiles: Djanbutu Thiossane
Djanbutu Thiossane was the group formed by Ass El Hadj Samba N’Diaye and his brothers, Baye Mass and Pap. They are members of a respected…
Artist Profiles: Zuzana Homolova
According to Encyclopedia of Jazz, Contemporary and Popular Music (Publ. Supraphon Prague 1990): “Zuzana Homova belongs to foremost Slovak songwriters. Her music is characteristic for…