Artist Profiles: Dazkarieh
Dazkarieh is a musical project that seeks to create a new language through a diversity of rhythms, timbres and melodies using traditional instruments from many…
Artist Profiles: Duarte
Duarte is a psychologist and Fado singer born in 1980 in the town of Arraiolos, district of Evora, Portugal. From the age of 7 until…
Artist Profiles: Ana Lains
Born in 1979 in Tomar, Portugal, Ana Lains began singing from early age and always had eclectic musical tastes, from jazz to bossa nova. In…
Artist Profiles: Ana Moura
Ana Cláudia Moura Pereira, better known as Ana Moura, was born September 17, 1979 in Santarem, the bustling capital of the Ribatejo province in the…
Artist Profiles: Antonio Chainho
Antonio Chainho was born in 1938 in Santiago do Cacém, Portugal. He is a Portuguese musician who has been dedicating his career to the Portuguese…
Artist Profiles: Armenio de Melo
Armenio de Melo was born in Santa Maria de Lamas, Portugal in 1953. He is considered one of the best guitar players of fado, recognized…
Tsuumi Sound System To Release Blinking Light
Finnish world music band Tsuumi Sound System is set to release its new album Blinking Light on December 25, 2018. Blinking Light is the band’s…
Artist Profiles: Dulce Pontes
She could have been a dancer, had the dance school not thought that, at fourteen years of age, she was too old to start a…
Lusafrica Reissues Two Essential Polo Montañez Albums
Acclaimed Cuban singer-songwriter Polo Montañez died in a car accident in Cuba 16 years ago, on November 26, 2002. He was one of the leading…
Global Visions of Ska
Various Artists – Ska Around the World (Putumayo World Music, 2018) Putumayo compilation Ska Around the World takes the listener on a lively trip throughout…