The Rhythm Foundation in Miami Reveals the Fall-Winter 2018-19 Season
The Rhythm Foundation, the arts presenter of world music and other forms of music in South Florida, has announced the artists scheduled to perform in…
Artist Profiles: Breda Smyth
Breda Smyth is a multifaceted woman: musician, TV presenter, doctor and mother. Already with one solo album under her belt, her debut album Basil &…
Artist Profiles: Beginish
Beginish was a traditional Irish music band that attracted a lot of attention in the late 1990s. Band members included: Paul McGrattan, from Dublin’s north…
Artist Profiles: Aoife Clancy
Aoife Clancy had little idea of the extent other father and uncles’ international stardom as The Clancy Brothers while she was growing up in the…
Artist Profiles: Andy Irvine
Andy Irvine is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul…
Artist Profiles: Anúna
Twelve centuries of Ireland’s vocal tradition are explored by the chorale ensemble, Anúna. Best-known for their performance in Riverdance, the group combines songs in Middle…
Significant Chamber Strings and Pipa Interplay
Lin Ma & Zhen Chen – On & Between (Navona Records, 2018) On & Between is a remarkable encounter between western classical music and Chinese…
Artist Profiles: Eamonn Coyne
Éamonn Coyne, who now lives in Edinburgh is originally from Dublin (Ireland). He learned his playing from a variety of sources and is a member…
Artist Profiles: Naseer Shamma
Naseer Shamma was born in 1963 in Kut, a village on the Tigris River in Iraq. He began studying the ud at the age of…
Artist Profiles: Mohammad Gomar
Mohammad Gomar was born in Diala, Iraq. He has a degree in Musicology from the University of Baghdad. Mohammad Gomar founded and leads the Iraqi…