Kronos Quartet Recipient of 2018 WOMEX Artist Award
Acclaimed string ensemble Kronos Quartet is set to receive the 2018 WOMEX Artist Award. The award ceremony will include a live concert in Las Palmas…
Artist Profiles: Alekos K. Vretos
Alekos K. Vretos was born in Athens in 1976. In 1978 his family moved to Argos were he grew up. His father was in love…
Artist Profiles: Rocky Dawuni
Rocky Dawuni was born January 22, 1969 in Ghana. He burst onto the African reggae scene in the early 1990s as the lead singer of…
Artist Profiles: Sikiru Adepoju
Sikiru Adepoju was born November 10, 1950 in Nigeria. American percussionist Mickey Hart calls him “the Mozart of the talking drum.” Sikiru Adepoju first came…
Symphonic Bluegrass
Balsam Range and Atlanta Pops Orchestra Ensemble – Mountain Overture (Mountain Home Music Company, 2018) Balsam Range, one of the finest acts in the current…
Artist Profiles: Obo Addy
Obo Addy was born January 15, 1936. He was a prominent member of the first generation of African musicians to bring their traditional and popular…
Artist Profiles: Kusun Ensemble
The Kusun Ensemble is an extraordinary group of musicians and dancers based in Ghana, West Africa. Founded by Nii Tettey Tetteh, the group includes past…
The Wild Brass of Downtown New York City
Hungry March Band – Running Through with the Sadness (Imaginator Records, 2018) Hungry March Band has the format of a classic American marching band with…
Golden Harps of Galicia
Rodrigo Romaní Trío – Fios de ouro no ár (Altafonte, 2018) Spanish musician Rodrigo Romaní is one of the leading harp players in Galicia. He’s…
Charming Old Style Braguesa Guitar
Chico Gouveia – Moda Velha (Tradisom, 2016) Guitarist Chico Gouveia showcases one of Portugal’s beautiful musical instruments, the viola braguesa (Braguesa guitar), from northwestern Portugal.…