Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita Winners of the International Songwriting Competition 2017 World Music Award
The song Fatiliku by Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita is the winner of the 2017 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) in…
Artist Profiles: Albita
Alba Mirna Rodríguez Herrera , better known as Albita, was born in Havana, Cuba. Albita began her professional career at fifteen in her native Cuba.…
Artist Profiles: ¡Cubanismo!
The world-renowned Afro-Cuban jazz band, ¡Cubanismo! is led by trumpeter Jesús Alemañy, a Cuban expatriate from London who returned to Cuba and recruited some of…
Thornetta Davis Earns the 2017 International Songwriting Competition Blues Award
Thornetta Davis’s song I Believe Everything Gonna Be Alright is the winner of the 2017 International Songwriting Competition in the blues category. Altered Five Blues…
Interview with Roberto Paolo Riggio of World Music Esemble Atash
World music ensemble Atash will be performing today in New York City along along with the St. Stephen’s Global Ensemble. Roberto Paolo Riggio, Atash’s…
Highly Emotional Music From Man of La Mancha
Eliane Elias – Music From Man of La Mancha (Concord Jazz, 2018) Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias’ new album consist of unreleased pieces from the musical…
Artist Profiles: Croatian Radiotelevision Tamburitza Orchestra
The Croatian Radiotelevision Tamburitza Orchestra is a unique instrumental ensemble founded in 1941 as a professional orchestra of Zagreb Radio. Since its founding, the orchestra…
Artist Profiles: Tamara Obrovac
One of the most important artists on the Croatian music scene, Tamara Obrovac was born in 1962 in the Croatian city of Pula. This singer,…
Artist Profiles: Patria
Patria was founded in 1993 in the town of Zupanja located in Croatia’s heartland of tamburica music, Slavonija, when the musicians were only sixteen. This…
Artist Profiles: Lidija Bajuk
Lidija Bajuk is a Croatian writer whose poetry and books are based on the rich heritage of Slavic mythology. But above all, she is a…