Artist Profiles: Alacie Tullaugaq & Lucy Amarualik
Alacie Tullaugaq & Lucy Amarualik are two female Inuit artists that perform chants, sounds and stories, bringing to life the nature, land and animals distinct…
Artist Profiles: Eric Favreau
Éric Favreau was born Born in St-Élie-d’Orford, Canada in 1965. He comes from a family of traditional musicians and has spent a great deal of…
Scottish and Global Flavors at Rudolstadt 2017
Various Artists – Rudolstadt Festival 6 – 9 Juli 2017 (Galileo, 2017) Rudolstadt Festival 6 – 9 Juli 2017 is a beautifully-packaged triple disc set…
Artist Profiles: Sally Nyolo
Sally Nyolo was born in a small village called Eyen-Meyong, in southern Cameroon. At the age of thirteen, she moved to France and lived in…
Artist Profiles: Richard Bona
Bona Pinder Yayumayalolo, better known as Richard Bona, was born October 28, 1967 in Minta, a village in central Cameroon. From the moment of Richard…
Legendary Flamenco and Cuban Dynasties to Perform in the USA
Familia habichuela: Legendary Dynasties featuring flamenco guitar maestro Pepe Habichuela and his son Josemi Carmona (founder of seminal “New Flamenco” band Ketama) are set to…
Dom Flemons to Release Tribute to Black Cowboys
African American multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons will release his new album titled Black Cowboys on March 23, 2018 on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The album includes songs…
Extraordinary Plena Journey
Plena Libre – Amores en el Camino (Gn Musica, 2017) Plena Libre, one of the great Puerto Rican bands rooted in tradition is back with…
Bombay Rickey’s Cinematic Surf
Bombay Rickey – Electric Bhairavi (Cowboys & Indian, 2018) Electric Bhairavi is a wild musical party where operatic vocals meet surf guitar along with Indian…
Artist Profiles: Kristo Numpuby
Born in Paris and raised in Eseka in Cameroon, Kristo Numpuby plays assiko music, the traditional rhythm of the southern Cameroon forests, using a guitar,…