Marc Crofts Reimagines Klezmer With Urban Myths
Marc Crofts Klezmer Ensemble – Urban Myths (Frémeaux & Associés, 2025) Swiss violinist Marc Crofts makes a bold entrance into the klezmer scene with Urban…
The Dulzaina, Spain’s Cherished Traditional Reed Instrument
The dulzaina is a traditional Spanish double-reed woodwind instrument belonging to the oboe family. It typically measures about 70 cm in length and features a conical…
Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocărlia Take the Number One Spot of Transglobal World Music Chart for June 2025
The album The Devil Rides Again by Fanfare Ciocărlia and Adrian Raso reached the number one spot of Transglobal World Music Chart for the month…
Femi Kuti Ascends to the Top of NACC’s World Music Chart for the Week of May 27
The album Journey Through Life (Partisan Records) by Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti claimed the number one position of the North American College and Community Charts…
Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia Rise to the Top of World Music Charts Europe for June 2025
The album The Devil Rides Again by Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia has reached the number one spot of World Music Charts Europe for June…
Troubling Times Recalled
Reggae, rock and a civil rights history lesson converge to make “Good Trouble” by American band BOP(harvey) exactly the kind of trouble you’ll want to…
Highlife in Motion: Santrofi’s “Making Moves” Charts a Bold New Journey
Santrofi – Making Moves (Outhere Records, 2025) Some albums arrive like old friends returning home, carrying new stories yet familiar scents of the past. Making…
Watchhouse Taps Into the Sacred: Rituals Finds Grace in the Act of Letting Go
Watchhouse – Rituals (Tiptoe Tiger Music/Thirty Tigers, 2025) Watchhouse (Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz) offer a quiet invocation on their exquisite new album Rituals. This…
Wind Songs and Sea Strings: Anemara Debuts with “Atlantic Schottis”
Anemara is a newly formed transatlantic quartet uniting traditional music influences from Scandinavia, the Celtic world, and North America. The ensemble features Kristina Leesik (fiddle,…
An Earthly Divine Tribute
Combining Northeast Brazilian roots with the finesse of classical music and an acknowledgement of the mother of the Yoruba pantheon, “Canto de Yemanjá” by Quarteto…