Artist Profiles: Wafir
Madrid-based Wafir Sheikh al-Din Gibril is a talented multi-instrumentalist from Sudan. He’s almost a living orchestra, gifted with an incredible musicianship. He plays ud, accordion,…
Artist Profiles: Wang Fei
Wang Fei is an award-winning artist, published writer and accomplished musician who has toured internationally. Wang Fei was professionally trained in literature, music and art…
Artist Profiles: Wayne Gorbea
Born on October 22, 1950 to Puerto Rican parents in Manhattan, Wayne Gorbea studied violin orchestration and trumpet in high school as well as participating…
Year in Review: World Music in Asia Initiative 2017
The second year of the World Music in Asia Initiative has seen World Culture Open, World Music Shanghai and Cambodian Living Arts bring world music…
‘It is important to build an ecosystem for cross-cultural music collaboration’ – interview with Dr. L. Subramaniam, Ambi and Bindu Subramaniam
In recent interviews arranged over a week, I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. L. Subramaniam (legendary violinist in Indian classical and Western…
Artist Profiles: Thomas Thuân Dang Vu
Thomas Thuân Dang Vu was born in Saigon (now called Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam where he learned to play the dan tranh (Vietnamese zither)…
Artist Profiles: Thomas Mapfumo
Dr. Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo became a star as Zimbabwe entered its revolution in the mid 1970s. His musical radio messages speaking out against political and…
Artist Profiles: The Whistlebinkies
Formed during the great surge of interest in traditional and Celtic music and song in the late 1960’s The Whistlebinkies quickly evolved into a major…
Searing and Exuberant Robert Randolph
Robert Randolph & The Family Band – Got Soul (Sony Masterworks, 2017) Robert Randolph puts his latest recording with The Family Band called Got Soul…
Celtic Connections 2018 Festival Program
The Celtic Connections festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2018 with an ambitious and eclectic line-up of musicians from all corners of the world.…