Artist Profiles: Techung
Techung is a prominent Tibetan singer-songwriter living in exile in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is best known for his performances of traditional Tibetan…
Artist Profiles: Tejedor
Tejedor is led by three siblings from Avilés, a town in the northernmost Spanish region of Asturias. The group members devoted their lives to Asturian…
Rozina Pátkai’s Paradise
Rozina Pátkai - Paraíso Na Terra (Tom-Tom Records, 2016) Paraíso Na Terra is the second album by Rozina Pátkai, a Hungarian vocalist and graphic artist…
Artist Profiles: Tama
Tama was a Pan-African world fusion project made in the late 1990s. The Tama album Nostalgie came about when Tom Diakite (Mali), Sam Mills (UK)…
Artist Profiles: Taremuru
Tarén o Taremurú is a Pemón word that means blow and it is used when referring to magical incantations. It is a genre of its…
Artist Profiles: Tarras
The five members of Tarras hailed from the Border country between England and Scotland. While young in age at the time of their first recording…
Artist Profiles: Tannas
Tannas was formed in 1993 by five Scottish musicians who met while playing in Edinburgh’s thriving session scene. They had a passion for Gaelic music…
Artist Profiles: Talvin Singh
Talvin Singh was born in London in the early 1970s; as a young boy he was inspired to play tabla on his grandmother’s knees upon…
Artist profiles: Take 6
Take 6 took roots in 1980 as an a cappella gospel group formed by Claude McKnight at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. Mark Kibble heard…
The Forward-Thinking Latvian Roots Music of Iļģi
Iļģi – Tur Kur Mīti (Ilgi, 2017) Iļģi, Latvia’s finest contemporary folk music ensemble has released Tur Kur Mīti (Where Myths Dwell), its 15th album.…