Artist Profiles: Matto Congrio
Matto Congrio was one of the most important modern Celtic bands in Galicia (Spain) in the early 1990s. Its only album Matto Congrio released in…
Remarkable Folk-Rock Renaissance
Offa Rex – The Queen of Hearts (Nonesuch Records, 2017) Offa Rex is a fascinating collaboration between English vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney and…
Artist Profiles: Matlubeh
Matlubeh is known as the turquoise of Uzbekistan. Her voice has such a large range that she is able to move freely from classical music…
Artist Profiles: Mary Youngblood
Native American flute player Mary Youngblood was born on June 24, 1958 in Kirkland, Washington. Mary has Aleut and Seminole ancestry. She is one of…
Artist Profiles: Mary Ann Kennedy
Mary Ann Kennedy, daughter of singer Kenna Campbell was born and brought up in Glasgow in a house where Gaelic was the language of the…
Artist Profiles: Dennis Cahill
Dennis Cahill was a virtuoso guitarist versed in classical, blues, rock and traditional Irish music. Cahill was born and raised in Chicago to parents from…
Artist Profiles: María Salgado
María Salgado was born in Toro in the province of Zamora, Spain. From the beginning she assimilated and became familiar with the basis and sources…
Artist Profiles: Manuel Flores
Flamenco percussionist Manuel Flores was born in Morón de la Frontera, Spain in 1969. Considered one of the masters of hand rhythm (compas) from Moron…
Artist Profiles: Malkit Singh
Malkit Singh was born on September 13, 1962 in Hussainpur, Punjab, India. He’s a Punjabi music icon that was catapulted from virtual obscurity in the…
Bravado Masala
James Asher and Mahesh Vinayakram – Bravado Masala (Times Music, 2008) This album sounds promising and exciting on the cover, which certainly has an element…