Artist Profiles: Bernard Kabanda
One of the highlights of 1999’s WOMAD UK and various USA festivals was Ugandan guitarist Bernard Kabanda. Born and nurtured in the harsh environment that…
Healing Latin Jazz
Mari Nobre – “Live and Alive” (Chrome Records, 2017) Italian-American vocalist Mari Nobre (maiden name Mariangela Spiezia) recorded this album live at the Jan Popper…
Artist Profiles: Billy Preston
Billy Preston’s career spanned five decades, starting as a child prodigy playing the movie role of young W.C. Handy and then playing organ for Ray…
Artist Profiles: Bill Miller
Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond. A Grammy award-winning recording artist, and…
Artist Profiles: Benjamin Escoriza
Benjamin Escoriza, was born in Granada and later moved to Madrid. In the Spanish capital he met French multi-instrumentalist Vincent Molino and Spanish percussionist Fain…
Artist Profiles: Ben Sands
Ben Sands lives in Newry, County Down, close to the mountains and the sea and not far from the small farm where he and his…
Artist Profiles: Bazar Bla
Bazar Blå is one of the leading bands on the new folk music scene in Sweden. Their original compositions are clearly influenced by Swedish traditions…
Debashish Bhattacharya Meets Euro and American Jazz
Debashish Bhattacharya, Anders Lonne Gronseth, Kenny Wessel and Subhasis Bhattacharya – Bhattacharya – Grønseth – Wessel (Pling Music, 2017) The prolific Indian slide guitar maestro…
Mantras Accessing a Place of Mysticism
Sheela Bringi – Shakti Sutra (New Earth Records, 2017) Shakti Sutra is the new album by the Indian-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Sheela Bringi. While her…
Artist Profiles: Barbaros Erköse
Clarinet virtuoso Barbaros Erköse was born in 1936, in Bursa, Turkey. He leads the Barbaros Erköse Ensemble, a group that presents an array of Turkish…