Artist Profiles: Cathal McConnell
Cathal McConnell is known and respected all over the world for his masterful flute playing and singing, solo as well as with his band, Boys…
Artist Profiles: Cady Finlayson
Cady Finlayson specializes in spirited Irish fiddle music with American Folk and World Music Influences. From her first show in a small Irish pub in…
Artist Profiles: Carreg Lafar
Carreg Lafar was formed in 1993, in Cardiff, by musicians coming from different parts of Wales: Wrexham in the North, Llanelli and Swansea on the…
Artist Profiles: Calum MacKinnon
Calum is from the island of Tiree in the Hebrides. He started learning the fiddle at an early age, from a neighbor, Willie Kemp, who…
Artist Profiles: Calexico
Calexico is an influential band that plays border music, a mix of Tex-Mex and southwestern music, country and rock. Although the band founders, Joey Burns…
Flamenco Festival La Isla Ciudad Flamenca Announces 2017 Program
La Isla Ciudad Flamenca festival will celebrate its fourth edition July 21 to August 31, 2017 in San Fernando (Cádiz), in southern Spain. The annual…
Reggae on the River Reveals 2017 Program
Reggae on the River has announced the lineup of the 2017 edition of the festival. The event will take place August 3-6 at French’s Camp…
Artist Profiles: Burhan Öçal
Turkish music specialist Burhan Öçal has made the bridging of musical cultures his central mission. A native of Kirklareli, near Istanbul, he grew up in…
Afro-Folk Artist Naomi Wachira Releases Song of Lament
Kenyan Afro-Folk singer-songwriter Naomi Wachira has a new album titled Song of Lament that addresses injustice and the refugee crisis. Although news stories made her…
La Mar de Músicas 2017 to Celebrate the Sounds of Latin America
La Mar de Músicas, the significant world music and rock festival in Cartagena (southeastern Spain), will celebrate the traditional, cutting-edge and mestizo sounds of Latin…