Artist Profiles: Rita Eriksen
Rita Eriksen is one of Norway’s best vocalists. In addition to her own career, she is frequently used by Norwegian musicians. In 1996 she released…
Artist Profiles: Ricardo Miño
Ricardo Miño Alvarez was born in 1949 in Sevilla, Spain. He began his remarkable career at 10 in his native Triana, the most Gypsy of…
Artist Profiles: Anita Katakkar
Anita Katakkar is a Canadian percussionist who specializes in tabla. Her ancestry is Indian and Scottish. She grew up listening to Indian music through…
Different Threads of Indian Fusion
Rakkatak – Small Pieces (Rakkatak RA017, 2017) Rakkatak is a Canadian duo led by tabla master Anita Katakkar and bassist Oriana Barbato. Their album Small…
Artist Profiles: Reelroad
Reelroad plays traditional Russian music in an original post-folk style in concert halls and festivals throughout Europe and Russia. In 2008 the band crossed the…
Artist Profiles: Ray Abshire
Ray Abshire plays traditional Cajun dance music, performing regularly at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the Festival International in Lafayette, where…
Artist Profiles: Plena Libre
Puerto Rican ensemble Plena Libre performs a unique mix of Afro-Puerto Rican plena, salsa, bomba, jazz and other Afro-Caribbean genres. “Más Libre,”(Freer) was released in…
Artist Profiles: Raúl Carnota
Raúl Carnota was a guitarist, composer and singer who spent many years exploring Argentine folk music. He was born October 30, 1947 in Almagro, in…
Toronto’s Afro-Cuban Post Rock Groove Machine
Battle of Santiago – La Migra (Made With Pencil Crayons, 2017) Canadian band Battle of Santiago’s style has evolved towards a vibrant mix of Afro-Cuban…
Artist Profiles: Raul Rodriguez
Flamenco guitar and Cuban tres player Raúl Rodríguez Quiñones was born in Sevilla (Spain) in 1974. He started out playing electric guitar and drums, taking…