Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen Win 2016 IBMA Award for Instrumental Group of the Year
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen received the IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year award at the 2016 International Bluegrass Music Awards. The group first won…
The International Songwriting Competition Seeking World Music Acts
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is seeking world music talent for the current edition of the contest. The extended deadline is November 4th, 2016. The…
Alborosie Releases Strolling Music Video
Reggae star Alborosie has a new music video titled Strolling featuring guest artist Protoje. Strolling appears in Alborosie’s new album Freedom & Fyah. The animated…
Kingston to Celebrate First Ska & Rocksteady Music Festival
Kingston, Jamaica will celebrate the 1st Annual One World Ska & Rocksteady Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday, November 26 and 27, 2016 at the…
L&T: The Robert Glasper Experiment
Robert Glasper Experiment – Artscience (Blue Note, 2016) I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies…
Two World Music Festivals Taking Place in China and South Korea
Two world music festivals, featuring over 80 international performances are taking place in China and South Korea. Chevrolet 2016 World Music Shanghai Festival started on…
Songs of Resilience
Simrit – Songs of Resilience (Simrit Kaur Music, 2016) Songs of Resilience is a crossover album by singer-songwriter Simrit. The Greek-born artist raised in the…
Heidi Talbot Releases “Here We Go 1, 2, 3”
Acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter Heidi Talbot has a new album titled “Here We Go 1, 2, 3” (Navigator Records). ‘Here We Go 1, 2, 3’ is…
Pentangle Live in 2008
Pentangle – Finale – An Evening With… (Topic, 2016) Topic Records will be releasing Finale. An Evening With… Pentangle. In February of 2007 the original…
Galician Land of Dreams
Fuxan Os Ventos – Terra De Soños (Fol Musica, 2016) This is a special re-edition of the Fuxan Os Ventos’ album originally released in 2009.…