The Talented Gaelic Sounds of Bywater
Elias Alexander, Eamon Sefton, Kathleen Parks and Patrick Bowling Bywater (Fresh Haggis Music, 2016) Bywater is the debut by an American Celtic music band inspired…
Singer’s Warsaw Festival 2016: An annual celebration of music and culture in Warsaw
Yiddish culture returns by way of pre-war films and contemporary performances, workshops of dance and song, Jewish paper cutting, ceramics, and Hebrew calligraphy ……
Length & Time: Sevana Siren
I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. The…
Mei Han and Red Chamber’s Globe-trotting Enchantment
Mei Han and Red Chamber – Classical & Contemporary Chinese Music (ARC Music, 2016) Dipping into the wonderful world of Chinese music, ARC Music is…
Songlines Music Awards 2016 Winners’s Concert in London
Fado star Mariza, Malian band Songhoy Blues, Indian guitar maestro Debashish Bhattacharya and Sam Lee & friends are set to perform on October 3rd at…
Blues Guitar Stars Perform Opening Song for Tribute to B.B. King
A sensational band of guitarists, vocalists and the Basic Cable Band musicians performed the iconic B.B. King blues song “The Thrill Is Gone.” The late…
Artist Profiles: Cheikh Lô
Cheikh Lô is one of the great trailblazers of African music. A superb singer and songwriter as well as a distinctive guitarist, percussionist and drummer…
Chiaroscuro
Baird Hersey & Prana with Nexus – Chiaroscuro (Bent Records, 2016) For music junkies looking for something off the beaten path, you might want to…
Time-honored Songs of Western Siberia
Vasilyev Vecher – Siberia Land. Russian traditional songs of the Western Siberia (Sketis Music SKMR-108, 2014) The Vasilyev Vecher a cappella ensemble specializes in traditional…
Elza Soares to Perform at Barbican Hall in November 2016
Vocalist and samba star Elza Soares is set to perform on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at Barbican Hall in London. The concert is part of…