Harold Lopez-Nussa’s Sheer Coolness
Harold López-Nussa – El Viaje (Mack Avenue Records, 2016) Composer and pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa’s El Viaje, out September 9th on the Mack Avenue Records label…
The Remarkable Travels of the Cavaquinho
Júlio Pereira Cavaquinho.pt (Tradisom, 2014) Acclaimed Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Julio Pereira released an album titled Cavaquinho 30 years ago. This was a tribute to the small…
Artist Profiles: Foday Musa Suso
Foday Musa Suso is an internationally recognized musician and a Manding griot from the West African nation of Gambia. Griots are the oral historians and…
Artist Profiles: Seleshe Damessae
Seleshe Damessae (also known as Sileshi Demissie and Gashe Abera Molla) is an extraordinary singer and musician from Ethiopia. He uses a complex vocal styling,…
Length & Time: Chouk Bwa Libete
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. Most…
Artist Profiles: Wu Man
Wu Man is an internationally renowned pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso. Born in Hangzhou (China), Wu Man studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing…
Artist Profiles: San Chuan
San Chuan (“Three Rivers”) is a trio of three young and energetic women, Wang Yao, Sang Ka and Liu Yu, who play the Chinese zither…
Artist Profiles: Hanggai
Hanggai, composed of young musicians from Beijing and the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, is at the forefront of a modern Mongolian folk revival…
Artist Profiles: Guilian Liu
Guilian Liu was born in Shanghai and is one of the world’s premiere pipa (lute) masters. Liu graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing…
offWOMEX Showcases Confirmed
WOMEX 2016 organizers confirmed the offWOMEX showcase program which will bring artists from Canada, Mexico, Chad, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Japan and Portugal. WOMEX 2016 will…