Artist Profiles: Adriel Gonzalez
Nuyorican Adriel Gonzalez started in music when he was only eight years old by singing in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary with…
London to Host Annual Latin American Frontera Festival
Chile’s largest music festival will be landing in London on May 28th 2016 with a showcase of some of the biggest Latin American musicians at…
Artist Profiles: Adrianne Greenbaum
Adrianne Greenbaum is known as both a classical flutist and clinician and as the leading klezmer flutist performing today. She is founder of two ensembles,…
Les Moncada Chats with conguero and djembefola drummer Michael Pluznick
Francisco Aguabella once told me, “I do not play the drum, I have lived the drum”. Remembering that phrase, it’s great when one’s daily line…
Ibero-American Music Expo EXIB 2016 opens May 4 in Portugal
The 2016 edition of EXIB Música, the Ibero-American Music Expo, will open May 4 with an inaugural concert at Teatro García de Resende in Evora…
Transglobal World Music Chart for May 2016
Azel, the new album by Nigerien guitarist, singer-songwriter and composer Bombino has reached the top of the Transglobal World Music Chart in May 2016. May…
MerleFest 2016 Announces Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Winners
Yesterday evening, bluegrass and American roots music festival MerleFest announced the winners of the 2016 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest. Writers of the following 12 songs…
International Songwriting Competition Announces 2015 World Music Winners
The song “A Leggenda Du Piscaturi” composed by Maurizio Giannone and Roberto Giannone won the first place award at the 2015 International Songwriting Competition (ISC).…
Music That Conjures Good Feeling
Valerie June’s songs should be put to good use in a society where beautiful and humane sometimes do not trump. Despite her music being for…
Wake Up You! Vol. 1
In 1967, newly independent Nigeria descendant into a Civil War to stop a secession of Biafra known as at the Biafran War. Families were asked to…