Reflection of Élage Diouf’s Musical Journey
Élage Diouf – Melokáane (Pump Up The World, 2015) Quebec-based Senegalese singer-songwriter and percussionist Élage Diouf incorporates various musical traditions in his latest album titled…
Canadian Band Le Vent Du Nord Announce Ireland and UK Tour Dates
Acclaimed progressive folk band Le Vent du Nord, from Quebec, will be touring Ireland and the UK in the next months. Le Vent du Nord…
Artist Profiles: A Moving Sound
In the music of A Moving Sound (Shen Don) traditional Taiwanese, Chinese and neighboring Asian music forms are fused in new original song compositions. Instruments…
Artist Profiles: A Filetta
Award-winning ensemble A Filetta was formed in 1978 in the northwestern city of Balagne in Corsica by adolescents united by their passion for Corsican polyphony.…
Arab music meets flamenco in Zafir, Musical Winds from North Africa to Andalucía
Simon Shaheen & Qantara with special guests Nidal Ibourk, Auxi Fernandez and Juan Pérez Rodríguez are set to perform on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at…
Music of Morocco: Recorded By Paul Bowles Released Today
Music of Morocco, a 4-CDs boxed set containing recordings by Paul Bowles is now available. The set includes a silk screened box with a 120-page,…
Transglobal World Music Chart for April 2016
The album Né So by Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore repeats as number one album of the Transglobal World Music Chart in April 2016. April 2016…
Timeless Cross-cultural Qawwals
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and the Rajasthan Express – Junun (Nonesuch, 2015) Junun is a spectacular two-disc album that brings together Indian musical traditions,…
the green and gold: an incredible song of Jamaican diaspora
It’s always hard to know exactly what a musician means by a song at first listen, unless if the musician in question has explained the…
Yiddish Musical Journey
The influence of Yiddish and klezmer on modern, Western popular music is tremendous. Listeners have osmosed it for many decades, in music halls, theaters, the…