Janusz Prusinowski Wins Poland’s Traditional Culture Award
Janusz Prusinowski has won the annual award of the Polish Ministry of Culture (Doroczna Nagroda Minister Dziedzictwa Narodowego Kultury i) in the category of…
Dazzling Showcase Discoveries on May 9 at EXIB Música 2015
Saturday, May 9th, was the final day of the Iberoamerican music expo EXIB Música 2015. The morning sessions were focused on the development of…
Boukman Eksperyans to Perform at Roulette
Haitian supergroup Boukman Eksperyans is set to perform at Roulette in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Boukman Eksperyans has been sharing its music…
Sheer Loveliness of Mahsa Vahdat
Mahsa Vahdat Traces of an Old Vineyard (Kirkelig Kulturverksted/Valley Media, 2015) I confess an affinity to hear real female vocals, not those digitally enhanced vocals…
The Poozies to Release Into The Well
Pioneering all-female folk band The Poozies has a new album titled Into The Well (Schmooz Records) scheduled for release on May 25, 2015 in the…
Pop and Shamanic Music on May 9 at EXIB 2015
The micro conferences returned to EXIB Música 2015 on Friday, May 9th at Azkuna Center in Alhondiga Bilbao. The first one was a presentation…
Western Swing Maestro Johnny Gimble Dies at 88
Celebrated fiddler and Western Swing master Johnny Gimble passed away on May 9, 2015 in Dripping Springs, Texas. Johnny Gimble was born on May…
“Music is about peace and tranquility” – interview with Deobrat Mishra, The Trio Benares
Deobrat Mishra is a seventh generation sitarist of the Benares Gharana, continuing the tradition of his father Pandit Shivanth Mishra and grandfather Pandit Mahadev…
Folk Music Icons Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen to Release Bottle
Bottle (Navigator Records) is the first album by celebrated folk music artists Eliza Carthy and Tim Eriksen, scheduled for release in the UK on May…
Wildly Fresh Los Crema Paraiso
Los Crema Paraiso De Pelicula! (Cultupra Productions, 2015) Good music, mediocre music and sometimes very bad music flows across my desk, but I’m rarely ever…