So Many Ways to Get Your African Groove On
A jazz musician friend of mine once told me that he didn’t like African music because he found it unsophisticated. From that statement, I could…
Cosmopolitan Hybridization at globalFEST 2015
globalFEST 2015, one of the leading international world music showcases, will take place this week, on January 11, 2015 at Webster Hall in New York…
Kiran Ahluwalia to present Indian Songs: Roots & Revolution in New York
Award-winning singer-songwriter and composer Kiran Ahluwalia will present Indian Songs: Roots & Revolution on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 20:00 (8:00 pm) at Roulette…
La Musgaña to present Si supiera que cantando at Galileo Galilei Club in Madrid
Veteran Castilian folk group La Musgaña will present its new work ‘Si supiera que cantando (If I knew that singing) at Sala Galileo Galilei in…
Lo’Jo’s Swirl of Exoticism
Lo’Jo 310 Lunes (World Village, 2014) The World Village release 310 Lunes by Lo’Jo is a carnival of sound with all the swirl of exoticism,…
Africa Oyé Festival Returns in June 2015
Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest free celebration of African music and culture returns to Liverpool on Saturday, June 20 and Sunday, June 21, 2015. The…
Acoustic Jeli Beauty from Kassé Mady Diabaté
Kassé Mady Diabaté Kiriké (Six Degrees/ No Format!, 2015) Malian jeli (griot) artist Kassé Mady Diabaté has one of the finest voices in West Africa.…
Magnetic Tunji Oyelana Retrospective
Tunji Oyelana A Nigerian Retrospective 1966 – 79 (Soundway SNDW 043CD, 2012) The Soundway label is doing an extraordinary job at rediscovering some of the…
Ville Leppänen, Rising Steel Guitar Hero
Southpaw Steel ‘n’ Twang Hale’s Pleasure Railway (Bafe’s Factory, 2014) Finnish guitar virtuoso Ville Leppänen has captured perfectly the essence of American roots music on…
Peppino D’Agostino Releases an Essential Acoustic Guitar Album
Peppino D’Agostino Penumbra (independent, 2014) On Penumbra, Italian guitarist Peppino D’Agostino presents a collection of solo guitar featuring a wide-range of musical influences and techniques.…