Marcos Valle – Túnel Acústico (Far Out Recordings, 2024) Marcos Valle is a multifaceted Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, and multi-instrumentalist whose career spans over six…
Familiar music from an unexpected place is one of the factors that make “world” music worldly. Thus, it is that Denmark-based band Out of Season…
Jamaican-Canadian-American trumpet player and composer Darren Barrett has a new project titled The Get Down 4 Real, a funk album inspired by James Brown backbeats.…
Matia, a singer-songwriter from the Northeast U.S., brings a funky edge and insightful lyrics to “Doin’ What We Do,” a potent piece about where humankind…
Analog Africa will release its latest compilation, Congo Funk! – Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982), on April 5,…
A big, funky, layered sound makes “Still Kicking” by the U.K.’s Juergen Pichler (a.k.a. Trickster) a song to both dance to and give some serious…
Seven additional musical acts who will be on stage at the 2023 Lowell Folk Festival Friday, July 28th through Sunday, July 30th, were announced this…
The album “Ana Aïcha” by Gaïsha has landed at #1 on World Music Charts Europe in June 2023. Gaïsha is the collaboration between Belgian-Moroccan singer…
Lucas de Mulder – Feel the Spirit (Color Red, 2023) “Feel the Spirit” is Lucas de Mulder’s deeply satisfying first album as a bandleader, released…
José Conde – Souls Alive in the 305 (PiPiKi Records, 2022) Cuban American artist José Conde likes to change directions in his recordings. Sometimes he…