Marika Falk was born in Vienna, in a Hungarian family of musicians. She plays numerous percussion instruments such as frame drums and hand drums,inclufding the…
Artist Profiles: Marika Falk
Tag: Germany
Bavarian Klezmer
Andrea Pancur – Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer (Galileo MC, 2016) Munich singer Andrea Pancur has developed a fascinating new genre called Alpen Klezmer, an unconventional…
Flamencos from Hamburg
Selva Negra – Mar lleno (Trekel Records/ Selva Negra Music SNM003, 2016) German duo Selva Negra (black forest in Spanish) draws its inspiration from Spanish…
A Taste of Rudolstadt Festival
Various Artists – Rudolstadt Festival 2016 (Heideck, 2016) You can catch up with the latest in world music acts with this double CD compilation from…
Enthralling Tenbur and Zaza Music
Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl (Ahenk, 2016) Zalâl is the fifth album by German multi-instrumentalist and composer Cemîl Qoçgîrî. Cemîl is one of the finest performers…
Artist Profiles: Cemîl Qoçgîrî
Composer and tenbur (long-necked lute) maestro Cemîl Qoçgîrî was born in 1980 in Duisburg, Germany. He’s part of a Kurdish-Alevi (Qizilbash) family from the region…
Artist Profiles: Dissidenten
Uve Müllrich, Marlon Klein and Friedo Josch founded Dissidenten in Berlin, Germany, in 1980. Following a one-year tour of Asia, the group decided to move…
International Highlands Music from Peru’s Festival de Alturas
1er Festival Internacional de Alturas – Lima, Perú, noviembre 2014 (Asociación Arte de Alturas, 2015) This album features artists from across the globe who participated…
World Fusion Pioneers Dissidenten to Receive International Peace Music Award 2012
Dissidenten, the German band that pioneered world fusion by collaborating with musicians from India, Spain, Morocco and other parts of the globe, will receive the…