The World Music Institute has unveiled the lineup for its 2024 Spring-Summer Season. This period’s highlights include Béla Fleck‘s Rhythm Raga & Rhapsody retrospective at…
World Music Institute Introduces 2024 Spring-Summer Season
Tag: Leyla McCalla
American Folk Multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla Reissues Vari-Colored Songs
American cellist, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Leyla McCalla, is reissuing her Langston Hughes tribute, ‘Vari-Colored Songs’ on Smithsonian Folkways. McCalla celebrates the creative spirit of Langston…
Artist Profiles: Leyla McCalla
Leyla McCalla is a Haitian-American artist born on October 3, 1985 in New York City, United States. Leyla sings in French, Haitian Creole and English,…
The Transglobal World Music Chart Unveils the Best World Music Albums of 2019
The Transglobal World Music Chart has revealed the list of Best World Music Albums of 2019. Malian musician. Malian act Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba…
Big Statements and African Diaspora Roots Sounds from Leyla McCalla
Leyla McCalla – Capitalist Blues (PIAS, 2019) Capitalist Blues is the third album by former Carolina Chocolate Drops cellist and singer-songwriter, Leyla McCalla. On Capitalist…
Boubacar Traoré Meets the South
Boubacar Traoré – Dounia Tabolo (Lusafrica, 2017) The master of Malian blues Boubacar Traoré connects with three leading African-American blues and roots music musicians, Cedric…
WOMEX 2017 Reveals First Batch of World Music Showcases
World Music Expo WOMEX has announced the first set of artists scheduled to perform at the 2017 conference. WOMEX 2017 will take place October 25…
Mundial Montreal & Drom to Present Showcase Today
Mundial Montreal & Drom will present several free world music showcases today, Friday, January 6 at the Drom club in New York City. The selection…
Superb World Music and Roots Programming at Savannah Music Festival 2017
The Savannah Music Festival 2017 will present an impressive set of world music and American roots sounds. The festival will take place from March 23…