Composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer, Pedro Aznar is one of the most prestigious and respected artists to emerge from South America in recent times.…
Artist Profiles: Pedro Aznar
Tag: pop
Artist Profiles: Niña Pastori
In Spain, she is known as La Niña Pastori, a much-beloved, superstar flamenco and crossover pop vocalist who has sold more than 1 million units…
Artist Profiles: Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Santaolalla has been a force in Latin American music since the 1960s. He is one of a small group of musicians who created the…
Artist profiles: David Byrne
Born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland and raised in Baltimore (Maryland, USA), David Byrne has come a long way from playing guitar in high…
Kevin Bowers’ Nova
Kevin Bowers – Nova (Machinery Music, 2016) After a trip to Spain, American drummer Kevin Bowers composed his new album Nova. Even though he was…
Middle Eastern and Pop Intersections
Brothers of the Baladi – Gravity of Love (Baladi Productions BLD12, 2016) World music with a Middle Eastern edge, rock and pop intersect in the…
Artist Profile: Abbi
Abbi is one of Kenya’s finest Afro-fusionist. With roots in Kenyan people’s traditional instruments and tunes, he fuses contemporary instruments from the world today, such…
Tucson Chicha
Southern Arizona-based band Xixa performs a mix of pop and rock inspired by chicha and even Tuareg desert blues. Most of their Bloodline album features…
Radio Friendly Idan Raichel
Although Israeli composer and singer-songwriter has collaborated with world music artists like Vieux Farka Touré, his solo works have very few connections with roots music.…
Ntjam Rosie Grounded in Jazz, Soul, and Pop
Ntjam Rosie The One (Gentle Daze Records, 2015) Cameroonian singer-songwriter Ntjam Rosie is one of the rising talents in the European neosoul scene. Gifted with…