The World Music Expo (WOMEX) announced today that Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor (Iran/USA) is the winner of the WOMEX Artist Award 2019. Kalhor is…
Iranian Musician Kayhan Kalhor Wins WOMEX Artist Award 2019
Tag: world fusion
Mexican Roots Fusion and Social Fairness from the Villalobos Brothers
Villalobos Brothers – Somos (Villalobos Brothers, 2019) The Villalobos Brothers hail from Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico area. Their finely-crafted music includes an exquisite…
A New Side of Kurdish Fusion
Adir Jan – Leyla (Trikont, 2019) Singer-songwriter and saz player Adir Jan Tekîn formed the project Adir Jan (Adirjam) in the spring of 2014. Although…
Superb Chick Corea with The Spanish Heart Band
Chick Corea with The Spanish Heart Band – Antidote (Concord Jazz, 2019) Every once in a while you come across a recording that completely stuns…
Glamorous recital from Canadian Singer and Harper Loreena McKennitt in San Sebastian
The “Lost Souls Tour”, an extensive tour of Europe, also ended up in Spain (Valencia, Murcia, Granada, Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, and finally in San Sebastian).…
SIU2, Hong Kong’s Creative East-West Musical Fusion
SIU2 – Sonic Traveler (Flower Music, 2008) One of the thrills of my CD review stack is that I often don’t know what musical adventure…
Mongolian and Persian Hybridization at Rainforest World Music Festival 2019
Sedaa is a Germany-based quartet featuring three Mongolian musicians and one Iranian instrumentalist. Together they make a remarkable mix of Mongolian, Middle Eastern and global…
The Elegant Progressive Folk of Pekka Nättinen
Pekka Nättinen – Usein Kasvoin (Pekka Nättinen, 2014) Usein Kasvoin is a superb genre-defying album by Finnish multi-instrumentalist Pekka Nättinen. On Usein Kasvoin, Nättinen brings…
Flute Dialogs with Darbuka
Auster Loo – Rhythm And Breath (Homerecords.be, 2016) The Belgian music act Auster Loo includes flute player Lydie Thonnard and percussionist Simon Leleux. The duo…
Freedom and Leela’s Mantra Fusion
Freedom and Leela – Ru (Times Music, 2011) This is an album for the more spiritually inclined. The 9 tracks are renditions of sacred Hindu…