Fanfara Station, a band formed by musicians from Tunisia, Italy and the USA won the 12th Andrea Parodi Prize, the only contest in Italy dedicated…
Fanfara Station Wins Andrea Parodi 2019 World Music Award
Tag: world fusion
Masterful Mehmet Polat Outside His Harmonic Comfort Zone
Mehmet Polat and Embracing Colours – Quantum Leap (Aftab Records, 2019) Ud virtuoso and composer Mehmet Polat presents a new band and direction on his…
Guo Gan Trio’s Stunning Collaboration
Guo Gan Trio – Gobi Desert (Felmay, 2019) Musical collaborations hold a particular fascination for me. I assume that many start in the simplest ways…
Duplessy & The Violins of the World’s Extraordinary Musical Landscape
Duplessy & The Violins of the World – Crazy Horse (Absilone/Op Conseil, 2016) Feeling a little hemmed in … a little harassed … a little…
Otherworldly Autumn Soundscapes
Kayhan Kalhor, Rembrandt Frerichs, Tony Overwater and Vinsent Planjer – It’s Still Autumn (Kepera Records/Challenge Records International, 2019) Somewhere in the throes of baking in…
World Music Introduction to Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth
Jyotsna Srikanth – Fusion Dreams (Times Music, 2013) This is an interesting world music debut by Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth. An accomplished violinist with a number…
Artist Profiles: Carlos Malta
Carlos Malta was born February 25, 1960 in Brazil. A master of flutes and other wind instruments, he has been described as The Wind Sculptor.…
Treacherous Orchestra, Brawny Superband
Good festival bands convert listeners into fans. Some even inspire amateur musicians in the audience to quit their day jobs and go on tour. Probably,…
Remarkable Latin American and Bluegrass Alchemy
Che Apalache – Rearrange My Heart (Free Dirt Records, 2019) Che Apalache is a fascinating band from Buenos Aires (Argentina) that brings together Argentine, Mexican,…
Global Chaos Theories from the The Souljazz Orchestra
The Souljazz Orchestra – Chaos Theories (Strut Records, 2019) Canadian jazz collective The Souljazz Orchestra, led by songwriter and arranger Pierre Chrètien, combines a wide…