Refugees for Refugees – Amina (Muziekpublique, 2019) It’s become fairly standard to sum up a person’s life in a single moment. We catch a glimpse…
Refugees for Refugees, Pooling Global Musical Talent
Tag: world fusion
Sheila Chandra Out on Her Own
Sheila Chandra – Out on my own (Indipop, 1984, reissued by Narada//EMI in 2000) This is a slender album by today’s standards, with 10 tracks…
Shamanic Sonic Paradise
Poranguí – Poranguí (Sol Creation Records, 2019) The Sol Creation Records release Poranguí is where fantastical rhythms rise from the earth, where vocals dive off…
Artist Profiles: Havana Meets Kingston
Back in the closing years of the 20th century, when the Buena Vista Social Club ruled the international roost, Cuban music was all the rage.…
The Timelessly Crafted Cuban Musical Poetry of Eme Alfonso
Eme Alfonso – Voy (independent release, 2018) Voy is the third album by the multifaceted Eme Alfonso. She is one of the most extraordinary young…
Santana and Buika collaborate on Los Invisibles
Legendary rock guitarist Carlos Santana has announced the release of a new album titled Africa Speaks, on Concord Records. The new album includes the song…
Artist Profiles: Amir-John Haddad
German-Spanish musician Amir-John Haddad, better known as El Amir, was born in 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He moved to Spain in 1997. El…
Ugandan Global Travels
Nsimbi – Nsimbi (Imara Records / Baboon Forest, 2018) Nsimbi brings together American world fusion vocalist Miriam Tamar and Ugandan singer-rapper and spoken word artist…
Artist Profiles: Anoushka Shankar
Anoushka Shankar was born on June 9, 1981 in London, England. Anoushka is the daughter of the late Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar, and she…
Hot Indo-Swedish Fusion
Mynta – Hot Days (Free Spirit, 2006) This is a superb Indo-Swedish fusion band, not quite in the league of Shakti, but with a more…