England based Italian guitarist Antonio Forcione has developed a dynamic and original blend of gypsy, folk, flamenco, jazz, Indian and Latin sounds. He has recorded…
Artist Profiles: Antonio Forcione
Tag: world fusion
Eme Alfonso Releases “Oroko” Single and Music Video
Eme Alfonso, one of Cuba’s most captivating young artists, has a new music video titled “Oroko”. Oroko is a song dedicated to Oshún, the goddess…
Artist Profiles: Amos Hoffman
Composer, guitarist & ud player Amos Hoffman started as a classical guitar player. On his 8th birthday, his father gave him an ud as a…
Artist Profiles: Essev Bar
Essev Bar is one of Israel’s leading world music bands. The band’s music is a meeting point of musical genres and instruments from different cultures:…
Artist Profiles: Habrera Hativit
Habrera Hativeet, formed in 1977, played music that has evolved from Sephardic, African and Eastern roots. It was the first group to play Israeli world…
Artist Profiles: Noa
Achinoam Nini, better known as Noa, was born in Israel in 1969 but grew up in New York. “When I was 17 years old I…
Artist Profiles: Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza was one of Israel’s best known female singers. Born on November 19, 1957 in the Hatikva neighborhood in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a…
Artist Profiles: Aynur
Aynur Doğan, better known as Aynur, was born in 1975 in Çemisgezek, in the province of Tunceli. She attended ASM Music School in Istanbul, where…
Acclaimed Vocalist Aynur Announces September 2018 North American Tour
Aynur, one of the great voices of the eastern Mediterranean, will be touring the United States and Canada in September 2018. Her ensemble includes Salman…
Algerian Vocalist and Fusionist Rachid Taha Dies at 59
Acclaimed French-Algerian singer Rachid Taha died today, September 12, 2018 in Paris, France of a heart attack. The France-based Taha was a world music star…