Michel Camilo was born into a musical family and played accordion before switching to piano at the age of nine. In 1979, he arrived to…
Artist Profiles: Michel Camilo
Tag: world fusion
Artist Profiles: Oriental Mood
Oriental Mood won the contest for best world music band in Denmark in 1999. The band Mood has a very broad experience, allowing it to…
La Danza de Las Semillas, Best World Music Album in May 2018
La Danza de Las Semillas by Spanish folk music innovators El Naán is the number one album in May 2018 at the Transglobal World Music…
Spellbinding Music Inspired by the Moon and the East
Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma – Lunar (Labyrinth, 2017) Lunar is a superb 2-CD album by influential musician, composer and Crete-based world traveler Ross Daly…
Interview with Roberto Paolo Riggio of World Music Esemble Atash
World music ensemble Atash will be performing today in New York City along along with the St. Stephen’s Global Ensemble. Roberto Paolo Riggio, Atash’s…
Artist Profiles: Luis Muñoz
Luis Muñoz, composer, arranger and percussionist, was born in San Jose, Costa Rica. Coming from a very musical family, Luis showed an early interest in…
Artist Profiles: Marta Gómez
Marta Gómez started her musical studies at the age of six in her native Colombia when she entered the Liceo Benalcazar choir, becoming its soloist…
Artist Profiles: Shao Rong
Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Shao Rong first broke with tradition when she moved to Japan (she is currently living in Tokyo), although she…
Passionate Turbans
The Turbans – The Turbans (Six Degrees, 2018) I can’t help from getting a little thrill from a band that sounds like they trekked off…
Artist Profiles: Ivan Tucakov
Ivan Tucakov was born in 1978, in Belgrade, Serbia. He grew up in Turkey and Serbia. Throughout the years, he also traveled to Spain, Portugal,…