Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin – Brasil (Candid Records, 2024) Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin have released Brasil, a captivating, exquisite and accessible exploration of…
The album Swaken by Moroccan/French band Bab L’ Bluz has claimed the number one position on the Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of…
The album Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado (I will stay in this square) by Ana Lua Caiano, a Lisbon-based artist, has captured the top rank on…
Hybrid reggae doesn’t always work, but an American who goes by the name of Zoolook gets it absolutely right with “Rockers,” a blend of Jamaican,…
(headline image: Hssan Hakmoun in Lanzarote, Spain, in 2000 playing guimbri – Photo by Angel Romero) The guimbri is a traditional musical instrument intrinsically linked…
Bab L’ Bluz – Swaken (Real World Records, 2024) Bab L’ Bluz, the French-Moroccan power quartet, has unveiled their latest album, Swaken. The new project…
The trio MiASiN! features female artists from Armenia, Turkey, and France. They sing about emancipation, freedom, and being “miasin” (meaning “together” in Armenian). MiASiN! explore…
(headline image: Isaac et Nora – Photo by Jean-Marie Jagu) However one chooses to define “World” music, there are a few certainties applicable to the…
Jan Wouter Oostenrijk, Feat. Nasser Salameh – Traveling East – The Acoustic Album (Mountain Records, 2023) On Traveling East – The Acoustic Album, Dutch musician…
(headline image: Frente Abierto with Israel Fernández and Lela Soto – Photo by Romualdo Sagrada) Frente Abierto, a collective of musicians from southern Spain, mix…