The Folklore(s) Festival will return to Madrid from May 28 to 31 for its fifth edition, with a program focused on traditional roots music and…
Spanish Folk Traditions to Take Over Madrid at Folklore(s) Festival
Tag: world fusion
Transglobal Underground Returns With “Doin’ the Moonshine” Twist
Transglobal Underground has announced “Doin’ the Moonshine,” its first release in several years. The new single introduces what the group describes as “Digisquaredance,” a style…
Dub Will Keep Us Together, Nick Page’s Final Dub Colossus Album
Dub Colossus – Dub Will Keep Us Together (Real World X, 2026) Dub Will Keep Us Together is the final Dub Colossus album to feature…
Sami Yusuf’s New Album Weaves Ancient Chants Into One Global Voice
British-Azerbaijani composer Sami Yusuf will release Ecstasy on March 27, 2026, through Andante Records. The lead single, “Voices of the Earth,” opens on a solitary…
Angélique Kidjo Shares New Single “Fall On Me”
(headline image: Angélique Kidjo — Photo by Brantley Gutiérrez) Angélique Kidjo has announced Hope!!, her new album, due April 24. In addition, she has released…
Irish-Latin fusion band Baile an Salsa to Perform “Salsa-Trad” in Dublin
(headline image: Baile An Salsa – photo by Julia Dunin) Irish-Latin fusion band Baile an Salsa is set to perform at The Button Factory, Dublin…
Nyckelharpa Wizard Thomas Roth Unmasks Maskenball For 2026
Thomas Roth – Maskenball (MIG, 2026) On Maskenball (Masquerade Ball), Thomas Roth steps into a candlelit hall of echoes. Roth, a German virtuoso on the…
Greek Lyra Master Stelios Petrakis Presents Charming Album ‘Lyric’
Stelios Petrakis — Lyric (Buda, 2026) Cretan musician Stelios Petrakis presents his new album, Lyric. This is a timeless, masterfully crafted and exquisite chamber folk…
Marjo Smolander’s Cosmologies, a Collaboratuon Between Finnish and African Cultures
Marjo Smolander – Cosmologies (self-release, 2021) Marjo Smolander’s debut, Cosmologies (2021), is built on collaboration. Recorded in Finland, Senegal, Denmark, and Mali in both living…
Unifying Musically
With help from a very engaging video and all-real instrumentation, multinational outfit Una Lengua Infinita celebrates tolerance and diversity on “Chefchaouen,” a beauty of a…