Eljuri – Así es el Mundo (Manovill Records, 2025) New York-based Hispanic singer, guitarist, and activist Cecilia Villar Eljuri has recently released Así Es El…
Guitar Riffs And Rights: Artivist Eljuri Presents “Así Es El Mundo”
Tag: world fusion
Raule, Purveyor of Flamenco, Pop, and Funk
Raule (Raúl Rubiales, Jerez de la Frontera, 1984) is an independent musician, composer, and singer who fuses flamenco, pop, and funk. He began his solo…
Bandoneon Maestro Dino Saluzzi Charts New Paths at 90
Dino Saluzzi – El Viejo Caminante (ECM Records, 2025) On El Viejo Caminante (“The Old Wanderer”), bandoneon maestro Dino Saluzzi reunites with his guitarist son…
Julian Belbachir’s Plethora of Rhythms
Julian Belbachir – Babdoukkala (Julian Belbachir, 2022) Julian Belbachir’s 2022 debut, Babdoukkala, draws from decades of immersion in West African percussion traditions, filtered through his Australian…
Best World Music of 2024-2025 Season: Glitterbeat Scores Double Win As TWMC Turns 10
The Transglobal World Music Chart, now in its tenth year, announced the Best Albums and Labels for the 2024–2025 season. Best Album went to Buzz’…
Back To Avenue A: New York Gypsy Festival Turns 20 At Drom
The New York Gypsy Festival returns to the East Village for its 20th anniversary run at Drom from Sunday, November 9 through Wednesday, November 19,…
Alaa Zouiten: Flamenco Meets The Music of the Maghreb
Alaa Zouiten – Aficionado – Flamenco Moro (self-release, 2025) Aficionado – Flamenco Moro is a captivating project by Moroccan virtuoso musician Alaa Zouiten that effortlessly…
Dance and Learn
Combining Colombian and Brazilian inflections with a broader Latin feel, “Que Nada” by La Capi is supreme dance music that also contains a lyrical lesson…
Hermeto Pascoal, Legendary Brazilian Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist, Dies at 89
(headline image: Hermeto Pascoal – Photo by Gabriel Quintao) Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal died on September 13, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…
Strings of a Feather
Ahmed Mukhtar and Lusardi Monteverde – Al-hambra (ARC Music, 2025) Flamenco guitar and the Arabic lute known as the oud go together like, well, feel…