Allah Rakha Rahman, popularly known to music lovers as A. R. Rahman, is India’s greatest contemporary film composer. Known for incorporating western production styles to…
Artist Profiles: A. R. Rahman
Tag: world music
Artist Profiles: A Moving Sound
In the music of A Moving Sound (Shen Don) traditional Taiwanese, Chinese and neighboring Asian music forms are fused in new original song compositions. Instruments…
Transglobal World Music Chart for April 2016
The album Né So by Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore repeats as number one album of the Transglobal World Music Chart in April 2016. April 2016…
Timeless Cross-cultural Qawwals
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and the Rajasthan Express – Junun (Nonesuch, 2015) Junun is a spectacular two-disc album that brings together Indian musical traditions,…
French Band Lo’Jo Announces 2016 North American Tour
French world music band Lo’Jo will be touring the United Sttes and Canada in April. The group will be promoting its most recording recording titled…
The 3rd Annual Havana World Music Festival Begins Today
The 2016 Annual Havana World Music Festival, produced by the National Center of Popular Music and the Cuban Institute of Music kicks-off today, March 26…
Artist Profile: Mokoomba
World music act Mokoomba is based in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The band’s six members, Mathias Muzaza (lead vocals), Ndaba Coster Moyo (drums, backing vocals), Trustworth…
Breabach Releases Astar
Scottish contemporary folk music band Breabach has a new album titled Astar (Breabach Records, 2016). After five years traveling the world, Breabach presents a recording…
Toronto to Host the 14th Annual Asian Music Series in April and May
Small World Music has announced the lineup for the 14th Annual Asian Music Series, a set of concerts that celebrates Asian and South Asian Heritage…
Resilient Ethiopian Grooves
Debo Band – Ere Gobez (FPE Records, 2016) Ere Gobez is the title of the new album by Debo Band, a large multi-ethnic American world…