Now in its fourth outing, FlamencoEñe Off 2025 returns with a program centered on experimental and contemporary approaches to flamenco. The lineup features Lara Wong…
Off The Cuff, On The Beat: FlamencoEñe Off At Planta Baja in Granada
Tag: world music
Avra Banerjee Wins Three At The 2025 Intercontinental Music Awards
Avra Banerjee earned three awards from nine nominations at the 2025 InterContinental Music Awards, a jury-selected global competition. He first appeared at the awards in…
Kora Across Borders: Althea SullyCole Charts a Transatlantic Path on ‘Due West’
Althea SullyCole – Due West (self-release, 2025) Althea SullyCole’s album Due West distills fourteen years of kora study into a transcontinental journey through African diasporic…
Womex 2025 Opens In Tampere With Finnish And Sámi Artists
WOMEX 2025 will open in Tampere, Finland, with performances by Värttinä, Kimmo Pohjonen, Áššu, and local group Ne Lintuizet. WOMEX is a leading world music…
Angus MacKenzie & Murdo Cameron Release “The Feral Goats Of Kintail”
Angus MacKenzie and Murdo Cameron have issued a new single, “The Feral Goats Of Kintail.” The recording features MacKenzie on whistles and mandolin, with Cameron…
Ne Lintuizet Biography
(headline image: Ne Lintuizet – Photo by Tero Ahonen) Ne Lintuizet, a Finnish folk supergroup founded in 2024, unites four seasoned songwriters: Pekko Käppi, Laura…
Áššu Keeps the Flame of Joik Alive
(headline image: Áššu – photo by Oda Wenaas Torget) Áššu, whose name means Embers in Northern Sámi, is a trio that refuses to let tradition…
As Real as the Real Deal Gets
He’s based in France, but as both the title and feel of “Mali” indicate, Niarela Papou’s mind is on his homeland. The track is pure…
Cafuné Spins Italian Folklore Into Folk-Rock Fantasy
Cafuné – Tra Le Corde Dei Racconti (M.P. & Records, 2025) Named after the Portuguese word cafuné, a gesture of affection involving fingers combing through…
Kulin Ban: Between Sevdah, Rock, and the Eternal Flow of the Drina
Nearly twenty years after its inception, the project Kulin Ban continues to defy categorization. Founded by musician and writer Vladimir Savić, it began as a…