Perched high in Garifuna music’s history is Aurelio Martinez, a songbird of vibrant, metisse, colours. Garifuna music, being that of...
Interviews
In between Winter Jazzfest sets, I hurried through the slush and powder of New York City winter, in order to...
Songs mean the world. It’s especially the case when a singer, Calypso Rose, is the very first woman to perform...
There is no doubt that Brazil has not had the best period in recent years. Scandals, corruption, social unrest and...
“How can such small instruments possibly play so loud?” That’s what a member of the audience asked to BKO Quintet...
Earlier in September, the UK’s electrifying Bollywood Brass Band released their latest album, Carnatic Connections, which is an exciting collaboration...
In a year where world politics has seen neighbouring countries close their curtains and shut their doors, music is an...
The Caribbean: scattered islands, surrounded by sea that is at times green, at times grey, and at times blue. The...
Phil Passera and Chieka Ononye’s music careers as DJs and producers span two decades. They honed their sound on solo projects...
Çiğdem Aslan’s second album, A Thousand Cranes, was published just a few weeks ago by Asphalt Tango and will be...
Kefaya is a concept which goes far beyond the Egyptian word meaning “enough”. If you followed the events during the...
Whether it be called kwaze les 8, kontredans, or bal violon, Haiti’s contra-dance tradition is for the most part unknown...