Belgian label Radio Martiko recently released Divine Reeds, a compilation dedicated to the music from northwestern Greece’s Epirus region and one of its most celebrated interpreters, Tassos Chalkias. Tassos Chalkias, a composer and clarinetist as well as member of the Chalkias family music troupe, left hundreds of recordings of...
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Check out the new collaborative single and relative video by Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter James Yorkston and Swedish ensemble The Second Hand Orchestra. The spoken word track is part of a ‘re-arranged’ version of The Wide, Wide River, James Yorkston and The Second Hand Orchestra’s latest album, and will...
Berlin-based label Habibi Funk recently enriched its remarkable collection of Middle-Eastern and North African releases with Fine Anyway, a gem dedicated to influential Lebanese guitarist and singer/songwriter Rogér Fakhr. You can find more info and the story behind the project following this link: https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-016-fine-anyway-2
Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: Track List: 1. Ballaké Sissoko feat. Sona Jobarteh – Djourou [from...
Carmen Lienqueo is a composer, singer, charango player and producer based in Santiago de Chile. In her music, she brings forward a new approach to Chilean folk also backing the cause and struggle of indigenous people like the Mapuche. After years being the voice for Pan-Latin band Mákina...
We can’t welcome enough every opportunity we are presented to reach and write about Urban Village. Not only because we never made it a secret that we are fans of the music of the Soweto-based quartet, but also because their cultural relevance and topical drive- when it comes to narrating...
08/05/2021 - 22/05/2021 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Benslow Music Tutorial: Ornaments and Finger Speed in Balkan Tunes
26/03/2021 - 28/03/2021 8:00 pm - 4:00 am London Remixed Virtual Festival 2021
Amaraterra is a multi-national band reviving and reinterpreting traditional music from Southern Italy and the Mediterranean in a very London way. Check out their new single ‘O Diu Quantu Sta Casa’: https://amaraterra.bandcamp.com/track/o-diu-quantu-sta-casa …and don’t miss their (virtual) set part of Jam in a Jar online festival, happening in...
