You can listen to and buy ‘Espoir’, the brand-new single by Greek jazzy trumpet player Periklis Aliopis, on his Bandcamp page: https://periklisaliopis.bandcamp.com/releases
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Just when you think things are starting to slowly get better, the world (or part of it) is there to point out that it might not be the case. On these occasions, we roll up our sleeves even higher and try to do our best in our own small way....
Event Preview: London Remixed Festival @ Rich Mix (London; Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March 2022)
One of the most eclectic music festivals returns to London’s prime venue Rich Mix, which once again proudly hosts the multi-room celebration of diversity and collaboration across the musical worlds. Organised and curated by a who’s who of the best and boldest curators, promoters and agencies in the London Music...
Enjoy and dance to ‘Yo Lo Sabía’, the brand-new song by Antwerp-based collective Rumbaristas. The band, which can count on musicians with Catalan, Belgian, Itaalian, polish and French roots, features in its sound a melting-pot of influences from all-over the world, from Latin America to the Balkans and Caribbean to West...
…and now off to Belgium with Echoes of Zoo! The Musical Road to Womex we started to follow little more than a month ago brings us to Brussels today. In the Belgian capital, we meet the quartet founded by multi-instrumentalist and composer Nathan Daems. Together with Bart Vervaeck (guitarist), Lieven...
It was meant to happen last year, but we had to wait another 15 months. In any case, they say that good things come to those who wait…then, here we are, more than thrilled and more than ready to finally re-set in motion the Sounds of the World music series...
Nasip Kismet are a Budapest-based quartet formed in 2019 The band, led by Turkish-born Arif Erdem Ocak, focuses its sound on Turkish contemporary and traditional folk music, which the musicians blend with jazz, psychedelia and Balkan influences. The sextet recently released their first EP, available here: https://ffm.to/nasip-kismet
Fanfara Station is a funky electro-brass trio formed by musicians from Italy, Tunisia and the US blending together Mediterranean, North African and Balkan traditional styles with dancy arrangements and jazzy improvisations. ‘Rahil’ is part of their 2018’s album Tebourba published by Agualoca Records.
Check out ‘Anadolka‘ the brand-new single and video by ‘Balkan electro-psych’ duo Balkan Taksim, extracted from their upcoming debut album Disco Telegraf out on Buda Musique later this year. “Anadolka is a journey into the maelstrom of memory. A contemporary poet is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman...