Closing in on three decades as one of contemporary instrumental and world music’s most prolific and stylistically expansive composers and...

Released late in a year in which our individual and collective feeling of connection to other people and especially loved ones has been...

In June 2020, the calming and soul-stirring music of the sonically fascinating vocal duo Shunia entered my consciousness by way of the...

Already on a prolific roll this fall with the releases of their deeply grooving and soul transportive singles “Long Live King T’challa”...

In his mainstream musical life, veteran percussionist and world rhythms expert Julian Gerstin has played everything from jazz (with...

The release of Hazar’s latest album Reincarnated would serve as a glorious and transcendent, gently swaying yet rhythmically explosive...

In the 90s when composer/guitarists like Ottmar Liebert and Armik were blazing their lilting yet fiery trails in Nouveau Flamenco music,...

When first discovering a vibrant, visionary new artist, there’s always the tendency to connect his or her artistry to others who have...

Had versatile Brazilian drummer emerged from his vast decades long resume as a sideman with his majestic and melodically sweeping,...

Listen to any pop song on the radio today, and it’s doubtful it will bear any sonic resemblance to what we were vibing with back in 1995....

Flamenco guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and musical visionary Dave Soldier has been blazing fascinating, culturally...

Because composer/musicians and their fans tend to compartmentalize their passions into strict genre trappings, it’s rare to find artists...