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4/5 STARS - Come with me to the heart of the country This is one of those few albums that had an instant impact on me. Already on the first listen I knew that I was going to like this. It is also the...
From his Chicago-based home - a farm in Illinois - the 36-year-old thinks up the songs featuring violins, guitars, voices and whistling, which have made him one of the best exponents of the folk renaissance. His latest album...
Whether playing folk music with villagers in China, or performing scores written just for her by top classical composers, musician Wu Man has emerged as one of the world's foremost musical ambassadors. Jeffrey Brown reports.
Thank you, Eau Claire, for presenting the world with another musical gem in The Daredevil Christopher Wright. The talented folk rock threesome will be concluding its nine-month nationwide tour with a show here in Menomonie on...
It indeed is an apparent paradox that Salil Chaudhary who was the pioneer as far as introducing western classical music to the Indian music aficionados is concerned was not remembered at all on his birthday yesterday. Salil...
Modern and Traditional Folk Music for the Holidays Bored of "Jingle Bells?" There are so many Christmas songs out there, it is easy to get lost searching for good music for your Christmas party. This article contains the five...
In the following Q&A, Primordial guitarists Ciáran MacUiliam and Michael O'Floinn explains what sets them apart from the folk metal pack, and why being Irish gives them the upper hand in what they do.
Brother John Robb talks to the Gogol Bordello frontman about his gypsy roots, his love for punk and folk, and rubbing shoulders with Madonna. With a charismatic lunatic frontman, two hot go-go dancers and a band that understand...
Twenty years ago, there was a musical group created upon the initiative of an artist dedicated to folk music and devoted to the bağlama, a kind of saz, a traditional Turkish instrument. This new group was named Bengi Bağlama...
A new Anonymous 4 program is always a bright occasion — and not only for those for whom the group’s music represents meditative release. (My wife had Miracles of Sant’Iago on endless loop during her labor with our second child....
