Through the doors of the Leftbank in Brstol sees a petite lounge that at first glance looks peaceful and tranquil...
A queue forming but the music is free…. Must be the canteen! Buzzing! Tonight mankala take to the stage! They...
Despite what the announcer said introducing the concert, Samarpanam is not “a tribute”. Samarpanam is a cut above: it is...
Who said that the best brass bands in the world are Balkans? Perhaps someone who had never enjoyed a live...
More than sure hits, BalkanBeats nights are smash hits. They lure dozen of Balkan rhythms enthusiasts and they never do...
There is a spiritual bond between the waters of the Mississippi and that of the river Niger. It is a...
There are instruments that seem to have been separated at birth. Despite their distant homelands and their different appearances, they...
47SOUL formed of four inspired Palestinian musicians that span the divides from Amman to Ramallah and Beirut to the Galilee....
Gypsy Hill have taken about four years to publish their first LP, but that’s because they like to do things...
After the grand finale with the audience dancing to the unrestrained rhythms of the desert, then after the standing ovation...
Many of us in the UK have memories of the iconic images of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990...
Çigdem Aslan is a rising star in the revival of Rebetiko, the ‘Blues of the Aegean’, originally sung in the...