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Sima Bina and the Lian Ensemble Team to Bring New Life to Persian Traditions

Fars Media A woman comes into a cozy courtyard behind a small West Los Angeles house, joining ... Read More »

Cuba's Carlos Varela and Jackson Browne Bond Over the 'Power of Music'

Jackson Browne discusses Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela, who is on tour in the US this month. ... Read More »

Sanda Weigl's 'Gypsy in a Tree' Yields Romanian-Jazz-Cabaret Fruit

Sanda Weigl discusses her latest album, 'Gypsy in a Tree,' and how it was influenced by her childhood in Romania. ... Read More »

Susana Baca Traces 'Afrodiaspora From Peru to New Orleans Through Song

Susana Baca has shed a remarkable amount of light on the music and culture of her Afro-Peruvian heritage. ... Read More »

Bhangra Brass Band Red Baraat Blends New Delhi and New York at Jazz Fest

Red Baraat leader Sunny Jain discusses his Jazz Fest success and his wide array of influences. ... Read More »

Amjad Ali Khan Masters the 'Demanding' Beauty of the Sarod

World Village You might be struck by the opening of 'Samaagam,' a consistently striking and ... Read More »

Paul Simon, Robert Plant, Dengue Fever + Ghazal -- Around the World in Five Days

Dengue Fever It started with the Mastadong. "It" being a trip that went from California to ... Read More »

The Unthanks Dive Into Their Dark Folk Heritage and Cover King Crimson

The-Unthanks.com Rachel Unthank laughs at darkness and desolation. Literally. The singer, ... Read More »

Femi Kuti Takes His Message to the Battlefield on 'Africa for Africa'

Having been a working musicians since his teens and standing today as full-fledged Afrobeat royalty, 48-year-old Femi Kuti has decided it's finally time to get to the point on his latest album, 'Africa for Africa.' ... Read More »

Azam Ali Crafts Grown-Up Middle-Eastern Lullabies on 'From the Night'

Lullabies, as it turns out, are not for babies. The song ‘Noor (The Light in My Eyes),’ which opens Azam Ali's new album ‘From Night to the Edge of Day’ (due out April 12 by Six Degrees Records) certainly doesn't sound like kids' stuff. ... Read More »

Jazz Fest to Honor Haiti's Musical and Tragic Relationship With New Orleans

Daniel Morel When the bands RAM Haiti and Boukman Eksperyans played at the 1994 New Orleans ... Read More »

Hawk and a Hacksaw Trace Northern New Mexico Sonic Roots to Eastern Europe

Courtesy A Hawk and a Hacksaw The Northern New Mexico town of Espanola is not generally viewed ... Read More »

Vijay Iyer's 'Tirtha' Is Not Indian Jazz -- and Is Not NOT Indian Jazz

Vijay Iyer is explaining about gamaka, one of the keystone elements of Indian music. ... Read More »

Music Freedom Day to Celebrate Voices of -- and Under -- Oppression

Jen Bell Cairo's Tahrir Square has been the site of some remarkable events in recent weeks. ... Read More »

'Mistico Mediterraneo' Seduces With Corsican-Sardinian-Italian Folk-Jazz-Classical Magic

The coming together of Corsican vocal group A Filetta and Sardinian trumpet and flugelhorn virtuoso Paolo Fresu – plus Italian bandoneon player Daniele di Bonaventura – in 2006 was magical. ... Read More »

Sussan Deyhim 'City of Leaves' Album Bridges Tehran to Tarzana

Sussan Deyhim's bracing new album, 'City of Leaves,' is an amalgamation of all the vibrant phases of her life: Her upbringing and musical training in an Iran that shifted from wide cultural embrace to closed and repressive. ... Read More »