From Philadelphia, Camae Ayewa aka Moor Mother is one of the most fascinating multi-disciplinary artists to emerge on the contemporary music scene in the last ten years. A poet, songwriter and vocalist, Moor Mother is also a visual artist working through the medium of video and an educator teaching composition at the University …
Rogê: Curyman
Already a veteran of the Música Popular Brasileira scene with nine albums released to date since his début in 1998 - either as a solo act, with a band or in collaboration with Arlindo Cruz or Seu Jorge - singer songwriter Roger José Cury aka Rogê is a leading figure of an infectious samba-funk style. Following a radical move …
Lisa O’Neill: All of This is Chance
There is the source from which all cultures rise,And all religions,There is the pool in which the poet dipsAnd the musician.Without the peasant base civilisation must die,Unless the clay is in the mouth the singer’s singing is useless.Patrick Kavanagh - The Great Hunger (1942) section XIII A striking voice on the …
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Leyla McCalla: Breaking the Thermometer
Born in New-York and based in New Orleans, folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla is the daughter of Haitian parents who emigrated to the US in the 1960s. In other words, Haiti and Haitian culture have always been a grounding presence throughout her discography to date. Her three previous solo albums …
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Ichiko Aoba: Windswept Adan
Relatively unknown in the West hitherto, Ichiko Aoba is a folk singer-songwriter from Japan who has been active on the music scene for the last ten years. Blending a personal dreamscape with minimalist classical guitar accompaniment, the singer has released six solo albums to date. It was a visit to the remote small pacific …
Sessa: Estrela Acesa
Born in São Paulo, Sergio Sayeg aka Sessa is a Brazilian singer-songwriter who co-founded psych-rock band Garotas Suecas in his late teens. He also spent time in New-York to play bass in various rock bands and work in an East Village record shop. During this period, he immersed himself in the abundant repository of the …