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New Album: Shimmering Lights – Hanukkah Music – Yale Strom’s Broken Consort

‘Shimmering Lights’ is the delightful new studio album from ethnomusicologist Yale Strom. This album is a collection of traditional and new songs and instrumentals celebrating the Jewish Festival of Lights known as Hanukkah. ‘Shimmering Lights’ presents a collection of traditional and new Khanike (Hanukkah) songs with musical influences from all over the world;


Hypnotic Grooves & Stunning Vocals: New Album ‘Daa Dee’ from Ethiopian Siren Minyeshu

‘Daa Dee’ is the new 13-song studio album from Ethiopian siren Minyeshu Kifle Tedla, aka Minyeshu; a hypnotic and modern hybrid of Ethiopian grooves and melodies, delicately mixed with western instruments and styles. Minyeshu’s talent for composing exciting music and vocal arrangements while respecting traditional rhythms has resulted in this refreshing new album of Ethiopian world music.


Tibetan Singer/Songwriter Tashi D Sharzur (Techung) Receives Artist Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York State Council on The Arts (NYSCA)

A total of $623,000 has been awarded to 89 Fellows (with 15 finalists) in New York State. 2018 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships were awarded in the categories of Fiction, Interdisciplinary Work, Painting, Video/Film, and Folk/Traditional Arts including Tashi D Sharzur aka Techung. .


A New Take on Spanish Tradition from Vigüela, New Album 24.08.2018

‘A Tiempo Real’ is the new album from the traditional Spanish folk band Vigüela. It is a double-disc of almost 100 minutes of carefully arranged traditional folk songs and is as much album as a lively preservation project. ‘A Tiempo Real’ is a cultural contribution to Spanish folk music as performed in village life in homes, festivities and celebrations in the province of Castilla-La Mancha and beyond.