After fleeing her home in the Wassoulou region of southern Mali, Fatouma Diawali became an accomplished actress in France then yet another internationally acclaimed Wassoulou music diva. The reason her music sounds familiar to American ears is that Mali music is believed to be the source of American blues, using the same pentatonic scales.
Latin funk band out of Austin, Texas. So funky Prince used them as his backing band on numerous occasions.
Mexican-American sisters Hanna Nicole Pérez Mosa and Ashley Grace Pérez Mosa from Lake Charles, Louisiana sing country pop in Spanish with a Louisiana twang.
Lead singer of the Argentine band Soda Stereo. After the band broke up in 1997, Cerati enjoyed a successful solo career until he suffered a stroke at the end of a concert on May 2010 in Venezuela. He remained in a coma for four years until succumbing to respiratory arrest on 4 September 2014. Gracias[…]
“Le Fil” translates as “thread” and refers to a single tone (B) played throughout the entire course of the album. Though some songs make use of a base line or some spare piano noodling, instrumentation is mostly overdubs of her own voice.
In her home country of Argentina, Juana Molina is known as the star of the sketch comedy show “Juana y sus Hermanas” who quit television at the height of her popularity to make peculiar electronic music. To the rest of the world she is the leader of a “folktronica” movement who has captivated a broad[…]
Cuban jazz/r&b singer-guitarist-bassist-keyboardist. Fusion of modern and traditional music styles performed by virtuoso artist who studied at the prestigious Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory.
Bebe is the stage name of María Nieves Rebolledo Vila, daughter of locally renown folk artists from the Extremadura region of Spain. Pafuera Telerañas (out with the cobwebs) was her breakout album and her most eclectic, weaving elements of flamenco, hip-hop, samba, ska, rock, and folk.
Crafted using the same Traditional Bonfire Method as the great copper metalsmiths of the Tarascan empire.
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