Afrobeat: The Fusion of African Music with Jazz, Funk, and Highlife

Afrobeat is a music genre that originated in Nigeria in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and blends West African musical styles such as Highlife, Funk, and Traditional Yoruba…


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Bilal Irshed and the music we ‘never’ hear

I must admit that Middle Eastern music is mostly unknown to me. However, in this global culture, we live in -everything reaches your 'shores'..


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The Cuban Jazz Report – A very personal review

The story of how a Facebook notification became an extraordinary musical experience - 'The Cuban Jazz Report'


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X Alfonso – Aiming a change from INSIDE

X Alfonso has been one of the leading voices in Cuban music and culture for the last 20 Years. His new music is aiming for a change...


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The House in South Africa

House Music has been associated with American and European clubbing scenes, today it has a new home... in South Africa


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Women with guitars and Blues

Taking a look at the history of the Blues with a gender lens -who is out there playing the Blues of today?


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Sona Jobarteh, changing the rules of tradition

She is the first woman from a griot family to be regarded as a Kora virtuoso, and that's just the beginning..


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Concept albums – A trend that touched the Latin soul

Regardless of the rock scene attraction to the concept album format, other genres were creating their versions, too. Then the first concept album in Latin Music was born..


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Roy Hargrove, crossing over HABANA

Roy Hargrove was a versatile musician, whose tireless musical explorations made him unique. That attitude took him to create the album 'Habana'.


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Interview with Carlos Livan Perez – The musical journey of a friendship

Carlos Livan Perez 's name may pass unnoticed by the large public, however his reputation as a respected instrumentalist and composer has already reached beyond the Cuban music…


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