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World Music

Concert Review: The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — The Blessed Return of Musical Serendipity

We’d returned to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. We’d ridden a paddle-wheeler on the Mississippi River. It was good to be back, and why we’ll go back every chance we get: to life.

By: Jon Garelick Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Popular Music, Review, World Music Tagged: Alex McMurray, Aurora Nealand, Jon Garelick, Kevin Goodman and the Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Quiana Parler, Ranky Tanky, The Daiquiri Queens

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (January Entry)

Arts Fuse writers finish their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s triumphant list includes John Lennon, Cat Stevens, Fela Kuti, Laura Nyro, Judee Sill, and Lou Harrison.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Jazz, Music, Opera, Popular Music, Rock, World Music Tagged: Allen Michie, Cat Stevens, Fela Kuti, Ginger Baker, Gonna Take a Miracle, Imagine, John Lennon, Judee Sill, Laura Nyro, Lou Harrison, Teaser and the Firecat, Young Caesar

Album Review: Arca — Getting Her KICKS

The Kick album cycle drives home the essence of Arca’s musical vision: constant, relentless transformation.

By: Alexander Szeptycki Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock, World Music Tagged: Arca, KiCk i, KICK ii, KicK iii, kick iiii

Arts Feature: Music That Sustained Us Through (Another) Year of the Pandemic

Canadian singer/songwriter Allison Russell’s Outside Child made two lists. And so did Little Simz’s Sometime I Might Be Introvert.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock, World Music Tagged: Alexander Szeptycki, Daniel Gewertz, Paul Robicheau, Scott McLennan

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (October Entry)

Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes Los Tigres Del Norte, Santana, Gentle Giant, Sparks, and T-Rex.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, Rock, World Music Tagged: Acquiring the Taste, Alexander Szeptycki, Allen Michie, Chelsea Spear, Cuquita, Electric Warrior, Gentle Giant, halfnelson, Jason M. Rubin, Jeremy Ray Jewell, Los Tigres Del Norte, Paul Robicheau, Santana, Santana III, Sparks, T. Rex

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Music (July Entry)

Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and this month’s list includes Little Feat, Jonathan Edwards, Hot Tuna, The Red Detachment of Women, and Jimmy Witherspoon & Eric Burdon.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Folk, Jazz, Music, Opera, Popular Music, Review, Rock, World Music Tagged: Allen Michie, Capricorn, China Record Corporation, Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon, First Pull Up Then Pull Down, Gullty!, Hot Tuna, Jeremy Ray Jewell, Jon Garelick, Jonathan Edwards, Little Feat, Scott McLennan, The Red Detachment of Women

Short Fuse Podcast #41: Finding Home Through Song: A Conversation with Naledi Masilo

Naledi Masilo is a South African musician who explores the beauty and power of music and song to expand our sense of place.

By: Elizabeth Howard Filed Under: Featured, Podcast, Preview, World Music Tagged: Dreaming Girls Foundation, Elizabeth Howard, Naledi Masilo

World Music Album Review: Michael Wimberly’s “Afrofuturism” — Journeying Forward Through Diversity

We need more recordings like this. This is a diverse and imaginative album that draws on a wide range of influences: rap, old-school funk, Afropop, traditional West African music, and R&B jam sessions.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, World Music Tagged: Afrofuturism, Allen Michie, Joss Stone, Michael Wimberly, Temple Mountain Records

Music Review/Interview: Falle Nioke’s “Youkounkoun” EP + 2 Songs — Africa In Any Language

Falle Nioke has evolved into a kind of cultural ambassador. In the English coastal town of Margate, Kent, he has been praised for his performances of original and traditional compositions on West African instruments.

By: Jeremy Ray Jewell Filed Under: Featured, Music, World Music Tagged: Falle Nioke, Jeremy Ray Jewell, PRAH Recordings

Concert Review: Singer/Songwriter Michael Kiwanuka — He Will Fill You With Light

Michael Kiwanuka blends singer/songwriter with funk and soul, the energy of Afro-pop with the intensity of psych and prog.

By: Jason M. Rubin Filed Under: Featured, Music, Rock, World Music Tagged: Kiwanuka, Michael Kiwanuka, Royale

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