Montreal's Soundway Records score with this gem-packed collection of rare tropical finds 23 tracks deep. Series compilers Roberto Gyemant an...

São Paulo singer-songwriter CéU defies expectations from Vagarosa's first transition. By the unmistakeable plink of the cavaqu...

Three masters of their own styles and compositions ― the incomparable Fleck on banjo; Hussain, the world's premiere tabla artist for d...

Israeli producer and bandleader Idan Raichel last brought his well-polished ensemble to Toronto three years ago. At his latest concert, thou...

Brazilian jazz guitarist Antonio Valdetaro, who has played since the '80s and has worked with Paulinho da Viola, tells his passionate Rio st...

Yasmin Levy's third album makes sizable leaps from 2005's La Juderia, allowing her dramatic voice to captivate via a range of rich flamenco...

Most of Kinshasa's Staff Benda Bilili are street handicapés on heavy-duty custom tricycles who frequent the local zoological gardens,...

The early online buzz about this eighth album from Swiss producer Robert Jan Meyer (aka Minus 8) heralds a certain nu-jazz revival. While th...

So what does this nation champion? Revolution through a dark, spiritual low end produced by an abundance of analog and digital effects, a ro...

Rodrigo Falcao (a Sao Pãulo percussionist) and Monashee Sun (a "BC psych-folk descendent") met in Vancouver in 2007 and a year later...

Known best to Western music fans as Calexico's touring guitarist, Spanish recording artist Jairo Zavala calls his first solo project DePedro...

The latest effort from UK-based world fusion/downtempo up-and-comers Seb Taylor and Natasha Chamberlain finds the duo intertwining the globa...

Since releasing Coba Coba last November, Novalima have been on fire with critics and global dance fans alike for their musical blend of Afro...

Seya takes Oumou Sangaré's status as a leading global voice, most notably as an unrelenting social critic on the status of women in A...

This album aims to nudge one of Africa's biggest stars into the North American consciousness. Maal mixes electronic elements with the welcom...

Like ceremonial tea, Amaken, a showcase of traditional Middle Eastern arrangements and phrases, is best delved into wholly and attentively....

Thirty years after meeting at Bamako, Mali's Institute for the Blind, guitarist Amadou Bagayoko and singer Mariam Doumbia appear at complete...

Combine the Indian drums (tabla, dhol) and sitars of the subcontinent with driving Irish fiddles and toe-tapping Celtic progressions, keep t...

Vienna-based soul jazz cats Wet Cookies return with Soul Protection, a platform for the heavy-hitting vocalists and session players assemble...

On his debut solo album, in-demand Brazilian producer Beto Villares — fans of Grammy-nominated CéU, who appears on two tracks h...