The all-female sextet Las Guaracheras was born in 2017 in the city of Cali, Colombia, an initiative of the percussionists Laura Linares and Mónica Castro. As lovers of the son (“sound” in Spanish) and guaracha genres, they decided to form an instrumental group in which they could express all their intense musical feelings while, at the same time, preserving the essence [...]

Grammy-nominated, Brit Award-winning Scottish artist KT Tunstall made an indelible mark on the music world with her 2004 multi-platinum debut album Eye to the Telescope, immediately establishing herself as a formidable force. The album spawned five hit singles, including “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree,” “Suddenly I See,” and “Other Side of the World”. Two decades on, Tunstall’s career has spanned an eclectic [...]

As world travelers for nearly two decades, Chloe and Leah Smith have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots to create the international phenomenon that is Rising Appalachia Rising Appalachia established its international fan base due to relentless touring, tireless activism, and no small degree of stubborn independence. Remarkably the band has built its legion of listeners [...]

Solas stepped out onto the world stage in 1996, when Irish music was poised at the brink of a new era of innovation and popularity. The five young musicians who made up the band at the time had no idea that they were to be a galvanizing element in the Irish music scene – a lightening rod of talent and [...]