Tag Archives: Worldbeat

Created in 1996 in St. Pölten, Austria, as an acoustic quartet, Ballycotton’s 1st two recordings emphasized their choice for Irish music. Although they performed many initial tunes, these were structured in a fashion that exhibited the group’s complete knowledge of traditional Irish music. The five track EP Joanna’s Wedding ceremony …

The musical traditions of West Africa are combined with folk music of Norway by Setesdal, Norway-based quartet, Fra Senegal Til Setesdal. Using the vocals and Jew’s harp playing of Norwegian natives Kirsten Braten Berg and Bjergulu Straume established to the melodic strings of Senegal-born Single Cisokho’s kora as well as …

Roger Espinoza spent years understanding the Spanish nylon electric guitar before establishing himself among the LA area’s leading professionals, both being a program musician and single artist. Blessed in Granada, Nicaragua, but elevated in LA, where he continuing to reside in, Espinoza learned very much about music from his dad, …

The best lounge or bar band, Querschläger (this means “ricochet”) was formed for kicks in 1990 in Salzburg, Austria. They incorporate many designs to their repertoire like R&B, blues, jazz, folk, rock and roll and worldbeat. But unlike the stereotypical lounge work that depends on kitschy pop strikes and hackneyed …

Mostly of the hip-hop artists to flee the stranglehold of censhorship in Algeria, Faouzi Tarkhani recorded a surprisingly successful record in 1999, Guerrier Pour la Paix.