Last year I was in Fes for its annual Festival of World Sacred Music, one of the best of its kind, bringing musicians and bands from across the globe. Sean Sheehan The word sacred in its title is a little misleading as the week-long event includes many artists […]
Music
The sound explorer: from Spain to Ethiopia’s musical soul
A Spanish filmmaker and sound engineer, immersed himself in Ethiopia’s diverse music scene. His documentary ‘Roaring Abyss’ emerged from spontaneous travels, capturing rural sounds distinct from urban jazz. Despite language barriers and challenging expeditions, he built a production team and discovered Ethiopia’s welcoming musical community. (The Prisma memories) Yi […]
Sharing the love of London and Latin America
London’s vibrant Latin music scene has a new vocal star, inner- city primary school music teacher and singer, Holly Holden. Angie Lemon Although born in London’s Shepherd’s Bush, Holly’s songs and music are inspired and shaped by years of travel and a deep love of Latin America where […]
iyatraQuartet and its modern environmental chamber music
Creating free-flowing music that travels on the wind of improvisation rather than the confines of the anticipated, takes skill and inspiration. And this group has both. Its new collection of compositions and songs called “Wild Green’ is an enchanting exploration of the strength of the cycles of the natural world […]
Folk and multicultural music in the UK
American folk quartet Windborne are about to embark on a national UK tour of their recent album “To warm the winter hearth”. The tour finale will be a concert at St Martins-in-the-Field London on 11 February. Angie Lemon Hailed as “the most exciting vocal group in a generation” […]
















