Posts By: Kathleen Page

Cha Wa just appeared on Good Morning America (ABC) in of a segment on how New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras this year. With traditional Mardi Gras parades canceled because of the pandemic, many are taking their creativity from floats to their front lawns in what they’re calling “Yardi Gras.” Cha Wa’s performance is outside Read more | Watch Cha Wa on Good Morning America

Catch Nora Brown and Dedicated Men of Zion at virtual globalFest next week! Thurs Jan 14 – 8pm EST / 5pm PSTNora Brown– NY, USA Monday, Jan 11 – 8pm EST / 5pm PSTDedicated Men of Zion – NC, USA Check out the full schedule for gobalFest below: Read more | Check out the full schedule for globalFest here

Sam Lee’s album, Old Wow, is finishing out the year with strong praise! See what people are saying about it: Songlines Top 10 albums of 2020: https://www.songlines.co.uk/explore/guides-and-lists/top-10-albums-of-2020  #2 on the Transglobal World Music Charts Top Year Charts 2020 Made #1 on the World Music Charts Europe and #3 on Transglobal World Music Charts The New Read more | See Songlines' Top Ten Albums of 2020

Samantha Crain’s album A Small Death is included in NPR‘s “50 Best Albums of 2020”. See the full list at NPR “I can’t say the things I need to,” Samantha Crain frets during “Echo,” the opening track of her song cycle, A Small Death. In fact, that song and the 10 that follow it are works Read more | See the full list at NPR

Congratulations to our GRAMMY nominated Artists! Don Bryant – Best Traditional Blues Album Ruthie Foster – Best Contemporary Blues Album For a full list of nominees, visit the GRAMMYs websiteFor more information on Don Bryant, visit his Artist PageFor more information on Ruthie Foster, visit her Artist Page Read more | For a full list of nominees, visit the GRAMMYs website

Watch Songwriter Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago, Our Native Daughters)’s Spoken-Word Essay on Race, Identity, and Voting at Rolling Stone For more information on Our Native Daughters, visit their Artist Page Read more | Watch Allison Russell's Heartfelt "Spoken-Word Essay on Race, Identity, and Voting"

Rosanne Cash says on “Crawl Into the Promised Land”: “I wrote this song with John Leventhal about this particular vortex we find ourselves in, and the faith that we can crawl out of it with dreams intact. The sublime Sarah Jarosz was kind enough to sing background harmonies (thank you, Sarah!) and was joined by Read more | Watch the Video for "Crawl Into the Promised Land"

Rhiannon Giddens released her brand new song, “Don’t Call Me Names,” on August 23rd. Listen here: https://smarturl.it/DontCallMeNames “‘Don’t Call Me Names’ came from an epiphany that a relationship I was in was toxic, and that I had to get out for both of our sakes.  The framework in the song is a love affair but Read more | Listen to "Don't Call Me Names"

Tanya Donelly released an album of pop covers today with the help of the Parkington Sisters and a few special guests! Read about the collaboration at The Boston Globe Listen to the singles here Read more | Read about the collaboration at The Boston Globe

“Rhiannon Giddens to Lead Silkroad’s Musical Explorations” — Read the full article at The New York Times Fore more information about Rhiannon Giddens, visit her Artist Page Read more | Read the Article at The New York Times