Origin has an impressive catalog of CDs, primarily by Pacific Northwest musicians. In the case of Folk Songs, the geography is very different, although the consistent high quality remains the same.

Between globalFEST, Winter Jazz Fest and APAP Conference, there is a lot of interesting non-traditional-rock music going on in NYC in January. Additionally, there’s the 2015 edition of Brooklyn’s The ...

World-music DJ Betto Arcos returns to weekends on All Things Considered to share the music he's been playing on Global Village, the show he hosts on KPFK in Los Angeles. This week, Arcos brings four ...

Terran's influences are Esma Redjepova, Boban Markovic, Teodosii Spassov and he is pretty much self taught although he did get lessons from Marlene Rosenberg on electric bass. Groove is first and ...

The Boban Markovic Orkestar is many things, perhaps most proudly one of the world's killer wedding bands. Long revered as the greatest Balkan gypsy brass orchestra, the combo, featuring the ...

The Boban Markovic Orkestar is many things, perhaps most proudly one of the world's killer wedding bands. Long revered as the greatest Balkan gypsy brass orchestra, the third- generation trumpeter ...

Balkan brass band Niko Ne Zna is heading to Palmerston North to get music lovers out of their seats and dancing. The nine-piece world music group performs hypnotic melodies and cerebral rhythms that ...

These bands are Balkan up! Park Slope’s ornate Grand Prospect Hall will shake with the rollicking sounds of the Balkans on Jan. 15 and 16. Brooklyn’s own Raya Brass Band will be among the 60 vibrant ...

After playing in Zagreb and Belgrade, the band will put on three more shows in the region - a good opportunity to watch this band live, our reporter writes. No Age by xmusgrave @Flickr The Los Angeles ...

Bring in the spring with a blast at the sixth annual Ederlezi, a festival of Balkan brass bands at the Grandview Legion this Friday and Saturday (May 8 and 9). The bill of fare this year features ...