Emel Mathlouthi
Basilica Soundscape 2017 lineup (Zola Jesus, Thou, Priests, Protomartyr, more)
The annual Hudson, NY festival also includes Bing & Ruth, Blanck Mass, Jlin, Yellow Eyes, John Maus, Moor Mother, Emel Mathlouthi, and more.
Emel Mathlouthi celebrating 'Ensen' on tour, played LPR (pics, setlist)
Emel Mathlouthi released her first album for an American label (Partisan), Ensen (“Human”) earlier this year. Ensen, the follow up to her debut Kelmti Horra (“My Word is Free”), is a sonically rich amalgamation of international sounds…
free 2017 Central Park SummerStage shows (Yo La Tengo, TMBG, Mavis Staples, Valerie June, Laura Mvula & more)
PLUS: Mulatu Astatke, Roy Ayers, Panjabi MC, “Rock Steady Crew 40th Anniversary,” and more.
Emel announces spring tour
Emel Mathlouthi, or simply Emel, has announced a lengthy tour in support of Ensen. The album is the Tunisian protest singer’s first for American indie label Partisan…
Tunisian protest singer Emel Mathlouthi releasing a new LP on Partisan, touring
Emel Mathlouthi is a Tunisian singer/songwriter living in New York, where she recently relocated from Paris, where she moved in 2008 after her music was banned in Tunisia during the rule of Ben Ali “because she sang about liberty and corruption”…
La Femme, Dimitri From Paris & more playing France Rocks Summerfest in NYC
Francophone music lovers in NYC have something to look forward to this summer, as the France Rocks Summerfest will host a series of shows at venues all over the city…
globalFEST 2015 lineup and tickets
The annual NYC world music festival globalFEST returns in 2015 to Webster Hall on January 11. This year’s performers — many of whom are making their US or NYC debuts — include (descriptions via press release):Bixiga70 (US debut; Brazil): Brazil’s brassy Afrobeat orchestra
Emel Mathlouthi (Tunisia/France/US): Electro-inspired voice of Tunisia’s Arab Spring
Emil Zrihan (Morocco/Israel): Soaring Moroccan improvisations and Jewish songs
The Jones Family Singers (US): Hard-driving Gospel funk from Texas
Just a Band (Kenya): Nairobi’s Super-Nerdy Electronic Music & Art Collective
Kahulanui (US): Hawaii’s kings of swing
Kevin Johansen + The Nada (Argentina): De-genre-ate Sub-tropicalia from Argentina
The Nile Project (US debut; various): Trans-border collaboration across the Nile Basin
Puerto Candelaria (NYC debut; Colombia): Colombia’s rebellious cumbia experimentalists
Riyaaz Qawwali (various): Pakistani Sufi Music made in the USA
Sam Lee (NYC debut; UK): Unconventional Songs of the British Isles
Zap Mama (Belgium): Polyphonic a capella Afropop pioneersTickets are on sa…