This magnificent Tunisian singer performs the Tunisian court music known as mulaf, Arabic classical music, and songs based on the poetry of Tunisia’s Aboulkacem Chebbi, Spain's Gabriel Garcia Lorca, Turkey's Nâzim Hikmet, and France's Jacques Prévert. Philadelphia's Al-Bustan... More >>

A longtime student of the late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akhbar Khan, sitarist Krishna Bhatt is a brilliant virtuoso of Hindustani music who blends the gayaki (vocal) and tantrakari (instrumental) styles. He has also appeared on crossover albums with saxophonist George Brooks and... More >>

Slavic Soul Party are Eastern Europe's answer to the funk (and "Grunt") of the J.B.'s or, more recently, the Budos Band. On their recordings, and every Tuesday at Barbès, the 10-person brass ensemble pins Gypsy melodies against the sort of jazzy r&b horn collages you hear in movies... More >>