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Dan Storper
In 1993, Dan Storper founded the Putumayo label— a perennial clearinghouse for dozens of popular world music collections.
By Tad Hendrickson

Seun Kuti
There’s something spooky about Seun Kuti’s live performances. When the youngest son of legendary Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti launched a brief North American debut tour in June and July 2007, you could hear jaws hitting the floor as he conjured the ghost of his late father.
By Tom Pryor

Bostich + Fussible
With Tijuana Sound Machine, Nortec Collective's Bostich + Fussible fire up their first album as a duo, expanding on their genre-busting, border-crossing sound.
By Lissette Corsa

Buju Banton

There’s a controversy that’s been dogging Buju Banton ever since he recorded the infamous single “Boom Bye Bye” as a teenager. Now older and wiser but no less a rebel, the Grammy-nominated reggae star holds forth at his studio compound in Kingston to discuss the sins of the past and the promise of the future, and reveals a vivid glimpse of his more human side as a devoted family man.

Idan Raichel
One of the biggest stars in Israel today, Idan Raichel has made inroads with American audiences with his studio-savvy sound. What’s really striking, however, is Raichel’s choice to work with musicians from other cultures (even including those who sing in Arabic) to make a universal pop music that’s creative, intelligent and inspiring. Now he’s poised to release his second album in the U.S.
By J. Poet

The Pinker Tones
On the strength of their second studio album The Million Colour Revolution, which was first released in 2006, the duo toured for two years and built a strong following. It didn’t take long for their upbeat, devil-may-care delivery to catch fire in the U.S. and other countries around the world, thus setting the stage for their latest album, Wild Animals.
By Marty Lipp

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