Goa Culture

John Rigas is the man behind ALWOODS. He first dipped his musical toes into the psytrance scene at the beginning of the new millennium, starting with local parties and then expanding to bigger events in his native Greece. As an artist and DJ he makes no compromises when it’s time to rock the dance-floor, and is known as one of the ‘go-to’ artists for raising the vibration through perfect dance-floor friendly grooves.

Many people consider it the best album New Order ever made, with its various changing moods and songs. Together with the album "Technique" it will be included in the "1001 albums you must have heard before you die" books.

The 7th recording of Guy Bélanger’s eventful career showcases the composer, band leader and harp master at the top of his game. The album includes 10 superb instrumental Folk and Blues compositions and two songs, one of which sung by Quebec favourite Luce Dufault. Virtuoso guitar player Preston Reed (Scotland) and cello master Eric Longsworth also contribute. Guy Bélanger has received many awards for his songwriting, the latest the André Gagnon Award from the Spacq last September.

It is well known that The B-52's are The World’s Greatest Party Band. And thirty five years and over twenty million albums into their career, there can be no doubt as to why they remain one of rock music’s most beloved and enduring bands. Any mystery concerning the band’s longevity and ongoing appeal is immediately solved when exposed to a B-52's concert experience. From groundbreaking songs like “Rock Lobster”, “Dance This Mess Around” and “Private Idaho“ to chart-topping hits like “Love Shack” and “Roam” and “Deadbeat Club”, the B-52s’ unforgettable dance-rock tunes start a party every time their music begins.

This Da Vinci Classics album affords us the delight of enjoying a journey in time and space, through the medium of Renaissance lute music. The European Renaissance is certainly a period many of us would like to visit in a time-capsule, were it available. It was a period of extraordinary flourishing of the arts – visual, musical, literary – and of culture in general. It was a period when knowledge, philology, philosophy, and religious thought experienced major developments. It was also a period not untouched by bloody wars and battles, heavy epidemics, and profound crises. Still, we owe to the Renaissance much of what our modern culture is; and we can regret having lost much of what the Renaissance bequeathed to us – in terms of sources, artworks, but also of values, expertise, and knowledge.

GRAMMY-winning choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, today released its 25th commercial album, WORDS ADORNED, on Navona Records.

Multi-instrumentalists, composers, and producers Chris Bullock and Justin Stanton are musical globetrotters renowned for their diverse talents and contributions to the world of music. Since meeting in Texas in 2005, they’ve spent countless hours together both on the road and in the studio, working on their own diverse solo projects as well as the projects of numerous other artists. A significant thread connecting their careers is their long-standing involvement with Snarky Puppy.