Soul sisters of the South Pacific: the six-part harmonies, outspoken songs, and indigenous worlds of Barefoot Divas

New recording showcases the collaboration of six singer/songwriters of indigenous heritage from Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea, with soulful sounds rarely heard in North America.

Soul Soother: Rural Jamaican Bluesman Brushy Puts the World Together with a One-Stringed Guitar

When filmmaker Luciano Blotta walked out of a rural Jamaican recording studio, way off the beaten path of tourists and music hounds, he saw something wildly unusual: a man with an instrument. Even more surprising, the instrument in question—a battered but resonant acoustic guitar—had only one string…