Matt Tighe and Tad Sargent – Home Grown (2025) Fiddler Matt Tighe and multi-instrumentalist Tad Sargent released Home Grown nearly five years after the project…
Home Grown Finally Gets Its Moment After A COVID-19 Pause
Author: Tyler Bennet
Revival of the Ancient Greek Kithara: How a 2,000-Year-Old Instrument Entered God of War
The sound of adventure video game God of War now includes an instrument that has not been heard for over 2,000 years. When Emmy Award-winning…
Songs Carried Across Salt Water: Memory, Exile, And The Quiet Force Of Displaced Dreams
Michalis Kouloumis — Displaced Dreams (Seyir Muzik, 2025) In Displaced Dreams, Michalis Kouloumis articulates exile as a lived, trembling presence. The album is a precious…
A Soundtrack Fit for a Sultan: Kamperman’s Prince Achmed Shines Beyond the Screen
Steven Kamperman – Prince Achmed (Zennez Records ZR2025013, 2025) Dutch composer and multi-instrumentalist Steven Kamperman brings new life to Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926),…
Jazz, Raga, And Black Holes: Quadrature Plots Debut Black Hole Blues
Quadrature – Black Hole Blues (Deko Entertainment, 2025) Black Hole Blues is Quadrature’s debut album. The quartet grew out of the long-running Brooklyn Raga Massive…
Tombak In The Spotlight On Between Hands
Kaveh Mahmudiyan — Between Hands (Global Sonics, 2025) Kaveh Mahmudiyan’s first solo album, Between Hands presents his own compositions with the tombak (Persian goblet-shaped drum).…
Hidden Hermeto Flute Gems Revealed On New Tribute Release
Aline Gonçalves, Andrea Ernest Dias, Carlos Malta, Eduardo Neves – Obra Viva de Hermeto Pascoal – Vol. 1 Flautas (Rocinante, 2025) Obra Viva de Hermeto…
Traditional Sounds of Sivac Pipes Take Center Stage
Maksim Mudrinić, Oskar Kovač – Made in Sivac: Serbian Music from Vojvodina (Antonovka Records, 2025) This field recording captures traditional music from Vojvodina, the autonomous…
Shane Shanahan Weaves Global, Jazz, Rock, and Minimalist Traditions on Audacity
Shane Shanahan – Audacity (Live) (Bright Shiny Things, 2025) With Audacity (Live), virtuoso percussionist Shane Shanahan presents a striking document of global musical dialogue recorded…
Kazayak Dört Köseli Documents Gagauz Village Songs
Sevda Ensemble of Cazaclia Village – Kazayak Dört Köseli: Gagauz Songs from Moldova (Antonovka Records, 2025) Antonovka Records released Kazayak Dört Köseli: Gagauz Songs From…