San Francisco, USA – Conga drummer Raymond Simmons has released some of his famous techniques in the Hot Percussion Licks conga drum music lesson booklet…
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Category: New CDs and digital releases
L’Youm Dima, New Album by Emil Zrihan
Israel – Israeli musician and renowned vocalist Emil Zrihan has a new recording. Zrihan’s new album L’ Youm Dima was produced by the highly acclaimed…
Dirk Powell’s Time Again
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Dirk Powell releases his new album today. Time Again (Rounder 0519-2) features multi-instrumentalist Dirk Powell exploring the heart of Appalachian tradition…
Urban Beat Reggae: Dancehall Massive Culture
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – The Heartbeat label releases today a compilation titled Urban Beat Reggae: Dancehall Massive Culture (Heartbeat 116 617 755-2). It features top…
Battlefield Band Out for the Night
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA- Out for the Night is the 20th album of Battlefield Band for Temple Records and the second album featuring the talents of…
Savath & Savalas, Spectral Beauty
Savath & Savalas Apropa’t (Warp Records WARPCD115, 2004) Reading the pre-release reviews for this disc it seems like I’m the only person in the world…
Jesse McReynolds\’ New Horizons
Orlando, USA – Jesse McReynolds and The Virginia Boys are set to release their latest project, New Horizons on Pinecastle Records. New Horizons is the…
Golden Horn Releases Cantemir: Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe
San Francisco, USA – Golden Horn Productions has announced the release of Cantemir: Music in Istanbul and Ottoman Europe around 1700, an authoritative album celebrating the…
Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music
San Francisco, USA – Five Souls Music has released Richard Kaplan‘s second album, Life Of The Worlds (FSM CD 510). The noted cantor, teacher, and…
Zoë/Rounder Releases Tangle Eye: Voices from the Past, Grooves for the Present
Cambridge, MA, USA – With its debut release, New Orleans-based Tangle Eye brings a fresh approach to the art of the remix, creating music, beats…