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).…
Bassekou Kouyate’s Masterfully Potent Sound
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Ba Power (Glitterbeat, 2015) World music fans, in particular those fans of Mali’s Griot musical traditions, have fallen head over…
Wu Man to Perform with the Shanghai Quartet
Renowned pipa master Wu Man is set to perform with the Shanghai Quartet at the Asia Society in Houston on April 21, where she will…
Flamenco guitar Master Juan Carlos Romero to Present Paseo de los Cipreses in Seville
The Flamenco Viene Del Sur 2015 (Flamenco comes from the south) series will present flamenco guitar maestro Juan Carlos Romero on Tuesday, May 5…
Alborosie Meets King Jammy on Dub Of Thrones
Dub masters Alborosie and King Jammy collaborate on a new album titled Dub of Thrones (VP Records/Greensleeves). This is a historic pairing of one of…
Yo – Spirit Of Asia to Perform at 13th Annual Asian Music Series
Yo – Spirit Of Asia is set to perform on Friday, April 17, 2015 at Small World Music’s 13th Annual Asian Music Series in…
Gracias a la Vida to Celebrate Chilean Folk Icon Violeta Parra
The tribute concert Gracias a la Vida: The Rebel Spirit of Chile’s Legendary Voice scheduled for Friday April 17, 2015 will celebrate the life…
A World In Trance Festival Scheduled for April and May 2015 in New York
A 4-day festival called A World In Trance will present some of the finest trance music of Guinea, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Tuva and the United…
Essential Thomas Mapfumo Tracks
Thomas Mapfumo Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe (Lion Songs LS001, 2015) Lion Songs: Essential Tracks in the Making of Zimbabwe is…
Tribal Electronica Recorded on the Road
Desert Dwellers The Great Mystery (Desert Trax, 2015) Desert Dwellers is a duo that intertwines two of the most exciting musical genres of our time:…
Their House is the Globe
Mundi My House is the Sky (International Rain, 2014) My House is the Sky is the fourth album by Austin-based ensemble Mundi. The instrumental group…