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).…
Berlin to Celebrate the Music of Portuguese-Speaking Countries
Berlin’s Open-Air Summer Festival Wassermusik 2014 will celebrate Lusofonia, the music and culture of the Portuguese-speaking counters with a series of concerts and films…
The Pulse of Brazil Presses All the Right Buttons
Various Artists The Pulse of Brazil (ARC MUSIC EUCD 2507, 2004) Extremely cool and not overly foreign. To what can one compare it? Hmmm. Piedmont…
A Chat with Latin Vocalist, Joe Bataan – Part 2
Part of the Latin Heritage Series: From Mambo to Salsa! Joe, you crossed over in music at times. What style of music are you known…
The Espárrago Music Festival to Present the Best of Granada’s Mestizo Fusion Bands
On Saturday, July 12 Huétor Tájar (Granada province in southern Spain) will host the second edition of Espárrago Music Festival (Asparagus Music Festival). The…
Dub Colossus Changes Direction
Dub Colossus Addis to Omega (Independent Records Limited, 2014) Most of us here at World Music Central have followed with interest the albums by Dub…
Carmen Paris, Jineth Bedoya and Alouda Granted the 2014 Pirineos Sur Awards
The 2014 Pirineos Sur Awards have been awarded to Carmen Paris, Jineth Bedoya and Alouda association. These awards that were introduced last year, value…
Vocalist Clara Sanabras to Make Her American Debut July 20th in New York City
Catalan vocalist Clara Sanabras is set to perform on July 20 at Joe’s Pub in New York City. The London-based singer returns to her…
Global Music Festival WobeonFest 2014 in Austin to Celebrate International Day of Peace
The second edition of world music festival WobeonFest will take place on September 20th, 2014. The festival presents global music and also promotes peace…
Sondorgo’s Extraordinary Virtuosity and Captivating Passion
Sondorgo Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks (Riverboat Records, 2014) Forget all the violin saturated Hungarian music you’re used to because Sondorgo’s latest release Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks is…
Pirineos Sur 2014 Begins this Friday at the Tena Valley in the Pyrenees
The 23rd edition of Pirineos Sur, the International Festival of Cultures of the South Pyrenees, begins Friday July 11, 2014 and will run until July…