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).…
Zhao Xiaoxia: A Leading Figure in Guqin Preservation and Innovation
Zhao Xiaoxia is a prominent figure in the preservation and innovation of the guqin, combining traditional and contemporary approaches to the Chinese zither. She serves…
Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos Illuminate with Sol
Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos – Sol (Olindo Records, 2025) Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos return with Sol (sun), a stunning genre-blurring second album that…
Billy Strings Takes Home Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
On Sunday, February 2, 2025, guitar maestro and songwriter Billy Strings received the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Award for his record Live Vol. 1. This…
A Night to Remember: The Taj Mahal Sextet Claims Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album
The Taj Mahal Sextet’s Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa won the Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy Award. The award was announced on February…
Aljibe Receives the Fundación Siglo Futuro Award for Cultural Promotion
The Fundación Siglo Futuro has awarded its newly established Prize for Cultural Promotion to the Spanish folk music group Aljibe. This recognition honors their more…
Blues Musician Ruthie Foster Triumphs at the Grammys
Ruthie Foster’s tenth studio album, Mileage, won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The award was revealed on February 2, 2025. Mileage, reflects…
Blakaz Antandroy by Loya and the Remanindry Family Deliver A Groundbreaking Fusion
Loya featuring the Remanindry Family – Blakaz Antandroy (LZ Records, 2024) Some albums do more than entertain, they transport you. Blakaz Antandroy, the collaborative album…
Al Andaluz Project Revives the Ancient Music of Al-Andalus
Al Andaluz Project – The Songs of Iman Kandoussi – Traditional Arabic Andalusian (Galileo Music Communication, 2024) The Songs of Iman Kandoussi presents the Arab-Andalusian…
Al Andaluz Project Takes the Number One Spot on Transglobal World Music Chart, February 2025
The Songs of Iman Kandoussi: Traditional Arabic Andalusian by Al Andaluz Project has landed at #1 on Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of…
Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki Claim Top Position on World Music Charts Europe, February 2025
Sploty by Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki is the top album on World Music Charts Europe for the month of February 2025. The Warsaw Village…