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).…
Stimulating Slide Guitar Ragas
Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya Madeira: If Music Could Intoxicate (Tridev Music India/Magenta, 2013) Earlier this year, Indian slide guitar maestro and musical instrument inventor Debashish Bhattacharya…
Beautiful Brazilian Tapestries of Sound, Rhythm and Melody
Antonio Loureiro Só (Borandá, 2013) Composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Antonio Loureiro has released one of the most exciting Brazilian music albums in recent albums. It’s…
Digital Folk Explorations from Argentina
Tremor Proa (Wonderwheel Recordings, 2013) Tremor is an exploratory music trio from Argentina that combines the melodies and rhythms of the South American nation and…
Brittany to Present off-WOMEX Showcase
The French region of Brittany will present a showcase called Bretagne Land of Music at WOMEX 2013 on Thursday, 24 October. The artists selected include…
The Latin Recording Academy Announces 2013 Lifetime Achievement Awards
Venezuelan salsa star Oscar D’León, Cuban music innovator Juan Formell, bossa nova pioneer Roberto Menescal, Colombian folk music legend Totó La Momposina, Argentine singer Palito…
Popular Spanish Folk Musician José María Silva Naveros Dies at 53
José María Silva Naveros, a well-known performer of traditional music from the Castilla-Leon region of Spain died on September 1st, 2013 at Hospital San Telmo…
Beautifully Crafted Musical Poems form the East
Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Abhiman Kaushal and Ajay Prasanna Spring (Shujaat Husain Khan & Katayoun Goudarzi, 2013) The beauty of Persian Sufi poetry and…
Thrilling Program at Celtic Colours International Festival 2013 in Nova Scotia
The lineup for the 17th Celtic Colours International Festival in Nova Scotia (Canada) includes a stirring mix of local, national, and international artists, festival favorites…
Bombino gets the key to the highway
Collaborations between American rock stars and musicians from Third World African nations can result in cultural imbalance. The liaison between the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach…
Famed Vallenato Composer and Guitarist Juan Francisco Mindiola Dies at 82
Composer and guitarist Juan Francisco Mindiola Arias, a leading figure in Colombian vallenato music, died August 30th, 2013. Juan Francisco Mindiola Arias was born in…