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).…
Tibetan Musician Techung to Open for the Dalai Lama
Tibetan singer and multi-instrumentalist Techung is scheduled to perform at the opening concert for the Dalai Lama’s speech in New Orleans on May 18th, 2013.…
Rising Bluegrass Act The Bankesters to Release Looking Forward
The Bankesters is one of the most sought after new bands on the bluegrass scene. Gorgeous sister harmonies set them apart from the rest (sister…
Interview with Guitar Maestro John McLaughlin
Legendary jazz guitarist and fusion pioneer John McLaughlin will be touring the United States and Canada in June 2013. This will be his first U.S.…
Live from Festival in the Desert in Timbuktu
Various Artists Live from Festival Au Desert Timbuktu (Clermont Music, 2013) Mali is one of those extraordinary places where weddings, baptisms, celebrations and gatherings of…
Claire Lynch to Release Dear Sister
Claire Lynch has a new album titled Dear Sister (Compass Records). Dear Sister presents Lynch and her band (Mark Schatz on bass, Matt Wingateon guitar,…
Bombino Ups the Ante on His Tuareg Desert Blues/Rock Sound
Bombino Nomad (Nonesuch Records, 2013) Hooking up with The Black Keys guitarist and singer Dan Auerbach at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee,…
Center for Traditional Music and Dance to Present Roma Music Symposium
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD) in New York will present Opre Khetanes! (Upward Together!): A symposium at New York University and concert/dance…
Resophonic Guitar Visionary and World/Blues Musician Bob Brozman Dies at 59
American guitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman was found dead at his home in Ben Lomond (Santa Cruz County, California) in the evening of April 23rd.…
Babel Méd Music 2013 Sets High Bar
The 9th edition of Babel Méd Music – Forum des Musiques du Monde music conference took place March 21-23 in Marseilles (France), consolidating itself as…
Swedish Folk Masters Väsen Begin 2013 Spring Tour
Väsen, one of the finest contemporary Swedish folk music acts, is touring the western United States this month. The group has just released a new…