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).…
Annual World Music Gathering Musiport Festival 2011 Returns to UK
All roads lead to Bridlington Spa this week as we gear up for the annual Musiport Festival, which will take place November 4-6, 2011. Musiport…
Music of the Kosher Nostra
Bucovina Club’s Shantel and Israeli-Austrian artist Oz Almog have put together an album titled Kosher Nostra, Jewish Gangsters Greatest Hits (Essay Recordings AY CD 13),…
Sitar Sensation Anoushka Shankar Begins 2011 European Tour to Promote New Album
Anoushka Shankar will be presenting her new album Traveller to Europe audience s in November and December 2011. Her first album for Deutsche Grammophon was…
Rub-A-Dub Market
Luciano Rub-A-Dub Market (Irievibrations IRIE 039CD, 2011) One of the best reggae albums of the year is Rub-A-Dub Market by Jamaican singer and poet Luciano…
Bulgarian Intersections
Vlada Tomova Balkan Tales (Kuker Music, 2009) One of the most exciting voices in the New York global music scene is Vlada Tomova. She was…
Midwestern Round Dances
Gentlemen’s Club Boom Boom Room (Canyon Records CR-6498, 2011) Gentlemen’s Club is an all-star group of American Indian singers from the Great Lakes area of…
The Original Afro Rockers
They weren’t aware of it at the time of course, but when Osibisa burst onto the British rock scene in the early ‘70s brandishing their…
Musical Alchemy Inspired by Tierra del Fuego
Cecilia Gauna Aliento (STM030, 2011) One of the great discoveries of the year is Argentine singer-songwriter and composer Cecilia Gauna. She has a new album…
It’s Just That Easy Being Green
The Green Ways And Means (Easy Star Records ES 1026, 2011) I was plenty impressed by last year’s self-titled debut from The Green, a young…
Cambodian American Band Dengue Fever Announces South East Asian “Electric Mekong” Tour Dates
Cambodian and American rock band Dengue Fever announced today that its previously announced South East Asian “Electric Mekong” tour, has confirmed dates, cities, and venues…