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).…
Edgar Meyer, double bass to Perform in Durham at Duke University on March 1, 2012
Bassist Edgar Meyer is set to perform on at Duke University’s Reynolds Industries Theater in Durham, North Carolina on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 8:00…
Professor Theodore Levin Wins ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for his Music of Central Asia Liner Notes
Professor Theodore Levin has won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for his liner notes to volumes 7, 8 and 9 of the ‘Music of Central…
Canadian Folk Legend Oscar Brand to Receive Prestigious Winnipeg Folk Festival Artistic Achievement Award
The Winnipeg Folk Festival announced that folk legend Oscar Brand will receive the festival’s 2011 Artistic Achievement Award. The award recognizes outstanding artistic achievement of…
Instilling the Love for Irish Music
John Doyle Shadow and Light on Compass Records CD4562, 2011 With his new solo, titled Shadow and Light, Irish guitarist and singer-songwriter demonstrates that he…
Indian Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar to Perform Tomorrow Thursday September 29th 2011 at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Legendary sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar is set to perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Thursday September 29th at 8 p.m. This concert was originally…
World Music Conference WOMEX 2013 to be Held in Cardiff, Wales
International music conference WOMEX will be held in Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom. Cardiff won the international bid to host WOMEX from Wednesday, 23 to…
On the New Edge of Kaustinen
Frigg Grannen (Frig00007, 2011) If you like fiddles, Finnish-Norwegian band Frigg is as good as it gets. Fronted by five fiddlers, the Scandinavian band wows…
Trail-Blazing Bear Inspired the Dead
The late “Bear” Stanley was a hugely influential figure in the development of sound engineering and in the evolution of the Grateful Dead. Tony Hillier,…
Persian Tapestries
Mamak Khadem A Window to Color (2011) Wrap Mamak Khadem’s vocals with clarinet, electric cello and oud surrounded by a tapestry of percussion and the…
WOMEX 2012 to Be Held in Thessaloniki, Greece
World music conference WOMEX will be moving south in 2012. The new host city is Thessaloniki (also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica), Greece’s second…