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).…
Kiran Ahluwalia Unearths a Magical Mix
Kiran Ahluwalia Aam Zameen: Common Ground (Avokado Artists Recordings/Ais, 2011) The Indian Canadian artist Kiran Ahluwalia is a female powerhouse on the world music scene…
Chris Thile to Perform at Carolina Theatre of Durham on November 13
Mandolinist Chris Thile is set to perform at Carolina Theatre of Durham in North Carolina on Sunday, November 13th, 2011, at 8:00 pm. Mandolinist Chris…
Ravi Shankar Archives Release Live and Orchestral Experimentations Recordings
On November 8, East Meets West Music will release volumes two and three of the Ravi Shankar Nine Decades series. The series is a multi-volume…
African Reggae Revolution
Tiken Jah Fakoly African Revolution (Indie Europe/Zoom, 2011) I consider reggae one of those wonderfully sly genres where powerful messages are entwined with bright, feel…
Peruvian Innovator Susana Baca to Perform in Berlin
Afro-Peruvian sensation Susana Baca is set to perform on Tuesday September 20, 2011 at 20:00 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. Susana Baca…
World, Fusion, Folk Music, Jazz and Funk to Collide at Royal Welsh College
Collisions is a new series bringing the best in culturally diverse and contemporary music to Cardiff (Wales) in the fall of 2011. Collisions will feature…
World Music Festival: Chicago 2011 Program Announced
World Music Festival: Chicago, the largest and longest running world music in the United States returns with eight days of free and low-cost concerts throughout…
Indian Summer Music Awards Announce 2011 Winners
Over 50,000 people of all nationalities and cultures attended the 2011 Indian Summer Festival at the Henry Maier Festival Grounds on the Milwaukee shorefront from…
Renowned Irish Musician and National Heritage Fellow Mike Rafferty Dies at 84
Irish Flautist Mike Rafferty died Tuesday, September 13, 2011. He was 84. “On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great…
Grandfather of Bluegrass Dies
Many in the American bluegrass and country music community are mourning the death of Wade Mainer. Called the Grandfather of bluegrass, the famed banjo player…