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).…
Carolina Chocolate Drops to Perform at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook 2011
Carolina Chocolate Drops will perform Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Lincoln Center’s Allen Room. Carolina Chocolate Drops plays the sound of the Piedmont region of…
Sussan Deyhim Releases City of Leaves
Nearly 10 years after release of her last internationally acclaimed CD, “Madman of God,” Iran’s great vocalist, composer, and performance artist, Sussan Deyhim has a…
Ukulele, a Versatile Instrument of Peace
Jake Shimabukuro Peace Love Ukulele (Hitchhike Records HRCD1112, 2010) Hawaiian ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro has released Peace Love Ukulele this month. This is a fascinating…
Nu-folk Sensation Rachel Sermanni to Perform at Celtic Connections 2011
Carrbridge singer-songwriter Rachel Sermanni will be performing on Sunday, January 23rd at 1pm at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Strathclyde Suite. Inspired at an early age…
Stunning Low Country Blues
Gregg Allman Low Country Blues (Rounder, 2011) With a musical career that includes a stunning bevy of recordings, a founding membership in one of the…
New Omar Sosa Solo Piano CD Titled Calma
Calma (Calm), to be released in March 2011, is Omar Sosa’s fifth solo piano recording, a work of singular artistry, featuring Omar’s unique approach to…
Mambo Diablo – My Journey With Tito Puente Book Review
Mambo Diablo – My Journey With Tito Puente by Joe Conzo, with David A. Pérez. AuthorHouse, 2010. ISBN-10: 1452082812, ISBN-13: 978-1452082813. Tito Puente was the…
Crooked Still with Lau and Move at Celtic Connections 2011
Crooked Still, Lau and Move will be performing Saturday, January 22nd at 7:30pm at O2 ABC Glasgow. Both the Scottish-based super-trio Lau and Boston five-piece…
Jah Wobble & The Nippon Dub Ensemble and Calum MacCrimmon – Man’s Ruin at Celtic Connections 2011
Jah Wobble & The Nippon Dub Ensemble and Calum MacCrimmon will perform on Saturday, January 22 at 7:30pm at The Arches. The latest intriguing project…
National Folk Archive in the UK Launches Online Catalog
The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library in England is launching an online catalog at midday on 25 January 2011. This is the first phase of an…