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).…
Canadian Bansuri Master Catherine Potter Dies at 52
Canadian musician Catherine Potter lost her battle with breast cancer on December 3, 2010, at the age of 52. She was widely considered Canada’s master…
Flamenco Star Enrique Morente in Intensive Care
Enrique Morente, one great masters of flamenco, is in “stable condition,” according to his family, at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Madrid’s Clínica La…
Mysterious Duality
Jayanthi Kumaresh Mysterious Duality Just Me (EarthSync, 2010) Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh’s Mysterious Duality, out on the EarthSync label, is one giant leap into the ethereal…
New Film About The Iconic Folk Singer Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune is a new film by acclaimed filmmaker Kenneth Bowser (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls & Live From New York, SNL…
Londoners Angry at BBC Decision to Axe British Capital’s Only World Music Show
A big furor is developing in the British capital, following BBC Radio London’s decision to cut the station’s only world music program A World in…
Tomáš Kočko Releases Hej koleda Video
Czech world music group Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr has released a new stop motion video titled ‘Hej koleda!‘, written and directed by David Musil. Tomáš…
Guitar Luminaries Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuária to Release Lagrimas Mexicanas
Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuária’s new album, Lágrimas Mexicanas, epitomizes a union of extraordinary musicians. Frisell’s and Cantuária’s own music have clearly distinctive origins, but…
Drums Are Medicine
Tony Vacca The Senegal-America Project (World Rhythms WR0601, 2006) Master drummer Tony Vacca brings together an impressive collection of American and Senegalese musicians in the…
Comedian and Banjo Player Steve Martin to Perform with the Steep Canyon Rangers in North Carolina
Comedian, musician and writer Steve Martin will join North Carolina’s own Steep Canyon Rangers for a rare performance at DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center on…
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones The Holiday Tour featuring Alash in Seattle
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley will present the original Grammy-Winning Béla Fleck & the Flecktones on December 9 – 12, 2010. Band…