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).…
Dazzling Bada Boom
Ranjit Barot Bada Boom (King Records/Abstract Logix Records KICJ 596, 2010) Ranjit Barot is an outstanding drummer, composer and arranger from India. Many in his…
National Folk Festival to be held in Nashville on Labor Day weekend 2011
The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) announced with Nashville mayor Mayor Karl Dean and the Compass Records Group that Labor Day weekend, September…
Reggae Star Gregory Isaacs Dies in London of Lung Cancer
VP Records announced yesterday the death of reggae legend Gregory Isaacs. Isaacs fought a year-long battle with lung cancer before passing away on October 25,…
Round Dance Songs Passion
Round dance songs have became one of the most popular genres within the American Indian and Aboriginal Canadian communities in North America. Round Dances were…
Luísa Maita’s Lero-Lero Album Remixed by Cutting Edge International DJs and Producers
Maita Remixed brings together a collection of producers and DJs who are pushing the borders of genre and creating sounds and ideas that fuel the…
Listen to the Banned Album Released in North America
The album Listen to the Banned will be available in North America at the end of this month. Listen to the Banned is a unique…
Tremé Star and New Orleans Icon Kermit Ruffins to Release Big Band Album
New Orleans trumpeter Kermit Ruffins will release his latest album, Happy Talkon October 26 through Basin Street Records. Produced by Tracey Freeman (Harry Connick, Jr.,…
Captivating Musical Contraband
Las Migas Reinas del Matute (Nuevos Medios NM 15918 CD, 2010) The all female Spanish multinational group Las Migas is attracting a lot of attention…
Monument Eternal Celebrates the Life of Alice Coltrane
The world knows legendary jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane well, while his talented wife, Alice Coltrane, remains somewhat of an enigma. Now, just three…
Latin Jazz Maestro Eddie Palmieri to Perform at Wisconsin Union Theater
Eddie Palmieri and his Latin Jazz Band will perform at the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday, November 5th, 2010, at 8pm as part of the…