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).…
WOMEX Top Label Award 2010 Goes to World Village
The WOMEX Top Label Award for 2010 has been given to World Village / Harmonia Mundi (France/USA). Created as a joint project with the World…
Diverse Lineup at NY Gypsy Festival 2010
The NY Gypsy Festival celebrates its sixth annual performance schedule with one of the most outstanding and diverse lineups of its storied history. The festival…
Renowned Soul Singer Mavis Staples Opens the 2010-11 Star Series at The Carolina Theatre
Mavis Staples brings her trademark powerful voice and inspirational music to the Carolina Theatre in Durham (North Carolina), Friday October 1 at 8:00 p.m. The…
Notable Latin music writer and historian Max Salazar Dies at 78
Max Salazar, noted Latin Music historian and musicologist, passed away on Sunday, September 19th, 2010 in Teaneck, New Jersey. He was 78 years old. Born…
You Play It Slow, They Won’t Dance
Various Artists Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music from South Africa (Honest Jon’s Records HJR 052CD, 2010) There are many interesting things happening musically in…
World Music Festival ¡Globalquerque! Returns September 24 & 25 of 2010
World music festival ¡Globalquerque! will be held September 24 & 25 of 2010 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA). The…
The GondwanaSound Report, September 20
By Jill Turner I’ll start off with someone else’s news, Jane Cornwell wrote an interesting article in the Guardian, we posted a link on the…
Kyrgyz Nomadic Folk Music Concert in October 2010 at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York
Kyrgyz folk music performance group Ordo Sakhna will make their first New York City appearance at the Rubin Museum of Art on October 6, 2010.…
Iranian Phenomenon Namjoo to perform in Toronto in October 2010
One of Iran’s most controversial and influential musicians today, Mohsen Namjoo gains worldwide appeal with his visionary take on traditional Persian music fused with western…
The Finest Jazz-Rock and World Jazz Artists to Converge in Raleigh for The New Universe Festival
Record company Abstract Logix announced its first-ever festival event, The New Universe Music Festival. The festival will take place at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh…