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).…
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba to perform at Glastonbury 2010
Mali’s ngoni superstars Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba will be returning to the UK to perform at this year’s Glastonbury festival (on the West Holts…
Taking Good Care
Very Be Careful Escape Room (Barbes Records, 2010) Be very careful that you don’t label Los Angeles-based Very Be Careful a world music band. They’re…
National Pride
Razia Zebu Nation (Cumbancha CMB CD 16, 2010) It would be a dirty shame to see an environment and ecosystem as unique as that of…
Paco de Lucia, Angelique Kidjo, Gamble & Huff, and Kenny Barron to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degrees at Berklee Colle
Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown will present Paco de Lucia, Angelique Kidjo, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Kenny Barron with honorary doctor of…
British World Music Symposium Live and Direct 2
Live and Direct 2 “Independence” is a one-day symposium on Thursday April 29th, 2010 for the folk, roots and world music industry. Following on the…
Curvy Blues
Moreland & Arbuckle Flood (Telarc International, 2010) Guitarist Aaron Moreland’s and singer/harpist Dustin Arbuckle’s recording Flood, out on Telarc International, has got more curves than…
The 2010 ‘Sounds of Arabia’ Music Festival to Be Held May 6
The Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) announced this week that the third session of the ‘Sounds of Arabia’ music festival will be…
Have a Nice Day
Meklit Hadero On A Day Like This… (Porto Franco Records PFR 015, 2010) Close your eyes as you listen to this debut CD by Ethiopian-born…
Kila’s Eoin Dillon Releases The Golden Mean
Kila‘s piper, Eoin Dillon has recorded a new album titled, The Golden Mean, which was presented live this week in Dublin. The Golden Mean contains…
Jazz Goa Launches Free CD
Jazz Goa is all about promoting Goa’s immense music talent. The first album to roll out of Jazz Goa’s state of the art recording studio…