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).…
Rising Reggae Star Alborosie To Tour The First Time In The U.S.
Alborosie is shaking up California this February with his Escape From Babylon to the Kingdom of Zion tour. This tour will give a chance to…
Berklee College of Music Presents its 2010 Middle Eastern Festival Featuring Hüsnü Senlendirici And The New York Gypsy All-Stars
Berklee College of Music will present its Second Annual Middle Eastern Festival on Monday, February 8, featuring world-renowned Turkish clarinet virtuoso Hüsnü Senlendirici, the New…
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Mamadou Diabate and Bela Fleck World Music Winners at 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards
The winners of the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced this evening by The Recording Academy at Staples Center in Los Angeles. In the Best…
Spring Festival of African Music 2010 at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago
Some of the finest African artists will be performing at the 2010 edition of the Spring Festival of African Musicat the Old Town School of…
Colombian Folk Music Legend Etelvina Maldonado Dies at 75
Etelvina Maldonado, one of the leading Colombian bullerengue musicians, died January 26 of 2010 in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). Although she was a popular musician…
World Music Sounds at Roskilde Festival 2010
Roskilde Festival in Denmark announced the world music acts that are scheduled to perform in he 2010 edition of the festival. Roskilde Festival will be…
Summertown Road Bluegrass Album Scheduled for March 2010
Rounder Records announced the release of the self titled debut album by Summertown Road on March 23. Produced by renowned bluegrass musician Don Rigsby, Summertown…
‘Listen to the Banned’ CD Introduces Politically Censored Musicians
Compiled by the artist Deeyah and Freemuse, the Listen to the Banned CD compilation album will be released on March 3rd of 2010 by Norway’s…
Pat Metheny Talks About His Orchestrion Project
“This project represents a conceptual direction that merges an idea from the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the technologies of today to…