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).…
The Power of Invention
Pat Metheny Orchestrion (Nonesuch Records, 2010) Pat Metheny is an outstanding musical innovator and guitarist, who is always exploring new ideas, blending contemporary jazz with…
Dengue Fever to Perform at KCRW’s Haiti Relief Concert in Los Angeles
In response to the recent devastating earthquakes to hit Port-au-Prince and its surrounding areas, KCRW Public Radio Station presents and the historic El Rey Theatre…
NPR Discover Songs Compilation Focuses on The New American Jazz Divas
Various Artists NPR Discover Songs: The New Jazz Divas (Shout Factory, 2009) NPR’s Discover Songs: The New Jazz Divas takes a look at the most…
Sila and the Afrofunk Experience Up For NAACP Image Award
No longer the Bay Area’s best-kept world music secret, San Francisco-based Sila and the AfroFunk have been recognized as being among the genre’s elite and…
Angola’s Killamu Releases "A Minha Face"
Killamu is one of the busiest kuduro beat makers in Luanda, Angola’s bustling capital. Although kuduro has started to reach ears all over the globe,…
Etran Finatawa to Release Tarkat Tajje in March of 2010
Recorded in the middle of Etran Finatawa’s 2009 European tour, the group’s 2010 album Tarkat Tajje/Let’s Go! reveals an incredible new groove, mature voices and…
World Music TV Show ‘Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders’ Debuts Today on PBS
Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders, a new TV magazine show about the intersection of music with life, politics and culture around the world, premieres Monday,…
Dancing into Silence
R. Carlos Nakai Dancing Into Silence (Canyon, 2010) Native American musician R. Carlos Nakai is a prolific and innovative artist who is open to all…
Unforgettable Concert by African Star Habib Koite in Abu Dhabi
In an unforgettable African rhythms concert, one of Africa’s most loved musicians Habib Koité rocked the Abu Dhabi capital on Thursday night. With his band…
Cretan Lyra Virtuoso Kelly Thoma Releases Anamkhara
Kelly Thoma’s debut album entitled Anamkhara has been recently released by Seistron Music. The word Anamkhara derives from the Irish Gaelic language and means “friend…