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).…
Nagore’s Luminous Delights
Various Artists Nagore Sessions (Earth Sync, 2009) Richly worked productions and deliciously exotic compositions are the hallmarks of recordings by arranger and producer Patrick Sebag…
Fania Fire
Fania All Stars San Juan 73 (Fania/Emusica, 2009) From the Fania vaults comes this small treasure. San Juan 73 is a previously unreleased live recording…
La Linea 09 Brings Cutting Edge Latin Music to London
Always breaking new ground, always crossing the border, world music festival La Linea 09 will presents two world premiere collaborations, five UK debuts, a special…
Worldwide release of Mamou Sidibe’s Album Djougouya on Akwaaba Music.
Mamou Sidibé has a new recording titled Djougouya. Mamou Sidibé was born in the Ganadugu region of southwestern Mali. The region is close geographically but…
Hoodio Hopping
Hip Hop Hoodios Carne Masada: Quite Possibly the Best of Hip Hop (Jazzhead, 2009) The name of this collective, Hip Hop Hoodios, is…
Carmen Souza at Chicago Cultural Center
Capeverdean songstress Carmen Souza will perform at Chicago Cultural Center on Monday, April 27, 7 pm at Preston Bradley Hall. Souza (27) was born in…
Buika to Perform in Havana
Havana, Cuba – Afro-Spanish singer Concha Buika and Cuban musician Jesus (Chucho) Valdes are expected to give a concert on April 14 at the Amadeo…
Cambodian Adventure Sleepwalking Through The Mekong Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Dengue Fever Will Be Released Tomorrow
The Dengue Fever documentary film Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (M80 Music), will be released on April 14, 2009 as two-disc set via Nail Distribution and…
Dobet Gnahore, Star of Acoustic Africa, to Return to the Wisconsin Union Theater
Dobet Gnahore returns to the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday, May 1, 2009 at 8:00 pm. Born, in Ivory Coast, Gnahore is a natural star…
The Samba Effect–Conversation with Brazilian Musician Jovino Santos Neto
I discovered the healing effects of Brazilian music, samba in particular back in the early 1990s when I began listening to Astrud Gilberto classics. Even…