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).…
2008 Music Obituaries, September
World Music Central’s list of musicians, scholars and music industry professionals who left us in 2008. September 2 Arne Domnérus, 83, musician. Mr. Domnérus, nicknamed…
2008 Music Obituaries, August
World Music Central’s list of musicians, scholars and music industry professionals who left us in 2008. August 3 Erik Darling, 74, songwriter and musician. Mr.…
Reggae Evolutions
Reggae Jammin Vol. 1 (Tad Records, 2008) & The Ultimate Reggae Dancehall X-Perience 2008 (Tad Records, 2008) Reggae has grown considerably since the days of…
Africa Festival 2008 Wurzburg
Twenty acts in four days, three each afternoon on an open-air stage, two well known acts each evening within a big top, provides enough time…
Angelino Dub
Mezklah Bestia Sonika (independent, 2008) California-based Mezklah is one of the few bands in the area that takes Latin American music and combines it with…
Fiery Sun Stone
The early 1970s saw the rise of several Latin rock bands that incorporated Afro-Cuban and other Latin American music elements. Santana is the best known…
The EGREM Label Will Release New Tata Guines CD
Havana, Cuba – The Cuban record company EGREM is finishing up the production of a new greatest hits CD ‘Fiesta de tambores’ by Federico Arístides…
2008 Music Obituaries, July
World Music Central’s list of musicians, scholars and music industry professionals who left us in 2008. July 1 Mel Galley, 60, musician. Guitarist Mel Galley…
Amereggae
Rockamovya – Rockamovya (Young Tree Records YTR-0206, 2008) Scholars Word – Make Way (Scholars Word, 2008) John Brown’s Body – Amplify (Easy Star Records ES-1017,…
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live DVD to be Released in January 2009
Live – Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a new DVD by one of South Africa’s best known musical exports. For more than three decades, the story…