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).…
Peter Cox’s Set into Song
Take a communist playwright, actor, singer, and songwriter and introduce him to a young American musician and singer half his age. They fall in love.…
From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale DVD
From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale is an hour-long documentary that tells a story about the creative life of the South Bronx, beginning…
Crossroads Music Brings Top World Music Acts to Philadelphia
World music presenter Crossroads Music has announced its late-2008 schedule. While West African music is especially strongly represented this fall, there are also Eastern European,…
Spanish Sensation Buika Will Perform in Miami
Afro-Spanish singer Buika will perform Tuesday, September 9, at 8 pm at Gusman Theater in Downtown Miami, This is an exclusive U.S. 2008 concert. The…
Savina Yannatou Presents New CD and Tour in North America
New York (NY), USA – Renowned Greek singer Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico have a new album out titled Songs of an Other (ECM,…
WOMEX 2008 Daycases Will Be Held at Auditorium Al-Andalus at FIBES in Sevilla
The WOMEX Daycases provide the ideal setting for more intimate artists who present acoustic, intimate or traditional music best heard in a theatre-like setting. With…
The Third Annual WOMEX Top Label Award Goes to Cumbancha
The results are in and this year’s WOMEX top world music label is United States-based Cumbancha. They will be awarded the customary WOMEX Top Label…
Bluegrass Band Yonder Mountain String Band and Stevie Wonder at Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech
Yonder Mountain String Band, hailing from Nederland, Colorado (forty miles northwest of Denver), will be performing at this year’s Democratic National Convention held on Denver…
Ganapathy Pappa Moriya! Happy Concluding Concert of the Mayur Vihar (Delhi) Festival
The five day Music festival at the Subha Sidhi Vinayaka Mandhir is slotted to have the grand finale on the 2nd of September 2008 (Tuesday)…
Conway Twitty: Greatest Hits Live on DVD
A new DVD, Greatest Hits Live, captures the experience of a live performance by Conway Twitty. Throughout his career transformation from rock ’n’ roll teen…