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).…
Funky Funkadesi
Funkadesi Yo Baba (independent release, 2008) Multi-ethnic band Funkadesi is based in Chicago and it performs an explosive music of bhangra, spicy Afro-Latin beats such…
Fania Records Releases Remix Album Featuring Latin Music Legends and Contemporary Remix Masters
Fania Records has released the first remix collection “I Like It Like That” pairing up the hottest dance scene remixers with legendary tracks by Fania…
Burning Spear at the Fillmore New York in August 2008
On August 31st, Burning Spear returns to New York for his first show in 2 years, celebrating the release of his new album Jah Is…
Skatalites DVD – Live at Lokerse Feesten 1997 & 2002
The World’s most influential reggae group, The Skatalites have been producing music of the finest caliber for over forty years, either as a group or…
Sudanese Multi-instrumentalist Wafir with Nilo Azul in Mostoles (Madrid)
Madrid-based Sudanese musician Wafir will be performing in Móstoles (Madrid) at Lake stage at Finca Liana Park on Sunday, August 17th at 21:30h (9:30 pm).…
Umalali: The Garifuna Womens’ Project at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents September 3, 2008 for one night only, Umalali: The Garifuna Women’s Project. Band members are Chichiman…
Bluegrass Supergroup Blue Highway on Tour in Support of New CD Through the Window of a Train
Contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway is heading out on a string of tour dates in support of their February release, Through the Window of a…
Palestinian Poet and Musical Muse Dies
Influential poet and cultural voice of the Palestinian people, Mahmoud Darwish passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2008 in a Houston, Texas hospital from complications…
A Woman of Substance
Lila Downs Shake Away (Manhattan Records/EMI, 2008) It’s clear from the opening track of Shake Away that Lila Downs is no shy, polite songbird. This…
Frame Drum Community Mourns Death of Gianluca Baldo
Italian frame drum maestro Gianluca Baldo died Saturday, August 9. He was 47. Baldo was a frame drum specialist, a painter and also the organizer…