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).…
Iberian Divas Dulce Pontes and Estrella Morente at World Expo Zaragoza 2008
Flamenco star Estrella Morente and Portuguese diva Dulce Pontes will perform at Expo 2008’s Anfiteatro 43 on August 3 at 11 p.m.. The show was…
San Francisco World Music Festival 2008 Focuses on Global Reeds
The theme of this year’s San Francisco World Music Festival will be "The Reeds Give Way to the Wind." In many cultures throughout the world,…
Iconic Jamaican Roots Reggae Band, Culture in New York
On August 11th, world music club S.O.B.’s will present the iconic roots reggae band, Culture. Founded in the 1970’s golden age of reggae, Culture has…
Sarawak and Don’t Look Back
A Report from the Rainforest World Music Festival – July 11-13, 2008 It was hard to grasp even as the plane carrying me further and…
WOMAD Director Calls 2008 Festival a Success
The 2008 WOMAD world music festival in the UK has proved a massive success. Back at Charlton Park, Wiltshire for the second year, Lord Suffolk’s…
Zimbabwe’s Chiwoniso Will Release Rebel Woman in September 2008, Reflecting on Freedom, Equality and Love
Rebel Woman is Chiwoniso Maraire’s first internationally released album in over ten years. Her soulful and deeply personal songs offer messages of hope, inspiration and…
Contemporary Nunavut Winds
Tanya Tagaq Auk/Blood (Ipecac Records, 2008) After the 2005 release of her first debut CD Sinaa, Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq continues to dazzle audiences…
Habib Koité & Bamada in Seattle August 2008
Malian guitarist and vocalist Habib Koité will be performing at The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley for four nights, August 14 – 17,…
Magically Mesmerizing World Fusion
Mawwal This Is All There Is There Is No Other Place (Ancient Records, 2008) Following up on their debut CD entitled Black Flies, Mawwal is…
Grand Hindustani Shenai Concert for the Ganesh Chaturthi Music Festival
A Hindustani Shenai concert has been a surprise addition to the forthcoming Ganesh Chaturti Music festival from the 29th Aug08 to the 02nd of Sep08…