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).…
U.S. Releases Seized Iranian Dulcimers to Legendary California Music Professor
Washington DC (USA) –(BUSINESS WIRE)– The very mention of the word ‘Iran,’ can often trigger a reflexive enforcement response by the U.S. Government. But in…
Spellbinding Images and Music from the Tsunami Lands
Multiple Artists Laya Project: The Movie (EarthSync / Clementine Studios / Boo Films, 2008) Not too long ago World Music Central ran a review of…
Labyrinth Musical Workshop 2008 Seminars Program
The complete program for Musical Workshop Labyrinth in Houdetsi, Crete (Greece) is now available. Twenty seminars taught by renowned musicians from all over the world…
Musicport World Music Festival 2008
Musicport 2008 notches up a gear as they publish their list of forthcoming events in the run up to this October’s festival. The first event…
National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Recipients
Washington, DC (USA) – The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the 2008 recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowships, the country’s highest…
Transcontinental Celts
Recent Celtic music CDs shows the strong musical connections that are found on both sides of the Atlantic. Virtuoso Scottish fiddler Ian Hardie explores the…
La Mari (Chambao) and Ricky Martin Win Best Pop Ballad for their Duet "Te Recuerdo"
New York, NY (USA) – The 16th Annual ASCAP Awards have awarded Ricky Martin and La Mari (lead singer of Flamenco chillout band Chambao) "Best…
Legendary Greek Singer Haris Alexiou Will Be Touring the United States and Europe in June 2008
One of Greece’s musical treasures, Haris Alexiou, will be performing in the United States, Spain and Israel in June 2008. The U.S. date will be…
Inspired by the Goddess
La Jambre Las Lunas de Astarté (Bujío Producciones, 2008) Based in Jerez (Andalusia, Spain), La Jambre explores and recovers the rich folk music tradition of…
Summer with the Arts Councils
The signs are there. The days are getting longer. The trees have leaves. The smell of barbecued food wafts through the neighborhood. The inevitable is…