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).…
Under Your Skin, a Book About Music & Musicians
Under Your Skin will be a 350- 400 page book with a DVD about musicians from around the world, ranging from popular music to classical.…
Keola Beamer Goes Classical
Keola Beamer Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow) (Dancing Cat, 2007) Guitarists or everyday guitar junkies might want to take a…
Heartbeat Records Releases CDs by Dennis Alcapone and Lone Ranger
Cambridge (Massachusetts), USA – One of the few DJs in Jamaica capable of giving the great U Roy any competition was another master of the…
Book About Hidden Music-Making in an English Town Reissued
Wesleyan University Press has announced the re-issue of Ruth Finnegan’s The Hidden Musicians: Music-Making in an English Town (ISBN: 0-8195-6853-8). The 406 page book is…
Finnish Inner Peace
Sanaton, Music for inner Peace, Vol. 1 (Aito Records, 2006) The Helsinki Day Spa and Aito Records have teamed up and put the sounds of…
Dobet Gnahore Will Be touring North America to Promote Na Afriki
Ivorian singer Dobet Gnahoré will be touring North America in September to promote her recent CD, Na Afriki. When she was a young girl in…
Evocative Seasons of Violet
Rim Banna Seasons of Violet (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2007) While working on the famed Lullabies from the Axis of Evil, KKV producer Erik Hillestad was struck…
Magnificent Celtic Orchestra
SonDeSeu Trastempo (Fundación SonDeSeu, 2007) One of the most beautiful Celtic albums I’ve heard in a long time is this Cd by Galician ensemble SonDeSeu.…
New Acoustic Sand Box
Darol Anger & Mike Marshall – Woodshop (Adventure Music AMA1037 2, 2007) Longtime acoustic music collaborators, Darol Anger (violin) and Mike Marshall (mandolin) have recorded…
World Music Central’s Back-to-School Buying Guide
With the frenzy of back-to-school preparations in full swing, every parent is asking the same question – If I am paying all this money for…