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).…
Taiwanese group A Moving Sound Touring North America
One of the leading world music acts from Taiwan, A Moving Sound, will be touring North America in July. To get a taste of its…
The Afrofunk Music Festival Raises Funds and Awareness for Kids in Darfur, Sudan
San Francisco (California), USA – Returning for a third year after two consecutive sold-out concerts, The Afrofunk Music Festival–An Afrobeat music extravaganza Benefiting Save the…
A Powerful Blend at Ortigueira International Celtic Music Festival 2007
Ortigueira (Galicia), Spain – Ortigueira is one of the oldest and largest Celtic music festivals in the international scene. The 2007 edition will be held…
Girls, Girls, Girls
12 Girls Band Shanghai (Manhattan Records, 0946 3 78957 2 6, 2007) Yes, it’s music that’s the stuff of PBS specials and mainstream aspirations. Sure,…
Gary Núñez & Plena Libre Touring the United States
Puerto Rican band Plena Libre will be performing in California, New York, Boston, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. Plena Libre’s show is a high-energy show and…
The Silk Road Project Travels to Switzerland in the Summer of 2007
Providence (Rhode Island), USA – The Silk Road Project, a not-for-profit arts and educational organization inspired by the interchange of culture and ideas along the…
89 year-old Cuban Legend Cachao Back in New York
New York (NY), USA – For four nights in July, 89 year-old Cachao will take the Blue Note stage with his band that is sure…
Onstage Wizardry: Ojos de Brujo at Grand Performances in Los Angeles
"This is not just world music. This is a whole universe of music." Thus spoke Derek Rath, host of "The Cosmic Barrio" on KPFK FM…
Sines Hosts the Biggest World Music Party in Portugal
Between the 20th and the 28th of July 2007, in Sines and Porto Covo, 33 concerts from five continents in the ninth FMM Sines –…
Latin Jazz Time
Various Artists Putumayo Presents Latin Jazz (Putumayo World Music PUT265-2, 2007) Is it world music or is it jazz? Latin jazz has always been difficult…