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).…
Indie Acoustic Project Finalists Announced
The Indie Acoustic Project (IAP) announced the finalists for the IAP’s "Best CDs of 2006" Awards. The 3 finalists in each of 15 categories were…
Sami Singer Sofia Jannok Will Perform in Washington DC
The Embassy of Sweden will be presenting a concert April 13th at the House of Sweden in Washington DC with Sami singer Sofia Jannok, who…
The McDades win Juno Award
The McDades won the award for Best Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) in the 2007 Juno Awards, for their CD Bloom. They…
A Flamenco Soul in France
Sylvie Paz Tirititrán (self release, 2007) Sylvia Paz is a French musician and singer-songwriter of Spanish origin, based in Marseilles. For many years, she was…
Teaching Community Building Through African Drumming
Munpurugu, Munpurugu, Munpurugu Introduction: Do the above words sound strange to you? Not to students of Applied Music in a high school in New York…
Echoes of Radio Tarifa
Benjamín Escoriza Alevanta! (18 Chulos Records, 2006/Riverboat Records-World Music Network, 2007) One of the most charismatic singers in the Spanish world music scene, Benjamín Escoriza,…
Golden Horn Records Releases Budowitz Live by Klezmer Band Budowitz
Walnut Creek (California), USA – Budowitz Live is the new recording by Budowitz, the international klezmer band of musicians from Hungary, Germany and the United…
Stephen Marley’s Mind Control Debuts #1 on Top Reggae Chart
New York (NY), USA – Stephen Marley , GRAMMY winning artist and producer notched a #1 debut with his acclaimed new solo debut album Mind…
Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Finalists Announced
Wilkesboro (North Carolina), USA – Wilkes Community College will produce MerleFest 2007, Presented by Lowe’s, on April 26 – 29 on its campus in Wilkesboro,…
La Vie en Rose Official Motion Picture Soundtrack Will Be Released in May
Hollywood (California), USA – EMI Classics / EMI Music Catalog Marketing will release the official motion picture soundtrack to La Vie en Rose, the dramatic…