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).…
Whole Music Experience: New Music Blog
Seattle, Washington–Patricia Herlevi, founder of Cranky Crow Whole Music launched a new blog, Whole Music Experience. The blog has been created for musicians, sound healers,…
The Rough Guide To The Blues CD
San Francisco, USA – From the hardship suffered by black sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta nearly a hundred years ago, the blues, a deep soulful…
One Man, Lots of Pan
Andy Narell Tatoom (Heads Up International HUCD 3122, 2007) "Music For Steel Orchestra" states the cover of this CD. What’s not apparent until you read…
Brazilian Samba Hits Home (Jazz in India-Jazz in Goa)
Mandu Sarara means “the blonde Portuguese men” in Toopee Guarani, a language spoken by some tribes in Brazil and is the name of the band…
Garifuna Roots Replanted
Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective Watina (Cumbancha CMB-CD-3, 2007) The Garifuna of Central America, descendants of African slaves who survived a 17th century shipwreck…
A Twist of Fado
RosaNegra Fado Ladino (ARC Music EUCD 2046, 2007) It’s really only the singing on this disc that conjures up the blue moods of Portuguese fado…
Tala Power (Jazz in India)
The "Farewell’ Tala" show was a non starter due to the heavy rains in Mumbai which threw everything out of gear at the physical realm.…
Festival season begins at the Langerado Music Festival with three full days of music in Florida on March 9, 10, and 11
Sunrise (Florida), USA – The Langerado Music Festival is known for kicking off the country’s festival season each March by attracting thousands of music lovers…
La Kinky Beat Tours the World
Barcelona, Spain – Spanish mestizo band La Kinky Beat continues the travel to South America through Brasil. This Friday, February 9th, the band will play…
The Rough Guide to Salsa Dura New York City
San Francisco (California), USA – The Rough Guide series focuses on salsa music created in New York. With its thrilling, fast paced energy and hot-blooded…