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).…
A Double Dose of Celtic Music from Compass Records
Nashville (Tennessee), USA – Compass Records has announced the release of Oisín McAuley’s (Danú) solo debut, Far From the Hills of Donegal and the duet…
Half The World Returns to London for a New Season of Live World Music
London, UK – Half The World is a new venture for London, an occasional season of live world music gigs being staged at Live On…
Cowboy Junkies, Donegal Connections and Real World Artists at Celtic Connections 2007 on Wednesday 31st January
Glasgow , Scotland – Celtic Connections welcomes Peter Gabriel’s record label to the festival to present its first ever Scottish showcase. Elsewhere today, a special…
Donegal Connections at Celtic Connections 2007
Glasgow , Scotland – Thanks to its geographic proximity, Donegal has always been the most Scottish of Ireland’s counties. Its connections with Glasgow, in particular,…
Freemuse Publishes Hidden Truths – Music, Politics and Censorship in Lukashenkas’ Belarus
Copenhagen, Denmark – In its latest report on music and freedom of expression around the world, Freemuse turns its attention to Belarus, an authoritarian former…
Live Real World Party at Celtic Connections 2007 in Glasgow
UK – Real World Records will have a party on Wednesday 31 January 2007 at 8.30pm at The Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow, as part of…
Flutes of the World and Ballads of the Book at Celtic Connections 2007
Glasgow, Scotland – Some highlights from Tuesday’s Celtic Connections 2007 line-up include a live realization of the highly-anticipated Ballads of the Book project, a visit…
Ballads of the Book at Celtic Connections 2007
Glasgow, Scotland – Ballads of the Book is an album of collaborations between Scotland’s top writers, poets and musicians. The brainchild of Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble,…
Classical Music Hawaiian Style
New York (NY), USA – Guitarist Keola Beamer’s sixth Dancing Cat album, Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow), is not a…
New CD by Eastern experimentalists Joi on Real World Records
UK – Having blazed a trail in the mid-1980s with their DJ-led mix of brittle breakbeats and flowing Eastern grooves – a trail that the…