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).…
Johnny Clegg supported by Inemo: Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London W12
Concert review by Debbie Golt Inemo are a really rock solid UK afro beat / funk band led by the eponymous Nigerian born Inemo who…
Los Cocorocos Brings Together Salsa and Reggaetón Acts
Miami (Florida), USA – Los Cocorocos is the first release to be launched by indie CMG (Coalition Music Group) distributed by Universal/MOTOWN. Los Cocorocos is…
Bluegrass Guitar Pioneer Josh Graves Dies
Josh Graves passed away Sept. 30, 2006. Born in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. in 1928, Graves played a major role in bringing the resonator guitar to…
Renowned Celtic Music Star Loreena McKennitt Talks About Her New Album An Ancient Muse
Celtic composer and instrumentalist Loreena McKennitt has a new recording out. An Ancient Muse is her seventh full-length studio album. “This record is a little…
Latin Guitar with Heavy Metal Attitude
Ireland – Rodrigo y Gabriela is a Mexican guitar duo that has had tremendous success in Ireland with their self titled album, Rodrigo y Gabriela…
The Rough Guide to South Africa, 2nd Edition
Three years after the original bestselling edition of The Rough Guide To The Music Of South Africa (which sold over 40,000 CDs) was deleted, a…
Smithsonian Folkways Releases Latest CD by Iraqi ‘Ud Master Rahim Alhaj
Washington (DC), USA – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has released Rahim AlHaj‘s ‘When the Soul Is Settled: Music of Iraq. AlHaj has given performances around the…
Noor Inayat Khan Inspired CD
London born, New York based world-fusion songwriter and composer Geoffrey Armes announced the release of Noor, his sixth solo CD, a suite of music inspired…
Concert Series of Anjan Chattopadhyay in the Summer Of 2007
The Academy Of Indian Music And Fine Arts (AIMFA), in Baltimore, USA, announced a 3 month long concert series of Indian Classical Music by the…
The Chéhadé brothers
The Chéhadé brothers are singer-songwriters from Jerusalem. They were born and raised in a family where art had an important place. Their home was an…