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).…
Neapolitan Art Song Publisher Luigi Rossi Dies at 95
Luigi Rossi, owner of E. Rossi & Co. in Little Italy, died Saturday of kidney failure. He was 95 years old. Rossi was born in…
Electric Levantine by Murat Ses
Electric Levantine (Clou Records Clou-007 and on digital portals iTunes, aol.de, etc) Electric Levantine (2006) is Murat Ses’ sixth solo album following Binfen 2005 Remix…
David Krakauer Teams with DJ Socalled on Bubbemeises: Lies My Gramma Told Me
On Bubbemeises: Lies My Gramma Told Me (Label Bleu), David Krakauer teams up with Jewish hip hop beat architect Socalled. The album includes remixed Hasidic…
Cuban Musician and Cha-Cha-Chá Composer Richard Egües Dies at 82
Havana, Cuba – Cuban media reported that composer and flute player Richard Egües, who wrote the popular cha-cha-chá “El Bodeguero”, died at 82 on September…
Rita Marley Will Bring Africa Unite to South Africa in 2007
Los Angeles (California), USA – Rita Marley on behalf of The Bob & Rita Marley Foundations announced at a press conference in South Africa yesterday…
World Music Labels Receive WOMEX & WMCE Awards
This year, WOMEX, together with its partners at the World Music Charts Europe have decided to award labels instead of chart-topping world music CDs. “In…
2007 Mantra International World Music Festival
The 2007 Mantra International World Music Festival will be held on February 9, 10, 11th, 2007. The Mantra International World Music Festival is about Music…
Four new World Fusion releases on the Net Dot Music label
Boston (Massachusetts), USA – Net Dot Music, Inc. announces the simultaneous release of four new full-length CDs in the jazz/world fusion genres by bass guitar…
The Pan Global Cargo of Darko Rundek
Mhm A-Ha Oh Yeah Da-Da is the latest release by Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar on Piranha Musik. The CD’s songs tell of the loneliness…
Natacha Atlas at Madison World Music Festival
Madison (Wisconsin), USA – Natacha Atlas, winner of the Best World Music Act/Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, jumpstarts Madison World Music Festival and World Stage Series…