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).…
Emery Pow-Wow Songs Recorded Live
Phoenix(Arizona), USA – Emery -Pow-Wow Songs Recorded Live at the Indian Summer, features award winning pow-wow group, Tha Tribe, bringing together noted singers from many…
New World Music Venue in London
Half The World is a new venture for London, an occasional season of live world music gigs being staged at Live On The Park below…
The Music Imperative
Every once in a while, when the international, national and local news aren’t quite enough to send me into a crazed frenzy, I wander over…
Rough Guides to Malaysia and African Gold
San Francisco (California), USA – World Music Network announced the release of two new Rough Guide CDs: The Rough Guide to West African Gold and…
Legendary Brazilian Composer and Arranger Moacir Santos Dies at 80 Years Of Age
Moacir Santos, the legendary composer and arranger whose body of work served to expand popular preconceptions of Brazilian music beyond bossa nova and Musica Popular…
Afro-Peruvian Electronica
San Francisco (California), USA – With their first international release, Afro (distributed in the US through Quango Music Group), the four Lima-based producers known as…
Nickel Creek Mandolinist Chris Thile Releases Solo Album
How to Grow a Woman From the Ground is the title of the new album by Nickel Creek mandolinist and vocalist Chris Thile. For the…
Isthmus Presence
Various Artists Panama! Latin, Calypso and Funk on the Isthmus 1965-75 (Soundway Records SNDWCD007, 2006) My CD collection wasn’t previously blessed with music from Panama,…
National Geographic’s World Music Initiative Brings Geography to Life
Washington (DC), USA – National Geographic announced the launch of a music initiative that offers consumers the soundtrack of the world, from traditional roots music…
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson
New York (NY), USA – Rodale has published Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson by Peter Ames…