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).…
Tropical Folk and Roots Festival in the Canary Islands
La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands), Spain – The eighth edition of the “Tropical Folk y Raíces” world music festival, will be held May 18 –…
Indian Kathak and Spanish Flamenco Intersect in “De Sevilla” Debut
Maha Akhtar will connect India and Andalusia to New York City when she teams with Spanish dancer, choreographer and mentor Juan Polvillo on May 10th…
Joe Vasconcellos Composes the Official Theme for the Dalai Lama’s Visit to Chile
Author: Timothy Bisig Chilean artist Joe Vasconcellos was asked to compose the official song for the visit of the Dalai Lama in Chile happening this…
3rd Freemuse World Conference in Istanbul
The 3rd international conference on music and censorship will take place in Istanbul, 25- 26 November, 2006. The conference will be hosted by Istanbul…
Merlefest 2006 Podcast
Nashville (Tennessee), USA – Sugar Hill Records has released a Merlefest podcast. it includes informal interviews with Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), Chris Eldridge (The Stringdusters),…
Ben Sures Wins John Lennon Songwriting Award
Toronto, Canada – Toronto’s Ben Sures has picked up this year’s John Lennon Songwriting Award in the folk category; he is the only Canadian among…
Yoshi’s Jazz House Celebrates the CD Release of Descarga En California
Yoshi’s Jazz House, in Oakland, will celebrate May 17th the release of fiery pianist and composer Rebeca Mauleón’s new CD, Descarga en California. On the…
Soulfège, Live Hip-Hop, Highlife and Reggae Jam in New York
New York (New York), USA – Soulfège will perform Thursday May 11th at 9:30pm at Makor, Steinhardt Building, 35 West 67th Street, New York. Fusing…
Bruce Molsky Debuts Album
I really wanted to be in New Orleans this past weekend. The Jazz & Heritage Festival was calling to me like troubadour calling for his…
A Musical Balancing Act
Sara Tavares Balancê (Times Square Records TSQ-CD-9054, 2006) Let me first disclose that I haven’t the computer knowhow to type this album’s title with the…