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).…
Africa Calling
Various Artists Live 8 at Eden Africa Calling (Real World/Rhino R2 970505, 2005) Live 8 at Eden – Africa Calling was part of the Live…
Reporter Klive Walker Investigates the Reggae Underground
Tontonto, Canada – Insomniac Press has published Dubwise (ISBN 1-894663-96-9), a book by Toronto-based music writer Klive Walker. On Dubwise Walker takes a fresh look…
Babble Brook: Sui Vesan
Sui Vesan Merging with the Brook (World Village, 2006) Sui Vesan might be called a contemporary Persephone, you know, the Greek underworld priestess that gained…
globalFEST returns in 2006 with a Hot Ticket
New York, USA – World music festival and showcase globalFEST returns to New York City in January of 2006. This year it has expanded to…
Amadou and Mariam’s Best out of Three
Amadou and Mariam The Best of Amadou and Mariam: Je Pense a Toi (Circular Moves/Universal CIM 7019, 2005) Their current album, a brilliant patchwork collaboration…
Chalghi ElSaffar Ensemble in Chicago
Xauen Music presents the Chalghi ElSaffar Ensemble as part of its Arabesque Chicago concert series on Wednesday, January 11 at 8:00 p.m. at Raven Theatre’s…
Son de la Frontera, Cuban Tres Joins Flamenco Tradition
New York (New York), USA – Son de la Frontera (Sound of the Frontier), an unconventional Flamenco ensemble from southern Spain will bring its new…
Picturing the Banjo, an Exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington
Washington (D.C.), USA – Picturing the Banjo will be the first exhibition to underscore the banjo’s symbolism in American art from the eighteenth century through…
World Music Conference Babel Med Music 2006
Marseilles, France – The second edition of Babel Med Music will take place at the Dock des Suds in Marseilles (France) from 16th to 18th…
Roger Scannura Releases Noche Flamenca
Toronto, Canada – Canadian flamenco guitarist, Roger Scannura has just released his sixth disc titled ‘Noche Flamenca‘, an homage to Jerez, Spain and the improvised…