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).…
Jazz in Mumbai, India
The Starters & More jazz night at Eros building, opposite Churchgate station, has become the only regular live jazz event in Mumbai. The event takes…
Cape Breton International Drum Festival Announces Full Line Up For 2006
The organizers of the Cape Breton International Drum Festival – Bruce and Gloria Jean Aitken announced the full line up for the 6th annual ECMA…
Grooving with Afro-Colombian Cumbia
Folklore Urbano – Dance Baile (Chonta Records Chon 001, 2005) Chonta Records, a new record label based in New York, has certainly made a great…
Alchemy, A Tribute to Frankie Malabe
Alchemy- A Tribute to Frankie Malabe (Melantone Music), is an example of what happens when a musical essence incarnates in a different place and time.…
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas on Tour
Early in 2006, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will take the on-going Fire and Grace tour to the Northwest US and Canada. the duo has…
Songs Of The Volcano, Untainted Guitars of Papua New Guinea
San Francisco (California), USA – Bob Brozman collaborates with Papua New Guinea Stringbands on Songs Of The Volcano (Riverboat Records/World Music Network TUGCD1040). Guitarist Bob…
Coco Mbassi Tour DVD Released
London, UK – Coco Mbassi has released her first live DVD, which includes performances in Freiburg, Germany and Duala, Cameroon. The multiple award nominee and…
Afghan Children CD: Alocha
Copenhagen, Denmark – Freemuse has supported the ever first production of a CD by and for Afghan children. It was recorded in Hamburg, where Hadia…
The Samba of Roda and the Ramlila proclaimed Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Paris, France – The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, proclaimed in November 43 new Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritages of Humanity. Traditional Indian…
New CD by O-Hum: Persian Underground Rock Music
Rock music, Persian classical music instruments and modes, studio sound wizardry, with lyrics by two of the most prominent figures of Persian classical literature, Hafez…