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).…
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Shines on Live at Montreux DVD
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live at Montreux (Eagle Rock Entertainment, 2005) Audiences all the world over have been amazed and awestruck by South Africa’s treasured a…
Bi Kidude Honored with World Music Award
Zanzibar, Tanzania – Facing stiff competition from the likes of Peter Gabriel, Miriam Makeba and many others, at the recent World Music Expo (WOMEX) in…
The Paul Winter Consort’s Silver Solstice Celebration
Blomington (Indiana), USA – The Paul Winter Consort has released Silver Solstice, a CD with Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble, Davy Spillane, Mickey Hart, Arto Tunçboyaciyan, and…
Music Industry Goes Global Against Internet Piracy
In an attempt to stem the flow of illegal Internet file sharing, the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has commenced new legal assaults…
The Life Aquatic’Features Complete Studio Sessions by Brazil’s Seu Jorge for Hollywood Records Soundtrack
Burbank (California), USA – (PRNewswire) – When The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou premiered last December, critics and moviegoers were impressed not only with Oscar-nominated…
Second International Symposium on the Music of Africa
The Department of Music at Princeton University will host a Second International Symposium on the Music of Africa on December 9th and 10th, 2005 in…
Benin’s Big Brass Blow
Gangbe Brass Band Whendo (World Village 468050, 2005) The colonization of many an African nation in the 19th century brought European music to those countries…
Star Packed Bluegrass Hits on Rounder
Cambridge (Massachusetts), USA – Bluegrass Hits, featuring various artists, is a hit-packed compilation released by Rounder Records. The album includes some of the biggest names…
Rachid Taha, Brian Eno and Special Guests Will Perform in Support of the Stop The War Coalition
London, England – Rachid Taha has joined forces with Brian Eno and special guests Nitin Sawhney and Imogen Heap to present a special fund raising…
WOMEX 2005, Largest World Music Conference a Winner
Newcastle, UK – With the ceremonial granting of the WOMEX Award 2005 to Zanzibar’s legendary Bi Kidude, the world’s biggest expo for World Music and…