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).…
Master Jembe Drummer Mamady Kourouma in Boston
Master drummer Mamady Kourouma will be teaching workshops December 2, 3 and 4 of 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). The workshops will be held at…
Irish Christmas in America – US December tour featuring Téada, Cathie Ryan, stepdancing and more
Connecticut, USA – Irish Christmas in America, a 15-city tour including New York, Washington, Berkeley and Dallas, will bring the spirit of Christmas on a…
Dream Walkers and Global Rockers
Kan’Nal Dreamwalker (Physiks Records [no number], 2005) Difficult to label yet strangely compelling because of that very difficulty, the music of Kan’Nal is a tightly…
Souad not so sad
Souad Massi – Mesk Elil (Universal Music France, 2005) A softer, more centered Souad Massi greets us upon our entry to this, her third album.…
Italian Singer-Songwriter Gianmaria Testa Performs At Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago (Illinois), USA – On Thursday, November 3 at 7 pm, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs presents the Chicago debut of Italian singer-songwriter Gianmaria…
Salif keeps up the momentum
Salif Keita – M’Bemba [Ancestor] (Universal Jazz, 2005) Salif Keita’s Soro is one of the few Afro-fusion releases to truly cross over into the mainstream.Soro…
Rolas de Aztlan: Songs of the Chicano Movement
Washington (District of Columbia), USA – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings recently released Rolas de Aztlan: Songs of the Chicano Movement, a compilation of 19 tracks recorded…
Kiran, Ghazals To Die For
Kiran Ahluwalia – Kiran Ahluwalia (Triloka Records, 2005) It’s a long time since we’ve heard ghazal in a crossed-over format as good as this. The blend…
Are you listening? Jazz in Goa
Author: Armando Gonsalves Isn’t music the surest way to being alive? If the God’s are happy with music, can mortals be far behind? To ‘see…
Straight from the Heart
Author: Armando Gonsalves The second Jazz monsoon session at Gonsalves Mansion, Campal was all from the physical realm. Everything else that followed was from the…