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).…
Palm World Voices Africa, a Stunning Collection of Song, Video, Photography, and Design
Various Artists Palm World Voices Africa (Palm Pictures/Universal Music, 2005) We get some really fabulous CDs here at World Music Central, but Palm World Voices‘…
The Secret Life of Sound
Touch the Sound (Germany) Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer Featuring: Evelyn Glennie & Fred Frith For those who have ever wondered where a musician draws her…
Comoran Artist Nawal Tours North America
USA – Nawal ~ Voice of the Comoros began her North American tour with performances at the Chicago World Music Festival and will continue to…
Musyka Festival of Polish Music at British University
Thames Valley University in Ealing, West London, is to host a festival of Polish music to demonstrate the depth and breadth of Poland’s unique musical…
Anoushka Shankar Goes World Beat
Anoushka Shankar Rise (Angel Records/EMI, 2005) Anoushka Shankar has emerged from the shadows of her famed father and teacher Ravi Shankar in her latest offering,…
Musicport World Music Festival line-up
The full line-up for the UK’s largest indoor World Music Festival is now available. Whitby Musicport World Music Festival will be held October 21-23, 2005.…
Scintilating Dance Recital by Niveditha Parthasarathy
Smt. Niveditha Parthasararthy & her Troupe consisting of Kumari’s Ishwarya, Meenakshi & Smt. Gayathri presented an excellent show for the 70th foundation course for All…
The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival 2005
North Carolina, USA – The fifth Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival, set for Oct. 6-9 in Silk Hope, North Carolina, is bursting with North Carolina talent.…
Southern Style Pawnee Pow-wow Music
Phoenix (Arizona), USA – Young Bird, of Pawnee, Oklahoma, marks their eleventh recording for Canyon Records with the release of Memories, an album of southern…
The Indian Origin of the Guitar
The guitar is one of the most dominant instruments in the realm of instrumental music covering tunes of light music, western, Indian or classical music.…