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).…
MerleFest 2005 Draws Record Participation of 82,666
Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA – An extraordinary line-up greeted record crowds to MerleFest 2005, the 18th annual festival in celebration of the music of the…
Native American Recreations
Spooky Actions Songs of the Nations (Muse eek MSK119, 2004) Saying that something is original is overstated frequently by many publicists and artists. In this…
Enter the 2005 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
Nashville, Tennessee, USA – Now in its fourth year, ISC is an annual songwriting competition that provides songwriters and musicians the opportunity to gain exposure…
Worldstock 2005 – "A World of Music in Los Angeles\"
Los Angeles, California, USA – Worldstock 2005 is an all-day celebration of music, art, and culture produced by the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Ethnomusicology…
Oliver Mtukudzi Comments on Nhava, His New Album
Zimbabwean guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi has an ew recording entitled Nhava. It is the latest installment in Heads Up International’s critically acclaimed Heads…
Mtukudzi Bags One
Oliver Mtukudzi Nhava (Heads Up International HUCD 3102, 2005) Like many listeners, I was first captivated by the music of Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi when Putumayo…
\"Performance Planet\" Music Series Features Rumba Troupe Raices Habaneras on May 7
Long Island City, New York, USA – Rumba, the spirit and soul of Afro-Cuban music and dance, will be performed at the LaGuardia Performing Art…
Debut Album from Heather Macleod, Crossing Tides
Scotland, UK – Scottish singer-songwriter Heather Macleod launched her debut album, Crossing Tides (LEOD001CD), with a concert at Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow earlier this…
The Ninth Arabic Music Retreat at Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA – The Ninth Arabic Music Retreat is scheduled for August 13-20, 2005 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The…
Fuji Vibes and Afrobeat: Brothers Keepers Mastermind Bantu Joins Piranha
Berlin, Germany – Fuji Satisfaction – Soundclash In Lagos (Piranha PIR-CD1998) is the latest album Nigerian/German musical collective Brothers Keepers. The band plays “heavy Yoruba…