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).…
WOMEX 2005 Jury Announced
UK – The organizers of WOMEX, the largest world music conference, announced the name of the The 7 Samurai. This is the name given to…
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico Present Sumiglia
Savina Yannatou – Sumiglia (ECM, 2005) Sumiglia is Savina Yannatou’s first ECM studio album and her first creative collaboration with producer Manfred Eicher. Pooling songs…
Sparkling Sikus
Oscar Reynolds Rio de luz/River of light (Karumanta 006, 2004) San Franciso-based Oscar Reynolds hails originally from Bolivia, the country one most associates with his…
Nordic Folk Ambience Recorded at Emanuel Vigeland’s Mausoleum
Unni Løvlid is back with a new recording. Vita is released by Grappa Musikkforlag, and the recording was made by Helge Sten at the Emanuel…
Didjeridu Travelling Songs
Didjeridu – Travelling Songs (AARC Music EUCD1876) is the latest release by Charlie McMahon & Gondwana. With more than forty years of didjeridu playing Charlie…
Czech These Latin Sounds
Marta Topferova La Marea (World Village 468040, 2005) The former Czechoslovakia wouldn’t be very high up on anyone’s list of Latin music hot spots, but…
The Soul of Nazareth
Oslo, Norway – Palestinian singer Rim Banna has a new album entitled The Mirrors of My Soul (KKV FXCD 288, 2005). Through two other KKV…
Indie Acoustic Project: Best CDs of 2004 Finalists
The Indie Acoustic Project has announced the finalists for the IAP’s "Best CDs of 2004" Awards. The 3 finalists in each of 14 categories were…
King Sunny Ade & Prince Obi Osadebe Tour North America
King Sunny Ade has never toured North America like this before. As one of the earlier “world music” performers to reach the global stage, Nigeria’s…
Altan\’s Local Ground
Altan Local Ground (Narada70876-19196-2 2, 2005) Altan is one of the most veteran acts in the Irish folk music scene. Their style has created many…