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).…
The trio plays on
Vasen Trio (NorthSide) Swedish folk-roots group Vasen now appears with two lineups, the original trio formed in 1989 by nyckelharpa player Olov Johansson, viola player…
Pancho Quinto’s Percussion Quintessence
Pancho Quinto Rumba Sin Fronteras (Riverboat Records/World Music Network TUGCD1031, 2003) A true master percussionist from a land that has produced many, Cuba’s Pancho Quinto…
Gigi in the background
Gigi Illuminated Audio (Palm Pictures, 2002) This review starts with the question, where’s Gigi? The Ethiopian vocalist sensation’s talent has been relegated to a musical…
Extraordinary Scottish Music
Shooglenifty The Arms Dealer’s Daughter (Compass Records 74362 2, 2003) Shooglenifty is an instrumental band that is creating new ways of expression for Scottish music.…
Playing in Interesting Times
Written by Susan T. Rivers Ali Jihad Racy was five years old, at his mother’s knee, when he fell in love with music. “She played…
Strictly Mundial Istanbul 2004
Istanbul, Turkey – Istanbul will host the 4th edition of the World Music Fiesta, Conference & Fair known as Strictly Mundial. The event will take…
Journey through the outback
Peter Gabriel The Long Walk Home – The Rabbit-Proof Fence (Real World/Narada, 2002) Die hard Peter Gabriel fans and collectors of international movie soundtracks are…
The San Francisco Jazz Festival Features World Music
San Francisco, USA (PRWEB) — SFJAZZ is proud to announce the line-up for the 21st Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival presented by Target Stores, a…
Ghanaian drummer Yacub Addy & Wynton Marsalis on BET
New York, USA – This season’s JOURNEY WITH JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER television series on the BET Jazz Chanel includes two programs in which Ghanaian…
Rumbón Tropical, New Cuban Video
San Francisco, USA – Boogalu Productions has announced the release of a new film of Cuban rumba called Rumbón Tropical featuring the Cuban music and…