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).…
Another Blue Moon, a tribute to a hallowed tradition of the Sarod
Arnab Chakrabarty, a young Indian sarod virtuoso, has released his debut album of Hindustani sarod music. Another Blue Moon, produced by Indian Ocean Records, a…
Nominees For The Bollywood Music Awards Chosen
New York, USA – Over the past weeks the jury for the U.S. based Bollywood Music Awards have cast their ballots for the best five…
Austrian-Palestinian Musician Deported by Israeli Authorities
East Jerusalem – Artist Marwan Abado, an Austrian National of Palestinian origin, was detained immediately upon his arrival into Tel Aviv airport on Sunday 20th…
New CD by Hindustani Classical Vocalist
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – A new music CD titled Sarathi has just been released in Canada containing the Khayal performance by one of the rising…
The Indian Way
Joseph Fire Crow Legend of the Warrior (Makoche Recording Company, 2003) There seems to be no shortage of Native American flautists or a shortage of…
35 Artists Selected for the Flamenco Song, Guitar and Dance at the Festival del Cante de Las Minas
La Unión, Murcia, Spain – The renowned flamenco festival, Festival Internacional Del Cante De Las Minas, has just announced the finalists for its annual contest.…
Can Today\’s Rock Become Tomorrow\’s Classical?
Preface: For the following article I have chosen The Hampton String Quartet® as the premier example of a classical string quartet that plays arrangements of…
Spoons and Fiddles
Le Vent du Nord Maudite Moisson [damned good harvest] (Borealis, 2003) Quebecois musician and dancer Benoit Bourque (Matapat) brought the traditional group Le Vent du…
Nataraj XT New Album
Marseilles, France – The Electro Indian band Nataraj XT, selected at MIDEM 2000 in Cannes as Electro Talents, is releasing its new album Ocean Birds…
Review for The Music of Martinique
Wapa Sakitanou The Music of Martinique (ARC Music 1790, 2003) Looking for something a little different? Say, Caribbean? ARC Music’s The Music of Martinique features…