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).…
Unwilling Accomplices
Famed journalist Edward R. Murrow once said, “No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” I began to wonder if…
The Hidden Gate – Jewish Music Around the World
Boston, USA – The Hidden Gate – Jewish Music Around the World on Rounder Records was released this week. From Biblical beginnings, Jewish culture and…
Music Industry to Take File-Sharers to Court
Durham, NC, USA – Last Thursday the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced a change in tactics in its battle against Internet file trading…
Viking Ice And Epic Sagas
Steindór Andersen Rimur – Icelandic chants (Naxos World, 76031-2, 2003) Predating Christianity in the Nordic countries, the Vikings practiced a pantheistic religion and various myths…
020 Tangorock Band
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 020 (zero2zero) has released its debut album, End of Illusions, on Constitution Music Records. The band, based in Buenos Aires is…
Yaya Diallo’s Upcoming Album "Live at Club Soda"
Canada – Yaya Diallo’s upcoming album Live at Club Soda with his band Kanza is reminiscent of 1950’s rock-n-roll and blues. It features saxophone, electric…
La Ruta de los Foramontanos by Balbarda
Balbarda La Ruta de los Foramontanos (self produced, 2002) Madrid has become a hot spot for world music and contemporary folk bands. Balbarda is yet…
Vivid by Najma
Najma Vivid (Mondo Melodia 1868500752, 2003) It’s been a while since I heard anything by Najma and I have to say that it was worth…
The Parap of Sarawak
Parap is a folklore song sung mainly among the Kayan-Kenyah tribes of Sarawak (Malaysia). It is a song relating expressions of love, happiness, loneliness and…
Book on History of Rock Music in Cuba Soon at Local Book Stores
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – The book John Lennon in Havana with a little help from my friends, by Cuban writer and music…