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).…
New Old Sounds from Xavier Quijas Yxayotl
Xavier Quijas Yxayotl Aztec Dances (Canyon Records CR-7045) Mexican-born flute player Xavier Quijas Yxayotl continues to tap into the ancient yet strangely refined sounds of…
Nightclub in the Jungle
London, England – Martin Cradick of Baka Beyond is back from Africa where he and the Baka built a Music House which will function as…
Baka Beyond – A Celtic Heart With the Beat of an African Drum
Baka Beyond East to West (Narada World 72435-43725-2-0) It’s been a decade since Baka Beyond’s Spirit of the Forest, a landmark collaboration in which eclectic…
Africa-Pella by Alain Nkossi Konda
Alain Nkossi Konda Africa-Pella(Afrikool Music Productions–Germany, 2003) While there is plenty of folk roots music coming from the African continent, a multitude of African pop…
Hassan Hakmoun To Tour Canada
Moroccan Gnawa Music Master Hassan Hakmoun, recipient of this year’s American Federation of Independent Music (AFIM) Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album for The…
Sones Jarochos from Veracruz
Washington, DC, USA – Smithsonian Folkways has released a new album of sones jarochos from the Mexican state of Veracruz, La Bamba – Sones Jarochos from…
Brazil at Jazz en la Costa, Spain
Almuñécar, Granada, Spain – This year’s theme of the Jazz en la Costa festival is Brazil. Several top Brazilian guests will be performing there: Jorge…
CD Review: Au-Dela Des Mots by Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell Au-Dela Des Mots (Disque Dreyfus FDM 36224-2, 2002) It is many years since Renaissance of the Celtic Harp brought Stivell’s work to my…
Tamburaland Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA – Tamburaland Festival is a festival of tamburica music featuring 10 top tamburica orchestras from across North America. The event is held…
Sonora Carruseles, US Tour
Los Angeles, USA – The popular Colombian salsa group Sonora Carruseles will be touring the United States again in June and July 2003. Tour dates…