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).…
fresh sounds from today’s brazil
London, England – Manteca Records, in the UK, has released Nu Brazil – Fresh sounds from Today’s Brazil (MANTDCD217). In the 21st century the music…
In Search of Traditional Rumba Songs
(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – A meeting to recover unpublished rumbas is taking place at Martinez Villena Hall in the National Union of…
CD Review: Sinikka Langeland
Cranky Crow World Music Celebrates Its First Birthday
Seattle, USA – The world music Web site run by one of World Music Central’s main collaborators is celebrating its first birthday. Starting on a…
DAFT-Tour
Germany – The German American Song Festival on Tour – 2003 (DAFT-Tour) presents from June 26 – July 7 six song poets from Germany and…
32nd Annual NW Folklife Festival
32nd Annual Northwest Folklife Festival Seattle Center, Seattle, WashingtonMemorial Day Weekend 2003 It’s been a few years since I have attended the Northwest Folklife Festival…
Classic Dub Reissues Strip Reggae to the Roots
Augustus Pablo – Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Fire House (Shanachie SH 45055, 2003) Ja-Man All Stars – In the Dub Zone (Blood and…
Toronto, Harbourfront Centre Summer Festivals – Music Overview
Toronto, Canada – The influence of Cuban music styles on popular African World music is revealed with the first Toronto appearances by acclaimed Afro-Cuban Senegalese…
Reconfigured Burning Sky Should Still Score with Native American Music Fans
Burning Sky Spirits in the Wind (Canyon Records CR-7047, 2002) Pared down to the duo of Aaron White and Kelvin Mockingbird (both of whom are…
Baikouba Badji and Modibo Traore – Babu Casamance!
Baikouba Badji and Modibo Traore Babu Casamance! (Cafe Tilibo, 2003) Modibo Traore has a mission. Visit his website and you’ll notice an emphasis on leprosy…