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).…
World Music Showcasing at Folk Alliance
Silver Spring, USA – The North American Folk Alliance will be having a world music showcase again in 2002. It is accepting showcase applications for…
Steel Pan Master Andy Narell Releases 2 CD live set
Cleveland, USA – Steel pan virtuoso Andy Narell has recorded a double live album, Live in South Africa, for the Heads Up International label. Narell…
Selection to Showcase at Strictly Mundial 2001
Salvador, Brazil – The Instituto Cultural Casa Via Magia, in partnership with EFWMF – European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals, is delighted to announce that…
Septet Groups In Havana
(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – As a special moment in Cuban culture, the 6th National Septet Gathering “Ignacio Piñeiro” takes place on May 12-14 in …
Top World Music Artists at Barbican Center, London
London, England – In the urban sprawl, permanence and longevity is out and change is the only constant. Cultures meet. Traditions merge. Hybrids flower. Over…
Benefit Album Encuentros con La Habana
Madrid, Spain – The solidarity of some of the best Cuban and Spanish singer songwriters enters a new stage with Encuentros con La Habana (Havana…
Dance Day April 29th 2001 in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand – UNESCO originally initiated “Dance Day” back in 1982, every year since; the event has been held on 29th April in all major…
Exiled Artists Refuse Contacts With Fellow Cubans
(Prensa Latina) San José, Costa Rica – Exiled artists refuse contacts with the island’s fellow countrymen, stated singer-song writer Pablo Milanés in San José (Costa…
Transglobal Underground’s Latest CD
Los Angeles, USA – On April 17 the global music collective known as TransGlobal Underground released its new album on Mondo Rhythmica/Ark 21 Records. With…
Popular Cuban Musician Remembered
(Prensa Latina) Bayamo, Cuba – The artistic creation of Manzanillo singer songwriter Carlos Puebla (1917- 1989) places him among popular Cuban music’s top musicians, said…