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).…
Artist Profiles: Anouar Kaddour Cherif
Anouar Kaddour Cherif was born in Sétif in Algeria. He is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and band leader rooted in the classical music traditions of North…
Tião Carvalho at Mestre dos Saberes Festival, a Showcase of Traditional Brazilian Music Masters
Por Do Som presented a new showcase of Brazilian artists in December 2021. The festival called “Mestre dos Saberes” (masters of knowledge) paid tribute to…
Refreshing Caribbean Kreyol Afro-Futurism from Dowdelin
Lanmou Lanmou (Underdog Records) is the new album from an excellent Kreyol Afro-Futurist band called Dowdelin. The bands’s sound is grounded in French Caribbean traditional…
Celtic Woman Charms with Postcards from Ireland
Celtic Woman – Postcards from Ireland (Manhattan Records, 2021) ‘Postcards from Ireland’ is the new album from popular all-female group Irish music act Celtic Woman.…
Palimpsesto to Celebrate Iberian and Mediterranean Music in 2022
Palimpsesto is a new music series that will showcase the music of Iberia and the Mediterranean as well. The event will take between January and…
Malian Musical Instrument Bolon in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
This week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added the bolon (also spelled m’bolon and nbolon) to the List of Intangible Cultural…
Rembrandt Trio Releases A Wind Invisible Sweeps Us Through The World
Dutch ensemble Rembrandt Trio has released a new album titled “A Wind Invisible Sweeps Us Through The World” (Just Listen Records, 2021). After playing together…
Congolese Rumba Inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Congolese rumba, a popular and influential musical genre and dance from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo was inscribed in…
B-Sides, the latest from Proekt Polotentse
Russian act Proekt Polotentse (Проект Полотенце) has a new independent release titled B-Sides. The Moscow-based duo includes Alexander Polyushkin and Olga Zrilina. The EP includes…
Open Call to World Music Artists, Andrea Parodi Prize 2022
The Andrea Parodi Prize competition, one of the most important European world music contests, is now accepting artists for its 15th edition. Finals will be…