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).…
The Havana Meets Kingston Project Returns with Volume 2
Mista Savona Presents Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 will be released in 2021. This is the follow up to the acclaimed 2017 debut album. A…
Nation Beat Releases “The Royal Chase” Video
The Nation Beat collective, led by drummer and percussionist Scott Kettner has released a new music video. The song is the title track of the…
Ammar 808 Hits Number 1 at the November 2020 Transglobal World Music Chart
Global Control / Invisible Invasion from Ammar 808 is the top album in November 2020 at the Transglobal World Music Chart. Ammar 808 is the…
Iranian Singer Mahsa Vahdat Repeats #1 at World Music Charts Europe in November 2020
The album Enlighten the Night from Iranian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat is once more the most popular album at the World Music Charts Europe in November…
Reissue of Classic Ghanaian Highlife Album “Obi Agye Me Dofo”
Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies has announced the reissue of the classic Ghanaian Highlife album Obi Agye Me Dofo from Vis-A-Vis. The release date…
Interview with Dazzling Indian Vocalist and Violinist Rini
Harini Raghavan, better known as Rini, is a brilliant vocalist, composer and violinist born in Chennai (India) and currently based in New York City. Harini…
Folk Alliance International Announces Accessible 2021 Virtual Conference: Folk Unlocked
Folk Alliance International has announced the dates of its upcoming virtual conference, Folk Unlocked. The event will take place February 22-25, 2021. Folk Unlocked will…
New Book ‘Unlikely Angel, The Songs of Dolly Parton’
A new book titled ‘Unlikely Angel, The Songs of Dolly Parton’ (University of Illinois Press, 2020) by Lydia R. Hamessley is now available. The book…
Deep Formosa, Groundbreaking Collaboration Between Indigenous Taiwanese Musicians and Deep Forest
Deep Formosa is a new EP that showcases the collaborative work of three Taiwanese indigenous acts and Grammy Award winner Deep Forest (Éric Mouquet). The…
Papa Rosko’s Multifaceted Reggae Cocktail
Papa Rosko – Papa Rosko (Voodoo Possum Records, 2020) “Papa Rosko” is one of the most original reggae crossover reggae albums of the year. Para…