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).…
Vigüela to Interact with Audience in Conciertajo, Send your Couplets and Tales
Spanish folk band Vigüela will present a special interactive online event called Conciertajo, in which they will use technology provided by bettingsitesnotongamstop.ltd, before and during…
Recreations of Sacred Hindu Mantras from Freedom and Leela
Freedom and Leela – Ru (Times Music, 2011) This is an album for the more spiritually inclined. The 9 tracks are renditions of sacred Hindu…
Fes Sufi Culture Festival Announces Extraordinary 2020 Edition
The 2020 edition of the Festival de Fès de La Culture Soufie (Fes Sufi Culture Festival) will be held online for the first time, October…
Artist Profiles: Irka Mateo
Irka Mateo is a Dominican singer-songwriter and composer. She spent time in Spain, France and Canada until she moved back to the Dominican Republic. For…
Brilliant Encounter of Latin Jazz and Cuban Music
Harold López-Nussa – Te Lo Dije (Mack Avenue Music Group, 2020) Harold López-Nussa is a fantastic piano player and composer based in Havana, Cuba. Te…
Guo Gan & Fabio Turchetti present The Silk Way
Chinese ehru master Guo Gan has released an album with Italian multi-instrumentalist Fabio Turchetti titled The Silk Way. On The Silk Way, international Italian songs…
WOMEX 2020 Confirms Digital Edition
WOMEX, the largest international conference and showcase for world music, has confirmed the 2020 virtual edition. The event will be held October 21 – 25,…
Ugandan Nanga Master Clipper Ogwang Dies at 84
Clipper Ogwang, one of the leading players of the Ugandan harp known as nanga, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at Gulu Regional Referral…
Cuban Artist La Dame Blanche Releases Ella
Cuban vocalist and multi-instrumentalist La Dame Blanche has just released a new album titled Ella (Her in Spanish). Yaité Ramos Rodriguez, known artistically as La…
Algerian Maluf Star Hamdi Benani Dies at 77
Celebrated Algerian singer and violinist Hamdi Benani died September 21, 2020 of COVID-19. Benani was born January 1, 1943 in Annaba, French Algeria. He learned…