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).…
Angélique Kidjo Shares New Single “Fall On Me”
(headline image: Angélique Kidjo — Photo by Brantley Gutiérrez) Angélique Kidjo has announced Hope!!, her new album, due April 24. In addition, she has released…
Traditional Sounds of Sivac Pipes Take Center Stage
Maksim Mudrinić, Oskar Kovač – Made in Sivac: Serbian Music from Vojvodina (Antonovka Records, 2025) This field recording captures traditional music from Vojvodina, the autonomous…
Bryan Sutton And Joe Bonamassa Light Up “Blue Night”
Bryan Sutton has enlisted Joe Bonamassa for “Blue Night,” the latest release in Sutton’s From Roots to Branches guitar duets series. When Sutton introduced the…
Fearless Fiddle: Ashley MacIsaac’s Hi, How Are You Today?
Ashley MacIsaac — Hi, How Are You Today? (A&M Records, 1995) Ashley MacIsaac’s now classic 1995 release Hi, How Are You Today? mixed the joyful…
In the Forecast
Ireland’s Owen Casey teams with Austrian reggae band House of Riddim to spread “Sunshine All Year Round,” a song that further solidifies Casey as a…
Irish-Latin fusion band Baile an Salsa to Perform “Salsa-Trad” in Dublin
(headline image: Baile An Salsa – photo by Julia Dunin) Irish-Latin fusion band Baile an Salsa is set to perform at The Button Factory, Dublin…
Bossa Nova and Beauty: Muca Meets Menescal
Brazilian musician Muca, the London-based project of Murillo Sguillaro, will release Beleza (Beauty) on May 29, 2026, in collaboration with 88-year-old bossa nova pioneer Roberto…
Nyckelharpa Wizard Thomas Roth Unmasks Maskenball For 2026
Thomas Roth – Maskenball (MIG, 2026) On Maskenball (Masquerade Ball), Thomas Roth steps into a candlelit hall of echoes. Roth, a German virtuoso on the…
Tinariwen Roll Out “Amidinim Ehad Solan” Single
Tuareg band Tinariwen have released an animated music video of their single “Amidinim Ehad Solan” in advance of their upcoming album Hoggar. The artwork and…
Greek Lyra Master Stelios Petrakis Presents Charming Album ‘Lyric’
Stelios Petrakis — Lyric (Buda, 2026) Cretan musician Stelios Petrakis presents his new album, Lyric. This is a timeless, masterfully crafted and exquisite chamber folk…