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: Solju
Solju is a Finnish group led by Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman and her daughter Hilda Länsman. They are Sámi musicians from Utsjoki, Lapland, which is the northernmost…
The 4th edition of ‘FlamencoEñe’ returns to Malaga in June 2019
The 4th Flamenco Show for International Programmers FlamencoEñe 2019 will be held from June 27 to 29, 2019 in Malaga, Spain. The initiative, organized by…
Disc Dismissal Delayed
I’ve had trouble accepting the (no doubt overstated) contention that compact discs are rapidly becoming a thing of the past or, in the opinion of…
The Ukrainians Celebrate 30th Anniversary with ‘Summer in Lviv’
The Ukrainians’ new album “Summer in Lviv” is based on guitarist Peter Solowka and vocalist/fiddle player Len Liggins’s experiences in western Ukraine last summer, where…
Dead Can Dance Envision the Rituals of Dionysus
Dead Can Dance – Dionysus (Pias America, 2019) Anyone who has dipped an ear into the musical wonderlands crafted by Dead Can Dance knows that…
Successful Nordic Folk Alliance Conference 2019
Over 200 music professionals and 27 music acts were part of the inaugural Nordic Folk Alliance conference that took place April 10-12 in Gothenburg, Sweden,…
Artist Profiles: VILDÁ
VILDÁ is a Finnish duo that performs a unique mix of mystical joiks and sounds of the Sami people together with vibrant accordion. VILDÁ includes…
Chamber Music Meets Brazil
Benji & Rita – Benji & Rita (Big Apple Batucada, 2019) Benji & Rita is a Brazilian music duo based in New York featuring American…
Artist Profiles: The Heptones
The Heptones are one of reggae’s legendary groups, led by the charismatic Leroy Sibbles along with Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn. They became huge hitmakers…
Artist Profiles: Julio Antonio Montoro Curbelo
Producer, composer and guitarist Julio Antonio Montoro Curbelo Julio studied the Cuban tres as well as the guitar at the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory in Havana.…