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).…
Baba Da’s Great Tradition
Adidam Sacred Music Guild – Baba Da’s Great Tradition (WorldWide Records, 2007) The acoustic music on this CD was spontaneously improvised by musicians from the…
Acclaimed Haitian Roots Band RAM Reveals May 2019 Tour
Haitian roots band RAM has announced its 2019 United States tour featuring over a dozen shows. The tour will begin in New Orleans on May…
Saxophone and Ud Intersections
Atlas Maior – Riptide (Atlas Maior, 2019) American world jazz ensemble Atlas Maior presents a set of saxophone-dominated musical pieces inspired by Middle Eastern modes,…
Milton Nascimento to perform Clube Da Esquina at The Barbican in London
Influential Brazilian musician Milton Nascimento will perform, for the first time ever, a special set dedicated to both albums from the series Clube Da Esquina…
Final Set of live acts announced for Africa Oyé festival
Additional artists from Malawi, Jamaica and Haiti have been revealed in the final set of acts for the 27th annual Africa Oyé festival this summer:…
Artist Profiles: Gasper Nali
Malawian one-man-act Gasper Nali is a Kwela roots musician from the small town of Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi. He plays a…
Artist Profiles: Wesli
Wesley Louissaint, better known as Wesli, was born on September 6, 1980, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Canada-based award-winning Haitian guitarist and singer aims to give…
Artist Profiles: Jah9
Janine Elizabeth Cunningham, better known as Jah9, was born in Montego Bay on May 23, 1983. She is a Jamaican singer with a captivating vocal…
Santana Reveals details about New album, Africa Speaks
Celebrated guitarist and composer Carlos Santana has released the video electronic press kit from his upcoming album, Africa Speaks (Concord Records). Santana and his eight-piece…
Foot Tapping Goodness from Le Vent du Nord
Le Vent du Nord – Territoires (Borealis Records, 2019) Canadian Quebecois band Le Vent du Nord has been busy lately with touring throughout the USA…