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).…
Rewinding Honor: Syrian Cassette Archives Earn WOMEX 2025 Professional Excellence Award
From the 1970s through the early 2000s, cassettes served as Syria’s principal medium for music and spoken word. The Syrian Cassette Archives, founded in 2018…
Harps Around The World And Across Time
(headline image: Camac 34 string Telenn harp) Harp history reaches back to the earliest urban cultures and continues to evolve in the present day. Visual…
Playing With a Full Dekker
Oddly-named Canadian artist Notre Noise covers the old Desmond Dekker reggae classic “Fu Man Chu” in fine style, adding his own sinister sonic touches and…
Polyphony Without Ornament: Tempvs Fvgit’s Raw, Unfiltered Voices
Tempvs Fvgit – Da caminu (Self-released, 2025) With Da caminu, Corsican vocal ensemble Tempvs Fvgit continue their reimagining of traditional polyphony, bringing it into dialogue…
Kiran Ahluwalia Brings Protest And Pancakes To Brooklyn
Kiran Ahluwalia is set to perform at Roulette on Friday, October 24, 2025. The two-time Juno Award winner will present music from her album Comfort…
A Special Something
The Beatles, as we all know, had and continue to have a huge imprint the world over. Such is evident in Vini De Groove’s instrumental…
Interview with Borneo’s Sapé Player Alena Murang
(headline image: Alena-Murang – Photo by Yu Chung Chen) Nothing conjures the essence of Sarawak quite as eloquently as the sound of the sapé. The…
Loop And Lyre: Puuluup Plots North American Return
(headline image: Puuluup – Photo by Taavi Arus) Estonia’s self-described “zombie folk” duo will tour the United States in September and October. The itinerary spans…
A Duo That Speaks Volumes
Raymond Antrobus & Evelyn Glennie – Aloud (Toy Gun Murder Records, 2025) Poet Raymond Antrobus and percussionist Evelyn Glennie reunite for the album Aloud. The…
Cat And Fiddle: Andy Leftwich Revisits Contest Roots In “Tom And Jerry” Video
Multi-instrumentalist Andy Leftwich revisits his early years in the generations-old world of fiddle contests on his single “Tom and Jerry.” The music video reflects that…