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: Baba Salama Said
In Baba Salama Said’s passport it said he was born in Oran on January 14 of 1969. It was an Algerian passport of convenience, recognized…
Artist Profiles: Gregor Borland
Gregor Borland has had the good fortune of being the only current performing fiddler to have been taught by both Hector MacAndrew of Cults, (whose…
Artist Profiles: Calasaig
Since the group’s formation in the late 1990s, Calasaig secured an admirable reputation in the world of traditional music through their numerous performances and recordings.…
Artist Profiles: Daimh
Dàimh offer a fresh, up to date approach to Scottish traditional music, with a rich sound that moves from driving, fiery reels to slow sets…
Artist Profiles: Mariem Hassan
Mariem Hassan was born in May 1958 in Ued Tazua, in the former Spanish Sahara in northwestern Africa. She expressed herself naturally in Hassania, the…
Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin at the Top of the January 2019 Transglobal World Music Chart
The album Karin (Muziekpublique) by duduk player Vardan Hovanissian (Armenia) and saz virtuoso Emre Gültek (Belgium, with roots in Turkey) is the number one recording…
Sara Correia, the New Traditional Fado Sensation
Sara Correia – Sara Correia (Universal Music Portugal, 2018) Sara Correia is a young vocalist who is attracting a lot of attention in the traditional…
New Single from Te Vaka’s Olivia Foa’i
Olivia Foa’i’s 2nd single “My Way” goes back to her Polynesian roots while still maintaining a mainstream feel. A bilingual Tokelauan-English track, “My Way” displays…
Artist Profiles: Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
In the early 1970s, Dmitri Pokrovsky was a student of conducting at Moscow’s Gnessin Pedagogical Institute of Music. Frustrated with the current musical scene, he…
The Best World Music Albums of 2018
World Music Central has compiled the list of best world music albums of 2018 selected by our editors and contributors as well as our partners…