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: Anatol Stefanet
Anatol Stefanet was born on January 23, 1956 in Grinăuți, Rîșcani, Moldova. He began his career as a folk musician (viola) at the age of…
Artist Profiles: Trigon
Trigon was founded by Anatol Stefanet with the intention of combining Moldovan folk music and jazz. The group has toured across Europe performing its unique…
Artist Profiles: Badma-Khanda
Badma-Khanda was born in Inner Mongolia, China, in 1979 into a Buryat family. Her grandparents had to flee from the communist regime of the Soviet…
Artist Profiles: Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar
Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar was born 1969 in the Altai Mountains in Western Mongolia, where she lived with her nomadic family. Since her youth Otgonbayar is known…
Artist Profiles: Tserendavaa
From remote west Mongolia came a master of one of the most remarkable vocal traditions on the planet. One person sings two different pitches at…
Artist Profiles: Urna
Urna Chahar-Tugchi was born in 1969 into a family of livestock farmers in the grasslands of the Ordos district, in the Southwest of Inner Mongolia,…
Artist Profiles: Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effects
Aisha Kandisha’s Jarring Effects, was formed in Marrakech in 1987 by Abdou El Shaheed, Habib El Malak and Pat Jabbar, to develop a Shabee (Popular…
Artist Profiles: El Houssaine Kili
El Houssaine Kili grew up in Morocco with Arab folk music, Berber songs and American Pop songs, which he became familiar with over the radio.…
Mundial Montreal 2018 Announces Closing Night show
Canadian world music showcase Mundial Montreal has announced the artists scheduled to perform on November 16. Mundial Montreal’s closing party, presented in collaboration with la…
globalFEST 2019 Announces Partial Artist Lineup
American world music showcase globalFEST has announced the names of seven of the artists scheduled to perform in 2019. The concerts will take place on…