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: Don Carlos
Euvin Spencer, better known as Don Carlos, was born in Kingston, Jamaica on June 29, 1952. He is a legendary Reggae artist who grew up…
Artist Profiles: Dub Syndicate
Dub Syndicate Dub Syndicate was born in the early 1980’s as an outgrowth of Roots Radics’ massive success in creating the modern dancehall reggae sound.…
Artist Profiles: Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin was born June 19, 1932 and grew up in the small town of Robin’s Hall in the Parish of Manchester, a rural community…
Artist Profiles: Everton “Blender”
One of the few Jamaican singers to truly bridge the gap between the roots and dancehall reggae styles is the man known as Everton “Blender.”…
Artist Profiles: Ky-Mani Marley
Ky-Mani Marley is the only child of table tennis champion Anita Belnavis and reggae icon Bob Marley. He was born in Falmouth, Jamaica. His East…
Artist Profiles: Junior Reid
Reggae icon Delroy Junior Reid, best-known for his international hit “One Blood”, which sold over 2 million copies. The former member of reggae supergroup Black…
Artist Profiles: Junior Marvin
Junior Marvin (aka Junior Kerr, aka Junior Hanson) was born Donald Hanson Marvin Kerr Richards, Jr.. He is a Jamaican born guitarist. Junior Marvin was…
Artist Profiles: I-Threes
The I-Threes are the most influential female singing group in the history of Jamaican music. In the early 1970s Bob Marley asked the three women…
Artist Profiles: Fully Fullwood
Hailing from Kingston, Fully Fullwood is one of the most popular and well-known reggae bass players in the world and has worked and recorded with…
Gypsy Jazz Masters Lulo Reinhardt and Daniel Stelter to Perform at ArtsCenter in Carrboro
Acclaimed guitarists Lulo Reinhardt and Daniel Stelter are set to perform Thursday, October 11th, 2018 at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, North Carolina. Reinhardt is the…