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: Lucilla Galeazzi
Lucilla Galeazzi is a singer, writer and researcher of folk music. She was born in Terni, in the central Italian region of Umbria. Galeazzi began…
Bixiga 70, Where Brazil and Africa Get Together
Bixiga 70 – Quebra Cabeça (Glitterbeat, 2018) The Sao Paulo instrumental group Bixiga 70 is where Brazil and Africa meet. Their layered sound is explosive…
Las Cafeteras Release New Video and Continue the Smashing Borders Tours
Los Angeles band Las Cafeteras has released a new video for the song ‘ El Feo Más Bello.’ It is a new collaboration with Kansas…
Music for Hispanic Heritage Month 2018
Throughout September and October, the Spanish-speaking nations and Hispanic residents in the United States celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) in the United States.…
Artist Profiles: Tammurriata Di Scafati
The Tammurriata is the most typical expression of Neapolitan dance and music. The voices of the two singers are raised over the beat of the…
Artist Profiles: Nuova Agricola Associazione
Nuova Agricola Associazione (NAA) is formed by a group of musicians with the idea to rearrange traditional folk music from Abruzzi, adding a modern sonority…
Artist Profiles: Nakaira
Nakaira is a world music group from Italy. It performs traditional music from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and the Celtic Areas (Ireland,…
Artist Profiles: Musicalia
Formed in the late seventies in southern Italy by a group of researchers and performers of Italian traditional music, Musicalia earned the respect of fans…
Artist Profiles: Roberto Catalano
Roberto Catalano was born in Catania, Sicily. He is a scholar, a music instructor, and a professional musician. He began his musical career in 1973…
Artist Profiles: Enzo Fina
Enzo Fina was born in Salice, in the Salentine province of Lecce, Apulia. He holds a degree in decorative painting at the State Institute of…