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).…
Finnish and Beninese Afro-Rooted Encounters
Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble – We Are Together (Bafe’s Factory, 2018) Finnish group Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble is an international collaboration that features Finnish and Beninese musicians. On We…
Arts Center in Carrboro Reveals 2018-19 World Music Season
The Arts Center in Carrboro, North Carolina has announced the 2018-19 world Music Season. The series begins on Saturday, September 9th with Black Umfolosi, a…
Artist Profiles: Vasumathi Badrinathan
Vasumathi Badrinathan comes from a family with an intense musical background. She is an accomplished vocalist of Carnatic music, the classical style of music from…
Artist Profiles: Veena Sahasrabuddhe
Veena Sahasrabuddhe was born on September 14, 1948 in Kanpur, India. She came from from a family of musicians. Her father, Pundit Shankar Shripad Bodas,…
Artist Profiles: Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam
Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam Born in a family with a rich musical heritage, Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam started her training in Carnatic Music at the age of five. Her…
Artist Profiles: Vikku Vinayakram
Vikku Vinayakram, one of India’s finest ghatam (a large clay pot percussion instrument) players, studied with his father, Harihara Sharma. He is in great demand…
Artist Profiles: Vivek V Krishna
Vivek V Krishna, a talented flutist was initiated into this art form of carnatic music at the age of 12 years. He acquired basic lessons…
Artist Profiles: Ronu Majumdar
Ronu Majumdar grew up in Varanasi where he was originally taught flute by his father Dr Bhanu Majumdar and then by Pandit Vijay Raghavrao. Ronu’s…
Artist Profiles: Yogesh Samsi
Pandit Yogesh Samsi was born in the family of the renowned vocalists Pandit Dinkar Kaikini and Shashikala Kaikini. He was initiated into tabla by his…
Artist Profiles: Debu Nayak
Devapriya Nayak (Debu) was born in West Bengal, India, and began learning tabla at the age of three from his grandfather, Chaudhury Kausalya Nandan, who…